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John McWhorter and Mark Goldblatt – I Feel, Therefore I Am
0:00 Mark Goldblatt’s recent book, I Feel, Therefore I Am: The Triumph of Woke Subjectivism
10:55 Wokeism’s roots in postmodern thought
15:05 The “myst…
3 years, 3 months ago
Daniel Bessner – The End of the American Century
0:00 The gigification of academia
8:26 Is education just another commodity?
18:14 What do historians do?
26:22 Daniel: The university system is an unreg…
3 years, 3 months ago
John McWhorter and Ian Rowe – Who Speaks for Black America?
0:00 Al Sharpton’s National Action Network still exists, apparently
5:00 MLK’s understanding of America’s contributions to democracy
12:58 Are the “peo…
3 years, 3 months ago
Jonathan Rauch – A Liberal Defense of Free Speech
0:00 What’s wrong with cancelation?
13:28 A defense of Charles Murray
21:24 Cancelation and the closet
28:08 Jonathan’s book, The Constitution of Knowle…
3 years, 3 months ago
David Sacks and Spencer Segal – Free Speech and Protest at Stanford Law
0:00 The disruption of Judge Kyle Duncan’s speech at Stanford Law School
9:33 Why did people have a problem with Duncan?
13:51 Will the current Supreme…
3 years, 3 months ago
March Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com
Glenn and John respond to questions from Substack subscribers.
3 years, 3 months ago
John McWhorter – From Equity to Equality
0:00 John’s recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher
7:23 The rigors of the lecture circuit
10:29 The difference between equity and equality
22:10…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sylvester Gates – Diversifying the Scientific Imagination
My guest this week is the distinguished physicist Sylvester “Jim” Gates. Jim was my colleague at Brown for years (he’s now at the University of Maryl…
3 years, 4 months ago
John McWhorter – The Private Side of Public Life
0:00 John’s awkward run-in at the farmer’s market
5:40 Will people be reading Ibram X. Kendi in 2043?
17:03 Regret, doubt, and going against the tide…
3 years, 4 months ago
Oded Galor – The Journey of Humanity
0:00 Oded's new book, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
7:58 How inequality and growth emerged over the course of human hi…
3 years, 4 months ago