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| April 2025 Q&A | 14 May 2025 | 00:17:35 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this installment of my monthly Q&A with John McWhorter, we tackle questions about elite universities and wealth, the value of DEI, Trump's expansion of executive power, The Great Gatsby, and ethics in higher education. | |||
| Ross Levine – Trump's $150 Trillion Question | 09 May 2025 | 00:57:34 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com. Pre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, SELF-CENSORSHIP: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Censorship-Glenn-C-Loury/dp/1509567402/ref=sr_1_1?crid=223KUFY8BN0X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ar6rmRPzp7pEiJss0o1eUeLbLwOgX_qrXHtWjMS3_m_GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.goECGgv0OxAPgLR8kNnsISu5AK6OSVoa5qWVmqRNqwY&dib_tag=se&keywords=self-censorship+glenn+c.+loury&qid=1746808862&sprefix=self-censor%2Caps%2C237&sr=8-1 Video Links 0:43 Ross: Trump's economic policies are the worst I've seen in my life 7:36 Glenn's new book, SELF-CENSORSHIP 12:00 Trump’s bid to become the most powerful person in the history of the world 21:17 The disruptive effects of tariffs, financial regulatory manipulation, and extraordinary debt levels 27:58 Ross: Alienating our allies is only going to strengthen China 33:41 Glenn: Those who lost out to globalization are getting their way 41:04 Will Trump heed economic warning signs? 48:10 Can Congress constrain Trump? Recorded April 19, 2025 Links and Readings Edward Luce’s Financial Times piece, “Trump, Truss, and the ‘Moron Premium’” Larry Kotlikoff’s post, “30-Year TIPS Are Looking Mighty Attractive” Glenn’s most recent conversation with Larry Kotlikoff Michael Sandel’s book, The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| John McWhorter – Glenn and John Live at Brown University | 02 May 2025 | 01:24:22 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 00:31 Prefatory remarks 4:15 Glenn: The Trump administration’s defunding of the universities is mischievous in the extreme 9:06 Ground News ad 11:01 Doesn’t maintaining the preeminence of American universities require diversity of thought? 18:47 John McWhorter has entered the building 20:25 How did higher ed lose the general public’s support? 23:05 The university’s role in public discourse 26:26 Was affirmative action a success or a failure? 31:36 The partisan balance in education funding 42:21 The costs and benefits of tenure 50:09 Can education preserve democracy if students aren’t doing the reading? 1:01:59 Are we irrevocably polarized as a nation? 1:07:28 Q&A: You don’t seem as excited by Trump as you once were. What is disappointing you? 1:11:40 Q&A: If higher ed serves society, why do so many elite grads use their degrees to get rich? 1:16:01 Q&A: How do you teach diversity to students who’ve never spent time around people different from them? 1:19:15 Q&A: What’s the difference between contrarianism and provocation? 1:21:23 Q&A: Should fewer people go to college? Recorded April 22, 2025 Links and Readings Michael Sandel’s book, The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? John Stuart Mill’s book, On Liberty Alan Bloom’s book, The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students John’s new book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words Glenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky’s novel, The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolsty’s novel, War and Peace Tolstoy’s novel, Anna Karenina Plato’s dialogue, The Republic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: Will Kelly – Posting My Way to a Better Life | 27 Apr 2025 | 00:05:25 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode, I talk with my grandson Will Kelly about his weight-loss journey, which he is documenting on social media. We talk about his desire to live out loud, our family history of addiction issues, and his strategies for healthy, sustainable weight loss. Check out this episode on Substack to see clips from Will's TikTok and instagram | |||
| Daniel Bessner – Managing American Decline in the Trump Era | 25 Apr 2025 | 01:02:10 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Pre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, SELF-CENSORSHIP. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=self-censorship--9781509567409 Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:10 Glenn meets the young Marx 2:32 The new wokeness of the political right 8:30 What is the democratic counterpart of foreign policy and national security run by experts? 17:04 Russia’s motivations: Fear of NATO or imperial ambitions 21:41 Danny: Zelenskyy made a huge misstep in the Oval Office 26:12 Does China have global security ambitions? 35:09 Ending the Middle East’s post-Ottoman redefinition 39:42 Danny: It’s gotta be rough to be Peter Beinart 43:46 Why we don’t need Hitler to explain Trump’s authoritarianism 56:29 Danny: We’ve been in the midst of a constitutional crisis since the 1940s 57:58 Can the nuclear taboo hold? Recorded April 19, 2025 Links and Readings Danny’s podcast, American Prestige Karl Marx’s Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Walter Lippmann’s book, Public Opinion Danny’s book, Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual Transcript of Matt Lauer’s 1998 interview with Madeline Albright Paul Thomas Chamberlain’s book, The Cold War Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace Lindsey O’Rourke’s book, Covert Regime Change: America’s Secret Cold War Peter Beinart’s book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning Glenn’s conversation with Peter Beinart Glenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative Danny’s Jacobin piece, “This Is America” James Whitman’s book, Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law Carl Schmitt’s book, The Concept of the Political This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Alex Shieh – Bloat at Brown University | 20 Apr 2025 | 00:02:58 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode of The Glenn Show, I talk with Brown University sophomore Alex Shieh about Bloat@Brown, his website calling out Brown administrators whose roles, he says, may violate federal discrimination laws. We talk about why he started Bloat@Brown, diversity of thought on campus, class-based affirmative action, and the role of diversity on campus. This bonus episode is available in its entirety to full subscribers, without whom The Glenn Show would not be possible. If you want to listen to the full version of this episode and our other bonus content—including monthly Q&As with John McWhorter—go to https://glennloury.substack.com and sign up. | |||
