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Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherMaking Room for Disagreement: Jonathan Rauch & Liz Joyner on Heterodox Academy and the Courage to Keep TalkingBest Of TP&R
As we close out the year, we’re resurfacing a small handful of conversations from the Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other archive that best reflect what this show exists to do: create space for thoughtful disagreement, moral seriousness, and the hard work of living together in a pluralistic democracy.
This conversation with Jonathan Rauch and Liz Joyner stands out as a true highlight — not just because of the ideas discussed, but because of the spirit in which they’re explored: curiosity, generosity, and an insistence that liberal democracy is something...
2025-12-261h 24Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherMaking Room for Disagreement: Jonathan Rauch & Liz Joyner on Heterodox Academy and the Courage to Keep TalkingBest Of TP&R
As we close out the year, we’re resurfacing a small handful of conversations from the Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other archive that best reflect what this show exists to do: create space for thoughtful disagreement, moral seriousness, and the hard work of living together in a pluralistic democracy.
This conversation with Jonathan Rauch and Liz Joyner stands out as a true highlight — not just because of the ideas discussed, but because of the spirit in which they’re explored: curiosity, generosity, and an insistence that liberal democracy is something...
2025-12-261h 24
Beneath the HeadlinesDemocracy Needs Christianity with Jonathan RauchIn 2003, Jonathan Rauch—a man who describes himself as an "unrepentantly atheistic Jewish homosexual"—argued that religion's decline in the U.S. was "nothing less than a major civilizational achievement." Today, he thinks that article was the "dumbest thing I have ever written."Rauch, still unabashedly atheist, Jewish, and homosexual, believes Christianity is a "load-bearing wall" for American democracy. His book Cross Purposes urges the Church to follow Jesus's teachings so that society can rediscover the civic virtues required for a functioning republic.Rauch and Mike discuss his book, secularism's failures and why Rauch...
2025-11-111h 03
Unbelievable?Can Christianity Save Democracy? Os Guinness v Jonathan Rauch hosted by Vince VitaleCan Christianity save democracy? Vince Vitale hosts a frank, generous exchange between social critic Os Guinness and author Jonathan Rauch about faith’s civic foundations, liberalism, and power. This is one we’ve been looking forward to! Rauch, a scientific materialist, argues that democracy needs Christianity’s deepest teachings; Guinness locates America’s virtues in the Hebrew–Christian tradition.
Don’t miss the most moving moment: around the hour mark, Guinness turns to Rauch and apologises without caveat for the ways Christians have treated gay people like him. Rauch receives it with grace, and the room changes. It’s a rare, exemplar...
2025-10-231h 22
The Theory of AnythingEpisode 117: Jonathan RauchThis week we had the absolute honor of interviewing Jonathan Rauch. Rauch is an extremely influential public intellectual (journalist and author) who is also a Popperian. His 1993 book, Kindly Inquisitors, makes the epistemic case for free speech. It is a stone cold classic that will be with us for a long time. In his 2021 sequel, The Constitution of Knowledge, he considers how society collectively produces knowledge and the dangers of misinformation. He has also written a book that provided the “intellectual framework” for the case for same sex marriage. (link) And though he says he's a Jewish atheist, his late...
2025-09-301h 52
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherInside Heterodox Academy: Jonathan Rauch and Liz Joyner on Reclaiming Truth in a Fractured DemocracyWhy defending viewpoint diversity might be the most radical—and necessary—act in higher education today.
🎧 Episode Summary
What a treat to welcome two leading voices in the fight for viewpoint diversity and constructive civic dialogue: Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brookings and author of The Constitution of Knowledge, and Liz Joyner, founder of The Village Square.
As board members of Heterodox Academy (HxA), Jon and Liz unpack the organization’s mission to restore open inquiry and truth-seeking within higher education—and how these values are essential to preserving our democracy at large. With personal stories, sh...
2025-09-301h 23Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherInside Heterodox Academy: Jonathan Rauch and Liz Joyner on Reclaiming Truth in a Fractured DemocracyWhy defending viewpoint diversity might be the most radical—and necessary—act in higher education today.
🎧 Episode Summary
What a treat to welcome two leading voices in the fight for viewpoint diversity and constructive civic dialogue: Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brookings and author of The Constitution of Knowledge, and Liz Joyner, founder of The Village Square.
As board members of Heterodox Academy (HxA), Jon and Liz unpack the organization’s mission to restore open inquiry and truth-seeking within higher education—and how these values are essential to preserving our democracy at large. With personal stories, sh...
2025-09-301h 23
Increments#92 - Confronting the Paradox of Tolerance: Christianity in the age of Trump (w/ Jonathan Rauch)We're joined by Jonathan Rauch to discuss what it means to be a radical incrementalist, how to foment revolution on geological timescales, and whether Christianity can be a force for good in politics. Can Jon convince angry-Hitchens-atheist Vaden that Christianity has some benefits? Will both Vaden and Ben be at Sunday prayer?
Follow Jonathan on his website, at Brookings, at The Atlantic or on Bluesky.
We discuss
The constitution of knowledge and whether it's holding
Norms vs laws, and whether we should introduce more laws to codify norms
Popper's paradox of tolerance
How should...
2025-09-251h 07
Keen On AmericaHalfway to Hungary: Jonathan Rauch on the Authoritarian Playbook that Trump Borrowed from a Small, Landlocked Central European StateSo where exactly is Trump’s America? According to the Brookings fellow Jonathan Rauch, the world’s largest economic, military and cultural power is “half way to Hungary” - the small, landlocked Central European country run by an equally small and landlocked man called Viktor Orban. For Rauch, this suggests that America is on its way to becoming the sort of pathetically petty patrimonial state that the wannabe dictator Orban is trying to establish in Hungary. But the idea of the world’s dominant superpower being “halfway to Budapest” sounds more like the title of a cha...
2025-09-2444 min
Dive Into A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy by Jonathan RauchPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/80228to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
Author: Jonathan Rauch
Narrator: Asa Siegel
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
Release date: 07-22-25
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Genres: Christianity
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What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends? In this provocative book, the award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch—a lifelong atheist—reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of secularism and the corrosion of Christianity. Thin Christianity, as Rauch calls the mainline church, has...
