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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comRight 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.

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.comMike Spooner wants to know how I came around to supporting TrumpSubstack 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

Support The Glenn Show by becoming a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com0:00 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John0:45 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 speakersRecorded December 1, 2024Links and ReadingsDavid Greenberg’s book, John Lewis: A LifeBarbara Fields and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American LifeKwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) and Charles Hamilton’s book, Black Power: The Politics of LiberationTrailer for Raoul Peck’s film, I Am Not Your NegroJames Baldwin’s book, The Evidence of Things Not SeenGlenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesJohn DiIulio Jr.’s review of Late Admissions in the Claremont Review of BooksJohn’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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn 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.

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 eraRecorded November 9, 2024Links and Readings1776 UnitesThe Jabarri Lincoln FilesSam Greenlee’s novel, The Spook Who Sat by the DoorIvan Dixon’s 1973 film adaptation of The Spook Who Say by the DoorYaya’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” commentYaya’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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn 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.

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 IQRecorded November 18, 2024Links and ReadingsJohn’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 LegendRichard Dawkins’s latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian ReverieDawkins’s book, The Selfish GeneDawkins’s book, The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the GeneDawkins’s book, The God DelusionDawkins’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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn 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.

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.comOrder Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:21 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, 2024Links and ReadingsDann’s podcast, American PrestigeDanny’s conversations with Glenn about his intellectual history, parts 1, 2, 3, and 4Francis 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 & ToozeDanny’s Harper’s essay, “The Life and Death of Hollywood”Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’s manifesto, The Communist ManifestoDanny’s Harper’s essay, “Empire Burlesque”Danny’s Boston Review piece, “Mass Destruction”Glenn’s recent conversation with Rajiv SethiJD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisJohn Murray Cuddihy’s book, The Ordeal of Civilization: Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with ModernityYuri 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn 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.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn 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.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comThis 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.

If you subscribe only to the free version of this podcast, you’ll notice this episode has arrived a few days early. I figured that by Friday, when the episode normally drops for the general public, it will be out of date already, so we’re releasing it to everyone today. If you find you enjoy starting your week with The Glenn Show, consider becoming a paying subscriber, which will get you early access to episodes, along with a host of other benefits.Subscribe to The Glenn Show on Substack at https://glennloury.substack.com[Note: In the episode, John mistakenly referred to the author of a biography of Ronald Reagan as George Will. He meant to reference Max Boot’s Reagan: His Life and Legacy.]1:39 Pre-election jitters3:23 Will Democrats contest the election if it goes Trump’s way?4:44 A crisis for democracy, maybe, but not the end of democracy10:02 John’s case against Trump’s proposed second administration15:36 Ground News ad17:28 The Obamas’ attempted intervention and post-presidential performance26:58 The mind of the informed Trump voter34:20 A revisionist history of the Trump presidency (or presidencies)41:15 Is Trump losing it or just tired of campaigning?44:25 The Washington Post and the LA Times decline to endorse47:48 Glenn and John’s election night plans50:48 The nightmare scenarioRecorded November 3, 2024Links and ReadingsShelby Steele’s book, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can’t WinJimmy Carter’s book, Palestine: Peace Not ApartheidJohn’s NYT column, “Donald Trump Is Bored”Max Boot’s book, Reagan: His Life and LegacyEverybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Series DVD box setDouglas Murray’s Free Press piece, “Things Worth Remembering: Whoever Loses, They Should Lose Like Nixon” 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 Rajiv’s report from the FIRE conference3:11 Roland Fryer’s keynote address13:26 Ta-Nehisi Coates’s humanist universalism17:25 “Tolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulus”18:50 Rajiv’s reading of Coates’s stand on “apartheid”31:55 The gap between election forecasting models and prediction markets36:52 The limits of models and markets39:59 Rajiv: The markets show us a balance between narratives about the election44:17 Is one crypto trader manipulating the prediction markets in favor of Trump?53:12 Rajiv: Prediction markets may have sent early signals about January 655:19 Rajiv’s family history with Kamala Harris57:45 The new prominence of Indian Americans in politics1:03:07 The axiom of antiessentialismRecorded October 27, 2024Links and ReadingsRajiv’s Substack, Imperfect InformationFoundation for Individual Rights and ExpressionLara Bazelon’s 2022 Atlantic essay, “The ACLU Has Lost Its Way”Glenn’s 2021 conversation with BazelonGlenn’s 2023 conversation with Erec SmithEugene Volokh on the Hamline University-Prophet Muhammad painting controversyTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageCoates’s 2010 Atlantic essay, “The Ghost of Bobby Lee”Ralph Wiley’s book, Dark Witness: When Black People Should Be Sacrificed (Again)Last week’s TGS debate about The MesssageOrlando Patterson’s book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative StudyGlenn’s book, The Anatomy of Racial InequalityGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativePolymarketRecorded October 27, 2024Links and ReadingsRajiv’s Substack, Imperfect InformationFoundation for Individual Rights and ExpressionLara Bazelon’s 2022 Atlantic essay, “The ACLU Has Lost Its Way”Glenn’s 2021 conversation with BazelonGlenn’s 2023 conversation with Erec SmithEugene Volokh on the Hamline University-Prophet Muhammad painting controversyTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageCoates’s 2010 Atlantic essay, “The Ghost of Bobby Lee”Ralph Wiley’s book, Dark Witness: When Black People Should Be Sacrificed (Again)Last week’s TGS debate about The MesssageOrlando Patterson’s book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative StudyGlenn’s book, The Anatomy of Racial InequalityGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativePolymarket 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

