The Glenn Show

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:32 Glenn's intro 3:10 Glenn's case against the Democrats 14:06 Why is Cornel West running for president? 18:58 A black, conservative defense of Trumpism 25:29 A leftist analysis of Trump's rising popularity among black men 30:45 Glenn's early call for Biden to step down 36:25 Trump's debate style 41:36 Glenn: Biden is a "singularly uninspiring" political figure 49:11 The presidential debate post-mortem 55:45 The “DEI” candidates 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

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:08 John’s work with Braver Angels 8:16 How Braver Angels gets its business done 13:09 Trying to bridge the partisan divide 20:27 Do some issues require taking sides? 27:37 Braver Angels's approach to the immigration issue 31:37 John: “Trump is more symptom than cause”38:47 Are some political conflicts unavoidable? 41:38 John: “What we need in America is a ... spiritual transformation in our attitudes toward one another” 50:30 Braver Angels's American Hope CampaignRecorded on July 25, 2025Links and ReadingsGlenn’s 2020 conversation with JohnBraver AngelsA Braver Way podcastEliza Taylor Hawkins’s report, “Depolarizing During the Pandemic”Braver Angels’s Trustworthy Elections ReportJohn’s speech before Braver Angels’s 2023 National ConventionThomas Sowell’s book, Black Rednecks & White LiberalsBraver Angels’s American Hope Campaign 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.comJohn and Glenn are back for the latest Q&A session, where they take questions asked by Substack subscribers. Topics include antisemitism, Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, Kamala Harris's entry into same, and dinosaurs.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn this excerpt from the Memoir Tapes—recordings that served as the basis for Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative—Glenn describes the baroque procedures he would use in order to buy and cook crack.

2:19 John apologizes for his previous statement about Trump and assassination, and Glenn reaffirms their friendship 7:21 Glenn: “We literally dodged a bullet” 9:09 John: Going MAGA is taking the easy political route 11:06 Glenn: There are good reasons to support some of Trump’s policies, if not his rhetoric 18:57 Does the 2024 election have a “summer of 2020” vibe? 23:38 Ground News ad 25:58 The fantasy Kamala Harris / Corey Booker ticket 33:27 Is “Make America Nice Again” a compelling campaign message? 38:22 Is “Trump is a threat to democracy” a lexically inept slogan? 45:53 It’s time for Biden to step down 49:50 John: “I'm honestly glad the assassin missed” 54:49 Do Glenn and John need couples counseling?Recorded July 20, 2024Links and ReadingsAndrew Napolitano’s conversation with John MearsheimerAndrew Napolitano conversation with Jeffrey SachsEvan Vucci’s iconic post-assassination attempt photo of Trump and Secret Service agentsJohn’s NYT column, “Why Are Democrats Speaking to America in Ancient Greek?”George Orwell’s essay, “Politics and the English Language”Larry Kotlikoff’s Substack post, “Biden Must Step Aside—This Week!”Yascha Mounk’s Substack, PersuasionGlenn’s conversation with Yasha Mounk 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.comGlenn and the team discuss the use of independent podcasts as platforms for world leaders and the use and misuse of AI translations and voice simulations.

Buy Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813492:29 Have we already forgotten the horror of October 7? 9:22 Ben: We can’t ignore the loss of innocent life in Gaza 13:58 “From the river to the sea” and “all lives matter” 22:00 Celebrating the deaths of Israelis 26:31 Drawing the line at BDS 33:05 Glenn: If you want free speech, prepare to be uncomfortable 37:44 Columbia University administrators put on leave after allegedly antisemitic text messages 41:41 How Glenn discovered Benjamin’s work 47:40 The social meaning of race 51:01 The invitation to empathy in Late Admissions 59:02 Benjamin’s work with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange ProgramRecorded July 10, 2024Links and ReadingsBenjamin’s book, Juror’s Stories of Death: How America’s Death Penalty Invests in InequalityBenjamin’s book, Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone PrisonBenjamin’s book, Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American VeteransGlenn’s conversation with Omer BartovGlenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesGlenn’s book, The Anatomy of Racial InequalityErving Goffman’s book, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled IdentityErving Goffman’s book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeRobert Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityOrlando Patterson’s book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative StudyColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaEduardo Bonilla-Silva’s book, Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in AmericaGlenn’s conversation with his son, Glenn Loury IIThe Inside-Out Prison Exchange Student 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

