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July 2023 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com
2 years, 11 months ago
Jay Caspian Kang – Affirmative Elitism
0:00 How Jay’s position on affirmative action changed
12:15 Jay: I can’t see the virtue in affirmative action as it’s practiced
20:07 Why did so many A…
2 years, 11 months ago
John McWhorter and Peter Arcidiacono – The Economics of SFFA v. Harvard
0:00 Peter’s role in the Supreme Court affirmative action case
8:57 Are legacy admissions affirmative action by another name?
19:17 Why Peter got inter…
3 years ago
Matt Johnson – The Lessons of Christopher Hitchens
0:00 How Matt first encountered Christopher Hitchens
6:07 Matt’s new book, How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age…
3 years ago
John McWhorter – The End of Race-Based Affirmative Action
0:00 John: Let’s be honest about what “taking race into account” means in affirmative action
10:09 Glenn: How can anyone argue that race-based affirma…
3 years ago
June 2023 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com
3 years ago
Jay Bhattacharya – Rewriting the COVID Narrative
0:00 The problem with scientific consensus
6:36 Why Jay and his colleagues were branded “fringe epidemiologists”
15:52 Jay: We need to engage with ever…
3 years ago
Cornel West – The Presidential Aspirations of Cornel West
0:00 Why Cornel is running for president
10:45 How Cornel links American militarism abroad and inequality at home
15:15 Cornel’s pitch to skeptical rig…
3 years ago
Sally Satel – The Ethics of Selling a Kidney (Bonus Episode)
The following bonus episode was previously available only to paying Substack subscribers. We’re now releasing it to the public.
0:00 Identitarianism …
3 years, 1 month ago
John McWhorter & Jonathan Rieder – Canceling "Culture in America"
0:00 Why Jonathan’s course “Culture in America” got canceled
9:07 The fragility of liberal arts education
17:24 Managing “CRT zealots” in the classro…
3 years, 1 month ago