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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 Lourys
Recorded June 15, 2024
Links and Readings
Glenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in a Time of War”
Scenes from The Wire, Season 4
Glenn and Glenn II’s September 2018 Bloggingheads conversation
Glenn II’s book, Invisible Funerals: A Tale of Nine Burials
Glenn II’s book, Love Letters & Elegies: Tales from Beyond the Pale
Glenn II’s book, What Death Can Touch


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0:00 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55:11 Joe Biden’s outdated speech at Morehouse
Recorded June 8, 2024
Links and Readings
Glenn’s 1994 essay, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena”
Henry Frankfurt’s book, On B******t
Glenn and John’s conversation with Mark Goldblatt
Rachel 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, 1750-1925
Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse


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0:00 How Josh got Glenn started in podcasting
3:05 Early career advice to Glenn: Don’t be an a*****e
6:30 A recent loss in Josh’s life
8:36 Did Trump’s prosecution and conviction set a dangerous precedent?
15:37 Biden’s uninspiring presidential campaign
19:38 Josh: Trump is “an enemy of and a threat to … fundamental political values”
23:22 The problem of the meritocracy
28:54 The “shame” Glenn felt after his speech at a synagogue
39:19 The things left unsaid about the Gaza War
47:22 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 Berkeley
1:00:58 Josh: Campus protests have basically been a good thing
1:09:33 Josh’s thoughts on what John Rawls might have said about the State of Israel
Recorded June 1, 2024
Links and Readings
Glenn’s writing for Boston Review
Glenn and Josh’s first Bloggingheads conversation
Michael Lind’s UnHerd piece, “Trump’s Conviction Is an Assault on Democracy”
Michael Sandel’s book, The Tyranny of Merit
Michael Sandel’s Boston Review piece, “How Markets Crowd Out Morals”
Michael Sandel discusses The Tyranny of Merit on TGS
Glenn’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 TGS
Omer Bartov on TGS
Reihan Salam’s book, Melting Pot or Civil War?
The Kalven Committee Report
John Rawls’s book, A Theory of Justice
John Rawls’s book, The Law of Peoples
Josh’s essay, “Is There a Human Right to Democracy?”


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After 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.

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0:00 A message from Glenn
1:14 Unsettling the “Settled Questions,” Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
2:59 The Race and IQ Question, Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
12:19 Facing Reality, Glenn Loury & Charles Murray
21:40 The IQ Taboo, Glenn Loury & Amy Wax
31:08 Debate with an Embattled Racial Realist, Glenn Loury & Amy Wax
45:44 The Uncomfortable Truth Behind Economic Inequality, Glenn Loury
48:21 The Dangers of Research into Race & IQ, Glenn Loury & Lex Fridman


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0:00 Intro
2:50 “I got arrested driving a stolen car ...”
9:27 The Regal Auntie Eloise and the Bug-Eyed Uncle Moonie
23:17 “There was a lot of pain that the blood of Jesus was invoked to cover ...”
39:38 Winners & Losers
50:31 Words I Think of When Remembering My Mother


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