
Tocqueville Talks delivers sharp, fast interviews from the Tocqueville Center for the Study of Democracy and Society at Furman University. Hosts Brent Nelsen and Elizabeth L’Arrivée talk with top scholars and public thinkers about public affairs in the United States and abroad. Tocqueville asked questions about almost everything, and so do we—in twenty minutes or less.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 26 | Founded | 6 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsPolitics | |||

What can a neighborhood swim league teach us about democracy?
More than you might think.
When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in 1831, he was astonished by what he called associations—ordinary citizens voluntarily joining together to solve co... more
For eighty years, Europe and the United States built a common political, economic, and military order.
Today, many Europeans wonder whether that world is ending.
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelson interviews NPR Paris correspondent ... more
Why does everything feel increasingly unreal?
The people most trapped in abstraction are often the people consuming the most information.
Tocqueville saw this danger almost 200 years ago.
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Beth L'Arrivée and Ro... more
What does it mean to be European in the twenty-first century?
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen joins three Tocqueville Fellows—Madison (“Maddie”) Maddie, Zach LaComb, and Lane Lytle—from Strasbourg, France, during Furman University... more
What questions defined this year’s biggest conversations at the Tocqueville Center?
In this special year-end reflection episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen, Beth L’Arrivée, and longtime Furman University professor Jim Guth look back on the sp... more
What does it take to build a community of students who still read books, ask difficult questions, and engage seriously with ideas?
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen sits down with Lucy Southwell, the behind-the-scenes force who help... more
What happens when a year of serious conversation forces you to rethink what you believe?
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen sits down with Tocqueville Fellows Makena Wyngaard and Lane Lytle for an end-of-year reflection on the ideas,... more
What happens when students encounter Friedrich Nietzsche for the first time—and take his ideas seriously?
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen shares a series of conversations recorded during the Tocqueville Fellows retreat, capturing ... more
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