Incogni is your personal data defender, safeguarding you from these digital predators. Use code GLENN at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/glenn1:22 The Coates debate continues 3:18 John: Coates is a beautiful writer, but … 5:44 John: … The Message is suffused with incuriosity and simplistic thinking 13:45 Glenn: Coates is talking about humanism and power, not race 18:11 Ground News ad 20:25 Is it “all about whitey”? 22:11 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote this book. What am I doing? 27:40 What kind of historical imagination is at work in The Message? 34:11 Moral clarity or abdication of responsibility? 36:30 Pro-Palestinian writers John considers acceptable 41:54 The next entries in Glenn and John’s book club 42:04 Coates’s now notorious interview on CBS Mornings 48:45 What is the black intellectual’s role today? 52:16 The counterexample of South AfricaRecorded October 19, 2024Links and ReadingsTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageGlenn and John’s previous conversationJohn’s NYT column, “Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Myth of Black Fragility”Michael Chabon’s novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s UnionJeffrey Sachs on YouTubeJudge Andrew Napolitano on YouTubeTrevor Noah’s conversation with CoatesEzra Klein’s conversation with CoatesPeter Beinart’s conversation with CoatesDavid Greenberg’s new book, John Lewis: A LifeKaren and Barbara Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American LifeGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeJames Baldwin’s essay, “Letter from a Region in My Mind” 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349Incogni is your personal data defender, safeguarding you from these digital predators. Use code GLENN at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/glenn1:41 Penn’s sanctions against Amy 7:47 What’s at stake in the charges against Amy? 14:03 The trouble with “hate speech” 17:48 Should we abolish the nation-state? 21:38 The debates that can’t happen in the university 26:44 Ethnonationalism and group differences 33:11 Amy’s defense of maintaining an “Anglo-Protestant” American majority 42:32 Amy’s concerns about Asian migration 47:52 Are immigrants bringing lax attitudes toward property rights with them? 52:52 Glenn: Immigrants impart dynamism to a culture that’s always been in flux 1:01:13 Glenn and Amy talk about porn 1:07:51 The absence of virtue in political discourse 1:13:05 Amy’s next stepsRecorded October 12, 2024Links and ReadingsAmy’s Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed, “Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois Culture”Glenn and Amy’s 2017 conversation, “The Downside to Social Uplift”Foundation for Individual Rights and ExpressionTa-Nehisi Coates’s new book, The MessageWilliam Vogelei’s Claremont Review of Books review of Robert Kagan’s Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart—AgainColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaDaron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson’s book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and PovertyDaniel Di Martino’s recent appearance on The Glenn ShowIrving Kristol’s 1971 essay, “Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship”Glenn’s essay, “The Case for Black Patriotism” 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

