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Uncertain ThingsLower Expectations of Humanity (Yuval Levin)AEI Senior Fellow Yuval Levin rejoins the pod to discuss the enemies of continuity. He and Adaam debate the definition of conservatism and whether it’s the Annihilist urge that dominates the contemporary left or something else entirely. Oh, and if that’s not nerdy enough for you, they also go on a semi-Burkean detour to adjudicate whether beauty in art is related to truth (because someone had to!).On the agenda:-Cultural continuity and the modern conservative [00:10]-The hubris of knowledge [10:19]-Who are the enemies of continuity [17:54]-Solipsism as m...2025-07-2158 min
The Russell Moore ShowYuval Levin Provides Hope for American UnityFor Independence Day, we are running an episode of particular relevance from our archives.
Could the Constitution provide the antidote to polarization?
Yuval Levin thinks so. The director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Levin is the author of a new book titled American Covenant. In it, and during this episode, Levin identifies the reasons people feel as though America is at a breaking point, as well as meaningful opportunities for reuniting.
He and Moore consider why fragmentation is happening, the naiveté of cynicism, and ways the party s...2025-07-0247 min
Converging Dialogues#424 - Reforming Our Institutions: A Dialogue with Yuval LevinIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Yuval Levin about the importance of reforming our institutions. They discuss why institutions are important, individuals and institutions, slow change with institutions, and the mistrust and dislike of institutions. They also make the case for elites, building broad political coalitions, Trump’s 2nd first 100 days, reforming journalism, family in the 21st century, and many more topics. Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder an...2025-05-261h 10
Hold These Truths with Dan CrenshawMake Congress Great Again | Yuval LevinYuval Levin returns to discuss the institutional failures plaguing Congress, the rise of performative politics, and the art of leadership. They explore the incentives that lead modern politicians to focus more on viral tweets than actual governance, how the Constitution holds the key to unity, and political reforms that could put Congress back on the path to solving America’s biggest challenges. Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. His most recent book is American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – And Could Again.2025-02-2857 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonThe President and the Constitution, with Yuval Levin“Is Trump interested in being Constitutionally faithful?” (Mark Labberton, from this episode) “What we're watching here is the operation of the will of an individual on the system, and the system is really meant to answer to the negotiated will of a plural body.” (Yuval Levin, from this episode) “ I think character is destiny, especially in the American presidency, because the presidency really is one person.” (Yuval Levin, from this episode) The transition of power from one presidential administration to another always has the potential for turbulence—often a surreal, perplexing, or disorienting process. But is...2025-02-1140 min
Heartland Daily PodcastAmerican Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again (Guest: Yuval Levin)Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Yuval Levin, the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, to discuss his new book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again. They chat about the Constitution’s true genius and reveals how it charts a path to repairing America’s fault lines. They also discuss the Constitution’s exceptional power to facilitate constructive disagreement, negotiate resolutions to disputes, and forge unity in a fractured society.Get the book he...2024-12-101h 05
Ill Literacy: Books with BensonAmerican Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again (Guest: Yuval Levin)Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Yuval Levin, the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, to discuss his new book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again. They chat about the Constitution’s true genius and reveals how it charts a path to repairing America’s fault lines. They also discuss the Constitution’s exceptional power to facilitate constructive disagreement, negotiate resolutions to disputes, and forge unity in a fractured society.Get the book he...2024-12-101h 05
Just Asking QuestionsYuval Levin: What is Trump's "Mandate"?Is Trumpism America's new governing ideology? Just asking questions.
Trump won decisively by modern standards, meaning for the first time in several cycles nobody is seriously disputing the results, but did he really win bigly? Does he have a governing mandate?
