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Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world from Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute glennloury.substack.com

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Post-Show: I Could Tell You What's in This Episode, but I'd Have to Kill You

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.

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John McWhorter – Trump's Historic Win

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

45 min
19 NOV.

Post-Show: Why I'm Happy Trump Won

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.

3 min
15 NOV.

Daniel Bessner – Trump's Triumph and Liberalism's Failure

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

1 tim 4 min
12 NOV.

Post-Show: Trump's Worst Ideas

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.

2 min
10 NOV.

October 2024 Q&A

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.

7 min
5 NOV.

Post-Show: It's Happening

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.

1 min
4 NOV.

John McWhorter – Last Words before the Election

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 jitters 3:23 Will Democrats contest the election if it goes Trump’s way? 4:44 A crisis for democracy, maybe, but not the end of democracy 10:02 John’s case against Trump’s proposed second administration 15:36 Ground News ad 17:28 The Obamas’ attempted intervention and post-presidential performance 26:58 The mind of the informed Trump voter 34:20 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 endorse 47:48 Glenn and John’s election night plans 50:48 The nightmare scenario Recorded November 3, 2024 Links and Readings Shelby Steele’s book, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can’t Win Jimmy Carter’s book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid John’s NYT column, “Donald Trump Is Bored” Max Boot’s book, Reagan: His Life and Legacy Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Series DVD box set Douglas 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

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Glenn Loury

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2018-12-26

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One of the least dogmatic minds in the podosphere. I urge you never to miss an episode.

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world from Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute glennloury.substack.com