1:12 The Vance-Walz debate 4:28 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book is brilliant 13:16 John and Coates’s ancient beef 15:31 Coates’s “blistering” critique of Zionism 18:22 Ground News ad 20:39 Do you have to solve the problem of “apartheid” in order to criticize it? 33:10 Glenn’s reappraisal of Coates (and John’s bemusement) 34:53 ACTA ad 36:39 Will the race card play for Eric Adams? 42:31 What has Eric Adams accomplished? 43:57 Why John defends Amy Wax 49:17 Glenn: Amy Wax gets to have her opinionRecorded October 5, 2024Links and ReadingsThe Vance-Walz VP debateTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageColeman Hughes’s Free Press review of The MessageCoates’s book, Between the World and MeCoates’s Atlantic essay, “The Case for Reparations”Glenn and John’s in-person TGS episodeAndrew Yang’s Newsweek piece, “I Ran against Eric Adams. I Saw This Coming.”John’s NYT piece, “She Is Outrageous, Demeaning, Dangerous. She Shouldn’t Be Punished.”Amy Wax’s December 2021 TGS appearanceWax’s August 2022 TGS appearanceWax’s March 2024 TGS appearanceRichard Sander’s Stanford Law Review article, “A Systematic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools” 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:15 Why Daniel immigrated to the US 5:14 What went wrong in Venezuela? 8:45 Daniel: Both the Biden administration and global trends are to blame for the border crisis 11:19 Trump promises to deport record numbers of illegal immigrants. But can he? 13:00 What’s it take to fix immigration? Money. 18:39 The flawed strategy of making immigration into Mexico’s problem 20:48 The bad information and rumors fueling asylum-seekers 23:18 Should residency visa programs prioritize the richest immigrants? 32:13 The labor market consequences of immigration 37:27 Daniel’s large-scale proposals for national immigration policy 43:00 How many unauthorized immigrants are in US right now? 45:23 The political realities of immigration reform44:08 The political realities of immigration reformRecorded September 23, 2025Links and ReadingsDaniel’s writing for City JournalDaniel’s report for the Manhattan Institute, “The Lifetime Fiscal Impact of Immigrants” 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comA couple weeks ago, I did my own solo Q&A session. Now John is back, and I decided to put him in the hot seat. Let’s get into it. Yan Shen asks our opinion of the contretemps between Nancy Mace and Michael Eric Dyson. Stan asks if we’ve seen Matt Walsh’s film, Am I Racist?. Eli, noting the rampant grade inflation at many institutions, asks if we have a way of fixing the problem and wants to know if our own grading standards have changed over the years (here’s the Yascha Mounk post she references). RAO wants to know what we think of alternative education, like home schooling, micro-schools, charter schools, and so on. Jerry Zuriff wants to know why John likes hip-hop. Given that, on average, American girls perform better than American boys in high school, Michael asks if colleges should give preferences to males over females. Or would that run afoul of SFFA v. Harvard? And finally, DG wants to know why John never got interested in sports.

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:28 John corrects some Wikipedia-driven misconceptions about his work 4:12 ChatGPT pays homage to Glenn and John 6:41 John: JD Vance actually is what I’m merely accused of being 17:59 Ground News ad 20:08 Are there any true sellouts among black conservatives? 28:32 And what is a sellout, anyway? 36:01 What goes on between Clarence and Ginni Thomas? 40:19 An addition to the book club reading list 42:08 ACTA ad 43:54 Remembering Linda Datcher Loury 49:00 Should having children be the norm? 56:34 Glenn sightings in the wild 57:32 Working without a netRecorded September 23, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s Wikipedia pageJohn’s Wikipedia pageJohn’s NYT column, “Why JD Vance Dropped into My Inbox”JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisJohn’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black AmericaRandall Kennedy’s book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial BetrayalDavid Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A LifeDavid Lodge’s novel, Changing Places: A Tale of Two CampusesBarbara and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American LifePercival Everett’s novel, JamesRF Kuang’s novel, Babel, or the Necessity of ViolenceClint Smith’s Atlantic piece, “George Floyd Was Also a Father” 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:14 Larry Kotlikoff for President? 5:40 Larry’s plan to save social security 9:30 Reincentivizing work, saving, and staying in the US 14:55 Rewriting the story about income and labor 21:08 Why a 10% tariff could amount to a new national sales tax or worse 23:33 Glenn: Trade with other nations is not a zero-sum game 29:15 Taxing billionaires on consumption rather than income 34:43 The price of shame 38:40 Maintaining competitive conditions with universal health insurance 44:49 What’s causing inflation? 52:26 How big of a problem is the national debt?Recorded September 4, 2024Links and ReadingsLarry’s SubstackLarry’s homepageLarry’s book, with Philip Moeller and Paul Solman, Getting What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social SecurityLarry’s book, with Scott Burns, The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America’s Economic FutureLarry’s book, Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose BankingLarry’s financial planning program, MaxiFiLarry’s book, You’re Hired: A Trump Playbook for Fixing America’s EconomyLarry’s book, The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comMartyn Clark asks how economists factor idiosyncratic, unpredictable human behavior into their abstract modeling. Young Törless asks Glenn to weigh in on the presidential candidates’ approaches to—or avoidance of—the problem of the national debt. BB asks Glenn which economic theories or concepts haven’t stood the test of time. Stan asks what three policies would make the biggest difference in improving the lives of black people. Eli asks if technological progress and our ever-increasing knowledge about the world may end up being a bad thing for humanity. Luke Englund asks if the conservative movement has compromised too much for the sake of Donald Trump. And finally, therealnewyorker asks what issues I would feel compelled to talk about if racial politics disappeared tomorrow.