Today's guest says, not really. Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of National Affairs. He co-authored a paper published just before the election called "Politics Without Winners" about the inability of either Democrats or the GOP to build a lasting governing...2024-11-211h 00
The BulletinThe Fate of the University with Yuval LevinWhat’s the future of American universities? Find us on Youtube.On this deep-dive episode of The Bulletin, Mike Cosper welcomes Yuval Levin for a conversation about the problems of the modern American university and the possibilities for its future. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN:
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רוח מערבית - The Western Spirit#175 - Yuval Levin
In this episode of *The Western Spirit*, we sit down with Dr. Yuval Levin, a scholar and political scientist at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss the implications of Tim Walz being selected as Kamala Harris' vice-presidential candidate. Levin explores how this decision reflects a broader ideological shift within the Democratic Party.
We also delve into the erosion of trust in institutions, the rise of populism, and the generational divide within the major political parties.
Additionally, Levin offers insights into the current state of conservatism and how Donald Trump has both positively and negatively reshaped the movement.2024-09-231h 03
American PotentialYuval Levin on the Constitution's Role in Bridging Political Divides In this episode of American Potential, host Jeff Crank sits down with Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again. Levin delves into how the Constitution was designed to manage conflicts and disagreements, creating a system that encourages coalition-building and compromise. He discusses the founders' vision for a government that limits the power of any one individual or faction, promoting stability and unity despite diverse opinions.
Levin also examines the current political climate, exploring h...2024-09-1743 minAmerican PotentialYuval Levin on the Constitution's Role in Bridging Political Divides In this episode of American Potential, host Jeff Crank sits down with Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again. Levin delves into how the Constitution was designed to manage conflicts and disagreements, creating a system that encourages coalition-building and compromise. He discusses the founders' vision for a government that limits the power of any one individual or faction, promoting stability and unity despite diverse opinions.
Levin also examines the current political climate, exploring h...2024-09-1743 min
Transition LabWhat if the Constitution had the solutions all along? With Yuval LevinThe federal government seems broken, but it might not be for the reasons you think. In this episode of “Transition Lab,” Yuval Levin talks with us about the surprising ways in which a the U.S. Constitution—despite being centuries old—could help us address our most pressing modern social and political problems.
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the founder and editor of National Affairs, a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review and a contributing opinion...2024-09-1746 min
The Great AntidoteYuval Levin on The American CovenantSend us a textEven though I hope you’ve been avoiding the election news like I have (as you would the plague), admittedly, it’s hard to do. It’s like someone is blasting it outside your window at 5 AM. Or like a billboard outside your front door that you can’t help but see every time you step outside. Bummer. Fortunately, AEI’s wonderful Yuval Levin joins us today to talk about the remedy to the plight of election season and America’s recent malaise (not to echo Jimmy Carter…): the American constitution. Now, I know, yo...2024-09-1350 min
How to Fix DemocracyFrom Stability to Upheaval: Yuval Levin on the 1950s Prelude to America's 1960s Revolution | Featuring Yuval LevinIn a conversation with Andrew Keen, Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, explores the critical transition from the 1950s- a decade often seen as a conservative period of economic prosperity- into the 1960s, a turbulant era marked by confrontations over race, gender, and shifts in the politcal landscape of the Republican and Democratic Parties.2024-09-1047 min
Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values161 – American Covenant with Yuval LevinIn this era of polarization and partisan bickering, Americans of all political persuasions are calling for the nation to come together. National unity is certainly in high demand and highly praised. But what is unity? As Yuval Levin argues in his latest book, American Covenant, “unity doesn’t mean agreement…disagreement does not foreclose the possibility of unity. A more unified society would not always disagree less, but it would disagree better—that is, more constructively and with an eye to how different priorities and goals can be accommodated. That we have lost some of our knack for unity in America do...2024-09-031h 06
DC EKGYuval Levin on How the Constitution Can Heal a Divided NationIn this riveting episode of DC EKG, we sit down with Yuval Levin, a leading voice in American constitutional thought and the author of the newly released book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again. Levin delves deep into the origins and evolution of the U.S. Constitution, offering a fresh perspective on its role in fostering unity across a diverse nation.Resources:Yuval Levin’s New Book: American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again – Available now on Amazon. Don’t miss out on this essential read that r...2024-08-2658 min
The Russell Moore ShowYuval Levin Provides Hope for American UnityCould the Constitution provide the antidote to polarization?Yuval Levin thinks so. The director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Levin is the author of a new book titled American Covenant. In it, and during this episode, Levin identifies the reasons people feel as though America is at a breaking point and meaningful opportunities for reuniting.He and Moore consider why fragmentation is happening, the naiveté of cynicism, and ways the party system has—and hasn’t—worked well for the United States. They discuss partisanship, the potential upsides of ranked-c...2024-08-2150 min
Qualified OpinionsRestoring America’s Institutions with Yuval LevinWhat are the preconditions for a functional liberal democracy? How have our institutions lost their way? How can our divisive culture be put on the right track again? Yuval Levin joins the show to discuss. Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder and editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review, and a contributing opinion writer at New York...2024-08-071h 04
JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths PodcastRestoring Constitutional Unity with Yuval LevinJoin the Anchoring Truths Podcast team and Dr. Yuval Levin for a deep-dive into how the Constitution may unify us again. In his new book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again, Levin gives us a thorough analysis of both the written and unwritten constitution and why that structure that the
American Founders gave us is still morally good and durable. Levin argues that we today through our institutions need to devote ourselves toward the project of recovering those habits and practices that historically have sustained our life under the Constitution.
