The Archbridge Podcast

Credits

• Written, Edited, and Directed by Arash Ayrom
• Produced by Clay Routledge and Ben Wilterdink
• Narrated by Robert Anthony Peters
• Featuring interviews with:
  • Ben Klutsey, Director of Academic Outreach, Director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, Mercatus Center
  • Ilana Redstone, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois; Co-Director, Mill Institute, University of Austin
  • Clay Routledge, Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab, Archbridge Institute
  • Dan Vallone, Director, More in Common, USA
  • Tony Woodlief, Senior Executive Vice President at State Policy Network and Author of  “I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance”

Resources

• The Hidden Tribes of America  [report]
• We Need a Psychology of Progress [essay]
• American Dream Survey [report]
• Undivide Us [film]
• Mill Institute [organization]
• Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange [organization]
• Lyceum Movement [organization]

About the Show

True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions. 

True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing. 

Past Forward: How Nostalgia Can Help You Live a More Meaningful Life by Clay Routledge

Nostalgia in America: The Power of Looking Back to Move Forward

Nostalgia Can Be an Engine of Progress in Discourse Magazine by Clay Routledge

Nostalgia is the greatest gift this holiday season in the Los Angeles Daily News by Clay Routledge

Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. by Christine Emba in The Washington Post

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V. Reeves

Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men by Roy F. Baumeister

Previous Podcast on the Marriage Crisis with Kathryn Wilson

Marriage Crisis Video 1: Introductions 

Marriage Crisis Video 2: Love is Unconditional, Relationships are Not

Marriage Crisis Video 3: The Velcro of Marriage in a World of Insecure Attachment

Marriage Crisis Video 4: The Loss of Inherited Wisdom in Marriage and Childrearing 

Marriage Crisis Video 5: Suitor-Father-Patriarch Lifelong Marriage as Developmental and Virtue Achievement

Richard Reeves' Latest book, Of Boys and Men

The American Institute for Boys and Men (Substack)

Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. by Christine Emba in The Washington Post.

Profectus Podcast with Angela Rachidi on Family Affordability

The Human Flourishing Lab

Follow us on Twitter @Kathryn95620927, @clayroutledge, and @bgwilterdink

American Dream Survey 2023

2023 Cost of Thriving Index 

AEI Event: Family Affordability in America: A Story of Decline or Achievement?

The American Dream is Not Dead by Michael Strain

Generations by Jean Twenge

Alienated America by Tim Carney

The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen

Security Can’t Substitute for Development in Profectus Magazine

Meeting the Challenge of Mental Decline in the Age of Material Abundance in Profectus Magazine

Senator Murphy Proposes Legislation on Loneliness

Jury Duty - Amazon Video

Barbie Trailer

Discussion Links:

The Evidence on Family Affordability by Dr. Angela Rachidi

National Marriage Project & AEI Present Richard Reeves and Ian Rowe: A Debate On Fatherhood

The real story behind America's population bomb: Adults want their independence

Wild Problems by Russ Roberts and Profectus Magazine's Review

Follow Dr. Angela Rachidi on Twitter @AngelaRachidi

Show Notes:

Get Serious: About Purpose by Katherine Boyle, The Free Press

The Joy of Losing Your Phone by Clare Coffey, The New Atlantis

Tetris - Official Trailer

Follow Us on Twitter @ProfectusM

Ben Wilterdink @bgwilterdink

Clay Routledge @clayroutledge

Kali Christianson @kal_louise

Discussion Links

Ian's book, Agency: The four-point plan (F.R.E.E.), for all children to overcome the victimhood narrative and discover their pathway to power.

Follow Ian on Twitter @IanVRowe

Discussion Links

Michael's Book, Paper Belt on Fire , How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University

The 1517 Fund

Follow Michael on Twitter @William_Blake

Discussion Links:

American Culture Project

American Dream 2022 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream

The Social Power of Patriotism

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Coming Apart by Charles Murray

Revolt of the Public by Martin Gurri

Local 1: The Rise of America's Most Powerful Teachers Union (Full Film)