2025-07-225h 05
The SacredWhy a Gay Atheist Still Believes Christianity Matters – with Jonathan RauchWe sat down with Jonathan Rauch - a gay, Jewish atheist - to explore his remarkable journey from accepting his sexuality and rejecting religion to becoming a key voice advocating for same-sex marriage and the vital role of Christianity in sustaining liberal, secular democracy.Key topics include:- Jonathan's personal wrestle with his sexuality and eventual acceptance- His commitment to gay and lesbian equality and the social conservative case for same-sex marriage- The negative effects of secularisation - The importance of Christian values in...
2025-06-181h 08
Heterodox Out LoudFaith, Fear, and the Future of Democracy with Jonathan Rauch | Ep 38Why does a self-described “gay, atheistic Jewish guy” argue that America needs more Christianity right now? In this thought-provoking episode, Jonathan Rauch, author, Brookings Institution senior fellow, and newly appointed board member of Heterodox Academy, joins host John Tomasi for an insightful discussion recorded in Washington, D.C. Jonathan reflects on his new book, Cross Purposes, a contrarian apology for the Christian values that once helped sustain both American self-government and its universities. Drawing from personal narratives, constitutional history, and contemporary social fractures, Rauch argues that the decline of robust, virtue-based Christianity and the politicization of fa...
2025-06-171h 02Heterodox Out LoudFaith, Fear, and the Future of Democracy with Jonathan Rauch | Ep 38Why does a self-described “gay, atheistic Jewish guy” argue that America needs more Christianity right now? In this thought-provoking episode, Jonathan Rauch, author, Brookings Institution senior fellow, and newly appointed board member of Heterodox Academy, joins host John Tomasi for an insightful discussion recorded in Washington, D.C. Jonathan reflects on his new book, Cross Purposes, a contrarian apology for the Christian values that once helped sustain both American self-government and its universities. Drawing from personal narratives, constitutional history, and contemporary social fractures, Rauch argues that the decline of robust, virtue-based Christianity and the politicization of fa...
2025-06-171h 02
In Conversation… with Frank SchaefferJonathan Rauch Unfiltered: Cross Purposes, Broken Democracy, and Free Speech on Fire with Frank SchaefferJonathan Rauch joins Frank Schaeffer to tear apart the tangled mess of faith and politics in America. From religious hypocrisy to democracy’s near-collapse, this episode isn’t for the faint of heart. Get ready for a searing look at free speech, identity, and the culture war battles you can’t ignore._____LINKShttps://www.brookings.edu/people/jonathan-rauch/https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-jonathan-rauch_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcas...
2025-06-101h 05
Point of LearningThe First 100 Daze with Jonathan Rauch
At some point during my video call with Jonathan Rauch on April 9th, 2025, it began to dawn on me that my planned release date for this episode would be on or around the 100th day of the second Trump Administration. It also occurred to me that I could not be speaking with someone better qualified to throw into vivid relief some of the dimensions of what this means. An expert on government, Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has written nine books and hundreds of articles and essays—often on policy, but also on to...
2025-05-011h 07
The Permanent ProblemChristianity and democracy, with Jonathan RauchWhile the formal separation of church and state is a vital element of America's constitutional order, the success of our long-running experiment in self-government has always depended on a healthy interdependence between republican freedom and religious faith. So argues Jonathan Rauch in his new book Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy. "In American civic life, Christianity is a load-bearing wall," writes. "When it buckles, all the institutions around it come under stress, and some of them buckle, too."On this episode of The Permanent Problem podcast, Rauch joins host Brink Lindsey to discuss secularization and the ra...
2025-04-2358 min
The Holy Post664: An Atheist Says America Needs Jesus with Jonathan RauchDonald Trump launched a global trade war because he thinks America's trade deficit makes us "losers," but does he even understand what a trade deficit is? Phil introduces a new segment full of statistics that make Kaitlyn and Skye groan. And they discuss David Brooks' new article in The Atlantic, which compares this moment in U.S. history to the era of Andrew Jackson, and offers hope for what may come after MAGA. Skye interviews Jonathan Rauch about his new book, "Cross Purposes." Rauch, an atheist, says his antagonism toward Christianity changed when he came to see how vital...
2025-04-091h 27
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2481: Jonathan Rauch on The Resistance to Trump 2.0Has Signalgate triggered a credible resistance movement to Trump 2.0? Brookings scholar and Atlantic columnist Jonathan Rauch isn’t particularly optimistic. He discusses the emerging resistance from law firms, media, and some religious groups, while expressing concern about Trump potential defiance of Supreme Court orders. Rauch observes that the opposition to Trump’s authoritarianism remains fragmented, but believes that eventually counter-organization will develop, though he remains uncertain whether it will happen quickly enough to be effective.Five Key Takeaways from the Rauch Interview* Patrimonial Governance: Trump's administration operates on what Rauch describes as a patrimonial model wher...
2025-03-2935 min
Faithful PoliticsWhy Democracy Needs Christianity: A Conversation with Jonathan RauchHave a comment? Send us a text! (We read all of them but can't reply). Email us: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.comIn recent years, American Christianity has undergone a profound transformation—and it's reshaping the foundations of our democracy. In this episode, we talk with Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy. A self-described atheist, Jew, and gay man, Rauch argues that liberal democracy has long depended on the moral framework Christianity provides—and that its collapse is fueling political dysfunction, extremism, and civic decay. Together with h...
2025-03-251h 04
The Good FightJonathan Rauch on the Politicization of ChristianityYascha Mounk and Jonathan Rauch also discuss patrimonialism in the United States.
Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a member of the Persuasion Board of Advisors. His latest book is Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Rauch discuss the decline of religion and its impact on society, the long-term future of religion in America, and why patrimonialism is the best frame for understanding the Trump administration.
