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
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:55 Peter’s new book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop 5:27 Why policing went off the rails over the last decade 11:03 Peter: I’m done with police abolitionists 19:22 Why don’t we hear about unarmed black men getting shot anymore? 22:00 Remembering the lessons of ‘90s New York 28:07 Dealing with the racial disparity problem 35:46 Is there a suicide problem among cops? 39:...
Jan 17, 2025•54 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In this post-show bonus episode with Nikita, Mark, and LaJuan, we talk about what's required of a black intellectual, shifting alliances and ideological orientations, and the utility of the police.
Jan 14, 2025•3 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com I'm reposting an episode of the Invisible Men podcast, hosted by Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors. They had me on to talk about Late Admissions , the bias and development narratives, and a lot more. Ian and Nique have a stellar lineup of guests who are having the important conversations about race in America, so check them out at invisible.men. You can find video of this episode there or at my newsletter, https://glennloury.substack.com. Order G...
Jan 12, 2025•51 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennlourysubstack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:10 John feels Glenn’s pain 2:36 Glenn: “I’m tired of being the black guy who has to call b******t on the race narrative” 9:21 The monotonous groove of the race discourse 12:35 John: “This is the most seismic sociopolitical shift of my lifetime” 19:17 Ground News ad 21:10 The H-1B conflict on the right 26:24 The hard truths of global competition 30:09 Luigi Mangione, folk hero? 36:09 ACTA ad 38:22 Glenn and John’s 2...
Jan 10, 2025•48 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com It may be cold outside, but the first Q&A of 2025 is a hot one. John and Glenn talk negotiating the modern mediasphere, the German language, education after affirmative action, code switching, social media and AI, and maintaining a friendship in spite of political differences.
Jan 08, 2025•8 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 retiring from academia, I'm giving up what was once a vital source of intellectual inspiration. How should I go about replacing it? I'm talking through the problem with Nikita and Mark.
Jan 07, 2025•2 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com In 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 ca...
Jan 05, 2025•11 min
Support The Glenn Show and become a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com 0:00 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,...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com 0:00 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 Gaz...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com LaJuan 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 sub...
Dec 24, 2024•2 min
Support The Glenn Show by becoming a full subscriber at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 1:33 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...
Dec 20, 2024•55 min
