Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, is a podcast hosted by academics, experts, and guests of the McConnell Center, who will walk you through great texts in human history.

Designed to accompany your own reading of the text, Season Seven focuses on exploring the McConnell Center's newest publication, America's Autobiography: Key Documents that Tell Our Story.

For this episode, Dr. Barbara Perry comes to the podium to discuss John F Kennedy's inaugural address.

Barbara A. Perry is the J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at the Miller Center, where she co-directs the Presidential Oral History Program. She has authored or edited 17 books on presidents, First Ladies, the Kennedy family, the Supreme Court, and civil rights and civil liberties.

ABOUT THE MCCONNELL CENTER

Founded in 1991, the non-partisan McConnell Center at the University of Louisville seeks to identify, recruit and nurture Kentucky's next generation of great leaders. Our core principles—leadership, scholarship and service—guide us as we (1) prepare top undergraduate students to become future leaders; (2) offer civic education programs for teachers, students and the public; and (3) conduct strategic leadership development for the U.S. Army.

Learn more regarding the work of The McConnell Center: www.mcconnellcenter.org