| John McWhorter, Cornel West & Robert George – Truth, Faith, and Reason in an Age of Division | 18 Apr 2025 | 01:17:31 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Pre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, Self-Censorship. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetai... Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:12 Attacks on the university from within and without 9:50 Ground News ad 11:43 Reshaping institutions by force and by argument 20:56 Critiquing the Gaza War without antisemitism 22:30 Reforming para-academic institutions 32:07 Is there a potential conflict between commitments to truth and commitments to diversity of thought? 39:19 Caught between “casual relativism” and “fierce absolutism” 52:18 Cornel: There is no “mic drop” argument on Gaza or anything else 55:19 The straight-jacket of emotional over-investment 1:00:36 The role of faith in the search for truth 1:10:19 Finding faith beyond reason in Stephen Sondheim Recorded April 12, 2025 Links and Readings Robbie and Cornel’s new book, Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division Thomas Kuhn’s book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Eugene Genovese’s book, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made Antonio Gramsci’s book, The Prison Notebooks William Blake’s poem, “London” Pope John Paul II’s encyclical, Fides et Ratio Genesis 22, King James Version Glenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative Mandy Patinkin sings “Finishing the Hat” from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Larry Kotlikoff – Can the US Survive Tariff Turmoil? | 11 Apr 2025 | 01:04:05 | |
Support The Glenn Show at http://glennloury.substack.com VIdeo Links 0:00 Intro 0:45 Why Trump’s tariffs alarm economists 8:18 Are the tariffs designed to offset Trump’s tax cuts? 11:30 Larry’s break with Senator Ron Johnson 14:16 Larry: We’re not in a trade war with other countries, we’re in a trade war with other people 22:44 Is Trump under the sway of a foreign power? 28:45 What measures should investors take to protect themselves from tariff-generated market volatility? 35:46 The possible silver lining in the economy under tariffs 41:32 The hypothetical third-party billionaire who could defeat Trump 44:46 The social security Ponzi scheme 54:50 Larry’s plan for fixing social security 57:29 Are other aging nations facing the same social security crisis as the US? 1:02:23 The failure of checks and balances Recorded April 4, 2025 Links and Readings Larry’s company, Economic Security Planning Rajiv Sethi’s Substack, Imperfect Information Larry’s book, You’re Hired: A Trump Playbook for Fixing America’s Economy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| March 2025 Q&A | 06 Apr 2025 | 00:12:06 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com For the March 2025 Q&A, John and I take questions on getting outside our bubbles, the first hundred days of the second Trump administration, the Department of Education, contemporary black writers, race and advertising, the assumption of good faith, and undocumented immigration. The Glenn Show is supported almost entirely by listeners, viewers, and readers. If you're not year a full subscriber, please consider becoming one at https://glennloury.substack.com. You'll get access to monthly Q&As, commenting privileges at the newsletter, and lots of bonus content. And if you're already a full subscriber, thank you for all you do. | |||
| John McWhorter & Richard Kahlenberg – Rethinking Affirmative Action | 04 Apr 2025 | 00:57:48 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:03 How Rick feels being a “liberal maverick,” according to the NYT 4:18 Rick’s advocacy for class-based affirmative action 6:39 Rick: “The Trump administration has gone too far” by trying to eliminate racial diversity 13:02 Opening up the elite university’s old boys club 21:21 Will economic diversity in admissions come with test score disparities? 23:55 Ground News ad 25:56 What’s Edward Blum’s deal? 29:36 Rick: The Democratic Party needs to ask itself why it lost to Trump 34:48 The black allies of class-based affirmative action 40:53 Is vocational training a viable alternative to four years of college? 44:48 Addressing the development problem among black students 52:52 Rick’s hopes for a new Democratic Party Links and Readings Rick’s new book, Class Matters: The Fight to Get Beyond Race Preferences, Reduce Inequality, and Build Real Diversity at America’s Colleges Pew poll on race and ethnicity in college admissions Glenn and John’s 2023 conversation with Peter Arcidiacono The 1966 Coleman report, Equality of Educational Opportunity Rick’s book, Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See Rick’s Atlantic piece, “Liberal Suburbs Have Their Own Border Wall” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Rajiv Sethi – The Trump-Led Upheaval at Columbia | 28 Mar 2025 | 01:05:16 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:36 How Rajiv saw Trump’s assault on elite higher ed coming 4:26 The Trump administration’s legitimate complaints against higher ed 9:41 Rajiv: The crackdown on campus protest would have happened even without the October 7 protest 17:10 How test scores can marry merit and diversity on college campuses 21:06 Glenn: Doesn’t SFFA v. Harvard justify JD Vance’s criticisms of higher ed? 25:30 Columbia’s capitulation to the Trump administration 33:06 Columbia’s new measures against antisemitism 38:09 The opportunistic adoption of contested phrases 43:27 How bad is the antisemitism problem at Barnard and Columbia? 