Aaron Renn

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The Reckoning Is Here
Listen now | A Thanksgiving sermon in 1868, a demographic reckoning decades in the making, and the civic role the mainline church used to play
Jul 27 • Aaron M. Renn
56:28
Prestige Moves South
The rise of Vanderbilt and the SEC, the coming population bust, and more in this week's digest.
Jul 24 • Aaron M. Renn
The End of the Populist Style
Populism won many of its battles and exhausted its act. What's emerging next is a new constructivism.
Jul 22 • Aaron M. Renn
Living With Mom and Dad at Age 33
Living at home, ambient belonging, and more in this week's digest.
Jul 17 • Aaron M. Renn
The New Vibe Shift
This month’s Member podcast is about where I see culture and politics going next.
Jul 17 • Aaron M. Renn
44:37
The Public Intellectuals America Needs
Americans no longer trust institutions. They trust individuals. That makes a certain kind of thinker a critical national resource.
Jul 15 • Aaron M. Renn
Can AI Save Cities From the Urban Doom Loop? | Arpit Gupta
One of my favorite X follows on economics matters is NYU Stern professor Arpit Gupta. Those of you in finance will appreciate his, X handle, @arpitrage…
Jul 13 • Aaron M. Renn
47:52
What the Boy Scouts Teach Boys Now
Can scouting still raise boys, responding to gerontocracy, and more in this week's digest.
Jul 10 • Aaron M. Renn
The Future of Churches
Here’s the recording of our June Member Zoom.
Jul 10 • Aaron M. Renn
1:03:26
Most of America Is Pittsburgh Now
Deaths now outnumber births across most of the country — and the effects are just beginning to arrive.
Jul 9 • Aaron M. Renn
The End of the Cool City
What a trip to Seattle and Portland taught me about commodified cities, collapsing downtowns, and why conservatives keep losing the culture they refuse…
Jul 7 • Aaron M. Renn
Happy Birthday, Whoever You Are
On its 250th birthday, America no longer agrees on who it is — and a nation that forgets its story cannot stay one people.
Jul 6 • John Seel, Ph.D.
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