Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:25 The response to Glenn’s appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show 4:03 Are institutions like the University of Austin the future of higher ed? 11:31 Ground News ad 13:14 When social justice musicology came for John’s syllabus 17:42 What role should social justice play in academic study? 28:40 John’s trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture 35:50 Will the museum survive Trump’s assault on DE...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 0:50 Glenn takes a shot at defining “cryptocurrency” 5:28 Yaya fills in the gaps 10:15 Solving the double-spending problem 15:58 The partisan divide on crypto 21:27 North Korea’s crypto hackers 26:29 How crypto protocols create value 33:23 The case of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX 35:13 How stablecoins can open up global financial markets to nations with weak or unstable currency 36:32 Memecoins: Buyer beware 41:07 Chin...
May 23, 2025•50 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:00 What is the “affirmative action myth”? 8:02 Black progress before and after affirmative action 11:41 Ground News ad 13:29 How far does Jason’s critique of affirmative action extend? 17:03 Contesting The Shape of the River 26:37 Respectability, responsibility, and upward mobility 32:40 Is Jason blaming the victims? 35:54 Jason: No one’s buying the reparations argument 43:26 How do figures like Ibram X. Kendi and...
May 16, 2025•47 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this installment of my monthly Q&A with John McWhorter, we tackle questions about elite universities and wealth, the value of DEI, Trump's expansion of executive power, The Great Gatsby , and ethics in higher education....
May 14, 2025•18 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com. Pre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, SELF-CENSORSHIP: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Censorship-Glenn-C-Loury/dp/1509567402/ref=sr_1_1?crid=223KUFY8BN0X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ar6rmRPzp7pEiJss0o1eUeLbLwOgX_qrXHtWjMS3_m_GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.goECGgv0OxAPgLR8kNnsISu5AK6OSVoa5qWVmqRNqwY&dib_tag=se&keywords=self-censorship+glenn+c.+loury&qid=1746808862&sprefix=self-censor%2Caps%2C237&sr=8-1 Video Links 0:43 Ross: Trump's econom...
May 09, 2025•58 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 00:31 Prefatory remarks 4:15 Glenn: The Trump administration’s defunding of the universities is mischievous in the extreme 9:06 Ground News ad 11:01 Doesn’t maintaining the preeminence of American universities require diversity of thought? 18:47 John McWhorter has entered the building 20:25 How did higher ed lose the general public’s support? 23:05 The university’s role in public discourse 26:26 Was affirmative acti...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 24 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode, I talk with my grandson Will Kelly about his weight-loss journey, which he is documenting on social media. We talk about his desire to live out loud, our family history of addiction issues, and his strategies for healthy, sustainable weight loss. Check out this episode on Substack to see clips from Will's TikTok and instagram Follo...
Apr 27, 2025•5 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Pre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, SELF-CENSORSHIP. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=self-censorship--9781509567409 Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:10 Glenn meets the young Marx 2:32 The new wokeness of the political right 8:30 What is the democratic counterpart of foreign policy and national security run by experts? 17:04 Russia’s motivations: Fear of NATO or imperial ambitions 21:...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 2 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode of The Glenn Show, I talk with Brown University sophomore Alex Shieh about Bloat@Brown, his website calling out Brown administrators whose roles, he says, may violate federal discrimination laws. We talk about why he started Bloat@Brown , diversity of thought on campus, class-based affirmative action, and the role of diversity on ca...
Apr 20, 2025•3 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Pre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, Self-Censorship . Available here or wherever you get your books: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetai ... Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:12 Attacks on the university from within and without 9:50 Ground News ad 11:43 Reshaping institutions by force and by argument 20:56 Critiquing the Gaza War without antisemitism 22:30 Reforming para-academic institutions 32:07 Is there a potential conflict between commitmen...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Support The Glenn Show at http://glennloury.substack.com VIdeo Links 0:00 Intro 0:45 Why Trump’s tariffs alarm economists 8:18 Are the tariffs designed to offset Trump’s tax cuts? 11:30 Larry’s break with Senator Ron Johnson 14:16 Larry: We’re not in a trade war with other countries, we’re in a trade war with other people 22:44 Is Trump under the sway of a foreign power? 28:45 What measures should investors take to protect themselves from tariff-generated market volatility? 35:46 The possible si...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 4 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com For the March 2025 Q&A, John and I take questions on getting outside our bubbles, the first hundred days of the second Trump administration, the Department of Education, contemporary black writers, race and advertising, the assumption of good faith, and undocumented immigration. The Glenn Show is supported almost entirely by listeners, viewers, and readers. If you're not year a full subscriber, please consi...
