This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The round table title is "Building Places of Intellectual Community," and the speakers are: Paul Mueller (American Institute for Economic Research) Jeff Nelson (The Russell Kirk Center) Zach Howard (Bethlehem College) After Q&A, there are remarks by Josh Bowman, Bill Batchelder, and James Patterson (Ciceronian Society). If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/ 0:00 Episode Introduction 2:30 Panel Introduction 7:06 Mueller 17:30 Nelson 35:48 Howard 53:35 Q & A 1:22:41 Bowman 1:32:07 Batchelder 1:41:05 Patterson 1:53:07 Song Links: https://aier.org/ https://aier.org/people/paul-mueller/ https://bcsmn.edu/ https://bcsmn.edu/profile/zach-howard/ https://kirkcenter.org/ https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/batchelder-award/ https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/lawler/ Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode Introduction (00:02:30) - Roundtable Introduction (00:07:06) - Mueller (00:17:30) - Nelson (00:35:48) - Howard (00:53:35) - Q & A (01:22:41) - Bowman (01:32:07) - Batchelder (01:41:05) - Patterson (01:53:07) - Song
