The "Founder" Spirit that Fuels, with Arthur Herman

Join us for Objectively Speaking with Arthur Herman on Wednesday, June 10 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. What makes a true founder, and why does America keep needing them to break the cycle of stagnation? In Founder’s Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump, Arthur Herman argues that America has always been driven forward by a distinctive type of leader—the founder—who, through visionary risk-taking and a willingness to build from first principles, has repeatedly rescued the nation from stagnation. Returning for a second time on Objectively Speaking, Herman previously joined to discuss his book The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization. A senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute, Herman is a Pulitzer Prize Finalist historian and biographer, authoring nine books, including the New York Times Best Seller How the Scots Invented the Modern World, Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, and 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.