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2025-03-1254 min
The Good FightJonathan Rauch on the Politicization of ChristianityYascha Mounk and Jonathan Rauch also discuss patrimonialism in the United States.Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a member of the Persuasion Board of Advisors. His latest book is Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Rauch discuss the decline of religion and its impact on society, the long-term future of religion in America, and why patrimonialism is the best frame for understanding the Trump administration.
2025-03-1255 min
The Vital CenterReevaluating Christianity’s bargain with democracy, with Jonathan RauchJonathan Rauch would seem to be an unlikely defender of American Christianity. The eminent author, Brookings senior fellow, and Atlantic magazine contributing editor is a gay Jewish atheist — “I won the marginalized trifecta,” he observes — who grew up deeply suspicious of Christianity and its potential for (and past history of) oppression. As he describes in his recent book Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy, his attitude began to change at college, when his freshman year roommate was a Christian believer who exemplified the best aspects of the religion. But Rauch also came to appreciate that as the country...
2025-03-041h 03
The Jim Rutt ShowEP 287 Jonathan Rauch on the Epistemic CrisisJim talks with Jonathan Rauch about the ideas in his book The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. They discuss the epistemic crisis, Plato's Theaetetus, Trump & propaganda techniques, the Constitution of Knowledge as a framework for epistemics, the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor, the reality-based community, the personal-institutional spiral, the social funnel of knowledge, social media's impact on epistemics, advertising vs subscription models, meme space pollution, the anti-vax movement, the importance of free speech to the gay rights movement, recommendations for defending truth, supporting institutions, speaking out against misinformation, maintaining viewpoint diversity, and much more.
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2025-02-281h 37
Good FaithJonathan Rauch: An Atheist Rethinks Secular & Christian America What is the hidden influence of Christianity in American society—and what happens if it disappears? Host Curtis Chang sits down with Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and author of Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy, to explore how Judeo-Christian values have shaped democracy and what their decline means for our political and social landscape. They discuss the rise of fear within the evangelical church, political polarization, and make the case for Christian virtues as a stabilizing force at the heart of the American republic. Whether you're a believer or a skeptic, it's im...
2025-02-2744 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonChristianity and Secularism in America, with Jonathan Rauch"I grew up thinking that Christianity was basically cruel and hypocritical." "The core teachings of Jesus align very well with the core teachings of James Madison." "That's why we need Christianity. It's not because we don't have reason to fear. It's because we do." —Jonathan Rauch, from the episode We're at a crossroads, where Christianity and secularism in America are both operating at cross-purposes, and both need a critical reassessment of their role in democratic public life. In his new book, Jonathan Rauch "reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of...
2025-02-1857 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastJonathan Rauch: The Christianity-Democracy Break UpThe crisis of American Christianity has become a crisis for democracy, says award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch. A lifelong atheist, he is warning that the waning of the church in this country is tied to the waning of our democracy.What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends? In his provocative new book Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, Rauch reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of secularism and the corrosion of Christianity....
2025-02-161h 02
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence KraussJonathan Rauch:Jonathan Rauch is one of the clearest thinkers writing today about the philosophical and sociological interconnections between democracy and science, as detailed in his last book, The Constitution of Knowledge, about which we had a fascinating podcast discussion a year or two ago. When I heard his newest book was due to appear this month, I was eager to have him back on. This new book, Cross Purposes, Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy was released yesterday. It was a surprising take on the subject. Rauch is an atheist, a Jew, and homosexual, so one might have ex...
2025-02-052h 09
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherJonathan Rauch: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with DemocracyIn this episode, we welcome back Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Jon joined us to discuss his new book, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.
We dive deep into the intersection of faith, democracy, and civic engagement (that's our jam!), exploring how American Christianity has shifted in recent years and what that means for the future of our democracy. We also discuss the aftermath of the 2024 election, the rise of political tribalism, and the role of faith in shaping a more just and stable society....
2025-02-031h 30Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherJonathan Rauch: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with DemocracyIn this episode, we welcome back Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Jon joined us to discuss his new book, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.
We dive deep into the intersection of faith, democracy, and civic engagement (that's our jam!), exploring how American Christianity has shifted in recent years and what that means for the future of our democracy. We also discuss the aftermath of the 2024 election, the rise of political tribalism, and the role of faith in shaping a more just and stable society....
2025-02-031h 30
Beyond PoliticsJonathan Rauch on Christianty's Broken Bargain with DemocracyCross Purposes: The Broken Connection Between Christianity and American Democracy
Matt Robison explores the relationship between Christianity and American democracy with Brookings scholar and Atlantic author Jonathan Rauch. They discuss the themes of Rauch's new book, Cross Purposes, which argues that the health of America's political and religious institutions are deeply intertwined. The conversation delves into the decline of Christianity's influence, the rise of secular substitutes, and the problematic blend of religion with partisan politics. Rauch also highlights the potential model of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a way forward for American Christianity.
00:00 Introduction: Christianity...
2025-01-2852 min
Derate The HateChristianity's Role in a Virtuous and Prosperous Democracy... DTH Episode 247 with Jonathan RauchSend Wilk a text with your feedback!Christianity's Role in a Virtuous and Prosperous DemocracyI’m thrilled to welcome back a guest who is both a brilliant thinker and someone I deeply respect, even though we often disagree politically—Jonathan Rauch.Jonathan is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution, a contributing writer for The Atlantic, and the author of several thought-provoking books, including Kindly Inquisitors and The Constitution of Knowledge. Some of you might remember when he joined me back in January 2023 to talk abou...
2025-01-2250 min
Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Cross Purposes with Jonathan Rauch -Episode 569 - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Cross Purposes with Jonathan Rauch -Episode 569 - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Joining me today is Jonathan Rauch, an award-winning journalist, author, and public intellectual whose work has shaped critical conversations on politics, culture, and religion.
Jonathan’s latest book, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy, courageously and thought-provokingly examines the challenges facing American Christianity today. With declining church attendance, a rise in political polarization, and questions about religion's role in a liberal democracy, Jonathan offers a fresh perspective, arguing that Christianity can and must b...
