Churchill’s Great Contemporaries: H. H. Asquith
Hillsdale Dialogues
Hillsdale College
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues for his series on "Churchill the Writer." On this episode, Dr. Arnn and Hugh continue to discuss Great Contemporaries, a collection of 25 short biographical essays written by Churchill, and the story of H.H. Asquith.
Release date: 02 June 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Every week Hillsdale College President Larry PR joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss great books, |
| 0:11.0 | great men, and great ideas. |
| 0:13.8 | This is the Hillsdale Dialogues, part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network. |
| 0:19.7 | More episodes at podcast.hillsdale.edu or wherever you find your audio. |
| 0:26.8 | At the Hillsdale College Podcast Network, check out |
| 0:29.8 | Who Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, the Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast, |
| 0:36.2 | the Larry PR Show, and more, all at podcast.hillsdale.edu. |
| 0:47.3 | Morning glory, America Moser, I can't at night. |
| 0:49.6 | I pre-recorded this conversation with Dr. Irons because I wanted to continue our series on the |
| 0:53.8 | Hillsdale Dialog, even though I'm at my 45th College Reunion in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1:01.0 | I didn't want to task Dwayne with touching him out of HHS with because I'm fascinated by him |
| 1:05.8 | in great contemporary. But I didn't want to ask Dr. Irons. Harvard does a big deal every five years. |
| 1:12.1 | They bring their graduates back and they make a big deal on the 25th, the 40th, and the 50th, |
| 1:16.7 | especially. So the 45th is a, quote, minor union. And we just get together and you |
| 1:21.4 | can up with old friends. Does Hillsdale College have a reunion week? |
| 1:27.2 | Oh yeah, yeah. We've taken to bringing the 50th and the 60th reunion classes back together. |
| 1:36.1 | And it's not a very big college, but we get quite a few. And I've noticed over the years |
| 1:41.8 | that they're getting younger. It's partly me getting older, but also the numbers are swelling. |
| 1:48.6 | They're healthier. And they walk around, you know, they're like tourists because the college |
| 1:55.2 | is a little different than when they went there. And they admire it and they talk about it and it's |
| 2:00.2 | fun and they reminisce. It's really great. Dr. Irons, I got to tell you this. This won't surprise you, |
| 2:05.8 | but it may appall you. When I called to register, the youngster in charge of registering their |
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