Welcome everyone to another special edition of the American Mind. I'm your host, Ryan Williams,

president of the Claremont Institute and publisher of the Claremont Review Books, and the American

Mind on today's special episode. I interview Christopher Rufo, known to many of you. I'm sure

the author of a new book, America's Cultural Revolution, How the Radical Left, Concord Everything.

At the Claremont Institute, we first got to know Chris back when he did a Lincoln Fellowship, maybe

seven, eight years ago now or so. He was impressive then, a documentarian and was looking for a change

in careers. Journalism and activism was in his sights and he has certainly made good on that

plan to change careers. He's had great success in recent years in bringing to the attention of the

American people and elites across the country the problem of a racialized politics and educational

system, whether it be in the form of critical race theory or the trans revolution or anything

else. We talk about his book, but we also talk about the wider political and commentary landscape,

what conservative philanthropists should be working on, how aspiring young journalists might

shape their careers and what advice Chris has for them. So we range across the field and we think

you'll enjoy this episode quite a bit. Thanks for listening. Well, welcome Chris. Very happy to have

you here on the occasion of the publication of your new book, America's Cultural Revolution.

As I said, you know, before we started recording, we don't need to walk through the book. You've

done tons of press on the book. I encourage people to check it out and check out the many reviews,

the praise for it. I'm going to use it as the occasion to just get your thoughts on the current

political scene. First, I want to set up for our listeners, the sort of Claremont history of America.

It's a bit potted just because we're going to run through it quickly. I know you got a taste of

this back when you did a Lincoln fellowship with us years ago. Then I just want you to situate your

argument in your book within this framework and then we can go from there. So I mean, our take on

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