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ORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349

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”

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