The Aaron Renn Show
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.
Episodes
208 episodes
RYAN WILLIAMS: How to Run a Dissident Think Tank
Ryan Williams is the president of the Claremont Institute. Claremont is the institutional base of West Coast Straussianism, and has long been known for its fellowship programs and quarterly journal The Claremont Review of Books. It has attracte...
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ROBERT WOODSON, SR.: How American Evangelicals Should Think About Race
Despite major progress in civil rights, black economic uplift, and even electing a black President, the question of race continues to be an ongoing major issue in the United States. There are continuing significant racial disparities between ra...
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JUSTIN SHUBOW: Making Buildings Beautiful
Justin Shubow is the president of the National Civic Art Society, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that promotes the classical and humanistic tradition in public art and architecture. He was also formerly the chairman...
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ROD DREHER: Living in a Re-Enchanted World
Bestselling author Rod Dreher has a knack for putting his finger on what people are going to be talking about next. He's done it again with his new book on re-enchantment, Living in Wonder. He joins us today to talk about embracing wha...
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OS GUINNESS: Our Civilizational Moment
Os Guinness is an author and social critic. Yes, he is related to the Guinness brewing family. He has an incredible life story, being born in China to medical missionaries and living through the communist takeover there. He has a DPhil from Oxf...
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DELANO SQUIRES: Manhood in the Modern Age
Delano Squires is a Research Fellow in Life, Religion and Family at the Heritage Foundation, and a contributor to the Blaze. He joins me today to talk about the enduring relevance of the call to manhood and family, and how to live that out in t...
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STEPHEN EIDE: Uplifting the Man Farthest Down
Stephen Eide is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute who studies homelessness and mental illness. He joins me to discuss his new article in National Affairs magazine about how to help the homeless and those who struggle at the very bottom...
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AUSTIN KNUPPE: The Fate of Middle Eastern Christians
Austin Knuppe is an assistant professor of political science at Utah State University specializing in Foreign Policy, International Politics, Middle East Politics, and War. He's the author of a recent book on how Iraqis survived the Islamic Sta...
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TIM CARNEY: America's Family Unfriendly Culture
Journalist and AEI Senior Fellow Tim Carney joins me to discuss his new book Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to BeRead Jason Jewell's review of the book:
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NATE FISCHER: The Macro Trends Shaping Tomorrow's World
Nate Fischer, Founder and CEO of New Founding, joins us to talk about his firm's investment strategy, and particularly the macro forces that will be shaping the society and economy of tomorrow. Read the New Founding Strategy:
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CHRIS BOLINGER: How Christian Men Can Survive Divorce
While divorce rates have fallen from their peak, they are still very high, with women initiating the vast majority of them. The divorce rate among American Christians is also too high. While divorce is difficult for non-religious men, Christian...
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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 ...
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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 M...
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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 b...
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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://amer...
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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 sub...
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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 shape...
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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 s...
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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,...
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MILES SMITH: Lessons from Reading Exvangelical Memoirs
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":
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MATTHEW PETERSON: The Future of Conservative Media
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...
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JOSHUA MITCHELL: The Roots of the Great Awokening
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...
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BATYA UNGAR-SARGON: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
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 Cl...
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RICHARD REEVES: The Struggles of the Modern American Male
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 pr...
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