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:59 Glenn debuts his new studio 2:34 Life after academia 13:02 The challenge of having a lot of time on your hands 18:10 John’s new musical endeavors 20:20 Ground News ad 22:38 John’s forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words 25:07 Glenn and John form an impromptu book club 29:43 The first class of post-Students for Fair Admissions college freshmen 36:22 Are black students being shut out of the upper echelons of American society? 40:33 The Supreme Court’s “indirect beneficial endowment” to HBCUs 46:42 Glenn: “The wheel is turning” on race politics in America 52:18 ACTA ad 54:26 Plagiarism in Robin DiAngelo’s dissertation 57:02 John: I don’t recognize the world that Danzy Senna and Ketanji Brown Jackson describe, even though I lived in it 1:04:07 Did Thomas Chatterton Williams really say what he said to Danzy Senna?Recorded September 8, 2024Links and ReadingsThe Rest Is History on Apple PodcastsPreorder John’s forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little WordsDavid Kaiser’s book, States of the Union: A History of the United States through Presidential Addresses, 1789-2023David Kaiser discusses his book States of the Union on TGSSari Nusseibeh’s memoir, Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian LifeDavid Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A LifeDanzy Senna’s novel, Colored TelevisionPercival Everett’s novel, JamesKetanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely OneJohn’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black AmericaMichelle Obama’s DNC speechThomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:59 How Harry met Glenn 3:44 Black girls and women are doing relatively well. Why aren’t black boys and men? 11:21 Harry: Some of the barriers are structural, some are cultural 18:20 The crude toolkit for fixing child support 25:15 Black teachers, tutoring, and “high-quality career and tech ed” 31:44 In schools, one size doesn’t fit all 35:22 Three ways to improve employment prospects 39:10 Glenn asks “the Chicago question” 42:09 Discrimination against ex-convicts 50:38 Immigration’s impact on black employment 53:29 Are too many people in prison? 56:07 Harry: Progressives are oblivious to the backlash they generateRecorded August 20, 2024Links and ReadingsHarry and Glenn’s conversation about “racism, narratives, and backlash” with the Federal Reserve Bank of BostonHarry and Richard J. Freeman’s 1986 edited collection, The Black Youth Employment CrisisMelissa Kearney’s book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling BehindIsabel V. Sawhill’s book, Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without MarriageDouglas Harris’s book, Charter School City: What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American EducationGlenn’s paper with Young-Chul Kim, “Rebranding Ex-Convicts”William Julius Wilson’s book, The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:28 John heads back to the linguistic woodshed 3:55 Glenn’s nascent retirement plan 4:23 Glenn and John’s late summer reading 11:58 The “joy” of the Democratic National Convention 17:47 Ground News ad 20:11 The oratorical panache of the Obamas25:37 John: What’s the point of all this performative joy? 30:16 Keywords from the DNC: “Weird” 34:17 Keywords from the DNC: “Freedom” 41:48 Keywords from the DNC: “Joy” 44:25 Keywords from the DNC: “Fight” 46:03 ACTA ad 47:52 Glenn’s distrust of Kamala’s candidacy 52:42 Why Glenn puts the “Hussein” in “Barack Hussein Obama” 56:04 RFK Jr’s endorsement of Donald Trump 1:04:51 Coming soon: Breakfast with the LourysRecorded August 25, 2024Links and ReadingsPercival Everett’s novel, JamesHarriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s CabinJames Baldwin’s essay, “Everybody’s Protest Novel”Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir, Between the World and MeAlex Haley’s novel, Roots: The Saga of an American FamilyBarack Obama’s DNC speechMichelle Obama’s DNC speechOprah Winfrey’s DNC speechJohn’s NYT column, “The Hidden Grammatical Reason That ‘Weird’ Works” 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn this month's Substack subscriber-only Q&A session, Glenn and John tackle questions about supporting the Democratic Party, the departure of Columbia University's president, the Gaza War, Kamala Harris's promise to fight "price gouging" and more.

Order Glenn's memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:20 Stephanie’s new video series, Faces of X 4:18 Glenn: “You’re taking all the fun out of the culture war” 7:30 Could we have had modernity without capitalism? 17:28 Glenn: You’re taking a side in the debate without admitting it 20:35 What comes after “heterodoxy”? 24:10 Stephanie: Seeing race as a lie may be the greatest reparation of all 32:32 Glenn: Calling race a construction doesn’t get us “past race” 38:23 Race in the next century 42:42 Transcending race without abandoning it 46:20 Awe and humility as spiritual necessitiesRecorded August 13, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s previous TGS episode with StephanieFind Stephanie on X: @stephleppGlenn’s 2016 conversation with Stephanie on ReckoningsFaces of XFaces of X, “Can We Reframe the Capitalism Debate”Faces of X, “Can We Reframe the Race Debate”Glenn’s conversation with Greg Thomas, “A Future for Black Tradition” 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:05 John: A Kamala Harris presidency won’t improve the discourse on race 9:12 Glenn: Kamala Harris is no Barack Obama 14:44 Why Glenn just can’t excited about a Harris presidency 18:07 Ground News 20:40 How Kamala measures up to Obama under the spotlight 23:07 Kamala’s code switching 25:50 Building the black political persona 33:51 White Ladies and White Dudes for Kamala 40:39 Are there white Sonya Masseys? 45:55 ACTA 48:03 Walz’s war on “weird” 48:14 The Dems get their hands dirty 55:48 Trump’s near-death experience that wasn’tRecorded August 9, 2024Links and ReadingsBarack Obama’s memoir, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and InheritanceTrump’s on-stage interview before the National Association of Black JournalistsNYT story about Trump’s alleged helicopter ride 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

