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MAYOR FRANCIS SUAREZ: The Miami Model of Urbanism Jul 29, 2024

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Miami and South Florida have been booming. City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez joins me to talk about their success and the "Miami model" of urbanism. We discuss:
- Miami's transition from America's most dangerous big city to one of its safest.
- Why Miami is an emerging national and global business center
- The inflection points that boosted Miami's trajectory
- How Mayor Suarez, a Republican, and his party have found success in a big, dense, diverse, heavily Latino city.
- What Miami will do next that will surprise people.
Read my profile of Miami as an under-heralded urban success story: https://www.governing.com/urban/miami-the-under-appreciated-urban-success-story
Read my article on why conservatives should care about cities: https://americancompass.org/conservatives-should-care-about-cities/
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YUVAL LEVIN: The Constitution Is the Solution Jul 22, 2024

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American Enterprise Institute scholar Yuval Levin joins me to discuss his new book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again.
While many today argue that the US Constitution is dead or obsolete, Levin argues that the Constitution is actually the path forward for creating unity in our deeply divided republic.
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/American-Covenant-Constitution-Unified-Nation_and/dp/0465040748/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20
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MILES SMITH: Lessons from Reading Exvangelical Memoirs Jul 15, 2024

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Miles Smith is an assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College. He joins me to discuss what he learned from reading exvangelical memoirs and books about Christian nationalism.
Miles Smith's "Reading the Exvangelicals": https://mereorthodoxy.com/reading-the-exvangelicals
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MATTHEW PETERSON: The Future of Conservative Media Jul 08, 2024

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Matthew Peterson, editor-in-chief of the Blaze and founding editor of the American Mind, joins me to talk about the media and conservative media landscape in America today.
Visit the Blaze: https://www.theblaze.com/
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JOSHUA MITCHELL: The Roots of the Great Awokening Jul 01, 2024

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Georgetown Professor Joshua Mitchell, author of the book American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time, joins me to talk about what factors caused the rise of identity politics in America.
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/American-Awakening-Identity-Politics-Afflictions/dp/1641771305/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20
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BATYA UNGAR-SARGON: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women Jun 24, 2024

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Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon joins me to discuss her recent book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women. It's a look at the travails facing America's working class.
Read my review of Second Class: https://www.city-journal.org/article/review-of-second-class-by-batya-ungar-sargon
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Class-Betrayed-Americas-Working/dp/1641773618/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20
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RICHARD REEVES: The Struggles of the Modern American Male Jun 17, 2024

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Richard V. Reeves is the president of the American Institute for Boys and Men. He's also the author of the acclaimed book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It. He joins me to discuss the problems facing today's American men, and why he thinks "keep it boring" is the right strategy.
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Men-modern-struggling-matters/dp/1800751036/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20
Visit the American Institute for Boys and Men: https://aibm.org/
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FARAH STOCKMAN: What Happens to People When Work Disappears Jun 10, 2024

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Farah Stockman is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and member of the New York Times editorial board. She's also the author of the great book American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears.
Her book chronicles the closure and relocation to Mexico of a Rexnord bearing plant in Indianapolis in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. It focuses particularly on the lives of three workers in the plant.
American Made is a detailed a moving portrait of the reality of industrial life in the 21st century American Heartland. She joins me to discuss on the podcast this week to discuss this important book.
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/American-Made-Happens-People-Disappears-ebook/dp/B08YN77FLS/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20
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JONATHAN WHITEHEAD: The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention Jun 05, 2024

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Jonathan Whitehead, a lawyer who has been active in Southern Baptist institutional life for many years, joins me to discuss the future of the SBC. We will focus on the SBC's upcoming convention in Indianapolis, where several key issues will be debated and addressed.

ANTHONY BRADLEY: Evangelicalism's Man Problems May 20, 2024

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Dr. Anthony Bradley joins me to talk about why the evangelical church struggles to attract men. We will discuss the state of men in America, the matrilineal nature of evangelicalism, and what needs to change to make the church more relevant. Bradley is the author of the book Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America.
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Heroic-Fraternities-College-Universities-America/dp/1666715530/
Evangelicalism is Matrilineal: https://mereorthodoxy.com/evangelicals-matrilineal
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