PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 The charges Amy faces at Penn4:08 Glenn: I’ve said some of things that ha

John McWhorter – SATs, Colorblindness, and New Movies on Race

Mar 22nd, 2024 59m 9s

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John McWhorter – Claudine Gay, MLK, and GLENN'S NEW BOOK

Jan 15th, 2024 42m 31s

0:00 Preorder Glenn’s forthcoming memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative2:17 Why Glenn wrote a memoir (and why you should order it now)8:59 A ringing endorsement from John10:00 What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day mean in

Filmmakers Reveal the Truth about George Floyd - UNRESTRICTED

Dec 22nd, 2023 1h 3m

As you may be aware, YouTube restricted this week’s episode of The Glenn Show to viewers 18 and older. My team and I determined that the reason for this restriction was the inclusion of footage and imagery taken from the scene of George Floyd’s

John Mearsheimer – America's Sunk Cost in Ukraine

Oct 27th, 2023 1h 6m

0:00 Why John thinks Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was rational6:55 How small states deal with world powers10:13 If Russia’s action were rational, were the US’s?16:40 John: The Ukraine invasion violates international law, but Russia has reason t

Jay Caspian Kang – Affirmative Elitism

Aug 4th, 2023 1h 14m

0:00 How Jay’s position on affirmative action changed12:15 Jay: I can’t see the virtue in affirmative action as it’s practiced20:07 Why did so many Asian students defend policies that discriminated against Asians?25:35 The hidden cultural argum

John McWhorter and Peter Arcidiacono – The Economics of SFFA v. Harvard

Jul 28th, 2023 1h

0:00 Peter’s role in the Supreme Court affirmative action case8:57 Are legacy admissions affirmative action by another name?19:17 Why Peter got interested in affirmative action24:20 Glenn was for affirmative action before he was against it30:33

John McWhorter – The End of Race-Based Affirmative Action

Jul 14th, 2023 1h 3m

0:00 John: Let’s be honest about what “taking race into account” means in affirmative action10:09 Glenn: How can anyone argue that race-based affirmative action doesn’t violate the 14th Amendment?19:29 Why are we so focused on elite institution

Jay Bhattacharya – Rewriting the COVID Narrative

Jul 7th, 2023 1h 5m

0:00 The problem with scientific consensus6:36 Why Jay and his colleagues were branded “fringe epidemiologists”15:52 Jay: We need to engage with everyone—even those with mistaken beliefs25:55 Persuading science skeptics36:04 How do we stop COVI

Daniel Bessner – The End of the American Century

Apr 21st, 2023 1h 1m

0:00 The gigification of academia8:26 Is education just another commodity?18:14 What do historians do?26:22 Daniel: The university system is an unregulated cartel35:08 The liberalism (not the leftism) of the university38:22 Using (and getting u

Sam Harris – Matters of Race, Matters of Mind

Mar 28th, 2022 1h 3m

This week I welcome Sam Harris to TGS. Sam is a neuroscientist and philosopher, the host of the podcast Making Sense, and the proprietor of the meditation app Waking Up. He’s a searching, truly open-minded thinker who follows the evidence where

John McWhorter – Whose Election Narrative?

Sep 8th, 2023 1h

0:00 Can a white man tell Harriet Tubman’s story?9:59 What the fall semester has in store for Glenn and John17:25 How John makes the sausage at the New York Times22:55 John: We now memorize rap lyrics instead of poetry36:18 Is wokeness on the w

Charles Fain Lehman – Urban Crime, Police Misconduct and the Drug Crisis

3 days ago 1h

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial decision to post the Natio

John McWhorter & Clifton Duncan – Ideology is Killing American Theater

10 days ago 1h 39m

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 A message from Glenn4:00 Why Clifton is planning a one-man show about Tho

Michael Shellenberger – The Censorship-Industrial Complex

17 days ago 1h 9m

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 Michael’s new role at the University of Austin5:41 Michael’s “civilizatio

A Message from Glenn

18 days ago 5m 29s

A message from Glenn concerning his surgery, his recovery, and what you can expect from The Glenn Show over the next month. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit g

John McWhorter and Keith Ellison – Prosecuting Derek Chauvin

24 days ago 58m 19s

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March 2024 Q&A

26 days ago 10m 39s

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John answer questions submitted by Substack subscribers in their March 2024 Q&A session. Topics covered: race in America after Trayvon Martin, the Hu

Matthew Martens – A Christian Case for Criminal Justice Reform

Mar 15th, 2024 1h 16m

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 Matthew’s theological perspective on criminal justice 5:28 Loving the cri

Rob Henderson – The Cost of Luxury Beliefs

Mar 8th, 2024 1h 1m

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 What makes an “elite”?4:37 Rob’s very rough early childhood7:39 Rob’s exp

John McWhorter & Shane Hachey – Crime and Disorder in Minneapolis

Mar 1st, 2024 58m 48s

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 John: Keith Ellison disrespected me6:45 Did Derek Chauvin get a fair tria

Corey Brooks – Changing Black Lives on the South Side of Chicago

Feb 23rd, 2024 39m 51s

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 Why Corey weighed in on the Claudine Gay controversy3:50 Corey: DEI doesn

Shermichael Singleton – The Shaping of a Young Black Conservative [Bonus Episode]

Feb 18th, 2024 1h 5m

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 How an elementary school project turned Shermichael on to politics7:16 Bl

John McWhorter – "The Fall of Minneapolis" Reconsidered

Feb 16th, 2024 58m 19s

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 What’s wrong with Rhapsody in Blue?7:26 Radley Balko’s response to The Fa

Rajiv Sethi – Self-Censorship on Campus

Feb 9th, 2024 1h 4m

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 The conversations that aren’t happening on college campuses4:16 Staying i