E204 - Mobility in America’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Yoni Appelbaum

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Yoni Appelbaum, a deputy executive editor at The Atlantic, joins the program to talk about his book Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. They discuss mobility in the US and how that might sacrifice community for opportunity, the “frontier” as a way of taking land and easing class antagonism, the birth of American zoning from anti-Chinese practices in 19th century California, the move toward the single-family home and it being a symbol of the American identity, how we can make homes accessible once more for working Americans, and more. For an ad-free experience and much more content, subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.3	...andrination. ... Hello, Prestige heads and welcome to know. I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend
1:08.2	and comrade, Derek Davison. And we're very excited to welcome to the
1:11.3	podcast today. Yoni Applebaum, Yoni is a deputy executive editor at the believe it's pronounced
1:16.8	Atlantic. And he's also the author of Stuck, How the Privileged and the Propertyed Broke the
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