John McWhorter – Trump's Historic Win

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0:43 John reconciles himself to Trump’s win

4:06 Glenn: Wake up! It’s time to take Trump seriously!

12:16 Why Glenn feels a sense of excitement about the present moment

14:54 Ground News Ad

16:40 Is Glenn’s attitude all about contrarianism?

21:00 Does John hope that Trump’s administration fails?

26:08 ACTA ad

28:22 John’s trip to Dublin with Richard Dawkins

36:44 John’s questions for Dawkins

41:51 What Dawkins might think about race, culture, and IQ

Recorded November 18, 2024

Links and Readings

John’s NYT piece, “What if I’m the ‘Friend’ Donald Trump Referred To?”

John’s Atlantic piece, “Trump’s Unmonitored Speech”

Max Boot’s book, Reagan: His Life and Legend

Richard Dawkins’s latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie

Dawkins’s book, The Selfish Gene

Dawkins’s book, The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

Dawkins’s book, The God Delusion

Dawkins’s book, The Ancestors’ Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

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