1:18 John: Biden probably should not be running for president 7:47 Who’s running the country? 11:17 Presidential b******t 13:35 Ground News ad 15:56 Is Kamala up to the big job? 22:44 Kamala’s questionable climb to the top 27:53 The NYT Editorial Board’s surprising call for Biden to drop out 33:50 Trump at Gettysburg 35:45 Trump’s victory is now more probable. But is it more defensible? 40:42 Interrogating the “elitist backlash” interpretation of Trumpism 45:43 How should Dems proceed in a post-Biden election?Recorded July 4, 2024Links and ReadingsFull video of the Trump-Biden debateHarry G. Frankfurter’s book, On B******tClip from Adam McKay’s film, ViceKamala Harris attacks Biden during a 2019 primary debateKamala Harris defends Biden’s recent debate performanceNYT Editorial Board calls on Biden to leave the raceJill Biden’s Vogue cover 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

0:00 Intro 1:28 Biden’s abysmal debate performance 5:01 Billionaire survivalists 12:53 So you made it to your luxury bunker. Now what? 16:22 The postapocalyptic war of all against all 21:29 Is the very existence of billionaires the real doomsday scenario? 26:20 The doomsday tax 32:24 Will the bunker dwellers have a reason to live? 40:39 The problem of government after nuclear holocaust 46:08 The literal bunker mentality 52:08 Was Mark responsible for Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall? Who can say for sure?Recorded June 28, 2024Links and ReadingsEvan Osnos’s 2017 New Yorker piece, “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich”Douglas Rushkoff’s book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech BillionairesDouglas Rushkoff’s Guardian piece, “The Super-Rich ‘Preppers’ Planning to Save Themselves from the Apocalypse”Ingrid Schmidt’s Hollywood Reporter piece, “Billionaires’ Survivalist Bunkers Go Absolutely Bonkers with Fiery Moats and Water Cannons”Andre Mayer’s CBC News piece, “From Luxury Bunkers to Tactical Vehicles, the Ultra-Rich Are Preparing for the Big One”Cixin Liu’s trilogy of sci-fi novels, The Three Body ProblemEverybody Loves Raymond complete series DVD box setLouis van Gasteren’s documentary, Now Do You Get Why I Am Crying?Paul Celan’s Selected Poems and Prose, translated by John FelstinerTadeusz Borowski’s book, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and GentlemanGlenn, Nikita, and Mark’s previous conversation, “The Ethics of Giving in the Very Long Term” 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

0:00 Great writing is “a marriage of life and honesty”3:20 Glenn: I am my book’s primary audience8:00 Glenn the Rationalist vs Glenn the Believer18:00 How much did Glenn’s socio-economic status affect his sense of black belonging?24:26 The radical rhetoric of privileged African Americans29:38 Against reparations33:57 A raised fist, but not a hand out40:27 Colorblindness in theory and practice50:11 Is race orthodoxy the first step on the road to totalitarianism?1:03:01 Self-reliance and individualismRecorded June 26, 2024Links and ReadingsGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeJennifer and Winkfield’s book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on RaceStephen Shames and Ericka Huggins’s book, Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther PartyJon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker’s cookbook, Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power KitchenGlenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena”Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning RaceSheena Michele Mason’s forthcoming book, The Raceless Antiracist: Why Ending Race Is the Future of AntiracismColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaWinkfield and Jennifer’s conversation with Angel EduardoFree Black ThoughtVáclav Havel’s book, The Power of the PowerlessRalph Waldo Emerson’s essay, “Self-Reliance” 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