E205 - Mobility in America’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Yoni Appelbaum

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Yoni Appelbaum, a deputy executive editor at The Atlantic, joins the program to talk about his book Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. They discuss mobility in the US and how that might sacrifice community for opportunity, the “frontier” as a way of taking land and easing class antagonism, the birth of American zoning from anti-Chinese practices in 19th century California, the move toward the single-family home and it being a symbol of the American identity, how we can make homes accessible once more for working Americans, and more. For an ad-free experience and much more content, subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
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0:38.9	Full terms apply. Hello, Prestige heads and welcome. I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade, Derek Davison.
1:09.9	And we're very excited to welcome to the
1:11.2	podcast today. Yoni Applebaum, Yoni is a deputy executive editor at the believe it's pronounced
1:16.8	Atlantic. And he's also the author of Stuck, how the privileged and the property broke the
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