The Glenn Show

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comIn this bonus episode, I sit down with my son, Glenn Cartman Loury II, to talk about the big topics: life, death, and change. This is a heavy, real conversation. We “reminisce” about caring for Linda—my wife and Glenn’s mother—during the final stages of terminal cancer. We talk about who we were then, who we are now, and why we work so hard to change our lives. I’m seeking solace from my son, and true solace can only come from confronting reality, rather than turning away from it and taking refuge in comforting illusions.This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber.

Support The Glenn Show and become a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com0:00 Intro 3:01 January 15, “Why Glenn wrote a memoir” 9:18 February 2, “The three dimensions of black conservatism” 15:50 Ground News ad 17:52 February 16, “Were Glenn and John too credulous about The Fall of Minneapolis?” 23:07 March 22, “What do we mean by 'colorblindness' today?” 34:39 April 5, “John: We weren’t wrong to ask the questions we asked, even if our answers came up short at first” 37:40 May 17, “Has Israel gone too far in Gaza?” 41:53 ACTA ad 44:07 June 14, “Inside the collapse of Ibram X. Kendi’s research center” 49:22 June 28, “Can John account for his 'emotional and irrational conclusions' about Trump and his recent conviction?”59:35 August 16, “Glenn: Kamala Harris is no Barack Obama” 1:05:08 August 28, “Vladimir X asks Glenn and John about Gaza” 1:18:19 October 11, “Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates's book is brilliant” 1:26:32 October 25, “John: Coates is a beautiful writer, BUT …” 1:28:54 November 4, “A revisionist history of the Trump presidency (or presidencies)” 1:35:47 November 22, “Glenn: Wake up! It’s time to take Trump seriously!” 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.com0:00 The uncertain future of AI 4:46 What would it mean to “lose the AI race” to China? 8:15 The promise and peril of artificial general intelligence 12:01 The international policy challenges of AI 14:32 Can Trump deliver peace between Russia and Ukraine? 18:46 Are there any good argument for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? 23:55 Bob: With Iran weakened, Israel faces a decision: bombs or diplomacy 28:29 The continuing assault on Gaza 32:33 Antiwar speech codes 37:57 Apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing 43:15 Missed opportunities to turn the temperature down in Israel 51:29 Bob: The international community has little sway over Israel 54:25 The advantages of cognitive empathyRecorded December 17, 2024Links and ReadingsBob’s Substack, the Nonzero NewsletterNonzero on YouTubeThomas Nagel’s essay, “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”Bob’s most recent conversation with Thomas FriedmanGlenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in a Time of War”Jimmy Carter’s book, Palestine: Peace not ApartheidIlan Papé’s book, The Ethnic Cleansing of PalestineTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageBob’s Nonzero essay, “The Truth about Hamas”Bob’s 2002 Slate essay, “Was Arafat the Problem?” 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.comLaJuan has appeared in a handful of episodes, but I don’t feel like you really know her yet. I wanted to use this episode to introduce you to my lovely wife. We talk about how her difficult early life shaped her political views, how she developed her love of reading and ideas, her alienation from Democrats and the liberal center, and her personal connection to Beyoncé. This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber.

Support The Glenn Show by becoming a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links1:33 Demonization on the right and the left 6:23 Is Trump’s election the nail in the coffin for DEI? 13:50 John: It’s no use pretending that racism in America is as bad as it was 50 years ago 16:33 Ground News ad 18:36 Has Elon Musk “encouraged” or “permitted” more racism on X? 19:30 John: It’s a tragedy that Jordan Neely died, but he needed to be restrained 30:12 If Daniel Penny had been a cop 34:05 ACTA ad 36:18 The glorification of Luigi Mangione 47:06 Cheering for the villain 55:43 Will New York remain a sanctuary city?Recorded December 13, 2024Links and ReadingsJohn’s NYT column, “How to Dangerously Misread a Very Important Verdict”Briahna Joy Gray and Nathan Robinson on Luigi Mangione 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.comRight after I taped this week’s episode with John McWhorter, I got on a call with my creative director Nikita Petrov, expecting some follow ups. We talked about Syria, the world’s reaction to Trump’s victory, P. Diddy’s parties, the reasons the labor movement never got the same kind of momentum in the US as it did in Western Europe, and more. But we started by connecting two topics from my conversation with John: the surprisingly cheerful reactions to a killing of an insurance firm CEO in New York, and the seeming demise of DEI as a movement.