Yuval Levin i...2024-08-0259 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonAmerican Covenant, with Yuval Levin“The Constitution is neither a left-wing or right-wing document. It is ultimately about how to hold a society together.” American political life today is fractured and splintered, but many still yearn for unity. How can we find social cohesion amid sharply felt differences? Political scientist Yuval Levin wants to bring us back to our founding document: the American Constitution. After all, the Preamble identifies as its primary purposes to “form a more perfect union” and “establish justice.” Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where he also holds t...2024-07-0256 min
The Good FightYuval Levin on the Coming RealignmentYascha Mounk and Yuval Levin discuss why neither Democrats nor Republicans have built a durable post-Cold War coalition—and how American politics could be transformed in 2028.
Yuval Levin is an academic and the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Levin is the author of A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream and, most recently, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Yuval Levin discuss the different strands o...2024-06-291h 11
The Good FightYuval Levin on the Coming RealignmentYascha Mounk and Yuval Levin discuss why neither Democrats nor Republicans have built a durable post-Cold War coalition—and how American politics could be transformed in 2028.Yuval Levin is an academic and the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Levin is the author of A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream and, most recently, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again.In this week’s...2024-06-291h 14
Turn Downtime Into Storytime With Full AudiobookAmerican Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our NationAnd Could Again Audiobook by Yuval LevinListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 722425
Title: American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our NationAnd Could Again
Author: Yuval Levin
Narrator: Leon Nixon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:21:00
Language: English
Release date: 06-11-24
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Global Politics, Political Ideologies
Summary:
A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America
Common ground is hard to find in today’s politics. In a society teeming with irreconcilable political perspectives, many people have grown frustrated under a system of go...2024-06-1110h 21
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsAmerican Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—And Could Again by Yuval LevinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722425to listen full audiobooks.
