Podcasts by City Journals 10 Blocks
City Journal's 10 Blocks, a weekly podcast hosted by editor Brian C. Anderson, features discussions on urban policy and culture with City Journal editors, contributors, and special guests. Forthcoming episodes will be devoted to topics such as: predictive policing, the Bronx renaissance, reform of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, homelessness in Portland, Oregon, and more. City Journal is a quarterly print and regular online magazine published by the Manhattan Institute.
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Cities and Prosperity from 2023-12-06T18:14
Chelsea Follett joins Listen
Resisting Gender Ideology from 2023-11-29T16:08
Miriam Grossman joins Listen
Innovation Inheritance from 2023-11-22T19:03
James Pethokoukis joins Listen
Death and Despair from 2023-11-15T18:13
Michael Bonner joins Listen
New York's Migrant Crisis from 2023-11-09T18:38
John Ketcham joins Listen
A Hand Up from 2023-11-01T21:00
Unity of Necessity from 2023-10-25T17:56
Judith Miller joins Listen
Immoral Equivalence from 2023-10-20T16:06
Overdose Epidemic from 2023-10-11T17:16
Charles Fain Lehman joins Listen
Fleeing Retail from 2023-10-04T18:07
Steven Malanga joins Listen
From Workplace to Residence from 2023-09-27T16:43
Mene Ukueberuwa joins Listen
Pushing Back on Homeless Encampments from 2023-09-20T15:20
Judge Glock joins Listen
Discussing the New Tom Wolfe Documentary from 2023-09-15T17:15
Richard Dewey joins John Tierney to discuss his documentary Radical Wolfe, which examines the life and work of journalist Tom Wolfe.
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Digital Censorship from 2023-09-06T13:00
Martin Gurri joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the government's efforts to control online speech.
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The Left’s Long March from 2023-08-31T16:33
Christopher F. Rufo joins Listen
Parental Choices and Challenges in the Keystone State from 2023-08-23T16:20
Michael Torres joins Listen
L.A.’s Jail Debate from 2023-08-15T19:27
Stephen Eide joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the push to close Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles County.
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Counting the Cost from 2023-08-11T16:57
John Tierney joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the efficacy of Covid lockdowns and mask mandates and the proper role of government in responding to natural disasters.
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America’s Failing Schools from 2023-08-02T17:37
Larry Sand joins Listen
Artificial Persuasion from 2023-07-26T15:23
Robert Henderson joins Listen
Law and Democracy from 2023-07-19T19:04
John O. McGinnis joins Listen
The State School-Choice Movement from 2023-07-12T15:44
Mene Ukueberuwa joins Listen
Evaluating the Court’s SFFA Ruling from 2023-07-05T17:47
Reclaiming Our Story from 2023-06-30T18:39
Wilfred M. McClay joins Listen
The Price of Money from 2023-06-21T15:43
Edward Chancellor joins Listen
Taxes and Digital Commerce from 2023-06-14T17:09
Steven Malanga joins Listen
Union Pressure from 2023-06-07T16:27
University of California, Berkeley associate professor of public policy and political science Listen
Children and Transgenderism from 2023-06-01T16:16
Kay S. Hymowitz joins Listen
Shelter Without Borders from 2023-05-24T15:41:05
Manhattan Institute senior fellow and City Journal contributing editor N...
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Fassbinder: Life and Films from 2023-05-18T18:22:18
Journalist and author Ian Penman joins Listen
New York’s Budget Fights from 2023-05-12T18:24:07
Manhattan Institute fellow and director of state and local policy John Ketcham Listen
Newsom’s Prospects from 2023-05-05T16:01:17
Republican political consultant Luke Thompson joins Listen
“Equity” Over Merit from 2023-04-27T17:24:06
Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan In...
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Medicine Goes Woke from 2023-04-19T17:51:47
Physician and Do No Harm chairman Stanley Goldfarb joins Listen
Chicago’s Future from 2023-04-12T17:07:02
George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at Northwestern University School of Law and City Journal contributing editor John O. McGinnis joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the resul...
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Affirming the Binary from 2023-04-07T16:20:58
California Reparations from 2023-03-29T18:18:54
Finance professional and Venice Neighborhood Council member Listen
Banking Turmoil from 2023-03-22T19:55:31
Manhattan Institute senior fellow and City Journal contributing editor Listen
Resisting Californication from 2023-03-16T13:54:04
MI senior fellow Christopher F. Rufo...
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Rescuing Rikers from 2023-03-09T19:37:21
Keeping the Lights On from 2023-03-01T16:12:48
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Brian Riedl joins Listen
The End of Journalism’s Golden Age from 2023-02-23T17:40:41
City Journal contributing editor and longtime Time essayist Lance M...
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The New Democratic Coalition from 2023-02-16T15:15:57
Manhattan Institute policy analyst Zach Goldberg joins Listen
Can New York City Solve Its Migrant Crisis? from 2023-02-10T18:58:12
Manhattan Institute graduate fellow Daniel Di Martino joins Listen
Tyre Nichols and the State of Policing from 2023-02-03T17:39:39
Rafael Mangual joins Listen
Lee Zeldin on New York’s Future from 2023-01-25T18:13:41
Lee Zeldin, the former congressman and 2022...
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The New Human Sacrifice from 2023-01-17T16:08:31
Critic Adam Kirsch joins Listen
The Persistence of Deinstitutionalization from 2023-01-12T14:35:23
Journalist John Hirschauer joins Listen
The Last Gasp of Pandemic Restrictions? from 2023-01-06T15:25:05
Doctor and economist Joel M. Zinberg joins...
