{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Heartland Daily Podcast","title":"Ill Literacy, Episode 144: The Ecology of Nations (Guest: John M. Owen IV)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4415,"description":"In Episode 144 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with John M. Owen IV, author ofThe Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order. \nHeartland’s Tim Benson is joined by John M. Owen IV, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the Miller Center of Public Affairs, at the University of Virginia, to discuss his new book, The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order. They chat about “ecosystem engineering”, how liberalism may have evolved in ways that are no longer conducive to its own survival, and the ways Owen believes liberalism should be reimagined to better confront the autocratic threat coming from China, Russia, and others. \nGet the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300260731/the-ecology-of-nations/\n\nShow Notes: \n\nAmerican Enterprise Institute: “Discussing American Democracy and a Fragile World Order with John M. Owen IV” (VIDEO)\nhttps://www.aei.org/events/discussing-american-democracy-and-a-fragile-world-order-with-john-m-owen-iv/\n\nThe Hedgehog Review: John M. Owen IV – “To Make the World Select for Democracy”\nhttps://hedgehogreview.com/issues/america-on-the-brink/articles/to-make-the-world-select-for-democracy","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2xLxMmPe28MnonUa9AciVxMi_Bu3CavKGZzqhK99mjE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2NzQzLzE2Njk4/Mzk1OTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}