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City Journal Audio
Interviews from the Manhattan Institute's City Journal on urban policy, crime, education and culture.
Latest episodes
- Flock Safety's Chief Strategy Officer on ALPR Surveillance, Privacy Concerns, and Public Safety
How should we think about automated license-plate readers, surveillance cameras, drones, and other public safety tools? Rafael Mangual sits down with Rahul Sidhu of Flock Safety to discuss the…
- Is ShotSpotter Racist? An Honest Conversation with SoundThinking CEO Ralph Clark
In this episode of the City Journal Podcast, Ralph Clark, CEO of SoundThinking (formerly ShotSpotter), discusses the technology of acoustic gunshot detection, its impact on public safety, and the…
- On Gender Medicine: The Utah Gender Report with Leor Sapir
Are puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for gender dysphoric minors supported by strong scientific evidence? Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Leor Sapir and Zhenya Abbruzzese, Co-Founder of the…
- Judith Miller: An Extraordinary Career
What did journalists know about terrorism before 9/11? How has national security reporting changed? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Judith Miller reflects on her long career covering global…
- The Left's Institutional Capture
Seth Barron joins Brian Anderson to discuss his new book, "Weaponized: The Left's Capture and Destruction of America's Sacred Institutions."
- A Day in the Life of a Crime Reporter (with the New York Post's Joe Marino)
Award-winning crime journalist Joe Marino joins the podcast for a candid, in-depth conversation on crime, policing, and public safety in New York City. Marino examines the complex issues shaping…
- Who We Are: On Therapy (with Abigail Shrier)
What does it take to write books that make the establishment uncomfortable—and keep writing them anyway? Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Abigail Shrier joins Rafael Mangual for an engrossing…
- Forming Souls in an AI Future
Ben Sasse addresses the centrality of the family and the challenges of technology in accepting the Manhattan Institute's Hamilton Award.
- Youth Residential Treatment in America
America's children are in crisis—and the system designed to help them is breaking down. Christina Buttons, Naomi Schaefer Riley, Scott Dziengelski, and Carolyn Gorman explore one of the most urgent…
- When Race Trumps Merit, with Heather Mac Donald
Is America trading excellence for ideology? In this episode, Rafael Mangual sits down with Heather Mac Donald—author of When Race Trumps Merit—for a frank conversation about affirmative action…
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