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Lessons from New York’s Crime Decline from 2022-12-21T17:19:05
Former NYPD commissioner Raymond Kelly discusses the state of crime pol...
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Does Information Still Want to Be Free? from 2022-12-14T16:06
TechFreedom’s Internet policy counsel and director of appellate litigation Corbin K. Barthold joi...
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Grover Cleveland Revisited from 2022-12-07T16:13:58
Author Troy Senik joins Listen
New York’s Gambling-and-Weed Economic Strategy from 2022-12-01T17:58:05
MI senior fellow and CJ contributing editor Nicole Gel...
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Can Policymakers Solve the Housing Crisis? from 2022-11-22T16:34:13
Renowned urban economist Edward Glaeser ...
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Can We Have Progress Again? from 2022-11-15T21:02:01
Author and investor Michael Gibson joins...
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Previewing the Midterm Elections from 2022-11-02T15:13:50
Washington Free Beacon reporter Joseph Simonson Listen
Legal Weed: What Went Wrong? from 2022-10-27T15:00:43
Manhattan Institute scholars Steven Malanga and Listen
The Utility of Incarceration from 2022-10-19T14:41:34
Criminologists Barry Latzer and Listen
Woke Across the Pond from 2022-10-12T14:19:13
Author Joanna Williams joins Listen
Protecting the Public from 2022-10-05T16:34:26
Former attorney general William Barr disc...
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How the Government Created Racial Categories from 2022-09-28T14:31:31
Americans are understandably squeamish about official racial and ethnic classifications. Nevertheless, these classifications are ubiquitous in American life—and their boundaries are policed by t...
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Are Culture Wars a Policy Issue? from 2022-09-21T18:49:02
On this special episode of 10 Blocks, Manhattan Institute fellow and City Journal contributing editor Listen
A Vision for Mental Health Reform from 2022-09-14T16:50:11
Stephen Eide joins Listen
Sizing Up the Education Wars from 2022-09-07T15:53:09
Political scientist and MI adjunct fellow Michael Ha...
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Student Loans and Social Policy from 2022-08-31T16:45:43
MI fellow Robert VerBruggen joins Listen
Elite Insecurity from 2022-08-24T15:21:03
Martin Gurri joins Listen
Repeating Old Mistakes from 2022-08-17T16:08:49
City Journal contributing editor Judge Glock Listen
Is the Rent Too Damn High? from 2022-08-11T13:42:51
MI senior fellows Eric Kober and Listen
Washington’s Dizzying Two Weeks from 2022-08-04T14:06:10
Fiscal-policy expert and MI senior fellow Brian Riedl Listen
What We Know about the Crime Spike from 2022-07-27T14:58:45
Metapolitics from 2022-07-20T15:18:40
Oliver Traldi joins Listen
Is an Energy Crisis Imminent? from 2022-07-14T15:23:34
Former Popular Mechanics editor and new Manhattan Institute senior fellow Listen
Betsy DeVos on Education Freedom from 2022-07-06T19:53:12
Former secretary of education Betsy DeVos ...
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Understanding SCOTUS’s New York Gun-Control Ruling from 2022-06-30T16:48:31
Zoning Out Growth from 2022-06-23T18:28:35
Urban planner and Mercatus Center scholar M. Nolan Gray<...
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Explaining Western Success from 2022-06-16T14:04:29
A Turning Point for San Francisco? from 2022-06-09T17:57:28
San Francisco–based journalist Erica Sandberg Listen
A History of Homelessness from 2022-06-01T14:26:43
MI senior fellow Stephen Eide joins Listen
Policing in the Information Age from 2022-05-25T16:14:30
Recovering Statesmanship from 2022-05-18T14:27:40
Professor Daniel J. Mahoney joins Listen
Sizing Up America’s Prosecutors from 2022-05-12T15:06:59
Former prosecutor and new Manhattan Institute adjunct fellow Thomas Hogan Listen
Impediments to Gotham’s Quality of Life from 2022-05-05T15:12:43
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
Musk’s Twitter Takeover from 2022-04-27T15:32:01
TechFreedom Internet policy counsel Corbin K. Bart...
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A Microcosm of New York’s Public-Safety Woes from 2022-04-21T17:46:21
Former NYPD intelligence analyst and Manhattan Institute director of policing and public safety Listen
Pennsylvania’s Future from 2022-04-13T16:08:29
RealClearPennsylvania editor Charles McElwee Listen
The Future of Education Reform in New York City from 2022-04-06T15:12:16
New MI adjunct fellows Kathleen Porter-Magee Listen
Making Sense of Markets from 2022-03-30T15:23:38
Wall Street Journal deputy editorial features editor Listen
Puncturing Myths about the U.S. Welfare State from 2022-03-23T16:51:46
MI senior fellow Chris Pope joins Listen
Will Miami Transform America—Or America Miami? from 2022-03-15T15:42:22
Writers Oliver Wiseman and Listen
The Gender-Identity Debate from 2022-03-11T16:57:45
New MI adjunct fellow Leor Sapir joins
Filling a Vacuum from 2022-03-04T17:22:25
First Things editor Mark Bauerlein<...
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Can New York Turn the Page on Homelessness? from 2022-02-24T18:04:16
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Stephen Eide...
