The Lincoln Log podcast is a program of the Abraham Lincoln Association based in Springfield, Illinois. I had the pleasure of sitting down with the podcast’s host, Joshua Claybourn, an attorney and historian focused primarily on Abraham Lincoln’s youth. In the podcast we looked at Lincoln’s approach to science and technology, which I discuss in depth in my book, Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America. The podcast is available both on YouTube video and audio-only via Apple Podcasts (click on the links or pictures below).
Here is the YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8URZ5tjt6I&t=1s
And here is the Apple Podcast version: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-kent-on-lincolns-approach-to-science-and/id1515931488?i=1000594407585
Both run about 45 minutes.
In a far-ranging interview, Josh and I discussed Lincoln’s approach to promoting science and technology in everyday life and during the Civil War. We also talked about how Lincoln worked to institutionalize science and technology at the federal government level to help put the United States on a path toward continued development.
You can catch any or all of the interviews and presentations I’ve done for Lincoln: The Fire of Genius. Just scroll through my Media page for events with President Lincoln’s Cottage, the Abraham Lincoln Looking for Lincoln program, my interview on The Pat Williams Show (founder of the Orlando Magic basketball team), the Our American Stories radio program, and much more.
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David J. Kent is President of the Lincoln Group of DC and the author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America and Lincoln: The Man Who Saved America.
His previous books include Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and Edison: The Inventor of the Modern World and two specialty e-books: Nikola Tesla: Renewable Energy Ahead of Its Time and Abraham Lincoln and Nikola Tesla: Connected by Fate.
