The Aaron Renn Show

Aaron Renn
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The Aaron Renn Show Podcast

Aaron Renn's commentary and insights on our 21st century world, along with his conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers on the issues of today. Covering culture, media, economics, politics, Christianity and men's issues.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    JAMES DAVISON HUNTER: Will America Come Apart?

    James Davison Hunter is a renowned sociologist at the University of Virginia who introduced the term "culture war" to the US discourse. He's a leading expert on cultural change and cultural battles in America.He joins me to discuss his new book Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis, which tells the deep cultural story underlying today's polarized politics. This important book describes the deep structure of American culture as resting on what he calls t...

    49 min

  2. 3 SEPT

    JOSHUA KLEIN: Preserving the Art of Traditional Wood Construction

    Joshua Klein, editor of Mortise and Tenon magazine, joins me to talk about his love of traditional wood construction techniques, and the value of craftsmanship and manual work. In addition to the magazine, Klein is also an Associate Fellow in Mechanical Arts at Greystone Theological Institute. Buy Mortise and Tenon Magazine: https://www.mortiseandtenonmag.com/Greystone Theological Institute: https://www.greystoneinstitute.org/Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

    54 min

  3. 26 AUG

    JON TYSON: Urban Church in the Negative World

    Jon Tyson, founding and senior pastor of Church of the City in New York, joins me to talk about the urban church in today's world. Tyson discusses:How to deal with the constant population churn in the city?The differences between pre-Covid and post-Covid New YorkHow Covid wiped out 70% of what Tim Keller and others built over the previous 35 years in terms of New York City church plantsThe flow of church planters into New York drying upWhat's unique about Generation Z? Includes that they don'...

    53 min

  4. 19 AUG

    OREN CASS: The Future of the American Worker

    Oren Cass is founder of American Compass, a reformist center-right think tank seeking to look beyond dogmatic adherence to libertarian economics. He joins me to talk about the future of the American worker.American Compass: https://americancompass.org/Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

    57 min

  5. 12 AUG

    DEAN BALL: The Age of Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial intelligence is the hot topic of the tech world today. But how do we make sense of it? Dean Ball is a Research Fellow in the Artificial Intelligence & Progress Project at the Mercatus Center, who also writes a Substack on the subject. He joins me to discuss this new AI technology and how to regulate it.Subscribe to Dean Ball's Substack: https://www.hyperdimensional.co/Subscribe to my Substack: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

    1h 3m

  6. 5 AUG

    JARED MUSGROVE and WILL PESCH: Brothers Under Christ (BYX) - The Christian Fraternity

    BYX (Beta, Upsilon, Chi in Greek, for Brothers Under Christ and pronounced "Bucks") is a Christian college fraternity. National director Jared Musgrove and Georgia chapter member Will Pesch join me to talk about this fraternity and how it shapes young men in a campus environment.BYX Website: https://byx.org/Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

    33 min

  7. 29 JUL

    MAYOR FRANCIS SUAREZ: The Miami Model of Urbanism

    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...

    22 min

  8. 22 JUL

    YUVAL LEVIN: The Constitution Is the Solution

    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-20Subscribe to m...

    1h 5m
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Aaron Renn's commentary and insights on our 21st century world, along with his conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers on the issues of today. Covering culture, media, economics, politics, Christianity and men's issues.

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  • Creator
    Aaron Renn
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    197
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Urbanophile, LLC
  • Show Website
    The Aaron Renn Show

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