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An Overlooked Boom from 2022-02-16T17:31:59
The Future of the Culture War from 2022-02-11T16:21:18
Political scientist and MI adjunct fellow Eric Kaufman...
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Saving Prosecution from the Prosecutors from 2022-02-04T19:43:59
Virtual Reality or Chinese Dark Enlightenment? from 2022-01-27T16:09:39
Author and theorist Bruno Maçães joins Listen
Securing the Subways from 2022-01-20T20:22:47
Former Metro-North police captain and current Manhattan Institute adjunct fellow Listen
Chicago Teachers Against Teaching from 2022-01-14T18:42:08
Northwestern University law professor John O. McGinni...
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Can Adams Fix de Blasio’s Mess? from 2022-01-06T20:19:15
The State of the Economy from 2021-12-22T19:34:34
Economist Milton Ezrati joins Listen
Reinventing Equal Opportunity from 2021-12-15T17:09:28
How Progressives Became Anti-Anti-Critical Race Theory from 2021-12-01T16:20:11
Christopher F. Rufo joins Listen
A Shared American Inheritance from 2021-11-17T16:57:10
Glenn Loury makes the case for black patriotism in this week's special episode.
A Moderate Revolt in Buffalo from 2021-11-11T17:56:25
Dave Seminara joins Listen
In Cities, Common Sense Is Common Ground from 2021-11-03T18:56:59
Michael Hendrix joins Listen
A Broken Child-Welfare System from 2021-10-27T15:11:40
Naomi Schaefer Riley joins Listen
The Death—and Life?—of Citizenship from 2021-10-19T19:42:05
Victor Davis Hanson joins Listen
Build Back Debtor from 2021-10-13T15:26:23
Brian Riedl joins Listen
Stubborn Facts About Crime from 2021-10-07T15:53:04
Thomas Hogan joins Listen
Rikers in Crisis from 2021-09-29T14:25:50
Nicole Gelinas and Listen
How Can Cities Survive? from 2021-09-23T15:18:35
Ed Glaeser joins Listen
The Case for the “Poor Side of Town” from 2021-09-15T16:53:12
Howard Husock joins Listen
Twenty Years After 9/11 from 2021-09-10T15:29:54
Steven Malanga joins Listen
Crime in the U.S., Then and Now from 2021-09-01T15:38:36
Barry Latzer joins Listen
The Crown Heights Riots, 30 Years Later from 2021-08-25T18:13:41
Wall Street Journal letters editor Elliot Ka...
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State of the States from 2021-08-18T15:15:36
Steven Malanga joins Listen
Is the Future Californian? from 2021-08-12T15:47:07
Nick Burns joins Listen
Inflated Credentials from 2021-08-05T15:05:15
Kay Hymowitz joins Brian Anderson to discuss “Dr. Biden’s Lesson,” her f...
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Still Panicking from 2021-07-28T16:25:05
John Tierney joins Brian Anderson to discuss "The Panic Pandemic," his feature in the Listen
Talking About Crime from 2021-07-21T15:16:23
Charles Fain Lehman joins Listen
The Aristocracy of Talent from 2021-07-14T15:22:47
Adrian Wooldridge joins Listen
Policing as a Profession: A Conversation with William Bratton from 2021-07-07T15:15:55
Former NYPD and LAPD commissioner William Bratton joins Listen
Making Sense of New York’s Mayoral Race from 2021-06-30T17:49:41
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
A History of Disasters from 2021-06-23T15:03:26
Niall Ferguson joins Brian Anderson to discuss the false dichotomy of natural and man-made disasters, the true culprits in our problematic Covid-19 response, and th...
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The Enduring Relevance of Thomas Sowell from 2021-06-16T21:12:12
Jason Riley talks with Listen
The Beginning—and End—of the Pandemic from 2021-06-09T16:22:18
Physician Joel Zinberg joins Listen
How New York Got Here—and Where It Goes Next from 2021-06-02T15:31:58
Seth Barron joins Listen
The Future of Catholic Schools from 2021-05-26T13:15:55
Kathleen Porter-Magee joins Listen
Bleeding Edge from 2021-05-19T15:13:34
Eli Dourado, a senior research fellow at Utah State University, joins
Policing in New York: Past, Present, and Future from 2021-05-12T15:15:44
Dorothy Moses Schulz joins Listen
Bay Watch from 2021-05-05T14:33:19
Erica Sandberg joins Listen
High Stakes from 2021-04-28T15:17:02
Allison Schrager joins Listen
Alternative Facts from 2021-04-22T13:30:43
Eric Kaufmann joins Listen
Gotham at the Bleeding Edge from 2021-04-14T13:42:09
Danny Crichton joins Listen
Solving the Homelessness Crisis from 2021-04-07T13:07:35
Stephen Eide joins Listen
Creating a Crime Wave? from 2021-03-31T15:32:28
Rafael Mangual joins Listen
New York’s Budget Reckoning from 2021-03-25T13:03:51
Steven Malanga joins Listen
Jails and Transit, Mayors and Governors from 2021-03-17T13:31:03
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
Crisis of the Two Constitutions from 2021-03-10T16:53:24
Charles Kesler joins Listen
How “Openness” Defines Human Progress from 2021-03-03T14:12:45
Swedish author and scholar Johan Norberg joins Listen
Critical “Race” to the Bottom from 2021-02-24T16:09:21
Christopher Rufo joins Listen
Cuomo, de Blasio, and New York’s Future from 2021-02-19T14:35:30
Seth Barron joins Listen
Congress and the Balance of Power from 2021-02-10T13:36:39
Chris Pope joins Listen
Biden’s Retreat on Crime from 2021-02-03T12:55:12
Rafael Mangual joins Listen
City Journal at 30: A Reflection from 2021-01-28T13:19:18
Brian Anderson talks with long-time writers Listen
On White Flight and “Whataboutism” from 2021-01-20T13:35:34
William Voegeli joins Listen
The Botched Vaccine Rollout from 2021-01-13T13:16:26
Physician Joel Zinberg joins Listen
San Francisco’s Lockdown Burdens from 2021-01-06T12:48:50
Erica Sandberg joins Listen
Ringing in the New Year, and Farewell to 2020 from 2020-12-30T14:01:35
This special year-end episode of 10 Blocks features highlights from some of our favorite interviews this year, and City Journal editor Listen
Believe in People: A Conversation with Charles Koch and Brian Hooks from 2020-12-23T13:00:44
Charles Koch and Brian Hooks join Howard Husock to discuss ...