Title: American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—And Could Again
Author: Yuval Levin
Narrator: Leon Nixon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Release date: June 11, 2024
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America Common ground is hard to find in today’s politics. In a society teeming with irreconcilable political perspectives, many people have grown frustrated under a system of government that constantly demands comprom...2024-06-1110h 21
the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsAmerican Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—And Could Again by Yuval LevinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—And Could Again Author: Yuval Levin Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America Common ground is hard to find in today’s politics. In a society teeming with irreconcilable political perspectives, many people have grown frustrated under a system of government that constantly demands...2024-06-1103 min
The Long GameYuval Levin's "American Covenant" is a blueprint for peace-making and effective governanceIt is the 80th anniversary of D-Day. I just finished watching the ceremony in France, where they honored WWII vets who still live, and those who never came home. It was incredibly moving. But we can't just look back and grow emotional during inspiring video montages. We must think about how to avoid the paths of division that could send future young men and women to similar fates. We can honor those brave WWII vets further — now — by listening to those who are trying to help us remember how to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than throu...2024-06-0658 min
Enduring InterestSPEECH AND CENSORSHIP #8: Season Four Wrapup with Alex Duff, Yuval Levin and Jonathan RauchToday we bring you the final episode in our series on speech and censorship. We wrap up a series by bringing back guests from previous episodes to discuss the broader themes and dilemmas that have persisted over the course of the series. In this conversation we discuss if and how making distinctions among different kinds of speech might improve our ability to navigate the dilemmas around free speech. We discuss the recent phenomenon of campus protests and this extent to which this sort of activity should be protected in higher education. And we wonder if the idea of self-restraint is g...2024-06-051h 01
New Books in American StudiesCan the Constitution Still Unite Us?: A Conversation with Yuval LevinDuring an era of broad political dissatisfaction, what is the history and role of the Constitution? Does the Constitution still have the power to unite us? Dr. Yuval Levin joins Madison's Notes to discuss his forthcoming book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation ― and Could Again. Along the way, he delves into key American figures from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson and the reasons for our present discord.Yuval Levin is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, and Director of Social, Cultu...2024-05-1453 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsCan the Constitution Still Unite Us?: A Conversation with Yuval LevinDuring an era of broad political dissatisfaction, what is the history and role of the Constitution? Does the Constitution still have the power to unite us? Dr. Yuval Levin joins Madison's Notes to discuss his forthcoming book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation ― and Could Again. Along the way, he delves into key American figures from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson and the reasons for our present discord.Yuval Levin is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, and Director of Social, Cultu...2024-05-1453 min
New Books in American PoliticsCan the Constitution Still Unite Us?: A Conversation with Yuval LevinDuring an era of broad political dissatisfaction, what is the history and role of the Constitution? Does the Constitution still have the power to unite us? Dr. Yuval Levin joins Madison's Notes to discuss his forthcoming book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation ― and Could Again. Along the way, he delves into key American figures from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson and the reasons for our present discord.Yuval Levin is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, and Director of Social, Cultu...2024-05-1453 min
Madison's NotesS3E25 Can the Constitution Still Unite Us?: A Conversation with Yuval LevinDuring an era of broad political dissatisfaction, what is the history and role of the Constitution? Does the Constitution still have the power to unite us? Dr. Yuval Levin joins Madison's Notes to discuss his forthcoming book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation ― and Could Again. Along the way, he delves into key American figures from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson and the reasons for our present discord.Yuval Levin is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, and Director of Social, Cultu...2024-05-1453 min
New Books in LawCan the Constitution Still Unite Us?: A Conversation with Yuval LevinDuring an era of broad political dissatisfaction, what is the history and role of the Constitution? Does the Constitution still have the power to unite us? Dr. Yuval Levin joins Madison's Notes to discuss his forthcoming book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation ― and Could Again. Along the way, he delves into key American figures from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson and the reasons for our present discord.Yuval Levin is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, and Director of Social, Cultu...2024-05-1453 min
New Books in Political ScienceCan the Constitution Still Unite Us?: A Conversation with Yuval LevinDuring an era of broad political dissatisfaction, what is the history and role of the Constitution? Does the Constitution still have the power to unite us? Dr. Yuval Levin joins Madison's Notes to discuss his forthcoming book American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation ― and Could Again. Along the way, he delves into key American figures from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson and the reasons for our present discord.Yuval Levin is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, and Director of Social, Cultu...2024-05-1453 min
