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
197 episodes since 2020
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 ...
September 09, 2024
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49:28
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...
September 03, 2024
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53:57
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...
August 26, 2024
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52:31
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...
August 19, 2024
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57:03
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...
August 12, 2024
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1:03:06
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...
August 05, 2024
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33:28
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...
July 29, 2024
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22:07
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,...
July 22, 2024
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1:04:37
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":
July 15, 2024
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47:32
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...
July 08, 2024
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46:15
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...
July 01, 2024
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53:48
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...
June 24, 2024
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33:08
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...
June 17, 2024
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42:30
FARAH STOCKMAN: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
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 ...
June 10, 2024
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58:53
JONATHAN WHITEHEAD: The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention
Jonathan Whitehead, a lawyer who has been active in Southern Baptist institutional life for many years, joins me to discuss the future of the SBC. We will focus on the SBC's upcoming convention in Indianapolis, where several key issues will be ...
June 05, 2024
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1:31:28
ANTHONY BRADLEY: Evangelicalism's Man Problems
Dr. Anthony Bradley joins me to talk about why the evangelical church struggles to attract men. We will discuss the state of men in America, the matrilineal nature of evangelicalism, and what needs to change to make the church more relevant.&nb...
May 20, 2024
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1:36:23
DR. EWAN GOLIGHER: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death
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 suici...
May 13, 2024
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42:00
It's Not Your Problem, It's Their Problem
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 n...
May 06, 2024
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17:06
PAUL CARRESE: How Civics Can Remedy Higher Education’s Decline
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 fu...
April 29, 2024
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39:21
LUKE ROBSON: Revitalizing Hillsdale, Michigan
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 Ren...
April 22, 2024
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41:51
Identity Is the Foundation of Everything (Newsletter #87)
Your identity is the foundation and the heart of everything. Because if you don’t know who you are, you don’t know what to do. In this month's newsletter I discuss the importance of identity, and why many people in power in our society w...
April 15, 2024
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10:27
LEON PODLES: The Deep Roots of Men's Alienation from Church
Leon Podles joins me today to discuss the deep roots of why men don't go to church, focusing on the male quest for honor. He is the author of The Church Impotent and Losing the Good Portion: Why Men Are Alienated from Christianity.Read ...
April 08, 2024
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37:02
PETER OSTAPKO: Curating Conversations on Faith, Fatherhood, and Work at Kinsmen Journal
Peter Ostapko joins us to discuss his project Kinsmen Journal, a high quality print magazine for Christian men and broader project to curate conversations around faith, fatherhood, and work. Kinsmen Journal featured original commissioned photog...
April 01, 2024
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34:43
DAVID MURROW: Why Men Hate Going to Church
This is my interview from two years ago with David Murrow, author of the influential book Why Men Hate Going to Church. Why does the American church skew female? How did he get interested in this topic? How did people receive his...
March 25, 2024
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59:19
Cultural Insurgency (Newsletter #86)
Paleoconservative military writer William Lind developed a concept he calls "4th Generation War," which is an insurgency conflict similar to Afghanistan or Iraq. 4GW is rooted in a decline of the legitimacy of the state, a fundamentally asymmet...
March 18, 2024
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