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Yuval Levin on Our Constitution

The AEI scholar and author of American Covenant joins John to talk about a document that he believes could unify we the people, again.  Highlights 1:30       Second home 8:15       The national “we”…
John Murdock
John Murdock
September 17, 2024

The AEI scholar and author of American Covenant joins John to talk about a document that he believes could unify we the people, again. 

Highlights

1:30       Second home

8:15       The national “we”

13:45    A dignified basis for unity

21:00    Changing culture by changing institutions

25:00    Make Congress boring again

29:00    What women want

32:00    Cheese pizza and Tip O’Neill

37:00    Think Tank U

41:00    A hunger for scallops and solidarity

47:00    Plausible deniability?

50:00    A hopeful Constitution Day

Resources

Yuval’s bio and buy the book

FPR’s review

Yascha Mounk, Yuval, and the back of John’s head at AEI

Wendell Kimbrough helps us find our way home

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John Murdock

John Murdock

John Murdock is an attorney and globetrotting localist who worked for over a decade in Washington, D.C.; left the Capital Beltway to write from a family farmhouse deep in the heart of the Lone Star state; taught law in South Korea; and then rode the housing waves of Boise. In 2023, John left the crisp dry air of Idaho and returned to the stifling humidity of his native east Texas. His writing is catalogued at johnmurdock.org.