Pod and Man at YaleYale "Absolutely" Failing as a Social Institution; Dr. Yuval Levin on Society's Core Institutions and Why They Aren't Working as They ShouldOn the newest episode of Pod and Man at Yale, our student panel examines how Yale, and higher education more generally, is failing to fulfill their expected role in society Aron Ravin ’24: “I think Yale should be making people into better people, like in the value sense, but it’s not — and I think that disappoints me.”Owen Tilman ’26: “...These institutions are not meant to take a political stance. I don’t want to know what Yale as an Institution thinks about Israel and Palestine. I just want to rest assured… that I’m able to have an open and honest dialo...2024-04-1134 min
Crown and CrozierDefending the Morality of Capitalism ~ Yuval LevinIn this episode, Dr. Yuval Levin offers a spirited defense of capitalism on moral grounds, recognizing that the most serious criticisms against capitalism aren’t necessarily about prosperity and wealth, but about the perceived moral failings of the economic system.This approach is actually consistent with the original case for capitalism, articulated by Adam Smith himself, who was first and foremost a moral philosopher.Along the way, we talk about the essential virtues within Smith’s philosophy; who coined the term “capitalism”; the need for social institutions like families and churches to temper economic appetites; the brea...2024-01-2751 minEnduring InterestSPEECH AND CENSORSHIP #3: Yuval Levin on Walter Berns and Irving Kristol on the Case for CensorshipWith our December episode we continue our series on speech and censorship. We take up two essays which make the case for a particular kind of censorship: Walter Berns’s “Pornography v. Democracy: The Case for Censorship” and Irving Kristol’s “Pornography, Obscenity and the Case for Censorship.” Berns’s essay was published in The Public Interest in the winter of 1971 and Kristol’s in The New York Times Magazine in March 1971. Our guest is Yuval Levin, who’s the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel C...2023-12-131h 03
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherBest of: Yuval Levin, Dir. Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at AEI, ”I strongly disagree with you. Now, pass the gravy.”Thoroughly appreciated this "Best of" conversation with Dr. Yuval Levin which we originally had right after the terrible attacks of October 7th in Israel.
It was especially timely to have Dr. Yuval Levin on the program as he's not only one of this country's foremost scholars and policy experts, he's originally from Haifa, Israel. So we, of course, discussed what's happening there; however, our recording was only a couple days after the terrorist attacks that sparked the war. We did get to discuss a number of other pressing issues such as Dr. Levin's advocacy for ranked choice vo...2023-11-2159 minTalkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherBest of: Yuval Levin, Dir. Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at AEI, ”I strongly disagree with you. Now, pass the gravy.”Thoroughly appreciated this "Best of" conversation with Dr. Yuval Levin which we originally had right after the terrible attacks of October 7th in Israel.
It was especially timely to have Dr. Yuval Levin on the program as he's not only one of this country's foremost scholars and policy experts, he's originally from Haifa, Israel. So we, of course, discussed what's happening there; however, our recording was only a couple days after the terrorist attacks that sparked the war. We did get to discuss a number of other pressing issues such as Dr. Levin's advocacy for ranked choice vo...2023-11-2159 minTalkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherYuval Levin, Dir. Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at AEI: ”I strongly disagree with you. Now, pass the gravy.”Please consider participating in a charitable effort our family is supporting: http://spot.fund/EquipmentForIDFReserves
It was especially timely to have Dr. Yuval Levin on the program as he's not only one of this country's foremost scholars and policy experts, he's originally from Haifa, Israel. So we, of course, discussed what's happening there; however, our recording was only a couple days after the terrorist attacks that sparked the war. We did get to discuss a number of other pressing issues such as Dr. Levin's advocacy for ranked choice voting in primary elections; how to structure i...2023-10-171h 02Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherYuval Levin, Dir. Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at AEI: ”I strongly disagree with you. Now, pass the gravy.”Please consider participating in a charitable effort our family is supporting: http://spot.fund/EquipmentForIDFReserves
It was especially timely to have Dr. Yuval Levin on the program as he's not only one of this country's foremost scholars and policy experts, he's originally from Haifa, Israel. So we, of course, discussed what's happening there; however, our recording was only a couple days after the terrorist attacks that sparked the war. We did get to discuss a number of other pressing issues such as Dr. Levin's advocacy for ranked choice voting in primary elections; how to structure i...2023-10-171h 02
Trinity Forum ConversationsRebuilding our Common Life with Yuval LevinRebuilding our Common life with Yuval LevinOne of the greatest problems in our civic life is that our institutions are weak. And they're weak not merely because they are distrusted by outsiders, but because their leaders fail to take their institution-building responsibilities seriously. Rather than submitting to the responsibilities and constraints that any functioning institution imposes, those leaders have come to use the institution as a personal platform to gain attention and express themselves.On our podcast, Yuval Levin explains how institutions have historically served to connect, mediate, and structure much...2023-08-0831 min
Faith AngleAmerica’s Crisis in Social Trust: Yuval LevinYuval Levin is the kind of thinker, policy analyst, public servant, and scholar you really want in DC. The talk you’re about to hear is one he gave to a group of 15 Michael Cromartie Forum journalists, a highly promising group of early-career journalists. The topic is declining trust in our politics, in religion, and in American journalism—and it’s a deeply insightful and challenging talk that we hope you’ll feel just as stirred by as our group did.
