The Glenn Show John McWhorter – Inside the Ibram X. Kendi Collapse
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0:00 Glenn and John’s summer plans
3:56 Glenn’s forthcoming book on self-censorship
9:53 John’s forthcoming book on pronouns
17:25 Ground News ad
19:45 Inside the audiobook recording process
21:13 Why John isn’t celebrating Trump’s conviction
27:34 What’s so “monstrous” about Trump?
32:17 Is Trump demonizing immigrants or proposing sensible border regulation?
39:17 Inside the collapse of Ibram X. Kendi’s research center
44:42 Does Kendi’s fall mark the end of the woke moment?
49:15 The willful incomprehension directed at Byron Donalds
55:11 Joe Biden’s outdated speech at Morehouse
Recorded June 8, 2024
Links and Readings
Henry Frankfurt’s book, On B******t
Glenn and John’s conversation with Mark Goldblatt
Rachel Poser’s New York Times Magazine piece, “Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own”
Herbert Guttman’s book, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925
Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse
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