The Brian Lehrer Show

Summer Friday: Project 2025; The Jersey Shore; Young Men & the Left; Decade-by-Decade Best Sellers

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Aug 8, 2025
David Graham, a staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses how Project 2025 is reshaping America's political landscape. Emil Salvini shares nostalgic tales from the Jersey Shore, revealing its rich history and cultural significance. Andrew Marantz delves into the surprising reasons why young men gravitated towards Trump, exploring the left's potential to resonate with this demographic. Lastly, Tina Jordan examines how bestselling books reflect American culture over the decades, providing insight into our societal evolution through literature.
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Project 2025’s Central Goal: Restore The Family

  • Project 2025 names "restore the family" as its top, deeply held goal.
  • The blueprint aims to re-entrench traditional gender roles, outlaw abortion, and erase trans people from government language.
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‘Conception Pricing’ And Transit Funds

  • Sean Duffy floated allocating transit money by local marriage and birth rates, dubbed "conception pricing."
  • David Graham warns that such payouts reward the already wealthy and make poor policy choices.
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Freedom Reframed To Justify Coercion

  • Project 2025 recasts 'liberty' as doing what citizens 'ought' to do, not what they want.
  • That framing justifies using state coercion to enforce conservative social norms.
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