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Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comToday I'm posting a bonus episode of the Glenn Show with University of Pennsylvania Law professor Amy Wax. Unfortunately, Amy experienced some recording difficulties, which resulted in an episode that does not meet our usual standards for audio fidelity and clarity. Rather than post it here in the podcast feed, we've opted to post only the video with subtitles under Amy's side of the conversation. You can find that video right now by going to glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 A note on audio quality1:08 Glenn: I may not agree with Amy about everything, but I defend her right to speak her mind4:17 Amy: What’s wrong with Trump evaluating how federal research money is spent?12:54 The accusations against Amy19:17 Did Amy violate students’ privacy?21:44 What it’s not okay to say at Penn31:52 Amy’s lawsuit against Penn36:21 Glenn: Aren’t your free speech claims and you civil rights claims contradictory?38:33 Amy: This is bigger than me42:11 Can university research infrastructure survive defunding under Trump?48:32 Glenn: I’m unnerved by the implications of the anti-DEI movementRecorded February 17, 2025Links and ReadingsThe Harvard Salient magazine This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links1:00 Conn’s career in the conservative movement 4:34 The four sexual revolutions 14:17 What about feminism and LGBTQ rights? 20:25 Conn: “We spend over a trillion dollars a year on means-tested programs that punish marriage” 24:30 How online gambling is hurting working-class men 29:02 What are the benefits of marriage? 34:03 Why Conn thinks single-parenthood disproportionately harms boys 37:12 The link between political and domestic structures 44:49 Will Trump enact policies that promote marriage? 48:42 Conn: We should strengthen obscenity laws in order to restrain online porn 55:52 The conservative case for birthright citizenshipRecorded February 11, 2025Links and ReadingsConn’s new book, Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage is Destroying DemocracyDavid Blankenhorn’s book, Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social ProblemMelissa Kearney’s book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling BehindGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeReagan Attorney General Edwin Meese’s report on pornographyConn’s Washington Examiner piece, “The Conservative Case for Birthright Citizenship”George Borjas’s books on labor and immigration This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this bonus episode, Glenn, Nikita, and Mark discuss Elon Musk and Steve Bannon's alleged "Nazi salutes," whether Trump is serious about Canada and Greenland, and what counts as a serious question.

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:55 The myth of a secret black language6:36 The terror of slavery in James12:13 Essential fictions15:45 Ground News ad17:30 Liberal panic over Trump and DOGE24:10 Is NYC mayor Eric Adams under Trump’s thumb?26:54 Glenn: What’s wrong with telling illegal migrants to leave?33:40 ACTA ad35:54 The differing challenges of European and American immigration44:08 The significance of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance52:17 What’s wrong with Ye?Recorded February 16, 2025Links and ReadingsJohn’s latest NYT column, “The Truth and the Fiction of Black English”Percival Everett’s novel, JamesPercival Everett’s novel, ErasureToni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest EyeAllan Gurganus’s novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllFrancis Burney’s novel, EvelinaR.F. Kuang’s novel, Babel, or, the Necessity of ViolenceGil-Scot Heron’s song, “Whitey on the Moon”Tucker Carlson interviews Hungary’s prime minister Viktor OrbánKendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime showJohn’s book, All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John take questions from Substack subscribers in this Q&A episode. 1:02 Pat Rimell presents a list of propositions about general poverty in urban communities17:54 Samuel D. James asks if John has any writing advice23:35 Tom Wojciaczyk wants to know if what the difference is between an accent and pronunciation30:50 Michael asks why we’re not more worried about Trump taking us back to the nuclear brinksmanship of the Cold War39:03 Karen Dawn Norris offers two defenses of reparations43:34 Young Törless asks, since we use the term “blackness” so often, if we could come up with a definition of it that would satisfy such disparate figures as Al Sharpton, Charles Barkley, Condoleezza Rice, Raven-Symone, and Iman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

In a compelling discussion, John McWhorter, a Columbia University professor and New York Times writer, examines the effects of Trump's policies on DEI initiatives. He explores which programs may survive and the implications for African Americans. Topics include the vital role of HBCUs, the legacies of historical figures like Belle da Costa Greene, and the complexities of colorism within the Black community. McWhorter critiques the societal backlash against DEI efforts, emphasizing the need for grassroots resilience to address deeper issues of poverty and education.

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links1:04 Rajiv’s role in getting Glenn’s forthcoming book published 7:39 Self-censorship and racial passing 9:29 Rajiv’s work on parental investment and educational attainment 17:01 Rajiv: Prediction markets outperformed forecasting models in 2024 23:36 Are Trump’s tariff threats having their intended effects on foreign markets? 31:53 Why Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 35:07 Rajiv recommends some public-facing economists 39:26 Secular backsliding in India 43:51 Trump’s revocation of LBJ’s 1965 anti-discrimination executive orderRecorded January 25, 2025Links and ReadingsRajiv’s Substack, Imperfect InformationRajiv post Substack post, “Self-Censorship, Passing, and Natural Cover”James Weldon Johnson’s novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManGlenn and Rajiv’s 2014 conversation about self-censorshipGlenn and Young-Chul Kim’s article, “To Be, or Not to Be: Stereotypes, Identity Choice and Group Inequality”Glenn and Rajiv’s previous conversationRajiv and Dyotona Dasgupta’s working paper, “Educational Standards and Parental Investment”Rajiv’s post, “The Tariff Threat”Paul Krugman’s post, “The Dollar and the Trade Deficit”John Cochrane’s review of Late AdmissionsTyler Cowen’s Marginal RevolutionGyan Mukherjee’s 1943 film, KismetRajiv and Brendan O’Flaherty’s book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn this post-show bonus episode, Glenn, Mark, and Nikita discuss Trump's tariff threats, madman theory, competing racial myths, and colorblindness vs. indifference. Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links1:08 Intros 4:24 Matthew: The IDF recklessly disregarded civilian life in its October 2023 bombing campaign 9:01 Eli: Israel made efforts to warn civilians ahead of bombings 15:31 Ground News ad 17:35 Are Gazan civilian deaths part of Hamas’s strategy or merely an effect of its strategy? 23:39 Counting casualties in the fog of war 30:04 If Hamas is still partially intact, can a ceasefire hold? 33:28 ACTA ad 38:53 Why Matthew thinks Israel was intentionally killing civilians early in the war 48:41 Is Matthew holding Israel to a different standard than he would hold the US? 52:39 Alternative strategies for prosecuting the war 56:16 Do civilian warnings negate the question of murderous intent? 1:01:46 Eli: I don’t think Jewish critics of the war are speaking for the larger diaspora 1:10:05 Is further normalization between Israel and the rest of Middle East coming despite the war? 1:15:10 Matthew: Israel clandestinely continued its initial starvation strategy in Gaza for monthsRecorded January 17, 2025Links and ReadingsTrailer for Eli’s forthcoming Free Press podcast, Breaking HistoryMatthew’s YouTube show, History SpeaksAirwarsAirwars’ Gaza Patterns of Harm reportYuval Abraham’s +972 piece, “‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza”Bethan McKernan and Harry Davies’s Guardian piece, “‘The Machine Did It Coldly’: Israel Used AI to Identify 37,000 Hamas Targets”Patrick Kingsley et al’s NYT piece, “Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians”Shaiel Ben-Ephraim on XGlenn’s conversation with Omer BartovMotty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein’s Haaretz piece, “It’s Impossible Not to Know What’s Going on in Gaza” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this post-show bonus episode, I talk with Mark, Nikita, and LaJuan about Trump's inauguration, this week's debate between Eli Lake and Matthew Cockerill, and whether we need Medicare for All.