Civitas Conversations

Hosted by Civitas Outlook editor Richard Reinsch, Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in Civitas Outlook—and the ideas behind them.

Civitas Conversations is a society podcast hosted by Civitas Institute, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Civitas Institute hosts Civitas Conversations, a society show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  Who's Afraid of Milton Friedman?

  Aug 13, 202622 min

  The American left despises Milton Friedman, blaming him for everything from neo-liberalism to designing authoritarian regimes all over the world. Yet Friedman's economic model has worked everywhere it has been tried. The idea that this history of consistent success is now outdated is at odds with both history and logic. In this episode of 'Civitas Conversations,' 'Outlook' contributor Michael Munger joins host Richard Reinsch to discuss his recent essay ' Milton Friedman Lives! ' ‍ Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in Civitas Outlook—and the ideas behind them. A production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

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  Episode #23

  Executive Power After 'Slaughter'

  Jul 28, 202621 min

  The overturning of Humphrey's makes the administrative state more directly accountable to voters through the President, rather than a "headless fourth branch." At the same time, giving its consolidated power to one person might prove just as dangerous. Joseph Postell, the Allison and Dorothy Rouse chair in Politics at Hillsdale College, joins this episode of Civitas Conversations to discuss executive authority after Trump v. Slaughter . Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in Civitas Outlook—and the ideas behind them. A production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

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  The Court Got Birthright Citizenship Wrong

  Jul 14, 202633 min

  Many believe that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born on United States soil. Senior research fellow Richard Epstein argues that this understanding is incorrect. He joins this episode of Civitas Conversations to discuss the Supreme Court's consequential decision in Trump v. Barbara as well as his new book The Myth of Birthright Citizenship. Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in Civitas Outlook —and the ideas behind them. A production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

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  Episode #21

  China's Green Energy Dominance and the West's Useful Idiots

  Jun 26, 202621 min

  Both in California and in Europe, China has influenced the Net Zero mandates of major Western economies, ensuring that those mandates specify electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines rather than gas-fired generation or nuclear power, effectively writing itself a guaranteed order book. In this episode of Civitas Conversations, Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins us to discuss her recent Outlook essay 'The Green New Dependency: How China Captured Western Climate Agendas.' Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in 'Civitas Outlook'—and the ideas behind them. A production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

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  Why We Can't Go Creedal to Grave

  May 26, 202622 minS0

  <p>In a recent research paper for the Civitas Institute, Richard Samuelson asks whether the United States is still a creedal nation today. Contending that the political, institutional, and legal elements that historically enabled us to create and build such a nation are under serious threat, Samuelson concludes that modern government is unconducive to America's particular creedalism. While we have not yet reached a post-American order, he says, we may soon be unfit to call ourselves "Americans." In this episode of 'Civitas Conversations,' Samuelson joins host Richard Reinsch to further discuss the state of creedal nationalism in the U...

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