My lovely wife LaJuan and I appeared on the Due Dissidence podcast with Keaton Weiss and Russell Dobular, and we're re-presenting it here. You’ll hear us discuss my memoir and how all of our upbringings influenced our politics, free speech and the Gaza War protests, the decline of the Civil Rights Movement, Clarence Thomas, abortion, economic regulation, capitalism and socialism, Kamala Harris, Trumps’s appearance at the NABJ conference, and more. 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:32 Glenn's intro 3:10 Glenn's case against the Democrats 14:06 Why is Cornel West running for president? 18:58 A black, conservative defense of Trumpism 25:29 A leftist analysis of Trump's rising popularity among black men 30:45 Glenn's early call for Biden to step down 36:25 Trump's debate style 41:36 Glenn: Biden is a "singularly uninspiring" political figure 49:11 The presidential debate post-mortem 55:45 The “DEI” candidates 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:08 John’s work with Braver Angels 8:16 How Braver Angels gets its business done 13:09 Trying to bridge the partisan divide 20:27 Do some issues require taking sides? 27:37 Braver Angels's approach to the immigration issue 31:37 John: “Trump is more symptom than cause”38:47 Are some political conflicts unavoidable? 41:38 John: “What we need in America is a ... spiritual transformation in our attitudes toward one another” 50:30 Braver Angels's American Hope CampaignRecorded on July 25, 2025Links and ReadingsGlenn’s 2020 conversation with JohnBraver AngelsA Braver Way podcastEliza Taylor Hawkins’s report, “Depolarizing During the Pandemic”Braver Angels’s Trustworthy Elections ReportJohn’s speech before Braver Angels’s 2023 National ConventionThomas Sowell’s book, Black Rednecks & White LiberalsBraver Angels’s American Hope Campaign 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comJohn and Glenn are back for the latest Q&A session, where they take questions asked by Substack subscribers. Topics include antisemitism, Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, Kamala Harris's entry into same, and dinosaurs.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn this excerpt from the Memoir Tapes—recordings that served as the basis for Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative—Glenn describes the baroque procedures he would use in order to buy and cook crack.

2:19 John apologizes for his previous statement about Trump and assassination, and Glenn reaffirms their friendship 7:21 Glenn: “We literally dodged a bullet” 9:09 John: Going MAGA is taking the easy political route 11:06 Glenn: There are good reasons to support some of Trump’s policies, if not his rhetoric 18:57 Does the 2024 election have a “summer of 2020” vibe? 23:38 Ground News ad 25:58 The fantasy Kamala Harris / Corey Booker ticket 33:27 Is “Make America Nice Again” a compelling campaign message? 38:22 Is “Trump is a threat to democracy” a lexically inept slogan? 45:53 It’s time for Biden to step down 49:50 John: “I'm honestly glad the assassin missed” 54:49 Do Glenn and John need couples counseling?Recorded July 20, 2024Links and ReadingsAndrew Napolitano’s conversation with John MearsheimerAndrew Napolitano conversation with Jeffrey SachsEvan Vucci’s iconic post-assassination attempt photo of Trump and Secret Service agentsJohn’s NYT column, “Why Are Democrats Speaking to America in Ancient Greek?”George Orwell’s essay, “Politics and the English Language”Larry Kotlikoff’s Substack post, “Biden Must Step Aside—This Week!”Yascha Mounk’s Substack, PersuasionGlenn’s conversation with Yasha Mounk 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comGlenn and the team discuss the use of independent podcasts as platforms for world leaders and the use and misuse of AI translations and voice simulations.