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Rise of the Muni-Socialists from 2020-12-16T13:14:56
Victor Davis Hanson on the 2020 Election from 2020-12-09T12:51:16
Victor Davis Hanson joins Brian Anderson to discuss the 2020 election, the future of...
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New York’s Ongoing Covid Struggle from 2020-12-02T12:40:17
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
America’s Shrinking Police Forces from 2020-11-25T12:48:29
Charles Fain Lehman joins Listen
Invisible Hands: Mutual Aid in a Pandemic from 2020-11-18T12:42:51
Simone Policano, cofounder of Listen
Election Outcomes and Disputes from 2020-11-11T13:30:28
Tom Bevan, cofounder and president of RealClearPolitics, joins Listen
A New America? from 2020-11-05T20:05:34
In a conversation recorded just before Election Day, Bruno Maçães joins Brian Anderson to discuss his striking vision of America’s future. Maçães’s new book is Listen
An Insider's View of the Trump White House from 2020-10-28T12:29:35
Casey Mulligan joins Listen
Shelby and Eli Steele on Michael Brown, Race, and Amazon from 2020-10-21T12:37:19
Howard Husock talks with Shelby and Eli Steele about their new documentary, What Kill...
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The Crisis of Liberalism from 2020-10-14T12:55:52
Fred Siegel joins Listen
Looking Back: A Conversation with George Kelling from 2020-10-07T12:43:59
In an interview from 2016, Brian Anderson and the late criminologist and Manhattan Insti...
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Radical Indoctrination in the Federal Bureaucracy from 2020-09-30T12:19:58
Christopher Rufo joins Listen
The Covid-19 Recession, Revisited from 2020-09-23T12:36:50
Amity Shlaes joins Listen
Fearless Thinking in an Age of Conformity from 2020-09-16T11:41:43
Heather Mac Donald joins Listen
Policing’s New Challenge, with NYPD Commissioner Shea from 2020-09-09T12:11:02
Rafael Mangual interviewed NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea to discuss how recent legislati...
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China’s Nuclear Push from 2020-09-02T11:50:59
Michael Shellenberger joins Listen
California’s Neo-Feudal Future from 2020-08-26T12:36:02
Chicago’s Ransacking and Illinois’ Fiscal Blues from 2020-08-19T11:29:49
John O. McGinnis joins Listen
Trouble on the Upper West Side from 2020-08-12T12:10:50
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
Playing with Fire: The Unwinding of Public Safety from 2020-08-05T12:04:39
Catholic Schools, Charters, and Choice from 2020-07-29T12:50:13
Nicole Stelle Garnett joins Listen
Policing on the Brink: A Conversation with William Bratton from 2020-07-22T11:57:06
Former NYPD and LAPD commissioner Listen
Nursing Homes: The Center of the Pandemic from 2020-07-15T11:55:04
Steven Malanga and Listen
A Summer of Violence? from 2020-07-08T11:50:07
Rafael Mangual joins Listen
Navigating the Pandemic Economy from 2020-07-01T11:49:34
Allison Schrager joins Listen
“Woke” Schools from 2020-06-24T11:54:47
CHAZ to CHOP: Seattle’s Radical Experiment from 2020-06-16T21:03:58
Christopher Rufo joins Listen
How Our Social Nature Makes Everything Contagious from 2020-06-10T11:30:27
Kay Hymowitz joins Listen
Race, Riots, and the Cops from 2020-06-04T12:42:58
City Journal contributing editors Coleman Hughes and Listen
Bedlam in New York from 2020-06-03T12:19:08
Seth Barron and Listen
The Arbery Shooting: Looking for Answers from 2020-05-27T12:01:51
Coleman Hughes joins Listen
Farewell, San Francisco from 2020-05-20T11:32:56
Michael Gibson joins Brian Anderson to discuss San Francisco's ongoing struggle with pub...
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Covid-19: Regulatory Obstacles to U.S. Recovery from 2020-05-13T12:02:33
James R. Copland j...
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Brooklyn’s Covid-19 Response, with Eric Adams from 2020-05-06T11:27:18
Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams joins Seth Barron to discuss the coronavirus outbre...