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The Tikvah PodcastYuval Levin on How America's Constitution Might Help Solve Israel's Judicial Crisis Earlier this month, Yuval Levin, the editor of National Affairs, published an op-ed in the New York Times entitled “The Solution to Israel’s Crisis Might Be in America’s Constitution.” That essay forms the point of departure for this week’s discussion with Levin himself. Levin does not, of course, think that Israel should simply adopt the American constitution, or any of its particular features. Israel is a sovereign nation with its own history and its own destiny, and no foreign documents will suit it word for word. Yet the American constitution contains within it elemental co...2023-04-1038 min
The Russell Moore ShowYuval Levin on What Christians Can Learn from Religious MinoritiesWhy has there been a rise in antisemitic tropes, speech, and acts in recent years? Why have cultural moments of change in the West often led to the emergence of violence against Jewish people? And how might the Jewish American experience shed light on how all of us can live in tumultuous times?On this episode, Yuval Levin and Russell Moore respond to these complex questions. Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. As the fou...2023-02-0858 min
The Long GameYuval Levin is back with an optimistic take about the lessons from Kevin McCarthy's agonizing fight to become SpeakerBack in the summer of 2017 when I started this podcast, my first guest was Yuval Levin. And over the years, Yuval has been one of my most consistent conversation partners, in informal lunches and on this podcast. Levin is director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). This is his fifth time on this show now. Each time has been a really rich and deep conversation, and this time is no different. I found myself wondering what Yuval would think about the battle last week in the House of Representatives o...2023-01-1258 min
Call Me Back - with Dan Senor2024: DeSantis vs Polis? -- with Yuval LevinYuval Levin returns to the podcast. He's especially focused on whether we will have a replay of Trump vs Biden in 2024 or a new generation of leaders from both parties. Yuval discusses the promise of a number of these newer candidates and challenges they face.
Yuval is the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He’s the editor-in-chief of National Affairs, a quarterly journal of essays about domestic policy, political economy, and political thought. And he's authored numerous books, including “A Time To Build”, “The Fractured Republic”, and “The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and t...2022-12-1952 min
The Kevin Roberts ShowEpisode 38 | Yuval LevinAmericans have been losing trust in key institutions for nearly two generations. The reality is that those institutions—government, media, corporations, and education—have been in a state of decay for decades, the real-world effects of which are beginning to manifest on increasingly large scales. Dr. Yuval Levin joins today’s episode of The Kevin Roberts Show to detail the origins of the current state of our institutions, why Americans have lost trust in them, and the standards we ought to hold them to. Yuval shares how his experience becoming a US citizen has in...2022-11-0241 min
Moment of TruthThe Institutions Deserved It (feat. Dr. Yuval Levin)In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Dr. Yuval Levin, the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Founder of National Affairs, to discuss the various problems in American life, why the idlic view of 1950s and 60s America is a facade, how our various institutions from Congress to the military have declined, and what must be done to restore them and the nation.Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also h...2022-09-261h 04
Ashton CohenDemocrats as the Party of the Rich? Republicans as the Working Class Party? Guest: Yuval LevinAshton is joined by one of the most astute thinkers and observers in American politics today, Dr. Yuval Levin. Ashton and Yuval have a fascinating discussion focusing on what the hell has gone wrong to American politics and American society. In particular, the two discuss: why US politics have become so polarized and if reasonable voices will prevail in the future; why every aspect of American society has become politicized; why seemingly every member of society’s “elite,” across every industry, shares the same opinions as each other and increasingly oppose the viewpoints of ordinary Americans; how the two parties...2022-04-2800 min
