Episode 130: Glenn Loury - My American Dream Story

Glenn Loury‬ is an economist, a professor at Brown University, a podcaster, an essayist, and is the author of "Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative" and the essay "The Case for Black Patriotism."

A rebroadcast from 2022.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:01) Get to know Glenn Loury

(03:56) South Side of Chicago culture when Glenn was a boy

(06:11) Fatherhood at 18, working at RR Donnelley & Sons, and Mr. Andres

(15:01) Opportunity launches Glenn to Northwestern and MIT

(19:34) The culture and opportunity of MIT

(28:48) The first African-American tenured economics professor in Harvard, at 33

(37:30) Glenn's interest in politics and his heterodox political philosophy

(47:44) A memorable incident with Glenn's uncle Alfred

(55:35) How Glenn's conservatism informs his views on the campus

(01:01:57) Glenn's defense of Western culture

(01:06:43) "The Case for Black Patriotism"

(01:23:17) An American Living "The American Dream"