Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal.

Joining me on the show today is Christopher Rufo. Chris has been on the show before. He's a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute

and a valued contributing editor of City Journal. His work explores a variety of issues, including

critical race theory, gender ideology, homelessness, addiction, crime,

and the struggles of American cities.

Chris writes regularly for city journalists, most listeners will know, and his work has also

been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and other

publications.

He is directed for documentaries, and you can check out his

YouTube channel where he posts new videos. Today, though, we're going to be discussing his New York

Times best-selling book, America's Cultural Revolution, How the Radical Left Conquered Everything,

which was published in July. The book is Chris's

first, and it traces the intellectual origins of today's radical left. So, Chris, thanks very

much for joining us. It's great to be with you. So you're reporting for City Journal on race

and gender issues. You know, it's been explosive. It's exposed

of radical ideologies perversion of our institutions. It's brought critical race theory, in particular

to the forefront of the public discourse, but also some of the more radical gender ideology

that has been intruding in public schools. It's reached a broad

audience. It's influenced legislation in several states. What did you hope to achieve by writing

this book, which is more of an intellectual history? Well, it's really interesting. As I have

been doing their reporting for City Journal over

the last few years, most of my work is finding sources within institutions, procuring documents,

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