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A Plan for Ending New York’s Shutdown from 2020-04-29T12:12:10
Arpit Gupta joins Listen
Cities and Pandemics: A Long History from 2020-04-22T11:50:06
Edward L. Glaeser joins Listen
Good Samaritans vs. Covid-19 from 2020-04-15T12:23:05
Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and son of the late evangelical leader Billy Graham, joins Listen
Prospects for a Coronavirus Vaccine from 2020-04-08T11:41
Virologist and investor Peter Kolchinsky joins Listen
Covid-19: The Impact on State Budgets from 2020-03-25T12:25:30
Steven Malanga and Listen
COVID-19 Shuts Down New York from 2020-03-18T11:42:44
Seth Barron and Listen
The Coronavirus: A Doctor Weighs In from 2020-03-11T11:40:25
Physician Joel Zinberg joins Listen
Fathers Behind Bars from 2020-03-04T12:00
Rafael Mangual joins Listen
How the Plastic Panic Hurts Us—and the Planet from 2020-02-26T12:55:58
John Tierney joins Listen
Skid Row’s Addiction Epidemic from 2020-02-19T12:36:51
Christopher Rufo joins Listen
Why Classical Architecture Matters from 2020-02-12T12:35:56
Catesby Leigh joins Listen
The Digital Economy's Voracious Energy Demand from 2020-02-05T12:12:34
Mark Mills joins Listen
Parenting in the City from 2020-01-29T13:53:20
Karol Markowicz joins Kay Hymowitz to discuss raising young children in New York City. Listen
How Risk Fuels a Healthy Economy from 2020-01-22T12:41:18
Allison Schrager joins Listen
Why Ban Dollar Stores? from 2020-01-15T12:48:37
Steven Malanga joins Seth Barron to discuss ef...
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Rent Control: Unjust and Ineffective from 2020-01-08T13:21:51
Manhattan Institute's Michael Hendrix interviews Mayer Brown partner Andrew Pincus, the lead attorney in a lawsuit tak...
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Child Welfare in Crisis from 2019-12-31T22:33:41
Naomi Schaefer Riley joins City Journal editor Listen
Season’s Greetings and a Brief Holiday Update from 2019-12-23T21:47:45
Merry Christmas from the editors of City Journal. In another special episode of 10 Blocks, editor Brian Anderson extends his best wishes to all our listeners during the...
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Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice from 2019-12-18T13:10:48
In a special holiday edition of 10 Blocks, Timothy Goeglein joins City Journal assistant editor Charles McElwee to discuss how people of faith can help renew American society—themes exp...
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The Great Society, Reconsidered from 2019-12-11T13:56:39
Amity Shlaes discusses the economic history of the 1960s and the efforts of Presidents Jo...
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Bloomberg’s Complicated Legacy from 2019-12-04T13:35:25
Seth Barron talks with four City Journal contributors—Listen
A Model for Suburban Development? from 2019-11-18T18:17:10
Charles Marohn joins Michael Hendrix to discuss why t...
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One Trade School’s Path to Success from 2019-11-13T12:36:54
Kay S. Hymowitz joins City Journal editor Listen
Music: The Rebel Art Form from 2019-11-06T12:33:49
Music critic and historian Ted Gioia joins City Journal editor <...
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Productivity and the “Intangible” Economy from 2019-10-30T11:55:02
Stian Westlake joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss the future o...
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Closing Rikers: Jails, Politics, and Public Safety in New York from 2019-10-23T11:59:30
Rafael A. Mangual joins Listen
Infrastructure Spending, Reconsidered from 2019-10-16T12:00:17
Beth Osborne, director of Tran...
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San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis from 2019-10-09T11:28:23
Heather Mac Donald joins Listen
Who Killed Civil Society? from 2019-10-02T11:48:45
Howard Husock joins City Journal editor Listen
Pittsburgh’s Latest Comeback from 2019-09-24T18:54:33
John Tierney joins City Journal assistant editor Listen
The Entrenched vs. the Newcomers: 2019 James Q. Wilson Lecture from 2019-09-18T12:11:31
Edward L. Glaeser discusses how the proliferation of unfair laws and regulations is wal...
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The Left’s Surging Urban Activism from 2019-09-11T12:05:46
City Journal contributing editor Christopher Rufo joins Listen
Bernie’s Pro-Union Push from 2019-09-04T11:42:50
Labor unions have dramatically declined as a percentage of the American workforce over the last 30 years. A new proposal from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders seeks to double union ranks, <...
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New York City Transit, with Speaker Corey Johnson from 2019-08-28T10:44:25
Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council, joins Seth Barron to discuss the state of New York City’s transit system and his plan to break up the Metropoli...
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Why Budget Negotiations Succeed—and Why They Fail from 2019-08-21T12:02:27
Brian Riedl and Shai Akabas discuss the U.S. federal budget,...
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America’s Outdated Power Grid from 2019-08-14T11:54:55
James B. Meigs joins Listen
The U.S.–China Trade War Heats Up from 2019-08-07T12:05:09
Milton Ezrati joins Listen
The New Disorder: Urban Dysfunction Returns from 2019-07-31T11:56:43
Steven Malanga and Listen
Summer Reading, with City Journal (2019) from 2019-07-17T12:01:38
City Journal editor Brian Anderson joins Vanessa Mendoza, executive vice presid...
