American Checklist™

About American Checklist™

America is a country based on mindsets, and it's about where you're going, not where you came from. In this podcast series, Dan Sullivan and Mark Young avoid the limitations of identity politics and explain how you can become a better American through eight mindsets.

Publisher

Two and Two Broadcasting

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2018

Latest episode

31 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 63 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Outsiders Love America More Than Americans Do

   Dan Sullivan interviews Dr. Mark Young, exploring why outsiders cherish American values of individualism and ingenuity more than many Americans, offering insights into happiness and self-created unhappiness.

2. 

   26 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Entrepreneur In Chief

   Host Dan Sullivan interviews Dr. Mark Young about Donald Trump's entrepreneurial approach to the presidency and the eight traits of "psychological Americans."

3. 

   25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   America's Unbroken Growth Advantage • Part 2

   America has been experiencing an unbroken century and a half of growth. Also consistent in the U.S. are the advantages people have over those anywhere else on the planet. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young pick up where they left off in part 1, sharing and discussing the next five advantageous characteristics of Americans. Show Notes: You can't beat a clever entrepreneur because they find opportunities where other people find road blocks. The U.S. is open to trade while avoiding dependence. Nowhere on the planet can you get a new idea from conception to marketplace faster than in the United States. China doesn't have a capitalistic market. They have a political market. Without entrepreneurial freedom, new things don't get invented. Trump has been using tariffs as a way of negotiating companies into putting their capital in the U.S. America was founded as a country of laws, not a country of men. Americans have the capacity to absorb shocks and reinvent structure. RESOURCES: The 27 Unbreakable Rules: Build A $100M+ Brick + Mortar CPG Brand  by Mark Young meetmarkyoung.com

Inside a recent episode

Why Outsiders Love America More Than Americans Do

Published 31 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So all the AM went searching for new customers. And where the new customers came from were the churches, the conservative churches. And then you start getting talk radio. But you notice how left-wing talk radios never work. No. No, and the reason is because normal people listen to it. So what happened was there's a medium that emerged in the 1970s, 80s that gave the mainstream media enormous competition. The talk radio changed everything. Rush Limbaugh. What was that great guy, Tom? Tom Snyder? No, no. Why don't I remember his name? This is so-and-so, and this is page one. Oh! Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

35 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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