50:44 Who has the authority to police Columbia’s MESAAS scholars? 1:00:55 Facing the prospect of Trump-generated American brain drain Recorded March 23, 2025 Links and Readings Rajiv’s Substack, Imperfect Information Rajiv’s post April 2024 post, “Minority Report” Rajiv’s post, “The Lion Hath Roared” The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s “Working Definition of Antisemitism” Eli Lake’s X post questioning the attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil Preorder Glenn’s book, Self-Censorship Noam Dworman moderates a debate between Eli Lake and Norman Finkelstein Lex Friedman hosts a debate between Norman Finkelstein, Mouin Rabbani, Benny Morris, and Destiny Dworman interviews Rashid Khalidi Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Mari Matsuda’s Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment Killer Mike’s 2024 FIRE keynote This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| The Glenn Loury News Hour | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:58:38 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com I spent part of last week visiting Stanford University, and John is off taking care of business in Australia. The time difference, travel, and speaking obligations made scheduling a recording impossible. So this week, I’ve got something a little different for you. Instead of recording a conversation on the day’s news with John, I decided to record one on my own. In this episode, I talk through some opinion pieces that grabbed my attention and give my take on the topics. I address Trump and the economy, Trump’s predictability and unpredictability, DOGE and MAGA’s slashing of the federal government, Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest, antisemitism, and attacks on Tesla cars, dealerships, and charging stations. This is a bit of an experiment—my team and I wanted to see what would happen if I gave it a shot. Let me know how it’s working for you in the comments. These pieces are all quite relevant as of this posting, on Monday afternoon. But by Friday? Who knows. So I decided to release this episode simultaneously to both free and full subscribers. If you like getting The Glenn Show a few days early, consider becoming a full subscriber. You’ll get new episodes early, plus access to monthly Q&As with John McWhorter, bonus episodes, and other exclusive content. Become a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 2:31 The opportunities and risks of Trump's economic plans 6:50 Is Trump as unpredictable as he seems? 16:00 DOGE and MAGA take a chainsaw to the federal government 22:30 An argument against Mahmoud Khalil's detention ... 32:49 ... and one in favor of Khalil's detention 41:38 Is it time for an official ban on antisemitism? 49:14 Teslas are burning Recorded March 14, 2025 Links and Readings Steve Cortes’s RCP piece, “Trump and the Economy: Opportunities and Risks” Susan Glasser’s New Yorker piece, “Uncertainty Is Trump’s Brand. But What if He Already Told Us What He’s Going to Do?” Tim Murtaugh’s Washington Times piece, “Why the Democrat Brand Is in the Toilet” Jeff Mayhugh’s Hill piece, “The MAGA Revolution Is Playing with Fire” Ross Barkan’s NYMag piece, “Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest Will Backfire on Trump” Josh Hammer’s Daily Signal piece, “Mahmoud Khalil and the Red-Green Assault on American Sovereignty” Mackenzie France’s RCP piece, “Congress Should Pass Antisemitism Awareness Act” Rich Lowry’s New York Post piece, “Tesla Terrorism Only Reveals the Left’s Impotence” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Peter Beinart – Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:54:04 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:33 The relationships Peter has lost and gained 4:14 Why Peter thinks this is a “watershed” moment in Jewish history 6:50 Who can criticize Israel? 9:44 The challenge of October 7’s aftermath to Jewish self-understanding 15:54 Peter: Jews should support non-violent Palestinian protest, not criminalize it 20:12 Shouldn’t the Palestinians have taken the deals they were offered? 25:48 Peter’s argument for a one-state solution 34:34 The “dirty little secret” of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Jewish critics 37:12 The idolatry of the Jewish state 39:45 The mutual liberation of Jews and Palestinians 41:37 Why aren’t the critics of snowflakes and trigger warnings defending pro-Palestinian campus protesters? 46:01 Peter: Antisemitism is on the rise, and ethno-nationalism is the reason 50:20 Peter: If Gaza is unlivable, then Gazans should be allowed to live where they want Recorded February 21, 2025 Links and Readings Peter’s Substack, The Beinart Notebook Peter’s new book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message Eitan Hersh and Laura Loyden’s article, “Antisemitic Attitudes across the Ideological Spectrum” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: Man of Steel | 11 Mar 2025 | 00:02:01 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this episode, Nikita, Mark, and I talk about steelmanning, what people want me to say about Gaza, what I want to say about Gaza, and why I offer disclaimers when I talk foreign policy. | |||
| John McWhorter – War Comes to the Oval Office | 07 Mar 2025 | 00:45:35 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:55 Did Trump and Vance bully Zelenskyy or give him a dose of reality? 5:16 Glenn: Trump is trying to wind down an unnecessary war 13:49 - Ground News ad 28:58 The “deep game” of European security 32:06 Glenn: America First appeals to me, World War III doesn’t 36:40 Teaching the reparations debate in a post-October 7 world 43:06 MSNBC axes Joy Reid’s show Recorded March 1, 2025 Links and Readings Trump and Zelensky’s Oval Office meeting Tucker Carlson’s onstage interview with Hungarian president Victor Orbán The latest episode of Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi’s podcast, America This Week Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Atlantic essay, “The Case for Reparations” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| February 2025 Q&A | 05 Mar 2025 | 00:09:27 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this month's Substack subscriber Q&A, John and I answer your questions on the NAACP, Trump and January 6, Western civilization, how we deal with angry viewers, and more. | |||