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“Woke” Politics Over Progress in New York Schools from 2019-07-10T12:29:48
Ray Domanico joins City Journal associate editor Listen
Homelessness Strains New York’s Libraries from 2019-07-02T19:14:06
Stephen Eide joins City Journal editor Listen
Theodore Dalrymple on Elite Medical Journals and the Criminal Underclass from 2019-06-26T12:41:50
Anthony Daniels (known to readers as Theodore Dalrymple) joins Listen
Rent Control’s Resurgence in New York from 2019-06-19T11:37:36
Nicole Gelinas and Listen
Mounting Disorder in San Francisco from 2019-06-05T11:57:41
Erica Sandberg joins City Journal associate editor Listen
The Loneliness Epidemic from 2019-05-29T11:07:19
Kay Hymowitz joins City Journal editor Listen
Managing Risk in Unexpected Places from 2019-05-22T12:02:38
Economist Allison Schrager joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss ...
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A Catholic Crisis in the Rust Belt from 2019-05-15T12:08:19
Charles McElwee joins Listen
Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution from 2019-05-08T11:18:38
Myron Magnet joins Listen
How Markets Shape Cities from 2019-04-30T15:13:48
Urbanist Alain Bertaud joins Michael Hendrix to discuss how urban planners and economis...
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Inside the Academic Destruction of a University from 2019-04-24T11:34:01
At the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, Professor Jacob Howland writes in City Journal, "a...
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Congestion Pricing in New York, a New Mayor in Chicago from 2019-04-17T11:39:13
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China's Troubled Urban Future from 2019-04-10T12:25:44
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Reefer's Madness from 2019-04-03T11:55:38
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"Blue Wave" Hits Local Prosecutors from 2019-03-27T12:30:35
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The Civil Society Awards from 2019-03-20T12:39:02
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Victor Davis Hanson on Trump from 2019-03-13T11:55:03
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The Case for Nuclear Power from 2019-03-06T12:41:20
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Charter Schools and Teachers’ Strikes from 2019-02-27T13:16:11
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Public-Sector Unions After Janus from 2019-02-20T12:50:43
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Barriers to Black Progress from 2019-02-13T14:33:47
Glenn C. Loury of Brown University joined Jason Riley to discuss the persistence of racial...
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From "College Town" to Big City from 2019-02-06T12:39:26
Aaron Renn joins City Journal associate editor Listen
How Trump Is Reshaping Federal Courts from 2019-01-30T13:02:37
James R. Copland joins City Journal editor Listen
The "Green New Deal" and Trade with China from 2019-01-23T13:13:46
Milton Ezrati joins City Journal editor Listen
Bill de Blasio: Rhetoric and Reality from 2019-01-16T13:58:05
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NYCHA: Public Housing in Crisis from 2019-01-09T13:56:53
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Seattle’s Homeless Challenge from 2019-01-03T21:24:40
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"The Diversity Delusion," with Heather Mac Donald from 2018-12-19T13:16:47
Heather Mac Donald discusses the decline of the university and the rise of campus in...
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Family Court Tragedy from 2018-12-19T12:55:03
Naomi Schaefer Riley joins City Journal editor Listen
Prescription Drugs and Price Controls from 2018-12-12T00:40:11
John Tierney joins City Journal editor Listen
Holiday Season in New York from 2018-12-05T12:06:10
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Keeping the Mentally Ill Out of Jails from 2018-11-28T13:48:19
Stephen Eide joins City Journal associate editor Listen
The Once and Future Worker from 2018-11-21T12:17:58
Amazon Comes to Queens from 2018-11-14T13:38:33
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
Assessing the Gubernatorial Results from 2018-11-08T13:03:33
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Is New York Going All-Blue? from 2018-10-31T13:05:05
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The Unbearable Sameness of Cities from 2018-10-24T12:49:42
Oriana Schwindt joins City Journal contributing editor Listen
Antifa At Large in Portland from 2018-10-17T11:57:57
Andy Ngo joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss the recent outbrea...
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Race Relations, with Shelby Steele from 2018-10-10T12:22:58
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The Next American City from 2018-10-03T12:24:52
Mick Cornett joins Aaron Renn to discuss Cornett's time as mayor of Oklahoma City (2004-2...
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A Landlord Tells His Story from 2018-09-26T13:03:06
Bert Stratton joins City Journal Listen
Rethinking America's Highways from 2018-09-19T12:05:50
Robert Poole joins City Journal contributing editor Listen
Capitalism and Millennials: The 2018 James Q. Wilson Lecture from 2018-09-12T11:32:20
Edward L. Glaeser addresses the challenges of convincing skeptical mil...
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Chicago: Rahm's Legacy and the Future from 2018-09-06T13:04:45
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The First-Year Indoctrination from 2018-08-29T10:42:35
John Tierney joins City Journal editor Listen
Zero Hour for Gen X from 2018-08-22T12:12:47
Matthew Hennessey joins City Journal managing editor Listen
Tribute to an American Patriot from 2018-08-15T11:43:21
Judith Miller joins City Journal managing editor <...
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Summer Reading, with City Journal from 2018-08-07T20:54:14
City Journal editor Brian Anderson joins Vanessa Mendoza, executive vice president of the Manhatt...
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William Bratton on "Precision Policing" from 2018-08-01T12:22:38
Former NYPD and LAPD commissioner William J. Bratton joins City Journal editor Listen
Garden State Blues from 2018-07-25T11:39:05
Steven Malanga joins Listen
How Subways Drive New York from 2018-07-18T11:38:15
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
A Conversation with Andrew Klavan from 2018-07-11T12:06:30
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Golden State "Brownout" from 2018-07-04T12:59:07
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Anarchy in Bike Lanes--and Housing Markets from 2018-06-27T11:23
Nicole Gelinas joins Listen
Trade Wars and Tariff Threats from 2018-06-20T12:42:34
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Identity Politics in the Sciences from 2018-06-13T12:16:33
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Fixing America's Crisis of Work from 2018-06-06T11:52:03
Business leaders, educators, and nonprofit donors across the country are intensifying efforts to revamp career and technical education in the United States. Recently, <...
