Tim Goeglein On The Declining Acceptance Of American Exceptionalism

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Tim Goeglein, vice president of external and government relations for Focus on the Family, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story."

You can find Goeglein's book here: https://www.faithfultext.com/toward-a-more-perfect-union-products-9781956454130.php

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0:00.0	We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:19.6	I'm Emily Gisinski, Culture Editor here at the Federalist.
0:22.1	As always, you can email the show at radio at the Federalist.com.
0:25.4	Follow us on Twitter at FDRLST.
0:27.8	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.
0:31.2	Today I'm happy to be joined by Tim Gagline.
0:33.4	He is out with a new book called Toward a More Perfect Union, the Moral and Cultural
0:37.9	Case for teaching the great American story that's Tim's third book.
0:42.5	He's also vice president of government relations over at Focus on the Family.
0:46.6	Tim, thank you so much for joining the show.
0:48.8	Emily, it's great to be with you.
0:50.5	Thank you for having me.
0:52.6	Of course.
0:53.6	And I actually just want to start with the subtitle of the book.
0:56.5	The Moral and Cultural Case for teaching the great American story.
1:01.6	Tim, can you tell us about why there's a distinction between the Moral and the Cultural
1:07.4	Case for teaching that story and why that distinction matters?
1:11.1	I'm so glad you asked.
1:12.1	I think that's a great way to begin, Emily.
1:16.1	The breakdown in history and civic education in the United States, I believe, is directly
1:23.3	tied to many of the ills that we are seeing as a nation.
1:29.1	In civility, bad leaders, cultural decay, cancel culture, one of my favorite presidents
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