| Bonus Episode: War and/or Peace | 04 Mar 2025 | 00:02:04 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode, Mark, Nikita, and I discuss Trump's chaotic Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, parsing positions from principles, and the fate of Ukraine. | |||
| Bonus Episode: Amy Wax – Amy Wax Pushes Back | 02 Mar 2025 | 00:01:16 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Today I'm posting a bonus episode of the Glenn Show with University of Pennsylvania Law professor Amy Wax. Unfortunately, Amy experienced some recording difficulties, which resulted in an episode that does not meet our usual standards for audio fidelity and clarity. Rather than post it here in the podcast feed, we've opted to post only the video with subtitles under Amy's side of the conversation. You can find that video right now by going to glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 A note on audio quality 1:08 Glenn: I may not agree with Amy about everything, but I defend her right to speak her mind 4:17 Amy: What’s wrong with Trump evaluating how federal research money is spent? 12:54 The accusations against Amy 19:17 Did Amy violate students’ privacy? 21:44 What it’s not okay to say at Penn 31:52 Amy’s lawsuit against Penn 36:21 Glenn: Aren’t your free speech claims and you civil rights claims contradictory? 38:33 Amy: This is bigger than me 42:11 Can university research infrastructure survive defunding under Trump? 48:32 Glenn: I’m unnerved by the implications of the anti-DEI movement Recorded February 17, 2025 Links and Readings This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Conn Carroll – The Assault on Marriage | 28 Feb 2025 | 00:59:34 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:00 Conn’s career in the conservative movement 4:34 The four sexual revolutions 14:17 What about feminism and LGBTQ rights? 20:25 Conn: “We spend over a trillion dollars a year on means-tested programs that punish marriage” 24:30 How online gambling is hurting working-class men 29:02 What are the benefits of marriage? 34:03 Why Conn thinks single-parenthood disproportionately harms boys 37:12 The link between political and domestic structures 44:49 Will Trump enact policies that promote marriage? 48:42 Conn: We should strengthen obscenity laws in order to restrain online porn 55:52 The conservative case for birthright citizenship Recorded February 11, 2025 Links and Readings Conn’s new book, Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage is Destroying Democracy David Blankenhorn’s book, Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem Melissa Kearney’s book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind Glenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese’s report on pornography Conn’s Washington Examiner piece, “The Conservative Case for Birthright Citizenship” George Borjas’s books on labor and immigration This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: Empty Gestures | 25 Feb 2025 | 00:02:44 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode, Glenn, Nikita, and Mark discuss Elon Musk and Steve Bannon's alleged "Nazi salutes," whether Trump is serious about Canada and Greenland, and what counts as a serious question. | |||
| John McWhorter – Liberal Panic over Trump | 21 Feb 2025 | 00:50:58 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:55 The myth of a secret black language 6:36 The terror of slavery in James 12:13 Essential fictions 15:45 Ground News ad 17:30 Liberal panic over Trump and DOGE 24:10 Is NYC mayor Eric Adams under Trump’s thumb? 26:54 Glenn: What’s wrong with telling illegal migrants to leave? 33:40 ACTA ad 35:54 The differing challenges of European and American immigration 44:08 The significance of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance 52:17 What’s wrong with Ye? Recorded February 16, 2025 Links and Readings John’s latest NYT column, “The Truth and the Fiction of Black English” Percival Everett’s novel, James Percival Everett’s novel, Erasure Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye Allan Gurganus’s novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Francis Burney’s novel, Evelina R.F. Kuang’s novel, Babel, or, the Necessity of Violence Gil-Scot Heron’s song, “Whitey on the Moon” Tucker Carlson interviews Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show John’s book, All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| John McWhorter – January 2025 Q&A | 14 Feb 2025 | 00:52:35 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn and John take questions from Substack subscribers in this Q&A episode. 1:02 Pat Rimell presents a list of propositions about general poverty in urban communities 17:54 Samuel D. James asks if John has any writing advice 23:35 Tom Wojciaczyk wants to know if what the difference is between an accent and pronunciation 30:50 Michael asks why we’re not more worried about Trump taking us back to the nuclear brinksmanship of the Cold War 39:03 Karen Dawn Norris offers two defenses of reparations 43:34 Young Törless asks, since we use the term “blackness” so often, if we could come up with a definition of it that would satisfy such disparate figures as Al Sharpton, Charles Barkley, Condoleezza Rice, Raven-Symone, and Iman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| John McWhorter – Trump's Dismantling of DEI | 07 Feb 2025 | 01:03:19 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:10 Which race-conscious programs stay and which go? 11:05 Ground News ad 12:42 Glenn: I’m afraid some African Americans might get left behind 19:25 More programs won’t address the problems of “the underclass” 27:49 John: Maybe this is the best it can be 31:22 The great benefits of HBCUs 35:35 ACTA ad 37:48 Ibram X. Kendi decamps for Howard 44:49 