

The Vital Center
The Niskanen Center
Making sense of the post-Trump political landscape…
Both the Republican and Democratic parties are struggling to defend the political center against illiberal extremes. America must put forward policies that can reverse our political and governmental dysfunction, advance the social welfare of all citizens, combat climate change, and confront the other forces that threaten our common interests.
The podcast focuses on current politics seen in the context of our nation’s history and the personal biographies of the participants. It will highlight the policy initiatives of non-partisan think tanks and institutions, while drawing upon current academic scholarship and political literature from years past — including Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.’s 1949 classic “The Vital Center.”
Both the Republican and Democratic parties are struggling to defend the political center against illiberal extremes. America must put forward policies that can reverse our political and governmental dysfunction, advance the social welfare of all citizens, combat climate change, and confront the other forces that threaten our common interests.
The podcast focuses on current politics seen in the context of our nation’s history and the personal biographies of the participants. It will highlight the policy initiatives of non-partisan think tanks and institutions, while drawing upon current academic scholarship and political literature from years past — including Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.’s 1949 classic “The Vital Center.”
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Vital Center podcast:
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Revolt Against the Modern World
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Superman Comes to the Supermarket
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The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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L'Heloge de la Nuance
In Praise of Nuance
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The Social Crisis of Our Present Time
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Democracy in America

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Unit X
How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
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History of Civilization in France
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Goldwater
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God and man at Yale
the superstitions of "academic freedom"
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Vanishing Neighbor
The Transformation of American Community

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The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

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Reagan
His Life and Legend
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Virtue for Courageous Minds, a

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The reactionary mind
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump
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Market Craft

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Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
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The Middle of the journey
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The Captured Economy

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