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Rep. Blake Moore of Utah's 1st Congressional District joins the show to discuss runaway federal spending and how to shift away from America's "debt culture." The Congressman talks with Beth Akers, AEI Senior Fellow and Defending Ideas Feature Contributor, on our new monthly feature segment: Defending Enterprise.

Show notes:
Sutherland Institute Congressional Series 2023: Rep. Blake Moore - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_M0U45IoU4



Defending Ideas is a weekly podcast produced by Sutherland Institute. On this show we are committed to renewing the principles of common sense conservatism, equipping listeners to become more effective champions of sound principle and good policy. Visit https://defendingideas.org.

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A Massachusetts couple's application to become foster parents was denied by the state. The reason? Their Catholic faith. Sutherland Institute Religious Freedom Policy Fellow Bill Duncan returns to the show to walk us through why the state denied an otherwise exemplary foster couple, Mike and Kitty Burke, and why the lawsuit the Burkes filed in response is on solid legal footing.

Show notes:
• States should welcome religiously motivated foster parents https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/states-should-welcome-religiously-motivated-foster-parents

Defending Ideas is a weekly podcast produced by Sutherland Institute. On this show we are committed to renewing the principles of common sense conservatism, equipping listeners to become more effective champions of sound principle and good policy. Visit https://defendingideas.org.

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Imagine you're offered a raise that, if you accepted, would actually make your family worse off.

This is the experience of some families in poverty when they hit something called the benefits cliff. This "cliff effect" is triggered when a family's increase in earned income prompts a disproportionately larger decrease in the benefits they receive through federally funded public assistance programs.

This week's guest is Kelsey Underwood, vice president of strategy and product for the Georgia Center for Opportunity. She joins the show to discuss how the benefits cliff can disincentivize work, negatively impacting families struggling to escape poverty. She also touches on GCO's efforts in various states to clear obstacles to upward mobility for impoverished Americans. The discussion centers around the dignity of work that fosters upward mobility and identifies resources available to policymakers and business leaders to help address the issue.

Show notes:
Home - Georgia Center for Opportunity https://foropportunity.org/
Home - Benefits Cliffs https://benefitscliffs.org/

Defending Ideas is a weekly podcast produced by Sutherland Institute. On this show we are committed to renewing the principles of common sense conservatism, equipping listeners to become more effective champions of sound principle and good policy. Visit https://defendingideas.org.

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It's common for voters to complain that Congress doesn't do enough on a number of different issues, citing gridlock and political dysfunction. But what about areas where it would actually be better if Congress did less?

On this episode, we discuss why education has become such a polarized issue, and why Congress is ill-suited to make real progress on behalf of students. Sutherland Institute Education Policy Fellow Christine Cooke Fairbanks joins the podcast to argue for returning more of these contentious issues – education in particular – to the states.

Show notes:
- How members of Congress should approach education policy (Utah Policy op-ed) https://sutherlandinstitute.org/how-members-of-congress-should-approach-education-policy/

- Why Congress can’t deliver on education policy - Sutherland Institute https://sutherlandinstitute.org/why-congress-cant-deliver-on-education-policy/

- Why Utah students would benefit from the ‘success sequence’ (Salt Lake Tribune op-ed) https://sutherlandinstitute.org/why-utah-students-would-benefit-from-the-success-sequence/

Defending Ideas is a weekly podcast produced by Sutherland Institute. On this show we are committed to renewing the principles of common sense conservatism, by equipping listeners to become more effective champions of sound principle and good policy. Visit defendingideas.org.

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These days it’s popular in some circles to be very critical of capitalism and free enterprise. In fact, some polling data shows a decline in American voters' support for capitalism. But the polarization around America's economic system is actually harming our ability to advance a principled and pragmatic approach to economic opportunity.

American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Beth Akers joins the show to rebut the overly simplistic "capitalism vs. socialism" polarized framing you usually hear. In this episode, you'll be equipped with the best approach to acknowledge capitalism's shortcomings, while still being a firm defender of our free enterprise system.

Before joining AEI, Dr. Akers worked as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a visiting research scholar at the Federal Reserve Board, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

Defending Ideas is a weekly podcast produced by Sutherland Institute. On this show we are committed to renewing the principles of common sense conservatism by equipping listeners to become more effective champions of sound principle and good policy. Visit defendingideas.org.

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Rep. Blake Moore of Utah's 1st Congressional District joins the show to discuss runaway federal spending and how to shift away from America's "debt culture." The Congressman talks with Beth Akers, AEI Senior Fellow and Defending Ideas Feature Contributor, on our new monthly feature segment: Defending Enterprise.

Show notes:
Sutherland Institute Congressional Series 2023: Rep. Blake Moore - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_M0U45IoU4



Defending Ideas is a weekly podcast produced by Sutherland Institute. On this show we are committed to renewing the principles of common sense conservatism, equipping listeners to become more effective champions of sound principle and good policy. Visit https://defendingideas.org.

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