Ashton Cohen: The ELECTile Dysfunction PodcastEpisode 41: Democrats as the Party of the Rich? Republicans as the Working Class Party? Guest: Yuval LevinAshton is joined by one of the most astute thinkers and observers in American politics today, Dr. Yuval Levin. Ashton and Yuval have a fascinating discussion focusing on what the hell has gone wrong to American politics and American society. In particular, the two discuss: why US politics have become so polarized and if reasonable voices will prevail in the future; why every aspect of American society has become politicized; why seemingly every member of society’s “elite,” across every industry, shares the same opinions as each other and increasingly oppose the viewpoints of ordinary Americans; how the two parties...2022-04-2845 min
Leading Forward: Building Healthy Leaders for Healthy OrganizationsYuval Levin on Institutions and Our Civic LifeLeading is never easy, but the political polarization of American culture has made it even harder. But what if there is a better way, a way for organizations and leaders to leverage the power of institutions to form and shape us?On this episode, Matt and Andrea interview Yuval Levin to the show. Yuval is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of multiple books, including A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American...2022-03-2844 min
Understanding CongressShould we expand the membership of the House of Representatives? (with Yuval Levin)The topic of this episode is, “Should we expand the membership of the House of Representatives?” My guest is Yuval Levin, who is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Levin is the founder and editor of the journal National Affairs, a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review, and a contributing opinion writer at the New York Times. And, particularly germane to the subject of today's discussion, Yuval recently coauthored a report on the topic of expanding the membership of the House of Representatives. You...2022-03-0722 min
Laws Dimensions: Musing on Law, Politics, and CultureEpisode Ten: Interview with Yuval LevinOn the tenth podcast I have Yuval Levin on to talk about his book A Time to Build: From Family and Community To Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to our Institutions can Revive the American Dream. We get into the institutional decay that has distinctly shaped our present political and cultural dilemmas, and what the possible approaches for renewal would look like. You can buy Yuval Levins book here https://www.amazon.com/Time-Build-Community-Recommitting-Institutions/dp/1541699270/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= You can learn more about Yuval Levin here https://www.aei.org/profile/yuval-levin/ As...2022-01-131h 03
The Cognitive Crucible#76 Yuval Levin on the US Constitution and InstitutionsThe Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Dr. Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute discusses foundational concepts contained within the United States Constitution and institutions, in general. He also gives his opinions regarding strengths and weaknesses of the Constitution and interactions with institutions. In closing, Yuval makes the case for why it is important for information professionals to study the...2021-12-2844 min
AEI Podcast ChannelShould We Have "Expert" Twitter?: A Kitchen Sync Conversation with Dr. Yuval LevinThis week, AEI presents the latest Kitchen Sync Conversation.Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founding and current editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review.Dr. Levin and scholars in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies research division study the foundations of self-government and the future of law, regulation, and constitutionalism. They also explore the state of...2021-12-1654 min
Searching for Medicine’s SoulTrust, Partisanship, and Medical Science with Yuval LevinYuval Levin joins Aaron to discuss scientific urgency and morality, political polarization, and mistrust in the institutions of science and medicine.
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder and editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review, and a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times.