Buy Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813492:29 Have we already forgotten the horror of October 7? 9:22 Ben: We can’t ignore the loss of innocent life in Gaza 13:58 “From the river to the sea” and “all lives matter” 22:00 Celebrating the deaths of Israelis 26:31 Drawing the line at BDS 33:05 Glenn: If you want free speech, prepare to be uncomfortable 37:44 Columbia University administrators put on leave after allegedly antisemitic text messages 41:41 How Glenn discovered Benjamin’s work 47:40 The social meaning of race 51:01 The invitation to empathy in Late Admissions 59:02 Benjamin’s work with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange ProgramRecorded July 10, 2024Links and ReadingsBenjamin’s book, Juror’s Stories of Death: How America’s Death Penalty Invests in InequalityBenjamin’s book, Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone PrisonBenjamin’s book, Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American VeteransGlenn’s conversation with Omer BartovGlenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesGlenn’s book, The Anatomy of Racial InequalityErving Goffman’s book, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled IdentityErving Goffman’s book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeRobert Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityOrlando Patterson’s book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative StudyColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaEduardo Bonilla-Silva’s book, Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in AmericaGlenn’s conversation with his son, Glenn Loury IIThe Inside-Out Prison Exchange Student 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

1:18 John: Biden probably should not be running for president 7:47 Who’s running the country? 11:17 Presidential b******t 13:35 Ground News ad 15:56 Is Kamala up to the big job? 22:44 Kamala’s questionable climb to the top 27:53 The NYT Editorial Board’s surprising call for Biden to drop out 33:50 Trump at Gettysburg 35:45 Trump’s victory is now more probable. But is it more defensible? 40:42 Interrogating the “elitist backlash” interpretation of Trumpism 45:43 How should Dems proceed in a post-Biden election?Recorded July 4, 2024Links and ReadingsFull video of the Trump-Biden debateHarry G. Frankfurter’s book, On B******tClip from Adam McKay’s film, ViceKamala Harris attacks Biden during a 2019 primary debateKamala Harris defends Biden’s recent debate performanceNYT Editorial Board calls on Biden to leave the raceJill Biden’s Vogue cover 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

0:00 Intro 1:28 Biden’s abysmal debate performance 5:01 Billionaire survivalists 12:53 So you made it to your luxury bunker. Now what? 16:22 The postapocalyptic war of all against all 21:29 Is the very existence of billionaires the real doomsday scenario? 26:20 The doomsday tax 32:24 Will the bunker dwellers have a reason to live? 40:39 The problem of government after nuclear holocaust 46:08 The literal bunker mentality 52:08 Was Mark responsible for Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall? Who can say for sure?Recorded June 28, 2024Links and ReadingsEvan Osnos’s 2017 New Yorker piece, “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich”Douglas Rushkoff’s book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech BillionairesDouglas Rushkoff’s Guardian piece, “The Super-Rich ‘Preppers’ Planning to Save Themselves from the Apocalypse”Ingrid Schmidt’s Hollywood Reporter piece, “Billionaires’ Survivalist Bunkers Go Absolutely Bonkers with Fiery Moats and Water Cannons”Andre Mayer’s CBC News piece, “From Luxury Bunkers to Tactical Vehicles, the Ultra-Rich Are Preparing for the Big One”Cixin Liu’s trilogy of sci-fi novels, The Three Body ProblemEverybody Loves Raymond complete series DVD box setLouis van Gasteren’s documentary, Now Do You Get Why I Am Crying?Paul Celan’s Selected Poems and Prose, translated by John FelstinerTadeusz Borowski’s book, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and GentlemanGlenn, Nikita, and Mark’s previous conversation, “The Ethics of Giving in the Very Long Term” 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

0:00 Great writing is “a marriage of life and honesty”3:20 Glenn: I am my book’s primary audience8:00 Glenn the Rationalist vs Glenn the Believer18:00 How much did Glenn’s socio-economic status affect his sense of black belonging?24:26 The radical rhetoric of privileged African Americans29:38 Against reparations33:57 A raised fist, but not a hand out40:27 Colorblindness in theory and practice50:11 Is race orthodoxy the first step on the road to totalitarianism?1:03:01 Self-reliance and individualismRecorded June 26, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeJennifer and Winkfield’s book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on RaceStephen Shames and Ericka Huggins’s book, Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther PartyJon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker’s cookbook, Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power KitchenGlenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena”Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning RaceSheena Michele Mason’s forthcoming book, The Raceless Antiracist: Why Ending Race Is the Future of AntiracismColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaWinkfield and Jennifer’s conversation with Angel EduardoFree Black ThoughtVáclav Havel’s book, The Power of the PowerlessRalph Waldo Emerson’s essay, “Self-Reliance” 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

0:00 Why the different format? 4:04 Joe asks John to account for his “emotional and irrational conclusions” about Trump and his recent conviction 15:28 Ground News ad 17:49 Did John really mean it when he implied he hoped someone would assassinate Trump? 23:00 Lauren wants John to justify his “casual endorsement” of gender fluidity in pronoun usage 32:37 Jerry asks why “external factors” like poverty are often used to explain lagging African American scholastic performance, those factors haven’t hindered them from achieving wildly disproportionate success in the cultural realm 38:34 Patrick calls out Glenn for his frequent use of the word “irregardless” 41:26 kgweiland asks Glenn if the Pamela Foster story in my memoir was “yours to share” 46:17 Scott Alex has some technical questions about linguistics for John 50:01 Jakon Joi asks for advice dealing with the tragic, possibly racially motivated murder of her fatherRecorded June 23, 2024Links and ReadingsJune 2024 thread of subscriber questionsJohn talking about Trump voters on Real Time in 2023Daniel Bessner and Glenn on Real Time in 2023Richard Dawkins interviews JohnJohn’s book, The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language 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

