The Great American Story, Ep. 16: The Path of Renewal

About this episode

The episode discusses America's historical challenges and the importance of learning from the past to preserve liberty.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss America at the turn of millennium before introducing Wilfred McClay. Americans have overcome many challenges throughout our history, including the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Depression, two World Wars, and the Cold War. Studying the great stories from our past inspires us to preserve the blessings of liberty in our day. Now you can study these stories with Hillsdale College. Hillsdale’s free online course, “The Great American Story: A Land of Hope,” explores the history of America as a land of hope founded on high principles. In presenting the great triumphs and achievements of our nation’s past, as well as the shortcomings and failures, it offers a broad and unbiased study of the kind essential to the cultivation of intelligent patriotism. Ronald Reagan restored the office of the presidency to its place of prominence through policies that fostered a productive economy and that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and an end to the Cold War. Despite the optimism that surrounded the end of the Cold War, the decades since have seen the United…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeremiah, Juan

Guest: Wilfred McClay

Topics covered

• American history
• liberty
• patriotism
• challenges
• renewal
• education

Keywords

• American history
• liberty
• patriotism
• Hillsdale College
• Ronald Reagan
• Cold War
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hillsdale College

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