2025-01-0835 min
The Final ServiceJonathan Rauch on the Limits of MAGA and TrumpOne theme was consistent throughout this election year: the assertion that democracy was under threat. Throughout the year, Jonathan Rauch weighed in on whether democracy is waning, and how the Republican party could build a future without Trumpism.Jonathan Rauch joins Ray Suarez to discuss Trump's reelection, and how he feels today about the health of our republic. This is our final episode of On Shifting Ground. Thank you for all your support over the years. We'll miss you.Guest:
2025-01-0226 minThe Final ServiceJonathan Rauch on the Limits of MAGA and TrumpOne theme was consistent throughout this election year: the assertion that democracy was under threat. Throughout the year, Jonathan Rauch weighed in on whether democracy is waning, and how the Republican party could build a future without Trumpism.Jonathan Rauch joins Ray Suarez to discuss Trump's reelection, and how he feels today about the health of our republic. This is our final episode of On Shifting Ground. Thank you for all your support over the years. We'll miss you.Guest:
2025-01-0226 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2283: Jonathan Rauch's six key moments of 2024Time waits for no one. As 2024 winds down, what are the key moments of a year that perhaps overpromised and underdelivered? According to the Brookings scholar Jonathan Rauch, six events in 2024 captured the year’s zeitgeist. There’s the November election and the tumult in the Middle East, of course. Then there’s the ongoing lawfare between Trump and the legal establishment as well as the Supreme Court’s creeping power. But Rauch ends his summary of 2024 more positively, finding two examples - one from the public sector, the other from private enterprise - suggesting that America can, ind...
2024-12-251h 03
The Zac Clark ShowExpert Interventionist Shares Secrets Behind 1,000+ Successful Interventions | Jonathan RauchWhen you hear the word “intervention,” you might picture the chaotic scenes from TV shows like Intervention. But as Certified Intervention Expert Jonathan Rauch explains, interventions aren’t about chaos—they’re about connection, preparation, and healing.
In this episode of The Zac Clark Show, Zac sits down with Jonathan, who has led over 1,000 successful interventions, to discuss how reframing interventions as family meetings can reduce stress and create a path toward recovery. They dive into the critical role of family support, preparation, and education in addressing substance use disorders (SUD), alcohol use disorders (AUD), and mental health cha...
2024-12-1051 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2246: Jonathan Rauch on the catastrophic ordinariness of contemporary AmericaSo was November 5 a moral catastrophe signaling the death knell of American liberalism or just another election in the turbulent history of American democracy. According to the Brookings scholar Jonathan Rauch, the Trump-Harris election was both. On the one hand, Rauch argues, wearing his unashamedly liberal cap, November 5 was a moral catastrophe for the future of American democracy. But, on the other, slapping on his Brookings analyst’s cap, Rauch celebrates November 5 as an ordinary election. I suspect the double capped Rauch is onto a singular thing here. There is a feeling of catastrophic ordinariness about America right now. It...
2024-11-1746 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2134: Jonathan Rauch on Reinventing Liberalism in the 21st CenturyI was at the Liberalism for the 21st Century conference last week in DC where I bumped into an old friend and KEEN ON regular Jonathan Rauch. A Brookings Fellow and prolific author, Rauch is amongst America’s most thoughtful commentators on the contemporary crisis of liberalism and the rising popularity of “post-liberalism”. So, in the wake of Trump’s choice of JD Vance, a politician who has openly embraced the “post-liberal” moniker, I caught up with Rauch to get his take on a liberalism for the 21st century. Does John Stuart Mill’s classic 19th century theory of individual rig...
2024-07-1932 min
Understanding CongressDoes Congress Still Suffer from Demosclerosis? (with Jonathan Rauch)The topic of this episode is, “Does Congress still suffer from Demosclerosis?"My guest is Jonathan Rauch, the author of the classic book, Demosclerosis: The Silent Killer of American Government (Times Books, 1994). Jonathan is a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the author of numerous books, including The Constitution of Knowledge (Brookings Institution Press, 2021), and Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (University of Chicago Press, 2014).I first read Demosclerosis nearly 30 years ago, when I was a graduate school student. I was rifling offerings outside the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan, and the book’s titl...
2024-06-0330 min
The Shape of DialogueThe Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch - The Shape of Dialogue #24https://www.jonathanrauch.comJonathan Rauch was brought to New Zealand by the Free Speech Union for a speaking tour in May 2025. See here for more information about the Free Speech Union - https://www.fsu.nzJonathan Rauch is a highly acclaimed American journalist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. He has written eight books, including the renowned Kindly Inquisitors, which defends free speech and robust criticism, even when it's racist, sexist and highly offensive. Jonathan writes for many of the world's leading publications, including the New York Times, The Atlantic...
2024-06-0347 min
Free Speech Union's Podcast"Why Free Speech is the Only Safe Space for Minorities" with Jonathan RauchListen to Jonathan Rauch’s talk, “Why Free Speech is the Only Safe Space for Minorities,” which he delivered to our audience in Christchurch. It is a powerful talk about the dire need for free speech in the fight for equality.“Minorities are always better off in a society that protects hate speech than in a society that protects us from hate speech.” - Jonathan RauchFor more information about Jonathan, https://www.brookings.edu/people/jonathan-rauch/For more information about the Free Speech Union, www.fsu.nzSupport the showhttps...
2024-05-2945 min
Not My Generation13 - Jonathan Rauch Says America Should Apologize to Gay PeopleIn this episode, Emily and James visit with Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution and Dr. Aaron Bachhofer, professor of history at Rose State College. We discuss Jonathan's recent article in the Atlantic Magazine over the failure of the U.S. to acknowledge and apologize for its mistreatment of members of the LGBTQ+ community.Jonathan and Aaron provide some history as to what Jonathan calls "America's truest and purest experiment in genuine totalitarianism." They also discuss some of the current efforts by some to push back against the equality gains the LGBTQ+ community has had over the...
