Abundant

Here's the thing about cities on hills: everyone can see them. And in America's case, the whole world does. They watch when we feed strangers, invent the future, launch rockets, and show up to help. They also watch when we project power, troll allies, borrow trillions, and swing from right to left to right again. No wonder the neighbors have whiplash.

In this episode of Season 1: American Future, Dan and Del chat about America on th...

Candidates Wanted: Must be quick-witted, great on camera, and able to own a headline. Movie-star looks preferred. Honesty optional. Sound familiar? 

In this episode, Dan and Del trace how American leadership became a popularity contest, from the 1960 Kennedy–Nixon debate to a mostly forgotten 1913 change that removed a guardrail the founders built for exactly this problem. If you're tired of mudslinging, special interests...

Responsibility is an American word. Not borrowed, not inherited. Born here, at the same moment the country was, and for the same reason.

But a nation built on responsibility only works as long as somebody still takes it. Who will that be?

Still part of Season 1: American Future, this episode of Abundant is a bit different from our usual banter. Dan was asked to present his findings on responsibility as part of a celebration of Americ...

The most sought-after membership in the history of memberships? Turns out it's the one that guarantees you free speech, freedom of worship, a fair trial, the right to be left alone, and the freedom to do almost anything you want: munch chips on your sofa, or build rockets and reach for the stars.

Yes, U.S. citizenship is pretty great, but what are the dues? And if there's a fair share to pay, what is it?

As part of our season dedicat...

Family isn't an obstacle to the good life — it is the good life. But family formation has fallen out of favor, and the U.S. birthrate just hit its all-time record low: 1.57 per woman. For the first time in our history, women in their late thirties are having more babies than women in their early twenties.

What's driving all this?

In this episode of Season 1: American Future, Dan and Del push past demographic doo...

When will we repay our national debt? The fact that we've stopped asking that question reveals something about us, doesn't it? And what we really think about our shared future? While we wonder if balancing our books is even possible, the meter keeps running — $40 trillion and counting.

Dan and Del dig into the math and the morality of this deep hole we've dug. What got us here, and is there any way out? Of course, this isn't j...

You know that group of friends in every commercial — the cookout, the laughter, the people who just show up? Do you actually have that? Does anyone?

In this episode, Dan and Del ask what happened to American community — to the spirit of neighborhood that defined our national ethos. Why are we now living through a loneliness epidemic that a former surgeon general says is as destructive to your health as smoking? And what ...

Socialism is in the news — and in some U.S. states, it's on the ballot. Is that good or bad?

In this episode, Dan and Del take an honest look at socialism: what it promises, why it keeps attracting new generations, and what happens when people try it. Thankfully, we have experiments, past and present, all across the globe that we can learn from. Even America's early Pilgrim colony, just before the first Thanksgiving, test-drov...

The loud threats are obvious — elections, wars, debt, borders. The ones that might actually take America down are quiet. So quiet, in fact, they may have already invaded your living room. 

This week, Dan and Del count down five hidden cultural threats to the American future. Along the way: an education system running on a chassis older than the Model T, the algorithm that gets sixty hours a week with your kids, the epidem...

America just turned 250 — and we've spent the last decade fighting over one word: great. Was America ever great? Is it now?

In this premiere episode, Dan and Del go looking for a real definition. Along the way: history's graveyard of "great" powers, a victorious general who was offered a crown, and a definition of greatness so upside-down it might be the right way up. Then the hard part: grading America honestly — the re...

Everybody's chasing the good life. Have you found yours?

Meet Abundant — honest conversations about the life everyone's actually looking for, and what's getting in the way. Pastor Dan Jarvis, licensed family therapist Del Fehsenfeld, and other trusted guest experts dig into the forces quietly reshaping American life, and the surprisingly ordinary ways to fight back.

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