0:00 Glenn II returns to The Glenn Show 2:17 Glenn II: Dad, you’re not really a “conservative” in the present-day sense of the term 13:20 Glenn and Glenn II agree that the “systemic racism” argument is overblown but disagree over what to do about it 22:04 What social conditions lead to the kind of behavior Glenn often condemns? 31:36 The luck and privilege that allowed Glenn to recover from his mistakes 39:19 Glenn II: “I found myself getting angry at someone who doesn’t exist anymore” 46:59 The conversation Glenn never had with his father 51:06 What Late Admissions taught Glenn II about his father 57:32 Grace in the face of public scandal 1:01:28 Love, death, and the LourysRecorded June 15, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in a Time of War”Scenes from The Wire, Season 4Glenn and Glenn II’s September 2018 Bloggingheads conversationGlenn II’s book, Invisible Funerals: A Tale of Nine BurialsGlenn II’s book, Love Letters & Elegies: Tales from Beyond the PaleGlenn II’s book, What Death Can Touch 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

ORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 Glenn and John’s summer plans 3:56 Glenn’s forthcoming book on self-censorship 9:53 John’s forthcoming book on pronouns 17:25 Ground News ad 19:45 Inside the audiobook recording process 21:13 Why John isn’t celebrating Trump’s conviction 27:34 What’s so “monstrous” about Trump? 32:17 Is Trump demonizing immigrants or proposing sensible border regulation? 39:17 Inside the collapse of Ibram X. Kendi’s research center 44:42 Does Kendi’s fall mark the end of the woke moment? 49:15 The willful incomprehension directed at Byron Donalds 55:11 Joe Biden’s outdated speech at MorehouseRecorded June 8, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s 1994 essay, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena”Henry Frankfurt’s book, On B******tGlenn and John’s conversation with Mark GoldblattRachel Poser’s New York Times Magazine piece, “Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own”Herbert Guttman’s book, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse 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

ORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 How Josh got Glenn started in podcasting3:05 Early career advice to Glenn: Don’t be an a*****e6:30 A recent loss in Josh’s life8:36 Did Trump’s prosecution and conviction set a dangerous precedent?15:37 Biden’s uninspiring presidential campaign19:38 Josh: Trump is “an enemy of and a threat to … fundamental political values”23:22 The problem of the meritocracy28:54 The “shame” Glenn felt after his speech at a synagogue39:19 The things left unsaid about the Gaza War47:22 Were Glenn’s fears about reaction to his thoughts about Gaza overblown?51:23 Can mistaken ad hominem inferences about audiences initiate self-censorship on the part of speakers?55:55 When Manhattan Institute President Reihan Salaam when to Berkeley1:00:58 Josh: Campus protests have basically been a good thing1:09:33 Josh’s thoughts on what John Rawls might have said about the State of IsraelRecorded June 1, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s writing for Boston ReviewGlenn and Josh’s first Bloggingheads conversationMichael Lind’s UnHerd piece, “Trump’s Conviction Is an Assault on Democracy”Michael Sandel’s book, The Tyranny of MeritMichael Sandel’s Boston Review piece, “How Markets Crowd Out Morals”Michael Sandel discusses The Tyranny of Merit on TGSGlenn’s Substack post, “Self-Censorship in a Time of War”Glenn’s 1994 essay, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena”Glenn’s Palm Beach Synagogue speech, “What Has Become of the Partnership between Black and Jews”John Mearsheimer on TGSOmer Bartov on TGSReihan Salam’s book, Melting Pot or Civil War?The Kalven Committee ReportJohn Rawls’s book, A Theory of JusticeJohn Rawls’s book, The Law of PeoplesJosh’s essay, “Is There a Human Right to Democracy?” 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comAfter a two-month hiatus, John and I are back for a Q&A session. This time around, as an experiment, we asked subscribers to submit non-political questions. Let’s see what you came up with.

ORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 A message from Glenn1:14 Unsettling the “Settled Questions,” Glenn Loury & John McWhorter2:59 The Race and IQ Question, Glenn Loury & John McWhorter12:19 Facing Reality, Glenn Loury & Charles Murray21:40 The IQ Taboo, Glenn Loury & Amy Wax31:08 Debate with an Embattled Racial Realist, Glenn Loury & Amy Wax45:44 The Uncomfortable Truth Behind Economic Inequality, Glenn Loury48:21 The Dangers of Research into Race & IQ, Glenn Loury & Lex Fridman 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 Intro2:50 “I got arrested driving a stolen car ...”9:27 The Regal Auntie Eloise and the Bug-Eyed Uncle Moonie23:17 “There was a lot of pain that the blood of Jesus was invoked to cover ...”39:38 Winners & Losers50:31 Words I Think of When Remembering My Mother 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

ORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 The end of a tumultuous semester 4:39 The willful misreadings of John’s criticisms of the student protests 9:26 There are wars all over the world. Why so much fervor around Israel-Palestine? 16:40 Ground News ad 18:41 Has Israel gone too far in Gaza?22:32 Should students be forced to listen to protests that might offend them? 35:11 Glenn’s book is out this week! 41:11 An update on Glenn’s recovery and hospital cuisineRecorded May 11, 2024Links and ReadingsJohn’s NYT piece, “I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice”John’s NYT piece, “The Columbia Protests Made the Same Mistake the Civil Rights Movement Did”John’s NYT piece, “Why Was This Treasure of Musical Theater All but Lost to the Ages?”Coleman Hughes and Robert Wright debate Israel-PalestinePamela Paul’s NYT piece on Glenn, “He Knows It’s Important to Admit Mistakes. He’s Made Many.”WSJ’s review of Late AdmissionsTunku Varadarajan’s 2020 WSJ profile of GlennWaPo’s review of Late Admissions 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

Click the timestamp to go to the indicated clip in this YouTube video, click the title to go to the video from which the clip was pulled0:00: Intro from Glenn2:15: Cops and Race - May 29, 202010:09: The Viruses - June 9, 202016:39: A Uniquely Potentially Calamitous Situation - June 3, 202021:14: The Slippery Slope to Hell - April 23, 202127:10: What Made George Floyd? - June 23, 202234:21: The Uncomfortable Truth Behind Economic Inequality - April 18, 202241:38: The Truth about George Floyd's Death - December 4, 202355:51: Filmmakers Reveal the Truth about George Floyd - December 18, 20231:10:29: What the Controversial George Floyd Doc Didn't Show Us - February 16, 20241:24:13: Minneapolis after George Floyd - March 1, 20241:27:34: Prosecuting Derek Chauvin - April 5, 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

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 A message from Glenn3:56 Tyler’s research on human extinction and the end of the world12:11 Tyler’s two forthcoming books13:38 How elite schools incentivize “compulsory racial performance”18:40 The “mission creep” of identity politics24:23 Tyler Austin Harper University’s admissions policy28:44 Does diversity contribute to quality of education?35:18 The trouble with being “the black person” in class37:38 Diversity at Bates College, where Tyler teaches41:38 Night fishing with Tyler, insect collecting with John45:46 Tyler’s prolific social media presence48:38 Tyler’s five-year plan52:51 The turn away from obscurantism in the humanitiesRecorded April 28, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn and John’s first conversation with TylerGlenn and John talk with Tyler and Daniel BessnerMary Shelley’s novel, The Last ManTyler’s NYT piece, “I Teach at an Elite College. Here’s a Look Inside the Racial Gaming of Admissions”Christopher Lasch’s book, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing ExpectationsRichard Hanania’s book, The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity PoliticsGlenn’s conversation with Peter ArcidiaconoTyler’s X (formerly Twitter) accountTyler’s Atlantic piece, “Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad”Jacques Derrida’s essay, “No Apocalypse, Not Now” 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

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial decision to post the National Guard in the subway4:25 Charles defends pretrial detentions …12:45 … but he sees the problem with long pretrial detentions19:05 The ongoing—and occasionally halting—recovery from 202023:21 Are any major cities doing law enforcement and criminal justice right?29:52 Charles: I’ve seen no evidence that police unions abet misconduct34:38 Charles’s unsexy solutions for decreasing police misconduct38:00 Our present drift toward social toleration of drug use43:40 The perils of legalized sports gambling49:57 Charles: Long-term, medically assisted treatment is the best way to get addiction rates down53:06 Are we under-counting hate crimes?Recorded March 22, 2024Links and ReadingsCharles’s Substack, The Causal FallacyCharles’s City Journal piece, “Yes, New York’s Bail Reform Has Increased Crime”Charles and co-author Elias Neibart’s Manhattan Institute report, “Is Less Always More? The Unintended Consequences of New York State’s Parole Reform”Glenn’s conversation with Matthew MartensMatthew Martens’s book, Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian ProposalCharles and co-author Reihan Salam’s Atlantic piece, “We’re Underfunding the Police”Tom Wolfe’s book, The Bonfire of the VanitiesCharles’s Substack post, “The Police Unions Puzzle”Glenn’s conversation with Philip K. HowardPhilip K. Howard’s book, Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee UnionsCharles’s City Journal piece, “Combat the Drug Crisis” 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