2024-03-1555 min
Derate The HateKill Our Errors Instead of Each Other... DTH Episode 193 with Jonathan RauchSend Wilk a text with your feedback! In the bustling marketplace of ideas, distinguishing truth from misinformation requires a nuanced approach that combines critical thinking, evidence-based analysis, and an openness to diverse perspectives. Engaging in conversations with individuals holding differing mindsets is crucial in this process. Interacting with a variety of opinions fosters a more comprehensive understanding of complex issues and challenges one's assumptions. Constructive dialogue not only exposes individuals to alternative viewpoints but also encourages the scrutiny of arguments, enabling a more informed evaluation of the information presented. By actively participating fully & fearlessly in curious conversations w...
2024-01-1056 min
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherTim Keller and Michael Gerson, A Tribute with Pete Wehner and Jonathan RauchWhat a highlight it was for us to have two of our favorite guests of TP&R, Pete Wehner and Jonathan Rauch, on together to give tribute to Tim Keller and Michael Gerson.
Tim Keller and Michael Gerson were both at the top of the list of guests we wanted to have on TP&R. Sadly we lost both gentlemen within the last year. Mike passed away last November and Tim died in May of this year. But we’re lucky to have Jonathan Rauch and Pete Wehner for this conversation because they were all fri...
2023-12-2759 minTalkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherTim Keller and Michael Gerson, A Tribute with Pete Wehner and Jonathan RauchWhat a highlight it was for us to have two of our favorite guests of TP&R, Pete Wehner and Jonathan Rauch, on together to give tribute to Tim Keller and Michael Gerson.
Tim Keller and Michael Gerson were both at the top of the list of guests we wanted to have on TP&R. Sadly we lost both gentlemen within the last year. Mike passed away last November and Tim died in May of this year. But we’re lucky to have Jonathan Rauch and Pete Wehner for this conversation because they were all fri...
2023-12-2759 minUnbelievable?Should faith and politics mix? | Peter Wehner, Jonathan Rauch with Vince VitaleVince Vitale hosts this timely discussion around faith and politics, with Pete Wehner, journalist and senior fellow at Trinity Forum and Jonathan Rauch who is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute. The topic is Should faith and politics mix? How can we take the fear out of politics and make it transcendent rather than transactional? Atheist Jonathan Rauch is an expert in governance studies and the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is also a contributing writer of The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equiv...
2023-12-151h 14
Enduring InterestSPEECH AND CENSORSHIP #1: Kindly Inquisitors with Jonathan RauchEnduring Interest is very pleased to launch our series on speech and censorship with this conversation on Jonathan Rauch’s Kindly Inquisitors, first published in 1993 and reissued in 2013 with a new afterword. We discuss Jonathan’s conception of “liberal science,” or the liberal intellectual system’s approach to sorting truth from falsehood. He suggests this is arguably liberalism’s greatest achievement yet seems always under attack from a variety of quarters. We discuss the fundamentalist and humanitarian threats to free speech, focusing most of our attention on the latter. Can speech cause harm? If yes, why should one not limit it? We compa...
2023-09-151h 05
Conversations with Peter BoghossianTyranny of Zealots and Spirals of Silence | Peter Boghossian & Jonathan RauchAward-winning author Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and contributing editor of The Atlantic. Jonathan defends objective truth and free inquiry in his latest book, "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth." He is the author of eight books on public policy, culture, and government, including "Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought" and "Beyond Queer: Challenging Gay Left Orthodoxy." Jonathan's Website: https://www.jonathanrauch.com/ Braver Angels: https://braverangels.org/what-we-do/debates/ Articles referenced by Jon: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/media/twitter-musk-journalists-hnk-intl/index.html https...
2023-08-141h 01
From the New WorldJonathan Rauch: The Written and Unwritten ConstitutionJonathan Rauch is the author of the Constitution of Knowledge, Kindly Inquisitors, the Happiness Curve, and much more.0:00 The Constitution of Knowledge23:30 Trump28:00 Cognitive Bias48:15 Game Theory 1:12:00 EgregoresJon on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jon_rauchBJ Campbell on From the New World:Jonathan Rauch — How American Politics Went Insane:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/how-american-politics-went-insane/485570/Atlantic Dinosaurs:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/dinosaur-extinction-debate/565769/Political Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room Deals Can Strength American Democracy:https://ww...
2022-10-241h 43
Faith AngleBonnie Kristian and Jonathan Rauch: On the Knowledge CrisisIn this episode, Bonnie Kristian discusses her brand new book, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community. Her haunting phrase, “the knowledge crisis,” was perhaps popularized last year by another compelling book from Jonathan Rauch, the senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. Jon’s 2021 book is The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, and as he explains in more detail, the book describes the essential conditions and institutions necessary for maintaining the basic building blocks of shared human understanding in a free society. This is a rich conversation betwee...
2022-10-1442 min
Principle of CharityHow Do We Know What’s True? On the Couch with Jonathan RauchIn Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has a more relaxed conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.US writer and author of The Constitution of Knowledge Jonathan Rauch, explains what ‘truth’ is and why and how we must defend it. In a fascinating account of how liberal democracies ‘produce’ knowledge, Jonathan describes this unwritten ‘constitution of knowledge’ as a global process of error checking with millions of people around the world, thousands of institutions, all searching for each other’s errors. Rauch says this social producti...
2022-09-1223 minPrinciple of CharitySpotlight With Jonathan Rauch: How Do We Know What’s True?US writer and author of The Constitution of Knowledge Jonathan Rauch, explains what ‘truth’ is and why and how we must defend it. In a fascinating account of how liberal democracies ‘produce’ knowledge, Jonathan describes this unwritten ‘constitution of knowledge’ as a global process of error checking with millions of people around the world, thousands of institutions, all searching for each other’s errors. Rauch says this social production of knowledge which began around 200 years ago turns out to be a species transforming technology that “produces more new knowledge in a given morning than humanity did in the first 200,000 years”.
2022-09-0550 min
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancThe Constitution of Knowledge feat. Jonathan RauchIts hard to believe that a book like The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth,” hasn't been written before, which surfaces the structures that we need in order to convert contention into facts and knowledge. Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institute, and the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His many Brookings publications include “The Cons...
