The Amazing Life of Glenn Loury
The Amazing Life of Glenn Loury
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
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Show Notes
In a remarkable and candid conversation, Glenn Loury discusses his new book "Late Admissions," and his amazing, checkered, erratic, inspirational, and dramatic life.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:37 Performing the book for Audible
00:05:04 Had to be Honest to be Believed
00:09:09 A Gifted Family
00:15:22 Understanding Slavery and History
00:20:07 Constant Self-Doubt and Inferiority Complex
00:26:11 Betraying a Best Friend
00:32:25 Decoding Glenn's Politics from His Life
00:32:57 Stealing a Car
00:38:54 A Child Is Born
00:39:54 Glenn's Son's Gift to His Father
00:47:34 Glenn's Heroic Father
00:49:05 Glenn feels Put Off by Middle-Class Blacks
00:57:13 Arrested
01:03:14 Modern Hypocrisy
01:05:29 Speaking in Tongues
01:09:33 Smoking Crack
01:20:21 Called the N-Word
01:24:00 Final Remarks on Humanity