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John McWhorter, Daniel Bessner & Tyler Austin Harper – The Gaza War and the Crisis of Liberalism
0:00 The state of campus speech after 10/7
5:48 Daniel: Why are critics of cancel culture silent when it comes to Israel?
15:43 “Explaining” Hamas vs. …
2 years, 8 months ago
Robert Wright – The Gaza War Will Create More Terrorists (Bonus Episode)
0:00 How Bob gave Glenn his start in podcasting
2:05 Is the Gaza War in Israel’s best interests …
11:46 … and if not, what should Israel have done in r…
2 years, 8 months ago
Yascha Mounk – The Identity Trap
0:35 A quick announcement
1:46 What led Yascha to write about identity
6:22 An intellectual history of “identity synthesis”
12:15 What’s so bad about “s…
2 years, 8 months ago
Reza Aslan – An American Martyr in Persia
0:00 Persia at the turn of the twentieth century
6:43 Woodrow Wilson’s contradictions
11:14 Did Howard Baskerville escape the prejudices of his time?
16…
2 years, 8 months ago
October 2023 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com
Glenn and John answer subscriber questions.
2 years, 8 months ago
John McWhorter – Thinking Through the Gaza War
0:00 Why John thinks pro-Hamas sentiment on the American left is racist
6:11 Distinguishing between anti-colonialism and antisemitism
12:46 There are…
2 years, 8 months ago
John Mearsheimer – America's Sunk Cost in Ukraine
0:00 Why John thinks Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was rational
6:55 How small states deal with world powers
10:13 If Russia’s action were rational, wer…
2 years, 9 months ago
John McWhorter & Coleman Hughes – The Colorblindness Controversy and Israel-Hamas
0:00 The blowback from Coleman’s TED Talk
8:50 Did TED intentionally throttle promotion for Coleman’s talk?
17:08 John’s trouble with TED while promo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Randall Kennedy & Renu Mukherjee – A Debate on Affirmative Action, Live at Holy Cross
0:00 Introduction by Greg Burnep
4:27 What does affirmative action mean in 2023?
11:06 Randy’s distinction between “disadvantage” and “discrimination”
1…
2 years, 9 months ago
September 2023 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com
Glenn and John answer subscriber questions.
2 years, 9 months ago