Serve to Lead® | James Strock

Oct 23 2024 48 ep. 46 mins 8

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The Serve to Lead podcast includes conversations with a range of thinkers and doers on major issues of the day. The common theme is advancing our shared American national identity and narrative. Host James Strock writes ‘The New Nationalist’ at Substack.

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