Hamish McKenzie – Speaking Out in an Age of Partisan Rancor
Episode description
0:00 Why Glenn does The Glenn Show
13:02 Glenn: “If I was going to vote for Trump, I wouldn’t tell you”
19:21 “The cat is out of the bag” on election denial
25:45 Modeling epistemic modesty
31:12 Why is race such an important issue for Glenn?
39:13 The Old Glenn and the New Glenn
45:46 Confronting the past
50:44 Putting “the funk” on the story of your life
Recorded October 27, 2022
Links and Readings
Hamish’s podcast, The Active Voice
Robert Wright’s Nonzero Newsletter
Matt Taibbi’s book, Hate, Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
John McWhorter’s book, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Benjamin Crump’s book, Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
Glenn’s Quillette piece, “Unspeakable Truths about Racial Inequality in America”
Glenn’s first Bloggingheads appearance, with Joshua Cohen in August 2007
James Q. Wilson’s book, Thinking about Crime
Rafael Mangual’s recent TGS appearance
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