American Dreams, Populist Screams
Is the American Dream dead? How are most Americans actually doing? Will the coronavirus kill us all? And most importantly, is Star Trek: Picard actually good? Repeat guest Michael Strain, author of The American Dream Is Not Dead, has all of these answers and more.
Show Notes:
–Michael’s book, The American Dream Is Not Dead
–Marco Rubio’s father as an American success story
–Irving Kristol on the power of ideas
–The New York Times on the power of lawns
–Josh Hawley at King’s College
–Brink Lindsey on U.S. culture after the 50s
–Oren Cass’ Cost-of-Thriving Index
–Elaine on stuffed crust pizza
–Jeri Ryan is why we live in this timeline
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