Ryan Anderson on Why His Think Tank Focuses on Culture and Not Just Politics

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🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Over the years, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a think tank in Washington D.C., has been home to some of the most interesting and important thinkers at the intersection of religion and public affairs in America. And unlike most other D.C. think tanks, EPPC is just as interested in cultural renewal and the moral health of America as it is in policy and politics.

On this week's podcast, EPPC's new president Ryan Anderson joins us to discuss how his institution actually tries to influence American culture. The author of many essays and books, Anderson describes that challenge, what strategy EPPC is trying to pursue, and how it knows if it's making progress.

Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

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0:00.0	The Ethics and Public Policy Center is a think tank in Washington, D.C.
0:12.6	Over the years, it's been the home to some of the most interesting thinkers at the intersection of religion and public affairs in America.
0:20.6	People such as Elliot Abrams and Hillel Fratkin, Gene Kirkpatrick, and Robbie George,
0:25.6	Wilfred McLeigh and George Weigel, Yuval Levin, and Eric Cohen have all been associated with
0:31.1	EPPC over time.
0:32.7	It's where America's most important journal of public policy, national affairs, was first
0:37.4	born and incubated. It's where the most interesting journal of technology policy, national affairs, was first born and incubated. It's where
0:39.1	the most interesting journal of technology and bioethics, the new Atlantis, was first housed.
0:45.0	EPPC is unique in the cosmos of Washington's think tanks, most of which, rightly, focus on policy
0:51.6	reform, political analysis, and national security and the like.
0:55.8	Well, alongside these things, alongside an interest in politics and policy,
1:01.1	EPPC is also interested in cultural renewal and the moral health of American society.
1:06.8	Welcome to the Tikva podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver.
1:10.4	Today's discussion begins with the question of how an institution undertakes cultural transformation. How does its leadership dimension the problem? And what is EPPC's strategy for nourishing what ails American culture? My guest is EPPC's new president, Ryan Anderson. Ryan's the author of many
1:29.2	books and essays tackling subjects like abortion, gender ideology, marriage, and religious freedom.
1:35.6	For about 10 years, he was a scholar at the Heritage Foundation, and on February 1st, 2021,
1:41.8	he succeeded Ed Whalen to become EPPC's sixth president.
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