John McWhorter – Is Kamala Harris the Next Obama?
Episode description
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1:05 John: A Kamala Harris presidency won’t improve the discourse on race
9:12 Glenn: Kamala Harris is no Barack Obama
14:44 Why Glenn just can’t excited about a Harris presidency
18:07 Ground News
20:40 How Kamala measures up to Obama under the spotlight
23:07 Kamala’s code switching
25:50 Building the black political persona
33:51 White Ladies and White Dudes for Kamala
40:39 Are there white Sonya Masseys?
45:55 ACTA
48:03 Walz’s war on “weird”
48:14 The Dems get their hands dirty
55:48 Trump’s near-death experience that wasn’t
Recorded August 9, 2024
Links and Readings
Barack Obama’s memoir, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Trump’s on-stage interview before the National Association of Black Journalists
NYT story about Trump’s alleged helicopter ride
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