The Aaron Renn Show

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-20Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

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-sargonBuy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Class-Betrayed-Americas-Working/dp/1641773618/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

Richard V. Reeves discusses the struggles of modern American males, exploring topics such as opportunity hoarding, challenges faced by young men, and the influence of social norms on behavior. He advocates for practical solutions and policies to support boys and men, emphasizing the importance of positive cultural narratives around marriage and fatherhood.

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 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

Lawyer Jonathan Whitehead, active in Southern Baptist life, discusses the SBC's future. Topics include the denomination's evolution to conservative values, controversies over women pastors, challenges within the SBC, and predictions for the upcoming convention in Indianapolis.

Dr. Anthony Bradley discusses evangelical church struggles to attract men, highlighting the matrilineal nature of evangelicalism. They explore challenges facing young men in education and society, emphasizing the need for meaningful connections and third spaces. The podcast also addresses the disconnect between evangelical churches and young men seeking practical advice, suggesting a reimagining of men's ministry and conferences.

Dr. Ewan Goligher is a scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. He's the author of the book How Should We then Die?: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death. He joins me to discuss physician-assisted suicide from a Christian point of view. Buy his book: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Should-then-Die-Physician-Assisted/dp/1683597478Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

Three years ago I recorded a podcast series on the American postwar conservative moment. One of the episodes focused on the way that the nascent conservatives responded to the campus unrest of the 1960s. Since campus protests are again in the news, I'm reposting my thoughts from that old episode.Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

Paul Carrese is the founding director of the School for Civic and Economic Though Leadership (SCETL) at Arizona State University. SCETL was established by an act of the state legislature to reinvigorate the idea of civics education as a core function of the public university. It is also a model for many other similar centers that have been established at other public universities around the country. Dr. Carrese joins me to discuss SCETL, and why it and centers like it are critical to the future of the university and society.Visit SCETL's web site: https://scetl.asu.edu/

Luke Robson is on a mission to revitalize the downtown of Hillsdale, Michigan, the small town where Hillsdale College is located. He joins us to discuss his efforts and why he believes this is important.Subscribe to Luke's Hillsdale Renaissance Newsletter: https://hillsdalerenaissance.substack.com/Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/