Studying the African diaspora 51:35 The passing of Belle da Costa Greene 1:02:29 Is colorism within the black community still an issue? Recorded February 2, 2025 Links and Readings Robin DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism Ibram X. Kendi’s book, How to Be an Antiracist John’s NYT column, “Black and White Weren’t Always as Black-and-White as They Seem” Hilton Als’s New Yorker piece, “The Hidden Story of J.P. Morgan’s Library” Stephen and Abigail Thernstrom’s America in Black and White: One Nation Indivisible Karen and Barbara Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Rajiv Sethi – Are Trump's Tariff Threats Working? | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:51:51 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:04 Rajiv’s role in getting Glenn’s forthcoming book published 7:39 Self-censorship and racial passing 9:29 Rajiv’s work on parental investment and educational attainment 17:01 Rajiv: Prediction markets outperformed forecasting models in 2024 23:36 Are Trump’s tariff threats having their intended effects on foreign markets? 31:53 Why Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 35:07 Rajiv recommends some public-facing economists 39:26 Secular backsliding in India 43:51 Trump’s revocation of LBJ’s 1965 anti-discrimination executive order Recorded January 25, 2025 Links and Readings Rajiv’s Substack, Imperfect Information Rajiv post Substack post, “Self-Censorship, Passing, and Natural Cover” James Weldon Johnson’s novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Glenn and Rajiv’s 2014 conversation about self-censorship Glenn and Rajiv’s previous conversation Rajiv and Dyotona Dasgupta’s working paper, “Educational Standards and Parental Investment” Rajiv’s post, “The Tariff Threat” Paul Krugman’s post, “The Dollar and the Trade Deficit” John Cochrane’s review of Late Admissions Tyler Cowen’s Marginal Revolution Gyan Mukherjee’s 1943 film, Kismet Rajiv and Brendan O’Flaherty’s book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: The Mad Negotiator | 28 Jan 2025 | 00:02:20 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show bonus episode, Glenn, Mark, and Nikita discuss Trump's tariff threats, madman theory, competing racial myths, and colorblindness vs. indifference. Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com | |||
| John McWhorter, Eli Lake, and Matthew Cockerill – Debating Civilian Casualties in Gaza | 24 Jan 2025 | 01:16:34 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:08 Intros 4:24 Matthew: The IDF recklessly disregarded civilian life in its October 2023 bombing campaign 9:01 Eli: Israel made efforts to warn civilians ahead of bombings 15:31 Ground News ad 17:35 Are Gazan civilian deaths part of Hamas’s strategy or merely an effect of its strategy? 23:39 Counting casualties in the fog of war 30:04 If Hamas is still partially intact, can a ceasefire hold? 33:28 ACTA ad 38:53 Why Matthew thinks Israel was intentionally killing civilians early in the war 48:41 Is Matthew holding Israel to a different standard than he would hold the US? 52:39 Alternative strategies for prosecuting the war 56:16 Do civilian warnings negate the question of murderous intent? 1:01:46 Eli: I don’t think Jewish critics of the war are speaking for the larger diaspora 1:10:05 Is further normalization between Israel and the rest of Middle East coming despite the war? 1:15:10 Matthew: Israel clandestinely continued its initial starvation strategy in Gaza for monthsRecorded January 17, 2025 Links and Readings Trailer for Eli’s forthcoming Free Press podcast, Breaking History Matthew’s YouTube show, History Speaks Airwars’ Gaza Patterns of Harm report Yuval Abraham’s +972 piece, “‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza” Bethan McKernan and Harry Davies’s Guardian piece, “‘The Machine Did It Coldly’: Israel Used AI to Identify 37,000 Hamas Targets” Glenn’s conversation with Omer Bartov Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein’s Haaretz piece, “It’s Impossible Not to Know What’s Going on in Gaza” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: Lucky Number 47 | 21 Jan 2025 | 00:02:59 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this post-show bonus episode, I talk with Mark, Nikita, and LaJuan about Trump's inauguration, this week's debate between Eli Lake and Matthew Cockerill, and whether we need Medicare for All. | |||
| Peter Moskos – The Extraordinary NYC Crime Drop | 17 Jan 2025 | 00:54:07 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:55 Peter’s new book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop 5:27 Why policing went off the rails over the last decade 11:03 Peter: I’m done with police abolitionists 19:22 Why don’t we hear about unarmed black men getting shot anymore? 22:00 Remembering the lessons of ‘90s New York 28:07 Dealing with the racial disparity problem 35:46 Is there a suicide problem among cops? 39:31 The Ferguson Effect 43:12 The utility of pretextual stops 48:29 The pride felt by the 1990s NYPD 50:30 What cops think of Darren Wilson and Derek Chauvin Recorded January 10, 2025 Links and Readings Peter’s forthcoming book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop Peter’s book, In Defense of Flogging Peter’s book, Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern District Tracy Mears on police legitimacy and the future of policing Heather Mac Donald’s book, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: Unsure Footing | 14 Jan 2025 | 00:03:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show bonus episode with Nikita, Mark, and LaJuan, we talk about what's required of a black intellectual, shifting alliances and ideological orientations, and the utility of the police. | |||