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Rust Belt, USA from 2018-05-30T11:38:17
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Mass Shootings and School Discipline from 2018-05-23T11:53:25
The Fair Housing Act at 50 from 2018-05-16T11:41:34
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America's Crisis of Work from 2018-05-09T00:14:31
Long-term, persistent joblessness is the great American domestic crisis of our generation. City Journal grappled with the problem in our 2017 special issue, "<...
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Shuttering Rikers from 2018-05-02T12:10:26
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Storm and Disaster Relief from 2018-04-18T12:17:20
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Corruption and "Economic Development" in New York State from 2018-04-03T23:04:15
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When Family Preservation Is Fatal from 2018-03-21T12:41:51
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What's Happened to the University? from 2018-03-07T13:43:16
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Public Unions and the Janus Reckoning from 2018-02-21T14:26:52
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Growth and Equality from 2018-02-07T14:10:56
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The Trump Infrastructure Plan from 2018-01-24T14:10:02
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline from 2018-01-10T14:08:49
Max Eden joins Seth Barron to discuss student discipline and suspension policies, and how discipline "reform" has led to chaos in many...
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How Gotham Saved Its Subways from 2017-12-27T13:00
Nicole Gelinas joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss how New York City saved its subway system after decades of...
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Securing New York's Streets and Subways from 2017-12-13T13:18:40
Nicole Gelinas joins City Journal associate editor Seth Barron to discuss the recent bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and how the city is ma...
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Crisis Intervention Training from 2017-11-29T14:28:32
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When the Heavyweight Champions Ruled America from 2017-11-15T11:56:19
City Journal managing editor Paul Beston joins Matthew Hennessey to discuss Paul's new book, Listen
Terror in Manhattan from 2017-11-01T21:58:07
Judith Miller joins City Journal associate editor Seth Barron to discuss the most recent Islamic terrorist attack in New York City.
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The "Science" Behind Implicit Bias from 2017-10-18T12:43:15
Heather Mac Donald joins City Journal associate editor Seth Barron to discuss the dubious scientific and statistical bases of the trendy academic theor...
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Public Health, Vaping, and More from 2017-10-04T12:13:25
John Tierney joins Aaron M. Renn to discuss the federal government’s efforts to limit electronic cigarettes (vaping), and the corruption of the public health pr...
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New York City’s Mayoral Election: The Candidates, The Issues, and More from 2017-09-20T13:13:53
Seth Barron and Nicole Gelinas join Brian Anderson to discuss the upcoming New York City mayoral election and some of the challenges facing the...
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Reforming Labor Unions from 2017-09-04T10:00
On Labor Day, we honor the American labor movement and the contributions that workers make to the strength and well-being of the country. It’s been more than 80 years since Congress passed the N...
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Generation X, Millennials, and Technology from 2017-08-23T12:59:01
Matthew Hennessey joins Aaron Renn to discuss the fading of the baby boom generation, the rise of tech-savvy millennials, and the challenge for those in-between...
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Vocational Education and America’s High Schools from 2017-08-09T12:27:11
Paul Beston joins Steven Malanga to talk about the history of the American high school and making high-quality career training central in today’s high schools. ...
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Gotham’s Bioterror Challenge from 2017-07-26T11:46:50
Tevi Troy joins the Manhattan Institute’s Paul Howard to discuss a dreaded scenario: a bioterror attack in New York City.
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Reagan and the Blue-Collar Republicans from 2017-07-12T12:26:53
Henry Olsen joins Brian Anderson to discuss Henry’s new book Listen
Ending the "War on Work" from 2017-06-28T11:13:18
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De Blasio’s New York, Parading with Terrorists, and More from 2017-06-14T11:49:07
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The Campus Rape Frenzy from 2017-05-17T12:54:41
KC Johnson joins Seth Barron to discuss sexual assault and college disciplinary procedures on campuses across America.
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Failing the Mentally Ill from 2017-05-03T12:25
DJ Jaffe and Stephen Eide join Howard Husock to discuss severe mental illness and the deficiencies in mental health services in New York City a...
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Reining in the Bureaucrats from 2017-04-19T13:18:35
Adam J. White joins Brian Anderson to discuss the “administrative state,” often described as the fourth branch of the federal government. Under the Obama admin...
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Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty from 2017-04-05T12:41:32
Peter Cove joins Brian Anderson to discuss his new book Poor No More: Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty.
Declaring the War on Poverty in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson...
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School Discipline and "Racial Equity" in St. Paul from 2017-03-22T13:49:02
Katherine Kersten joins Brian Anderson to discuss how public school leaders in St. Paul, Minnesota abandoned student discipline—and unleashed mayhem—in the name of “racial equity.”
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Portland’s Trouble with Homelessness from 2017-03-02T18:20:47
Michael Totten joins Brian Anderson to discuss the issue of homelessness in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.
Reinventing the Port Authority from 2017-02-14T22:56:55
Robert Poole (of the Reason Foundation) joins Aaron Renn to discuss the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Trump, The Elites, and The Deplorables from 2017-02-01T17:24:14
Victor Davis Hanson joins the City Journal podcast to talk with Aaron Renn about the 2016 election, the divide between rural and urban America, and how a life-long New Yorker came to le...