2022-08-171h 12
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherJonathan Rauch (Part 2) - THE CONSTITUTION OF KNOWLEDGE: A DEFENSE OF TRUTHIn the 2nd part of our conversation with Jonathan Rauch, we do a deeper dive into his timely, ground breaking book THE CONSTITUTION OF KNOWLEDGE: A DEFENSE OF TRUTH. We discuss its goals of peace, freedom and knowledge; why authoritarians hate the Constitution of Knowledge; how to diagnose and resist the ills of disinformation and cancel culture; the effects of cancel culture such as "the spiral of silence"; how, at its center, the MAGA movement is all about disinformation; and how to transform the world by planting the seeds of big ideas.
JONATHAN RAUCH, a senior fellow...
2022-06-201h 00Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherJonathan Rauch (Part 2) - THE CONSTITUTION OF KNOWLEDGE: A DEFENSE OF TRUTHIn the 2nd part of our conversation with Jonathan Rauch, we do a deeper dive into his timely, ground breaking book THE CONSTITUTION OF KNOWLEDGE: A DEFENSE OF TRUTH. We discuss its goals of peace, freedom and knowledge; why authoritarians hate the Constitution of Knowledge; how to diagnose and resist the ills of disinformation and cancel culture; the effects of cancel culture such as "the spiral of silence"; how, at its center, the MAGA movement is all about disinformation; and how to transform the world by planting the seeds of big ideas.
JONATHAN RAUCH, a senior fellow...
2022-06-201h 00
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherJONATHAN RAUCH: Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Contributing Writer for The Atlantic (Part 1)This is part 1 of our conversation with Jonathan Rauch. We had to have Jon back for a follow up because, as you'll hear, he's such a genuine, inquisitive fellow, he ended up asking Corey more questions than the other way around. We touch upon a number of big ideas like the existence of God; how the gospel of Jesus contrasts with the way a lot of self-professed Christians act; the trauma gay Americans have had to endure from Christians; Jon also talks about amazing Christians he's gotten to know and the concept of grace; and how we can make...
2022-06-131h 24Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherJONATHAN RAUCH: Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Contributing Writer for The Atlantic (Part 1)This is part 1 of our conversation with Jonathan Rauch. We had to have Jon back for a follow up because, as you'll hear, he's such a genuine, inquisitive fellow, he ended up asking Corey more questions than the other way around. We touch upon a number of big ideas like the existence of God; how the gospel of Jesus contrasts with the way a lot of self-professed Christians act; the trauma gay Americans have had to endure from Christians; Jon also talks about amazing Christians he's gotten to know and the concept of grace; and how we can make...
2022-06-131h 24
In RealityHow We Know What’s True with Jonathan RauchTruth–and the institutions that defend it–are under attack. What can the rest of us do? In this episode of In Reality, co-hosts Eric Schurenberg and Joan Donovan are joined by Jonathan Rauch, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of ‘The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth’. In this captivating discussion, Jonathan unpacks what is best described as a crisis of knowledge in Western culture, the result of a multi-front challenge to citizens’ ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate...
2022-05-181h 02
Digital Public SquareMisinformation and falsehood with Jonathan RauchIn this episode, I am joined by Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the recent book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. Today, we talk about the rise and spread of misinformation and falsehood.Meet Jonathan: Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings and the author of eight books and numerous articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer of The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.
2021-11-3039 min
Fresh Lens PodcastDiscussion with Jonathan RauchThis episode is a treat!In our last two book episodes, we covered Kindly Inquisitors and The Constitution of Knowledge, both by Jonathan Rauch. We are delighted to have Jonathan on the show today to talk about both books and some points of disagreement we had when we covered the books. We discuss the nature of moral progress, whether his most recent book was politically biased, and what we can make of the credibility of our knowledge-making institutions, particularly the mainstream media.You can find Jonathan on Twitter @jon_rauch, and on his website https...
2021-11-301h 00
The Cognitive Crucible#62 Jonathan Rauch on the Constitution of KnowledgeDuring this episode, Jonathan Rauch of the Brooking's Institute discusses his new book: The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. The Constitution of Knowledge may be thought of as a distributed network with taproots in the same philosophical lineage as the Enlightenment and the United States Constitution. The Constitution of Knowledge keeps us anchored in reality, mediates social conflict, enables civil discourse, and turns disagreement into knowledge. Jonathan makes the case for why we need it and how it should be protected. Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-62 ...
2021-09-2156 min
Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 21: On The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan RauchOn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we venture into the mind of James Madison, one of the most insightful political thinkers in American history. We learn how his wisdom can help solve many of the issues facing higher education. The blog, “Heterodox Academicians, Make Madison Your Model” was written by Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He’s the author of eight books including his most recent, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. As mentioned in today’s episode: On September 21st, we will be hosting a ri...
2021-09-1611 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 21: On The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan RauchOn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we venture into the mind of James Madison, one of the most insightful political thinkers in American history. We learn how his wisdom can help solve many of the issues facing higher education. The blog, “Heterodox Academicians, Make Madison Your Model” was written by Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He’s the author of eight books including his most recent, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. As mentioned in today’s episode: On September 21st, we will be hosting a ri...
2021-09-1611 min
The Big MiddleJonathan Rauch (REPLAY)"The midlife slump is very often, literally, about nothing." One of the many observations of Jonathan Rauch from our conversation about his book The Happiness Curve in December of 2018.It's an upbeat listen that serves up surprises and positive perspectives in equal measure. I'm betting you too could use a small break from the deeply distressing news out of Afghanistan and the ongoing back and forth about how we manage living with COVID.Jonathan has put out two more books since we spoke. We'll have him on The Big Middle soon to discuss h...
2021-08-2041 min
The Ethics IncubatorJonathan Rauch: On The Constitution of KnowledgeJonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer of The Atlantic. Rauch is author of The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth (June 2021) and previously author of Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (1993).
Welcome to my conversation with Jonathan Rauch.
