{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 170: \u201cEthics at the Heart of Public Policy\u201d with Ryan Anderson and Roger Severino","description":"America\u2019s founding ideals and our nation\u2019s rich Judeo-Christian heritage have been under constant attack from a so-called \u201cprogressive\u201d Left for over a hundred years.  Yet as they\u2019ve marched through and deconstructed America\u2019s great cultural institutions, instead of the \u201cprogress\u201d they claim, we\u2019re seeing the opposite. It\u2019s abundantly clear now that as the progressive elites prevail, the rest of us lose. And more and more we feel a growing urge to push back.  We know now that America\u2019s flourishing will depend on prevailing in a successful cultural counter revolution.  And it\u2019s beginning to happen. On the front lines leading this fight - and my guests for this episode -  are President Ryan Anderson and Senior Fellow Roger Severino of the Ethics & Public Policy Center. Prior to leading EPPC. Ryan Anderson was the\u202fWilliam E. Simon senior research fellow\u202fat The Heritage Foundation He is also the Founding\u202fEditor of\u202fPublic Discourse and the author of\u202fWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment\u202fand\u202fTruth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom. Before joining  EPPC, Roger Severino was the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he led a team of over 250 staff protecting our nation\u2019s civil rights, conscience and religious freedom.  In response to the Biden administration\u2019s hostility to sound medicine and the rights of conscience, EPPC has launched a major initiative, its HHS Accountability Project led by Roger.  As Ryan explains:  \u201cEthics needs to be at the heart of public policy. Every piece of public policy, every piece of law embodies someone's morality, and we work to make sure that our laws embody true morality.\u201d  \u201cThere's no such thing as moral neutrality when it comes to the law, whether it's private property, free speech, definition of marriage, or our laws about homicide.\u201d  A fascinating conversation. Please listen in. ","author_name":"The Bill Walton Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.thebillwaltonshow.com","html":"