John McWhorter – The Private Side of Public Life

0:00 John’s awkward run-in at the farmer’s market

5:40 Will people be reading Ibram X. Kendi in 2043?

17:03 Regret, doubt, and going against the tide 

28:12 How Glenn and John negotiate their public profiles

40:50 Did Scott Adams deserve to get canceled? 

52:47 What’s going on beneath the Scott Adams controversy?

Recorded March 5, 2023

Links and Readings

Ibram X. Kendi’s Zora Neale Hurston adaptation, Magnolia Flower

Melissa Harris Perry’s radio show, The Takeaway

Ishmael Reed’s novel, Reckless Eyeballing

Ishmael Reed’s essay collection, Another Day at the Front

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