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2021-08-0345 min
Converging Dialogues#56 - A Defense Against Illiberalism: A Dialogue with Jonathan RauchIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Jonathan Rauch about the constitution of knowledge and how to defend against illiberalism. They discuss Jonathan’s background and how we have arrived to many of the societal themes today. They discuss the distinctions between truth and knowledge and how Jonathan modeled his constitution of knowledge from the US constitution. They talk about the central thesis of compromise and how it’s possible to scale the constitution of knowledge to all of society. They stress the importance and value of institutions and provide an example of how gay rights was achie...
2021-07-121h 17
Rick Lee James Podcast NetworkVoices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 427: The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan RauchThe Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan RauchThe Constitution of Knowledge has been called “a book that anyone who cares about truth and democracy needs to read” (Anne Applebaum), “a magnificent integration of psychology, epistemology, and history” (Jonathan Haidt), and “an illuminating exploration of the flight from fact” (Jon Meacham). The book’s author Jonathan Rauch is an IHS distinguished fellow and a Brookings Institution senior fellow in governance studies. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. You can Follow Jonathan...
2021-06-2332 minVoices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Episode 427: The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan RauchThe Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan Rauch
The Constitution of Knowledge has been called “a book that anyone who cares about truth and democracy needs to read” (Anne Applebaum), “a magnificent integration of psychology, epistemology, and history” (Jonathan Haidt), and “an illuminating exploration of the flight from fact” (Jon Meacham).
The book’s author Jonathan Rauch is an IHS distinguished fellow and a Brookings Institution senior fellow in governance studies. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. You can Follo...
2021-06-2332 min
Rick Lee James Podcast NetworkEpisode 427: The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan RauchThe Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan RauchThe Constitution of Knowledge has been called “a book that anyone who cares about truth and democracy needs to read” (Anne Applebaum), “a magnificent integration of psychology, epistemology, and history” (Jonathan Haidt), and “an illuminating exploration of the flight from fact” (Jon Meacham). The book’s author Jonathan Rauch is an IHS distinguished fellow and a Brookings Institution senior fellow in governance studies. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’...
2021-06-2332 min
Get Lost In A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Ground-Breaking.The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan RauchPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/548567to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
Author: Jonathan Rauch
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Length: 12 hours 23 minutes
Release date: June 22, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
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Arming Americans to defend the truth from today’s war on facts Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multifront challenge to America’s ability to distinguish fact...
2021-06-2212h 23
Step Inside The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Uplifting!The Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan RauchPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/164183to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Constitution of Knowledge
Author: Jonathan Rauch
Narrator: Traber Burns
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Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
Release date: 06-22-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 469 ratings
Genres: Civics & Citizenship
Publisher's Summary:
In this pathbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel 18th-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the “Constitution of Knowledge” - our social system for turning disagreement into truth. By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch arms defenders of truth with a clearer understanding of what they...
2021-06-2212h 23
Get New Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan RauchPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/548567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth Author: Jonathan Rauch Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 22, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Arming Americans to defend the truth from today’s war on facts Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multifront challenge to America’s ability to dist...
2021-06-2203 minGet New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan RauchPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/548567to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
Author: Jonathan Rauch
Narrator: Traber Burns
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes
Release date: June 22, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Arming Americans to defend the truth from today’s war on facts Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multifront challenge to America’s ability to distinguish fact...
2021-06-2212h 23
Conversations with Bill KristolJonathan Rauch on Polarization, Information Warfare, and Cancel CultureHow has America become so polarized? Has negative partisanship opened the floodgates for disinformation and propaganda in our politics? How is cancel culture related to information warfare? How can those who believe in free government fight back? In this Conversation, Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, shares his perspective. Drawing on his new book, The Constitution of Knowledge, Rauch argues that to understand contemporary polarization, we must focus on deliberate campaigns of disinformation conducted by political actors who benefit from the weakening of institutions through the diffusion of falsehoods and conspiracy theories. Considering the phenomenon of...
2021-06-181h 21
Honest Offense63: Jonathan Rauch on Defending TruthJonathan Rauch is a Senior Fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He is a contributing editor of The Atlantic and author of numerous books and articles on public policy, culture, and government. In 1993, he published “Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought,” which remains one of the best philosophical defenses of free speech. Jonathan’s new book is the Constitution of Knowledge, a 21st-century follow-up to Kindly Inquisitors.
In this conversation, we discuss the psychology of why we think the way we do, the historical context for the development of our views on spe...
2021-06-1258 min
The Braver Angels PodcastA Defense of Truth | Jonathan Rauch with John Wood, Jr. & April LawsonAuthor Jonathan Rauch is a long respected voice in American journalism on matters ranging from marriage equality to freedom of speech. In his upcoming book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, Rauch explains the social infrastructure by which truth is protected, breaking down assaults on truth from the right and the left and exploring what we can do about it. April Lawson and John Wood, Jr. join Rauch for this episode of the Braver Angels Podcast, chatting about cancel culture, the Trump administration, the idea of a "constitution of knowledge," and the importance of speaking...
2021-06-1059 min
The Long GameIs There a Way Out of Information Chaos & Cancel Culture? Jonathan Rauch Shines a LightWe are in an information crisis. Viral disinformation predominates on the right, and cancel culture on the left, but Jonathan Rauch says in his new book "The Constitution of Knowledge" that both of them "share the goal of dominating the information space by demoralizing their human targets: confusing them, isolating them, drowning them out, deplatforming them, or overwhelming them so they give up on pushing back." The book is not primarily about media literacy. It's not a guide with tips about how to tell fake news from real news. It's a step back or up from...
2021-06-081h 04
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergJonathan Rauch, the Kindest InquisitorIn a world increasingly subjected to discussions of Jewish space lasers, fake birth certificates, and luciferian pedophile cabals, the truth could use a spirited defense. Jonathan Rauch, whose work Jonah has cited on countless occasions, finally appears on The Remnant today to offer exactly that. The two discuss Jonathan’s new book, The Constitution of Knowledge, which explores how all Americans can defend free inquiry and objective reality. Are trolling and propaganda as American as apple pie? Do Marxists run a monopoly on disinformation? And should loyal listeners abandon all hope of Jonah ever publishing that “Liberal Fascism Reconsidered” essay...