| Glenn x Invisible Men: Glenn Loury's Confessions | 12 Jan 2025 | 00:50:48 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com I'm reposting an episode of the Invisible Men podcast, hosted by Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors. They had me on to talk about Late Admissions, the bias and development narratives, and a lot more. Ian and Nique have a stellar lineup of guests who are having the important conversations about race in America, so check them out at invisible.men. You can find video of this episode there or at my newsletter, https://glennloury.substack.com. Order Glenn's memoir, "Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative" here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 Subscribe to The Glenn Show on Youtube: @GlennLouryShow Subscribe to The Glenn Show Clips Channel on Youtube: @GlennLouryclips This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| John McWhorter – 2024's Seismic Sociopolitical Shift | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:47:55 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennlourysubstack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:10 John feels Glenn’s pain 2:36 Glenn: “I’m tired of being the black guy who has to call b******t on the race narrative” 9:21 The monotonous groove of the race discourse 12:35 John: “This is the most seismic sociopolitical shift of my lifetime” 19:17 Ground News ad 21:10 The H-1B conflict on the right 26:24 The hard truths of global competition 30:09 Luigi Mangione, folk hero? 36:09 ACTA ad 38:22 Glenn and John’s 2025 status 44:52 Living on the edge of a weekly deadline 46:45 Why did Al Jolson wear blackface? Recorded January 5, 2025 Links and Readings Charles Sheeler’s painting, “River Rouge Plant” Coleman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Matt Taibbi on coverage of Luigi Mangione’s personal style Glenn’s forthcoming book, Self-Censorship Richard Bernstein’s book, Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer Trailer for Al Jolson’s film, Mammy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| December 2025 Q&A | 08 Jan 2025 | 00:07:43 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com It may be cold outside, but the first Q&A of 2025 is a hot one. John and Glenn talk negotiating the modern mediasphere, the German language, education after affirmative action, code switching, social media and AI, and maintaining a friendship in spite of political differences. | |||
| Post-Show: Stay Sharp | 07 Jan 2025 | 00:02:17 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In retiring from academia, I'm giving up what was once a vital source of intellectual inspiration. How should I go about replacing it? I'm talking through the problem with Nikita and Mark. | |||
| Glenn Loury II – What Death Can Touch | 05 Jan 2025 | 00:11:29 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode, I sit down with my son, Glenn Cartman Loury II, to talk about the big topics: life, death, and change. This is a heavy, real conversation. We “reminisce” about caring for Linda—my wife and Glenn’s mother—during the final stages of terminal cancer. We talk about who we were then, who we are now, and why we work so hard to change our lives. I’m seeking solace from my son, and true solace can only come from confronting reality, rather than turning away from it and taking refuge in comforting illusions. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber. | |||
| John McWhorter – The Best of Glenn & John 2024 | 03 Jan 2025 | 01:37:18 | |
Support The Glenn Show and become a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com 0:00 Intro 3:01 January 15, “Why Glenn wrote a memoir” 9:18 February 2, “The three dimensions of black conservatism” 15:50 Ground News ad 17:52 February 16, “Were Glenn and John too credulous about The Fall of Minneapolis?” 23:07 March 22, “What do we mean by 'colorblindness' today?” 34:39 April 5, “John: We weren’t wrong to ask the questions we asked, even if our answers came up short at first” 37:40 May 17, “Has Israel gone too far in Gaza?” 41:53 ACTA ad 44:07 June 14, “Inside the collapse of Ibram X. Kendi’s research center” 49:22 June 28, “Can John account for his 'emotional and irrational conclusions' about Trump and his recent conviction?” 59:35 August 16, “Glenn: Kamala Harris is no Barack Obama” 1:05:08 August 28, “Vladimir X asks Glenn and John about Gaza” 1:18:19 October 11, “Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates's book is brilliant” 1:26:32 October 25, “John: Coates is a beautiful writer, BUT …” 1:28:54 November 4, “A revisionist history of the Trump presidency (or presidencies)” 1:35:47 November 22, “Glenn: Wake up! It’s time to take Trump seriously!” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Robert Wright – War and the AI Race | 27 Dec 2024 | 01:00:23 | |
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com 0:00 The uncertain future of AI 4:46 What would it mean to “lose the AI race” to China? 8:15 The promise and peril of artificial general intelligence 12:01 The international policy challenges of AI 14:32 Can Trump deliver peace between Russia and Ukraine? 18:46 Are there any good argument for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? 23:55 Bob: With Iran weakened, Israel faces a decision: bombs or diplomacy 28:29 The continuing assault on Gaza 32:33 Antiwar speech codes 37:57 Apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing 43:15 Missed opportunities to turn the temperature down in Israel 51:29 Bob: The international community has little sway over Israel 54:25 The advantages of cognitive empathy Recorded December 17, 2024 Links and Readings Bob’s Substack, the Nonzero Newsletter Thomas Nagel’s essay, “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” Bob’s most recent conversation with Thomas Friedman Glenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in a Time of War” Jimmy Carter’s book, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid Ilan Papé’s book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message Bob’s Nonzero essay, “The Truth about Hamas” Bob’s 2002 Slate essay, “Was Arafat the Problem?” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Bonus Episode: A Family Affair | 24 Dec 2024 | 00:02:23 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com LaJuan has appeared in a handful of episodes, but I don’t feel like you really know her yet. I wanted to use this episode to introduce you to my lovely wife. We talk about how her difficult early life shaped her political views, how she developed her love of reading and ideas, her alienation from Democrats and the liberal center, and her personal connection to Beyoncé. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber. | |||