Normally, free subscribers to the newsletter and podcast have to wait until Friday receive the new episode. And normally Q&A sessions with John McWhorter, in which we answer questions posed by the audience, are only available to full subscribers. But today is no normal day—I’m releasing our Q&A from last month to everyone.Become a subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.comMike Spooner wants to know how I came around to supporting TrumpSubstack Reader wants to know if Trump’s reelection signals that we’re entering an era where “reason and common sense once again prevail.”Michoel Stern senses that I’m becoming more isolationist, and that I don’t want America to be the world’s policeman. So what is the alternative?Robert Odear asks if there is “an accepted metric for linguistic complexity,” and if there is one, whether linguistically complex societies also tend to be advanced societies.Nancy wants to know if the triumph over “wokeness” represented by Trump’s election is being felt on campus.Jonathan E. Burack wants to know why I haven’t responded to this review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Message.Pete Bradshaw asks what we think of the use of political slurs like “fascist,” “Hitler,” and “commie.”Cara C. suggests that, while it was wrong for Democrats to use lawfare against Trump, it is acceptable for Republicans to use it against Democrats, if only to teach them a lesson.Recorded December 1, 2024 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 by becoming a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com0:00 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John0:45 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John 6:50 Glenn the patriarch 10:35 John Lewis’s legacy 15:48 Ground News ad 17:49 From John Lewis to Stokely Carmichael to Jesse Jackson to BLM 25:21 To isolate or to integrate? 27:41 What black activism could have been 32:02 John: The Black Panthers accomplished nothing 40:04 ACTA ad 42:18 James Baldwin’s “nutty” late work 44:45 James Q. Wilson’s prescient attitude toward Glenn’s leftward shift 52:43 The “conservative” absence at the National Museum of African American History 55:11 John’s investigation of contemporary Yiddish speakersRecorded December 1, 2024Links and ReadingsDavid Greenberg’s book, John Lewis: A LifeBarbara Fields and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American LifeKwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) and Charles Hamilton’s book, Black Power: The Politics of LiberationTrailer for Raoul Peck’s film, I Am Not Your NegroJames Baldwin’s book, The Evidence of Things Not SeenGlenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesJohn DiIulio Jr.’s review of Late Admissions in the Claremont Review of BooksJohn’s NYT column, “Yiddish is a Supposedly Dying Language That’s Thrillingly Alive” 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 recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about the holiday blues, the contradictions of racial heterodoxy and racial self-identification, and learning from Yiddish-speakers.This episode is available only to full subscribers to my Substack. If you're listening to the full episode, thank you for all your support. And if you want more of The Glenn Show, in addition a host of other benefits, go to https://glennloury.substack.com and become a full subscriber.

This episode was released to full subscribers on Monday. If you want early access to weekly episodes, Q&As, and more exclusive content, go to https://glennloury.substack.com to become a full subscriber.0:47 The Jabbari Lincoln Files, Yaya’s audio spy thriller 5:40 Is Jabbari Lincoln a fictional surrogate for Yaya? 10:05 How Yaya joined the CIA 16:18 What does a CIA analyst do, anyway? 20:42 The lessons of the WMDs debacle 23:08 A Muslim convert at the Agency 28:40 How the 2005 London Underground bombings got Yaya interested in counterterrorism 30:28 Terrorist recruitment and the search for self 35:57 Why Yaya doesn’t use the term “Islamophobia” 38:52 Yaya: Not even freedom fighters have license to kill with impunity 45:06 What would Malcolm X think about African American support of Palestinians? 52:22 Working for the CIA in the post-COINTELPRO eraRecorded November 9, 2024Links and Readings1776 UnitesThe Jabarri Lincoln FilesSam Greenlee’s novel, The Spook Who Sat by the DoorIvan Dixon’s 1973 film adaptation of The Spook Who Say by the DoorYaya’s essay for the Journal of Free Black Thought, “Hamas Are Not Muslim Freedom Fighters”December 2, 1963 NYT article on Malcolm X’s “Chickens coming home to roost” commentYaya’s other podcast, Designated 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