City Journal's 10 Blocks

Updated: 27 Mar 2025 • 415 episodes
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City Journal's 10 Blocks, a weekly podcast hosted by editor Brian C. Anderson, features discussions on urban policy and culture with City Journal editors, contributors, and special guests. Forthcoming episodes will be devoted to topics such as: predictive policing, the Bronx renaissance, reform of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, homelessness in Portland, Oregon, and more. City Journal is a quarterly print and regular online magazine published by the Manhattan Institute.

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27 Mar 2025 • EN

Protest, or Intimidation?

Tal Fortgang joins Brian Anderson to discuss his feature story from the City Journal winter issue, “The Rise of Civil Terrorism.”

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20 Mar 2025 • EN

Rationalizing Religion

Ross Douthat joins John Hirschauer to discuss his book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.

24 min
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14 Mar 2025 • EN

Cost-Benefit Economics

Jason Furman joins Allison Schrager and Jordan McGillis to discuss trade-offs in economic policy decision-making.

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Three leading criminologists—Anthony A. Braga, John M. MacDonald, and David Weisburd—discuss ideological influences on the study of policing. The panel is moderated by Manhattan Institute scholar Hannah Meyers for the 2024 George L. Kelling Lecture.

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28 Feb 2025 • EN

The Legal Pot Debacle

Steven Malanga joins Brian Anderson to discuss his essay from the City Journal winter issue, “Gone to Pot,” and the failures of the marijuana legalization experiment.

Judge Glock joins Jordan McGillis to discuss the history of 30-year mortgages and the future of the housing market in America. 

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