| John McWhorter – Demons, Anti-Heroes, and Villains | 20 Dec 2024 | 00:55:16 | |
Support The Glenn Show by becoming a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:33 Demonization on the right and the left 6:23 Is Trump’s election the nail in the coffin for DEI? 13:50 John: It’s no use pretending that racism in America is as bad as it was 50 years ago 16:33 Ground News ad 18:36 Has Elon Musk “encouraged” or “permitted” more racism on X? 19:30 John: It’s a tragedy that Jordan Neely died, but he needed to be restrained 30:12 If Daniel Penny had been a cop 34:05 ACTA ad 36:18 The glorification of Luigi Mangione 47:06 Cheering for the villain 55:43 Will New York remain a sanctuary city? Recorded December 13, 2024 Links and Readings John’s NYT column, “How to Dangerously Misread a Very Important Verdict” Briahna Joy Gray and Nathan Robinson on Luigi Mangione This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| The Next Big Thing Might Be a World War | 17 Dec 2024 | 00:03:17 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Right after I taped this week’s episode with John McWhorter, I got on a call with my creative director Nikita Petrov, expecting some follow ups. We talked about Syria, the world’s reaction to Trump’s victory, P. Diddy’s parties, the reasons the labor movement never got the same kind of momentum in the US as it did in Western Europe, and more. But we started by connecting two topics from my conversation with John: the surprisingly cheerful reactions to a killing of an insurance firm CEO in New York, and the seeming demise of DEI as a movement. | |||
| John McWhorter – November 2024 Q&A | 09 Dec 2024 | 00:59:45 | |
Normally, free subscribers to the newsletter and podcast have to wait until Friday receive the new episode. And normally Q&A sessions with John McWhorter, in which we answer questions posed by the audience, are only available to full subscribers. But today is no normal day—I’m releasing our Q&A from last month to everyone. Become a subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com Mike Spooner wants to know how I came around to supporting Trump Substack Reader wants to know if Trump’s reelection signals that we’re entering an era where “reason and common sense once again prevail.” Michoel Stern senses that I’m becoming more isolationist, and that I don’t want America to be the world’s policeman. So what is the alternative? Robert Odear asks if there is “an accepted metric for linguistic complexity,” and if there is one, whether linguistically complex societies also tend to be advanced societies. Nancy wants to know if the triumph over “wokeness” represented by Trump’s election is being felt on campus. Jonathan E. Burack wants to know why I haven’t responded to this review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Message. Pete Bradshaw asks what we think of the use of political slurs like “fascist,” “Hitler,” and “commie.” Cara C. suggests that, while it was wrong for Democrats to use lawfare against Trump, it is acceptable for Republicans to use it against Democrats, if only to teach them a lesson. Recorded December 1, 2024 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| John McWhorter – The Path Not Taken for Black Activism | 06 Dec 2024 | 01:00:34 | |
Support The Glenn Show by becoming a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com 0:00 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John 0:45 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John 6:50 Glenn the patriarch 10:35 John Lewis’s legacy 15:48 Ground News ad 17:49 From John Lewis to Stokely Carmichael to Jesse Jackson to BLM 25:21 To isolate or to integrate? 27:41 What black activism could have been 32:02 John: The Black Panthers accomplished nothing 40:04 ACTA ad 42:18 James Baldwin’s “nutty” late work 44:45 James Q. Wilson’s prescient attitude toward Glenn’s leftward shift 52:43 The “conservative” absence at the National Museum of African American History 55:11 John’s investigation of contemporary Yiddish speakers Recorded December 1, 2024 Links and Readings David Greenberg’s book, John Lewis: A Life Barbara Fields and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) and Charles Hamilton’s book, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation Trailer for Raoul Peck’s film, I Am Not Your Negro James Baldwin’s book, The Evidence of Things Not Seen Glenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American Values John DiIulio Jr.’s review of Late Admissions in the Claremont Review of Books John’s NYT column, “Yiddish is a Supposedly Dying Language That’s Thrillingly Alive” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Post-Show: Walking Contradiction | 03 Dec 2024 | 00:03:12 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about the holiday blues, the contradictions of racial heterodoxy and racial self-identification, and learning from Yiddish-speakers. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber. | |||
| Yaya Fanusie – The Life of a CIA Analyst | 29 Nov 2024 | 01:00:04 | |