Apr 06, 2025•12 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:03 How Rick feels being a “liberal maverick,” according to the NYT 4:18 Rick’s advocacy for class-based affirmative action 6:39 Rick: “The Trump administration has gone too far” by trying to eliminate racial diversity 13:02 Opening up the elite university’s old boys club 21:21 Will economic diversity in admissions come with test score disparities? 23:55 Ground News ad 25:56 What’s Edward Blum’s deal? 29:36 Rick: T...
Apr 04, 2025•58 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:36 How Rajiv saw Trump’s assault on elite higher ed coming 4:26 The Trump administration’s legitimate complaints against higher ed 9:41 Rajiv: The crackdown on campus protest would have happened even without the October 7 protest 17:10 How test scores can marry merit and diversity on college campuses 21:06 Glenn: Doesn’t SFFA v. Harvard justify JD Vance’s criticisms of higher ed? 25:30 Columbia’s capitulation to the Trump ad...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com I spent part of last week visiting Stanford University, and John is off taking care of business in Australia. The time difference, travel, and speaking obligations made scheduling a recording impossible. So this week, I’ve got something a little different for you. Instead of recording a conversation on the day’s news with John, I decided to record one on my own. In this episode, I talk through some opinion pieces that grabbed my attention...
Mar 17, 2025•59 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:33 The relationships Peter has lost and gained 4:14 Why Peter thinks this is a “watershed” moment in Jewish history 6:50 Who can criticize Israel? 9:44 The challenge of October 7’s aftermath to Jewish self-understanding 15:54 Peter: Jews should support non-violent Palestinian protest, not criminalize it 20:12 Shouldn’t the Palestinians have taken the deals they were offered? 25:48 Peter’s argument for a one-state ...
Mar 14, 2025•54 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this episode, Nikita, Mark, and I talk about steelmanning, what people want me to say about Gaza, what I want to say about Gaza, and why I offer disclaimers when I talk foreign policy.
Mar 11, 2025•2 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:55 Did Trump and Vance bully Zelenskyy or give him a dose of reality? 5:16 Glenn: Trump is trying to wind down an unnecessary war 13:49 - Ground News ad 28:58 The “deep game” of European security 32:06 Glenn: America First appeals to me, World War III doesn’t 36:40 Teaching the reparations debate in a post-October 7 world 43:06 MSNBC axes Joy Reid’s show Recorded March 1, 2025 Links and Readings Trump and Zelensky...
Mar 07, 2025•46 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this month's Substack subscriber Q&A, John and I answer your questions on the NAACP, Trump and January 6, Western civilization, how we deal with angry viewers, and more.
Mar 05, 2025•9 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In this bonus episode, Mark, Nikita, and I discuss Trump's chaotic Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, parsing positions from principles, and the fate of Ukraine.
Mar 04, 2025•2 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Today 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 goin...
Mar 02, 2025•1 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:00 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 do...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In 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.
Feb 25, 2025•3 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:55 The myth of a secret black language 6:36 The terror of slavery in James 12:13 Essential fictions 15:45 Ground News ad 17:30 Liberal panic over Trump and DOGE 24:10 Is NYC mayor Eric Adams under Trump’s thumb? 26:54 Glenn: What’s wrong with telling illegal migrants to leave? 33:40 ACTA ad 35:54 The differing challenges of European and American immigration 44:08 The significance of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance 52...
Feb 21, 2025•51 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn 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 communities 17:54 Samuel D. James asks if John has any writing advice 23:35 Tom Wojciaczyk wants to know if what the difference is between an accent and pronunciation 30:50 Michael asks why we’re not more worried about Trump taking us back to the nuclear brinksmanship of the Cold W...
Feb 14, 2025•53 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:10 Which race-conscious programs stay and which go? 11:05 Ground News ad 12:42 Glenn: I’m afraid some African Americans might get left behind 19:25 More programs won’t address the problems of “the underclass” 27:49 John: Maybe this is the best it can be 31:22 The great benefits of HBCUs 35:35 ACTA ad 37:48 Ibram X. Kendi decamps for Howard 44:49 Studying the African diaspora 51:35 The passing of Belle da Costa Greene 1:02:29...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:04 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-faci...
Jan 31, 2025•52 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In 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
Jan 28, 2025•2 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:08 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 t...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 17 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com In 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.
Jan 21, 2025•3 min
