Is America a Creed or a Tribe?
Dec 26, 2025•39 min•Season 2Ep. 538
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Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid unpack historian Gordon S. Wood’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that the United States is built on shared ideas, not shared bloodlines—and what that means in an era of rising “blood and soil” nationalism and demographic change.
They dig into whether the American creed still has enough power to hold a multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracy together.
Related Reading:
WSJ - Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’ - WSJ
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