In this bonus episode, we are sharing recordings from the Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness podcast launch event featuring a performance of Jeffrey Rosen’s The Golden Mean: Songs for the Pursuit of Happiness and Twelve Titans: Songs of the Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses in Philadelphia.  

Jeffrey Rosen, author of The Pursuit of Happiness and host of the podcast, performs his original songs inspired by the book’s exploration of the classical writers on virtue that shaped the founders.   

This performance features pianist Jennifer Blyth and baritone James Martin with arrangements by Greg Strohman. 

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The Golden Mean: Songs for the Pursuit of Happiness

[00:00] Episode Introduction 

[01:33] 1. Order: The Golden Mean  

[04:10] 2. Temperance: Calm Self-Mastery  

[06:40] 3. Humility: Judge Not  

[08:28] 4. Industry: Industry Alone  

[11:06] 5. Frugality: Thomas Jefferson  

[13:51] 6. Sincerity: The Light Within  

[16:50] 7. Resolution: Just Do What You Resolve  

[19:00] 8. Moderation: Alexander Hamilton  

[21:05] 9. Tranquility: Security Is an Illusion  

[23:57] 10. Cleanliness: John Quincy Adams  

[26:55] 11. Justice: Love’s the Answer  

[29:40] 12. Silence: Silence Is Golden  

[32:37] 13. Coda: Song of Devotion and The Pursuit of Happiness 

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