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About Laura Laurent
I am the new host and producer of Madison's Notes, Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institution's podcast.
With a background in creative technologies and management consulting I hope to bring a fresh flair to the established podcast, enquiring into politics, history, and culture, with lenses to both the academic and general level's of interest. A renaissance woman myself, I am engaged by culture, religious studies, and art.
NBN Episodes hosted by Laura:
June 4, 2025
Season Finale!
That’s a wrap on the 2024-2025 season of Madison’s Notes! Stay tuned until the end for a special announcement—you won’t want to miss it! A massive th…
May 29, 2025
Interpretations of the Second Amendment
The Supreme Court’s ruling in 2022 changed the established methodology for evaluating Second Amendment cases. What was the existing methodology, and w…
May 22, 2025
The President Who Would Not Be King
In this episode of Madison’s Notes, Michael McConnell examines the gap between the Founders’ vision of a limited presidency and today’s expansive exec…
May 14, 2025
False Dawn: A Conversation with George Selgin on Recovering from the Great Depression
Join us on Madison's Notes as we sit down with George Selgin, senior fellow and director emeritus of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Fina…
May 7, 2025
Threats to Universities and What We Can Do
Universities are under attack, but what exactly are the threats? How does free speech in the last 10 years compare to today? What do we stand to lose …
April 30, 2025
Institutional Corruption in News Media
Why has trust in the news media declined? How can we combat biased reporting and the spread of misinformation? And how do these challenges compare to …
April 23, 2025
Slacking
What does a general education from an Ivy League mean? What structures produce the course catalogues that students can choose to customize their educa…
April 16, 2025
Constitutional Private Law
What is constitutional private law, and how does it differ from the way we traditionally think about constitutional issues? When an individual employe…
April 9, 2025
The World of Academic Publishing
How do academic books get published? How do scholars turn dissertations and articles into the books we love? How does academic publishing compare to t…
April 2, 2025
We Have Never Been Woke
Why does occupation reliably predict political leanings? What is social capitalism, and how does it span income classes? If social capitalists are sin…
March 26, 2025
The Free Speech and Poetry of Ana Blandiana
In this episode, we sit down with Director and Producer Diana Nicolae and Editor and Camera Matt Jozwiakowski to discuss their documentary film, "Betw…
March 19, 2025
In Covid’s Wake: How our Politics Failed Us--A Conversation with Stephen Macedo (Part 2)
This week on Madison’s Notes, we continue our discussion with Stephen Macedo, co-author of In COVID’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us (Princeton UP, …
March 12, 2025
In Covid’s Wake: How our Politics Failed Us: A Conversation with Frances Lee
In the first part of our two-part conversation on Madison’s Notes, we speak with Frances Lee, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton Un…
March 5, 2025
Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law
In the latest episode of Madison’s Notes, I spoke with Janie Nitze, co-author of Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law (Harper, 2004), a book wri…
February 26, 2025
Religious Freedom: A Conversation on the Conservative Tradition with John D. Wilsey
In this conversation, we sit down with John D. Wilsey, Professor of Church History and Philosophy at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Sen…
February 19, 2025
The Anxious Generation
In this episode of Madison's Notes, Jonathan Haidt, renowned social psychologist and author, dives deep into the impact of digital saturation on today…
February 12, 2025
Mountain Memories
In this episode, Henry Louis Gates and Robert P. George share a powerful conversation about their unlikely beginnings in West Virginia. Recorded in De…
February 5, 2025
We Are Free to Change the World
In this episode of Madison’s Notes, we sit down with Lindsay Stonebridge, author of We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love a…
January 30, 2025
Tolkien, Philosopher of War
In this episode, we explore the profound philosophical and theological dimensions of J.R.R. Tolkien's work, particularly his views on war. In his book…
January 22, 2025
Truth Matters: A Conversation with Robert P. George and Cornel West
In the latest episode of Madison’s Notes, we are privileged to join a profound conversation between Robert P. George and Cornel West, two towering fig…
January 15, 2025
Congressional Deliberation
In this episode, we sit down with Professors Jordan T. Cash and Kevin J. Burns to discuss their recently published book, Congressional Deliberation: M…
January 8, 2025
S4E20 Cosmic Connections
This week on Madison’s Notes, we sit down with philosopher and author Charles Taylor to discuss his latest work, Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age…
December 18, 2024
Free Inquiry in the Academy and Beyond
In this episode of Madison’s Notes, we’re joined by Professors Amna Khalid and Jeff Snyder for a thought-provoking discussion on the state of free spe…
December 11, 2024
Who Cares?
In this episode, Emily Kenway shares insights from her powerful new book Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It (Seal Press, …