The Center for
the Study of Democratic
Institutions Audio Archive
Hutchins [Robert Maynard] and the History of CSDI
Program 16: The Political Animal
Robert M. Hutchins, interviewed by Joseph P. Lyford, defines the democratic community as one whose members learn together to govern...
In this deadpan satire, Robert M. Hutchins and Joseph P. Lyford discuss the life and philosophy of the fictitious Dr...
Program 19: Robert M. Hutchins on Israel and Europe
In an interview with Joseph Lyford, Hutchins talks about his trip to Israel, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, giving his impressions...
Program 23: Is Wisdom Enough Today? Two Faces of Federalism
Robert M. Hutchins and political economist Andrew Schonfield, of Chatham House, London, discuss the idea of reforming American legislative election...
In an address to an Israeli audience in Jerusalem, Robert M. Hutchins proposes that Americans are the chosen people of...
Robert M. Hutchins addresses his views on American education and educational institutions. He argues that the ideal education is not...
Program 27: A Vision of the End
Robert M. Hutchins analyzes the role of the administrator from his long years of experience. "The administrator who is determined...
Program 33: A View from Eucalyptus Hill
Robert M. Hutchins answers questions about the work of the Center posed by delegates to the United Nations from thirty...
Program 46: Education: For What and For Whom?
Robert M. Hutchins is joined by Admiral Hyman Rickover and Barnard College president Rosemary Park in an analysis of the...
Program 62: Prospects for Democracy
Robert M. Hutchins takes questions from the audience at a lecture series, leading him into diverse topics such as peace...
Program 76: The Nurture of Human Life
Actor Herschel Bernardi reads a popular speech that Robert M. Hutchins delivered in 1960 to mark the centennial of social...
Program 90: An Establishment of Religion
Robert M. Hutchins leads a staff discussion on the Supreme Court's controversial decision banning religious exercises in public schools. With...
Program 123: Freedom of the Press - I
Robert M. Hutchins leads a discussion among the Center staff on the Supreme Court ruling in Sullivan v. New York...
Program 125: Reapportioning the States
Robert M. Hutchins leads a Center staff discussion on the landmark Supreme Court decision in Gray v. Sanders, which stirred...
Program 127: Has the Court Usurped the Powers of Congress?
Robert M. Hutchins, in an interview conducted by Harvey Wheeler, discusses the controversial question of judicial review, in which the...
Program 159: PIT I - Requirements for Peace: The Nature of the Problem
Robert M.Hutchins addresses the convocation in his role as president of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, followed...
Program 195: After Pacem in Terris... - II
The Center's Hallock Hoffman presents further excerpts from the post-event conference held to address some of the issues raised...
Program 200: What Kind of World?
Robert M. Hutchins reads his weekly newspaper editorials. Includes: (1) Introduction: What Kind of World?; (2) The Bankruptcy of American...
Program 201, 202, 203: What Kind of World?
Robert M. Hutchins reads his weekly newspaper editorials. Includes: (1) Free Press; (2) Education for Self-Preservation; (3) Microminiaturization; (4...
Program 206: What Kind of World?
Robert M. Hutchins reads his weekly newspaper editorials. Includes discussion of: (1) FCC chairman Dean Birch; (2) President Nixon's television...
Program 208: What Kind of World?
Robert M. Hutchins reads two of his weekly newspaper editorials. Discussion includes: (1) the trial of the Chicago Seven; and...
Program 452: “Solitary, Singing in the West…”
A sound portrait created to celebrate the birthday of Center president Robert Maynard Hutchins, narrated by Paul Newman. Jan. 17...
Program 580: The Great American Baby-Sitting Machine: Our School System
Robert M. Hutchins leads a discussion with Garry Wills, Elizabeth Hardwick, and the Center staff into the problems of the...
Program 635: Foreign Policy -- The Kissinger View
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discusses recent changes in the international scene and gives his views of the realities and...
Program 662: The Human Factor in Government-Press Relations
A panel discussion that examines the quality of the people chosen to execute our foreign policy and their relationship with...
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CSDI Audio Archive Information
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.
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