2021-06-081h 25
New Books in Big IdeasJonathan Rauch, "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth" (Brookings, 2021)In recent years Americans have experienced a range of assaults upon the truth. In The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth (Brookings Institution Press, 2021), Jonathan Rauch describes the various ways in which our understanding of truth has come under attack, and the mechanisms that exist to fight back. As Rauch explains, the challenge of determining truth is as old as civilization itself, with the system we use today a product of concepts formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today this system faces an unprecedented challenge created by the digital revolution, which has inverted the social incentives on whic...
2021-06-0738 min
New Books in JournalismJonathan Rauch, "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth" (Brookings, 2021)In recent years Americans have experienced a range of assaults upon the truth. In The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth (Brookings Institution Press, 2021), Jonathan Rauch describes the various ways in which our understanding of truth has come under attack, and the mechanisms that exist to fight back. As Rauch explains, the challenge of determining truth is as old as civilization itself, with the system we use today a product of concepts formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today this system faces an unprecedented challenge created by the digital revolution, which has inverted the social incentives on whic...
2021-06-0738 min
Dialogues with Richard ReevesJonathan Rauch on how to know what's trueHow do you know what's true? Who do you trust? These are questions that are no longer academic, philosophical ones, but at the heart of our politics and society. My friend and colleague Jonathan Rauch has a brilliant new book out, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, and that's the basis for our dialogue here. He describes the CoK as "liberalism’s epistemic operating system: our social rules for turning disagreement into knowledge" - and describes how it works - or should work - in the four cornerstones of academia, journalism, government and law.We di...
2021-06-071h 19
So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 137 The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan RauchWhat differentiates Albert Einstein from a madman? How do we turn disagreement into knowledge? How do we know what's true in a world filled with disinformation, conspiracy theories, trolling, and social media pile-ons? On today's episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Jonathan Rauch to discuss his new book "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth," which is set for release on June 22, 2021. Also joining the conversation is FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff. Show notes: Transcript "The Constitution of Knowledge"...
2021-06-031h 13
Reasonably Happy with Paul OllingerRebounding from Mid-life Melancholy (w/Jonathan Rauch)(Originally posted Jan, 2020...but so worth another listen) In The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50, Jonathan Rauch explores the decline in happiness that most people experience in middle age and what there is to do about it. Even after achieving all we had ever dreamed of and more, many of us experience a disappointment or melancholy, and question if “this” is all there is to life. The first thing to understand that this is normal. Your doubts are okay and part of the aging process of the mind. The second thing to embrace is that you will be okay...
2021-05-0444 min
Your Next EpisodeThe Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 with Jonathan RauchThis episode will have lots of lightbulb moments for mid lifers and you're going to feel really good by the end of it, I promise. If you're in your 30s - do yourself a favour and listen - limit the surprise coming your way. Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, is the author of seven books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pu...
2020-11-1632 min
The Great AntidoteJonathan Rauch on Cancel Culture and Free SpeechSend us a textJonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic and author of many books including Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, continues the conversation of free speech and talks to us about cancel culture. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
2020-10-0848 min
Mental Health News RadioWhy Life Gets Better After 50 with Jonathan RauchJonathan Rauch, author of The Happiness Curve; Why Life Gets Better After 50...Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump when you’re successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end?Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions. He shows that from our 20s into our 40s, happiness follows a U-shaped trajectory, a “happiness curve,” declining from the optimism of youth into what’s often a long, low slump in middle age, before starting to rise again in our 50s...
2019-04-1630 min
The One You FeedJonathan Rauch on The Happiness Curve
Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, the author of 6 books (and many, many articles) and is a contributing editor of The Atlantic. His latest book is The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50. See what you think about the trends of happiness in your life compared to the tendency he describes in his book and this interview. It may be that the emotional peak of life is different than when you’d expect.Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this...
2019-01-2347 minThe One You FeedJonathan Rauch on The Happiness Curve
Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, the author of 6 books (and many, many articles) and is a contributing editor of The Atlantic. His latest book is The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50. See what you think about the trends of happiness in your life compared to the tendency he describes in his book and this interview. It may be that the emotional peak of life is different than when you’d expect.Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this...
2019-01-2347 min
Midlife MixtapeEp 46 “Happiness Curve” author Jonathan Rauch“Transition to contentment”: Jonathan Rauch on the scientific reasons life gets better after fifty, why the midlife slump is a normal and necessary, and how it’s a “we” not a “me” problem. Plus, Nancy’s excited to make like a Grandma Orca.
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2019-01-2200 min
The Big MiddleJonathan RauchSubscribers to The Big Middle will have heard just about every guest mention the U-curve of happiness.
Along the life course, social and brain science shows the curve is happy-miserable-happy not - as you might have surmised - happy-miserable-more miserable until the end.
Perplexed when he had his own midlife slump, my guest went into deep research mode and wrote a book about it. American Jonathan Rauch is a print journalist of distinction - the best broadsheets, the best news magazines. The book, his sixth, is the hot seller The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better...
2018-12-1341 min
Repurpose Your Career | Career Pivot | Careers for the 2nd Half of Life | Career Change | Baby BoomerJonathan Rauch, Author of The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50Jonathan Rauch, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, is the author of six books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is the contributing editor of The Atlantic, and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50. Key Takeaways: [1:08] Marc welcomes you to episode 78 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. Marc invites you to share this podcast with like-minded souls. Please subscribe, share it on social media, write an honest iTunes r...
2018-05-1432 min
The Long GameJonathan RauchJonathan Rauch's 2016 Atlantic cover story, "How American Politics Went Insane," argued that we've reformed our politics into dysfunction. We talk about how telling people to vote or participate in the process is not, on its own, going to solve our problems. We need people to either get involved in political parties or delegate authority to them. The irony, he says, is that "an unmediated, direct democracy, is less democratic and less representative than mediated democracy." Episode 1 explained how I got interested in the topic of institutions by asking myself why the Republican Party was powerless to stop D...
2017-09-1946 min