This episode was released to full subscribers on Monday. If you want early access to weekly episodes, Q&As, and more exclusive content, go to https://glennloury.substack.com to become a full subscriber. 0:47 The Jabbari Lincoln Files, Yaya’s audio spy thriller 5:40 Is Jabbari Lincoln a fictional surrogate for Yaya? 10:05 How Yaya joined the CIA 16:18 What does a CIA analyst do, anyway? 20:42 The lessons of the WMDs debacle 23:08 A Muslim convert at the Agency 28:40 How the 2005 London Underground bombings got Yaya interested in counterterrorism 30:28 Terrorist recruitment and the search for self 35:57 Why Yaya doesn’t use the term “Islamophobia” 38:52 Yaya: Not even freedom fighters have license to kill with impunity 45:06 What would Malcolm X think about African American support of Palestinians? 52:22 Working for the CIA in the post-COINTELPRO era Recorded November 9, 2024 Links and Readings Sam Greenlee’s novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door Ivan Dixon’s 1973 film adaptation of The Spook Who Say by the Door Yaya’s essay for the Journal of Free Black Thought, “Hamas Are Not Muslim Freedom Fighters” December 2, 1963 NYT article on Malcolm X’s “Chickens coming home to roost” comment Yaya’s other podcast, Designated This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Post-Show: I Could Tell You What's in This Episode, but I'd Have to Kill You | 26 Nov 2024 | 00:02:12 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about my conversation with Yaya Fanusie, the sub rosa activities of the CIA, the US's authorization of ATACMS strikes in Russian territory, and more. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber. | |||
| John McWhorter – Trump's Historic Win | 22 Nov 2024 | 00:45:28 | |
This episode was released to full subscribers on Monday. If you want early access to weekly episodes, Q&As, and more exclusive content, go to https://glennloury.substack.com to become a full subscriber. 0:43 John reconciles himself to Trump’s win 4:06 Glenn: Wake up! It’s time to take Trump seriously! 12:16 Why Glenn feels a sense of excitement about the present moment 14:54 Ground News Ad 16:40 Is Glenn’s attitude all about contrarianism? 21:00 Does John hope that Trump’s administration fails? 26:08 ACTA ad 28:22 John’s trip to Dublin with Richard Dawkins 36:44 John’s questions for Dawkins 41:51 What Dawkins might think about race, culture, and IQ Recorded November 18, 2024 Links and Readings John’s NYT piece, “What if I’m the ‘Friend’ Donald Trump Referred To?” John’s Atlantic piece, “Trump’s Unmonitored Speech” Max Boot’s book, Reagan: His Life and Legend Richard Dawkins’s latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie Dawkins’s book, The Selfish Gene Dawkins’s book, The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene Dawkins’s book, The God Delusion Dawkins’s book, The Ancestors’ Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Post-Show: Why I'm Happy Trump Won | 19 Nov 2024 | 00:03:19 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about my conversation with John McWhorter, my elation over Trump's victory, and why I wasn't forthcoming about my preference for him over Harris. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber. | |||
| Daniel Bessner – Trump's Triumph and Liberalism's Failure | 15 Nov 2024 | 01:03:44 | |
The Glenn Show is almost entirely listener supported. To receive early access to TGS episodes, an ad-free podcast feed, Q&As, and other exclusive content and benefits, become a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 1:21 Have Glenn’s intellectual shifts been misread? 5:45 Danny: Francis Fukuyama was right 10:30 Capitalism won. Is that a good thing? 14:18 The climate under capitalism 20:24 Danny: “People said 'f**k you' to the Democratic Party” 23:51 Why the “Trump is a fascist” argument makes no sense 27:53 Whither the working class coalition? 33:10 How the US foreign policy establishment won the argument and lost Ukraine 36:28 Danny: There is no way the US can maintain influence in East Asia 38:26 Does Jewish survival require a Jewish state? 43:50 The limits of social science 49:36 The media’s obsession with polling 53:55 Is the US reaping what it’s sown on immigration?52:34 Is the US reaping what it’s sown on immigration? Recorded November 9, 2024 Links and Readings Dann’s podcast, American Prestige Danny’s conversations with Glenn about his intellectual history, parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 Francis Fukuyama’s Financial Times piece, “What Trump Unleashed Means for America” Danny’s Nation essay, “The Liberal Discontents of Francis Fukuyama” Adam Tooze’s podcast, Ones & Tooze Danny’s Harper’s essay, “The Life and Death of Hollywood” Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’s manifesto, The Communist Manifesto Danny’s Harper’s essay, “Empire Burlesque” Danny’s Boston Review piece, “Mass Destruction” Glenn’s recent conversation with Rajiv Sethi JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis John Murray Cuddihy’s book, The Ordeal of Civilization: Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity Yuri Slezkine’s book, The Jewish Century This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Post-Show: Trump's Worst Ideas | 12 Nov 2024 | 00:01:36 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show conversation with my creative director Nikita Petrov, I review this week's episode with historian Daniel Bessner. We also talk about Trump's policy proposals, capitalism, Russia and Ukraine, NATO, and why I sometimes pull back from speaking my mind. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition to a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber. | |||
| October 2024 Q&A | 10 Nov 2024 | 00:07:22 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this month's Substack subscriber-only Q&A session, we talk about Donald Trump's "Nazi rally" at Madison Square Garden, Martha Raddatz's comments about Venezuelan gangs in Colorado, Glenn's retirement, John's comments about Trump and Vance, my comments about Israel and Palestine, and, of course, Trump's victory. | |||
| Post-Show: It's Happening | 05 Nov 2024 | 00:01:00 | |
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com This is the Post-Show episode following this week's conversation with John McWhorter. In it, Glenn sits down with his editor Mark Sussman and his creative director Nikita Petrov to talk about the election, why he understands where Trump's supporters are coming from, the meaning of voting, and the possibility that Trump might release sealed documents relating to the JFK assassination. If you're a paying subscribing, you're receiving the full episode. If you're not, you're receiving a preview clip. Consider becoming a subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com, and receive early access to weekly episodes, exclusive content like post-show episodes, monthly Q&As with John McWhorter, and a host of other benefits. | |||