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Citizen ScholarDiscussion #6: The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left, by Yuval LevinWelcome to Citizen Scholar! We’ve continued to be amazed by the overwhelmingly positive response thus far. Two weeks since launching, we’re already reaching 200+ people and have doubled our subscriber list since last Friday’s post, so we thank all of you for your continued support. If you enjoy our writing and believe in our mission - to bring together a community of readers who value the study and discussion of important ideas - we humbly ask you to share Citizen Scholar with three people you believe would enjoy it. We’re very grateful for your support! The contents...2021-09-1711 min
Reforming Congress Interview SeriesYuval Levin of AEI - Reforming CongressThis week, Yuval Levin joins the Reforming Congress Interview Series to discuss the appropriate role of parties in Congress, how persuasion works in Congress, and the incentives members of Congress have. About Yuval Levin: Yuval Levin is the founding and current editor of National Affairs. He is also the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. He is a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review.2021-08-3156 min
Capitol ConversationsAugust Profiles: Yuval Levin on institutions, public service at the White House and his family's immigration storyWith Congress in August recess, we take a break from our usual policy focused conversations and host interviews with leaders we admire. This week, Chelsea Sobolik sits down with Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute.Levin’s work in recent years have been instrumental to many of us here at the ERLC in thinking well about what has gone wrong in the public square and to see clearly why now is a time to build toward renewal.Guest BiographyYuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the Am...2021-08-2632 min
Uncertain ThingsWhat We Lose When We Break Free (w/ Yuval Levin)Yuval Levin is a leading conservative thinker and political scientist who has, for quite some time, been contemplating the question: what’s gone wrong in America? We dive into his most recent book, A Time to Build, where he traces the long-term shriveling of our social institutions — from political parties to journalism to the academy — a process which, according to Yuval, supercharged the current trends of inequality, division, and political opportunism. Later on, we dare to get even nerdier than that and revisit Yuval’s historical study of Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine, and the lessons they still teach us.2021-03-221h 36
Conservative Conversations with ISIYuval Levin, Formation, Freedom, and the UniversityConservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 3—Yuval Levin, Formation, Freedom, and the University In this episode . . .A member question on the state of conservatism and conservative politicsA conversation with the 2021 Conservative Book of the Year winner, Yuval LevinLinks: American Enterprise InstituteYuval Levin“Start with Anthropology,” Yuval LevinRate and Review on Apple Podcasts!Books Mentioned:A Time to Build, Yuval LevinThe Great Debate, Yuval LevinThe Quest for Community, Robert NisbetThe Twilight of Authority, Robert NisbetDemocracy in America, Alexis de TocquevilleBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events2021-03-151h 09
The Long GameYuval Levin Wants the GOP to stop making it harder to voteYou would think that most people would agree that we should try to make voting secure and accessible, that we should have confidence in the results and that we should make it possible for as many people as possible to cast a ballot.But Republicans increasingly are seeking to make it harder to vote. There has been a rush in state legislatures to crack down on mail-in voting, to restrict early voting, to make it harder to register to vote, and to make it easier for state officials to remove people from the voting rolls.2021-03-111h 08
The Long GameYuval Levin Wants the GOP to stop making it harder to voteYou would think that most people would agree that we should try to make voting secure and accessible, that we should have confidence in the results and that we should make it possible for as many people as possible to cast a ballot.But Republicans increasingly are seeking to make it harder to vote. There has been a rush in state legislatures to crack down on mail-in voting, to restrict early voting, to make it harder to register to vote, and to make it easier for state officials to remove people from the voting...2021-03-111h 08
Acton LineYuval Levin on the Capitol riot and institutional crisisOver the past several years, American institutions have faced challenges that have placed an enormous amount of stress and strain on them. Some of those challenges have been emergent phenomenon, while other challenges have been intentionally inflicted by political actors. In addition to the institutions themselves faltering for their own internal reasons, and in some senses being fed by that faltering, the American people have lost confidence in the legitimacy of government, business, media, and more. The downstream effects of this institutional crisis and loss of confidence have been higher than usual embraces of...2021-01-2042 min
Anchored by the Classic Learning TestYuval Levin On A Time To BuildAn examination of the current moment demonstrates that the United States is mired in a social crisis which is intensifying political polarization. What role do institutions play in staving off further discord? Yuval Levin is the founding editor of National Affairs and the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He joins Jeremy to discuss his book A Time to Build and delves into a conversation on the role of institutions in shaping people and common goals. Yuval touches on the ways in which institutional failures are engendering social difficulties, paying particular attention to t...2020-12-2322 min