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Peter Robinson Unbridled

Join Peter Robinson, the Hilda and Greg Curran Fellow at the Civitas Institute, author of Ronald Reagan’s famed “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” speech, and longtime host of the hit podcast Uncommon Knowledge, for Peter Robinson Unbridled, a new YouTube show and podcast.

On Unbridled, Peter will channel the vitality of Austin and Texas to the world. Peter's conversations about economics, politics, education, and culture will be infused with his signature curiosity, depth, and wit.

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Finding Truth and Friendship in Divided Times - Cornel West & Robert George

In the first episode of Peter Robinson Unbridled, Cornel West and Robert George discuss friendship, truth, and the age of division.

EP1
Oct 15, 2025

The Happy Warrior Remaking Higher Education - Will Inboden

Will and Peter discuss how higher education got into a rut, how universities can lead us out of it, the point of Shakespeare, and how to build lifelong friendships.

EP2
Nov 14, 2025

American Neo-Feudalism and How to Escape It - Joel Kotkin

EP3
Dec 15, 2025

Leonard Leo: The Conservative Fundraiser Remaking American Culture

EP4
Jan 15, 2026

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The Rise of Latino America

In The Rise of Latino America, Hernandez & Kotkin argue that Latinos, who are projected to become America’s largest ethnic group, are a dynamic force shaping the nation’s demographic, economic, and cultural future. Far from being a marginalized group defined by oppression, Latinos are integral to America’s story. They drive economic growth, cultural evolution, and workforce vitality. Challenges, however, including poverty, educational disparities, and restrictive policies, threaten their upward mobility. Policymakers who wish to harness Latino potential to ensure national prosperity and resilience should adopt policies that prioritize affordability, safety, and economic opportunity over ideological constraints.

Joel Kotkin, Jennifer Hernandez, Wendell Cox, Marshall Toplansky, Erika Ozuna
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 10, 2025
Revival: Americans Heading Back to the Hinterlands

Smaller communities throughout the country are poised to play an outsize role in forging our future.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox
Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 19, 2025
How to Save Our Urban Centers

What will the future of American cities look like?

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 26, 2025
National Poll from Civitas Institute: Americans Concerned About AI, Economic Issues

The Civitas Institute Poll, conducted from March 11-20, 2025, asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in the country.

Daron Shaw
Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 11, 2025
Natural Right on Horseback

Richard M. Reinsch II
Pursuit of Happiness
Jul 17, 2026
The Founders and the Common Good

Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Pursuit of Happiness
Jul 13, 2026
Tocqueville Deserves a Washington Statue

Jonathan Hartley
Pursuit of Happiness
Jul 7, 2026
The Enduring Promise of America

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 30, 2026
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Constitutional Experts Expose the Untold Truth Behind Deep Political Division

Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 29, 2026
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AEI’s “America at 250” Summer Series: We Hold These Truths

Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 22, 2026
1:05

Robert George and Cornel West - Truth Matters, A Book Talk

Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 26, 2025
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Arthur Brooks on the Secret to a Fulfilling Life

Pursuit of Happiness
Jul 7, 2025
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Populism Unpacked: Voices from the Heartland

Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 4, 2025
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Spielberg’s Empty Hope

'Disclosure Day' should have been called 'Hope and Change,' or rather 'Change and Hope.‍'

Titus Techera
Pursuit of Happiness
Jul 10, 2026
Deliberative Republicanism and the Triumph of the American Founding

Instead of rejecting the moral urgency of the postliberal right and left, it is fitting and proper that we redirect it through the right kind of education—both formal and informal—that can inspire affection for our Constitution.

Michael Lucchese
Pursuit of Happiness
Jul 9, 2026
The Declaration Is a Metaphysical and Political Triumph

It is the nature of genuinely lasting great texts that we observe new things in them that fit our moment.

Brian Smith
Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 17, 2026
Gordon S. Wood's American Revolution

Widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent historian of the American Founding in our time, Wood was virtually without peer within academic American history today.

Steven Hayward
Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 11, 2026
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