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The New Brooklyn from 2017-01-18T18:52:21
City Journal editor Brian Anderson and contributing editor Kay Hymowitz discuss her new book, "The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back," which chronicles the histo...
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Policing the Port Authority from 2017-01-04T13:24:54
City Journal senior editor Steve Malanga and contributing editor Judy Miller discuss some of the issues with the Port Authority Police Department, including a secret review of the depar...
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American Energy and Trump from 2016-12-21T17:19:32
City Journal associate editor Matthew Hennessey and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Robert Bryce discuss the possibilities for the domestic energy industry under Trump, the state of A...
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The Left's War on Science from 2016-12-14T13:32:48
City Journal associate editor Matthew Hennessey and contributing editor John Tierney (formerly of the New York Times) discuss the politicization of science and how the Left's ...
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Trumping Obamacare from 2016-12-08T12:51:55
City Journal associate editor Matthew Hennessey and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Paul Howard discuss the state of Obamacare, Republican options for reforming the health care system...
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Trump and Law and Order from 2016-12-01T13:42:50
City Journal editor Brian C. Anderson and contributing editor Heather Mac Donald (author of the New York Times bestseller "The War on Cops") discuss law and order in the Donald Trump ad...
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The Trump Phenomenon from 2016-11-22T14:23:39
City Journal editor Brian C. Anderson and contributing editor Aaron M. Renn discuss Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential race, the popular discontent that led to his rise, an...
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City Hall Republicans from 2016-11-01T18:06:10
City Journal editor Brian Anderson and senior editor Steve Malanga discuss the GOP’s new generation of pragmatic, problem-solving mayors that have helped turn around some of America’s ...
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Lone Star Quartet from 2016-10-05T12:01:47
City Journal editor Brian Anderson and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Aaron Renn discuss how four big metros—Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio—power the Texas econo...
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Directionless on Homelessness from 2016-09-21T13:17:10
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Stephen Eide speaks with Professor Thomas Main, author of Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from K...
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Philanthropy and Black Education from 2016-09-07T12:04:48
City Journal editor Brian Anderson and senior fellow Jason Riley discuss the history of private philanthropists funding high-quality educational opportunities aimed a...
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The New Landscape of Labor from 2016-08-23T23:09:35
City Journal editor Brian Anderson and senior editor Steve Malanga discuss how public and private-sector unions have fared since the 2008 recession and the “right-to-work” states that a...
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Reimagining Times Square from 2016-08-09T18:17:39
City Journal editor Brian Anderson and former New York Times columnist John Tierney discuss recent controversies concerning the “Crossroads of the World” and h...
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The High Cost of Free Parking from 2016-07-26T19:13:06
City Journal contributing editor Aaron Renn and UCLA "parking guru" Professor Donald Shoup discuss how cities can make better use of dynamic, demand-sensitive pricing in order to ensure fair acc...
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Unfair "Fair Housing" from 2016-07-12T17:58:01
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson and Howard Husock discuss the Obama administration's efforts to locate affordable-housing units in Westchester County...
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The Sixties Roots of Today's Campus Madness from 2016-06-28T19:49:45
In this episode of the 10 Blocks Podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson interviews Harry Stein, author of recent City Journal article “How My Friends and I Wrecked Pomona College.”
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Debt and Scandal Plague the Port Authority from 2016-06-15T14:44:05
In this episode of the 10Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson interviews Steven Malanga, author of the recent City Journal article “Bloated, Broke, and Bullied,” about corruption a...
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How Open Data Revolutionizes Urban Life from 2016-05-31T19:00:42
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson interviews Nicole Gelinas, author of the recent City Journal article “The Fourth Urban Revolution,” about the role of...
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The Great Reverse Migration? from 2016-05-17T13:40:38
Why are black residents leaving northern, progressive cities in such large numbers? In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson discusses the trend with Aaron Re...
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Revolutionizing City Streets from 2016-05-03T14:56:36
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal contributing editor Nicole Gelinas interviews Janette Sadik-Khan, former New York City Transportation Commissioner, about her new ...
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Reimagining Urbanism for the 21st Century from 2016-04-19T20:16:11
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson and Joel Kotkin discuss Kotkin’s new book, The Human City, and what it has to say about modern citi...
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The Untapped Potential of Data-Driven Policy from 2016-04-05T16:43:27
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal contributing editor Aaron Renn and Mike Luca discuss how companies and cities can work together to u...
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What Can We Learn from the History of Milwaukee Policing? from 2016-03-21T16:43:34
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson and George Kelling discuss Kelling’s new book Policing in Milwaukee: A Strategic History, and its key takeaw...
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Ivy League Exhibits Anti-Asian Bias from 2016-03-09T13:39:25
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson and Dennis Saffran discuss how the Ivy League discriminates against top-achieving students. Read “Listen
The Surprising Bronx Revival from 2016-02-19T13:59:16
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian Anderson and Nicole Gelinas discuss the recent comeback of New York's northernmost borough. Read “Listen
What Big Data Means for Fighting Crime from 2016-02-08T20:23:50
In this episode of the 10 Blocks podcast, City Journal editor Brian C. Anderson and contributor David Black discuss “predictive policing.” Read “Listen
Welcome to City Journal's 10 Blocks Podcast from 2016-02-08T17:04:58
Brian C. Anderson introduces City Journal's 10 Blocks podcast series.
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