What Does 'Liberal' Even Mean Anymore?
About this episode
Galen Druke discusses the meaning of liberalism with Adrian Wooldridge, exploring its historical context and relevance today.
I hope everyone is recovering nicely from their July 4th hangover. At 250 — hell, at 35 — those things aren’t single-day affairs anymore. Today’s episode is a conversation I had with Adrian Wooldridge about his new book, “ The Revolutionary Center: The Lost Genius of Liberalism .” Adrian is the global business columnist at Bloomberg and was previously the political editor at The Economist. To be honest, I had intended to air this conversation in the run-up to our semiquincentennial. After all, the Declaration of Independence may well be the most famous liberal document ever written. But as the calendar worked out, our last episode before the Fourth was a paid episode, and I thought this conversation was a worthwhile listen for the wider GD universe. (Although, of course, if you appreciate this podcast, I encourage you to become a paid subscriber👇️) So I’m publishing it now, for folks to chew on as we return from the weekend’s celebrations. The word “liberal” gets thrown around a lot. It’s used to poke fun at the left (”resistance libs”) or chastise the right (”neolibs”), and in American politics today, it’s not clear what it even means. Adrian clearly defines liberalism and lays…
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