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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Why Character Matters: a Podcast with Lawrence Reed


Courage, self-reliance, and liberty.

The following episode of “The Mandy Show” is a discussion between Lawrence W. Reed, The president of The Foundation for Economic Education, and the podcast’s host, Mandy Connell. In this episode, they discuss courage, self-reliance, and liberty. Reed also uses his knowledge as a historian to provide examples of these qualities in past societies.


  • Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed is FEE's President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty. He previously served as president of FEE from 2008-2019. He chaired FEE’s board of trustees in the 1990s and has been both writing and speaking for FEE since the late 1970s.
  • Mandy Connel hosts The Mandy Show: a podcast about life, work, relationships, cursing, eating, drinking, being smarter, being prettier, being more confident, making more money and anything else that catches Mandy’s attention.