Talking American Character with Iowa Public Radio

I had the pleasure of returning to Iowa Public Radio's hour-long interview program, River to River, on Thursday, talking about how to balance individual liberty and the maintaincence of a free society in the American context. It's the subject of my new book, American Character, and the answer often eludes us because we're a balkanized country, as per my previous work, American Nations.

In any case, the interview is now up online. There's even a brief plug by host Ben Kiefer for my recent Politico Magazine piece on how Des Moines transformed itself.

Later this month, I'll be speaking with south Florida and Greater Utah public radio stations about the same.