The Glenn Show
Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world from Glenn Loury. The podcast explores these topics through conversations and analysis, drawing on Loury's expertise as an economist and social commentator. It is part of his Substack publication, where he shares his views on contemporary social and political issues.
Episodes
John McWhorter and Tyler Austin Harper – Why Tyler Left Academia
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John McWhorter sit down with Tyler Austin Harper, whose Atlantic cover story documents his decision to resign from a tenure-track position at Bates College. Harper offers an insider's account of an institution compromising scholarly standards and treating him as a token in the service of sweeping racial justice policies — a story o
TGS Live: Norman Finkelstein and Eli Lake on Israel and Palestine (with John McWhorter)
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comBuy Norman Finkelstein's new book, Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High PlacesNearly three years after October 7th, Glenn and John McWhorter host two guests with sharply opposing views on Israel and Gaza — in succession rather than debate, to prioritize clarity over conflict. First, Norman Finkelstein discusses his forthco
TGS Live: Delano Squires on Rebuilding the Black Family
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn welcomes back Delano Squires, director of the Heritage Foundation's DeVos Center for Human Flourishing, to discuss his new book, The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable. Squires argues that failures of black political and religious leadership, combined with a welfare system th
TGS Live: John Mcwhorter on Race and Test Scores + Subscriber Q&A
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John McWhorter open with John's recent New York Times column on Stuyvesant High School's vanishingly small number of black admits. Both reject calls to eliminate the admissions test as racist, arguing the problem is inadequate preparation — and that the real damage is done by those telling black students that academic excellence is
TGS Live Bonus Episode: Steven Teles on Ideological Diversity on Campus
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn sits down with political scientist Steven Teles of Johns Hopkins to discuss one of higher education's most stubborn problems: ideological homogeneity. University faculties lean dramatically further left than the broader population, and in some humanities and social science disciplines, the imbalance has become self-reinforcing — conser
TGS Live: Andrew Day on Trump, Israel, and Iran
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn brings back Andrew Day, senior editor at The American Conservative, to make sense of the war-skeptical right's position on the Iran War. With seventeen Americans already killed and peace talks stalled, Day argues Trump's decision to go to war is flatly incompatible with America First principles — delivering no clear national benefit wh
TGS Live: Karmelo Anthony and the Content of Our Character
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comJohn McWhorter returns as Glenn and John reflect on the nation's 250th birthday and the state of Black America. Both express disappointment — not at racism's persistence, but at cultural attitudes that continue to hold Black Americans back. Using the Karmelo Anthony case as a touchstone, they push back hard against victimhood narratives that
TGS Live: 250 Years of Contradiction with Rajiv Sethi
Subscribe to The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast week’s Independence Day installment of The Glenn Show brought the team together—along with special guest Rajiv Sethi—to talk about American identity, broadly conceived, on the occasion of the nation’s 250th birthday. Who were we, and who are we? What face do we present to the rest of the world? What makes American culture “American
June 2026 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comBB asks what Glenn and John think of Steven A. Smith’s political commentary. Russell Harvey wants to know what the role of debate is in our society, and whether a debate has ever changed Glenn's or John's mind on any substantial issues. Stan asks why college
John McWhorter on Karmelo Anthony's Grand Narrative
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comRecorded amid Glenn's vacation, this month's conversation with John McWhorter covers New York politics, crime, and culture. They discuss Mayor Zohran Mamdani's growing influence after his endorsed candidates swept their Democratic primaries, signaling a possible left-wing realignment within the party akin to the Tea Party's and MAGA's reshap
TGS Live: Robert Wright on an AI-Driven Global Community
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLongtime friend of the show Robert Wright joins Glenn to talk about The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning, which argues AI deserves serious attention — including from its doomers. Wright contends that responsible global coordination, however improbable it seems amid current geopolitical turmoil, is essential t
TGS Live: Harvey Mansfield on Where Harvard Went Wrong
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comHarvey Mansfield, the eminent political philosopher who spent over seven decades at Harvard, joins Glenn to discuss his new book, Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary that Fell on Deaf Ears. Mansfield argues that Harvard has traded its commitment to truth for an overbearing political emphasis on equality — fueling grade inflat
TGS Live: Michael Poliakoff on Rescuing Civics
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn sits down with Michael Poliakoff, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, to discuss the crisis facing American higher education. Despite the university system's extraordinary contributions to innovation and democracy, Poliakoff argues it is failing at a core mission: civic education. Students graduate without foundat
May 2026 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast month, John McWhorter and Glenn explored the latest tranche of questions from full subscribers. They start off talking with TGS writer and editor Mark Sussman about Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in his new adaptation of
TGS Live: John McWhorter on a Black Helen of Troy, the Voting Rights Act, and Teen Takeovers in Chicago
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comJohn McWhorter returns for another wide-ranging conversation, starting with his latest book-in-progress on American English dialects and his remarkable productivity as a writer. From there, Glenn and John tackle the social media controversy over Lupita Nyong'o's casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's upcoming Odyssey adaptation, wei
TGS Live: An Israeli Historian's Lament for His Country
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn sits down with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov to discuss his new book, Israel: What Went Wrong—a rigorous and deeply personal account of the contradictions at Israel's founding and how they've shaped the country's present. Bartov traces the legal, political, and religious tensions that have fueled belligerence in the occupied t
TGS Live: Clifton Duncan's Crusade against Philistinism
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn welcomes back actor and writer Clifton Duncan to discuss the challenges facing artists in an era of intense political polarization. Clifton is currently developing a one-man show about the life and work of Thomas Sowell, and also writes about art, politics, and identity on his Substack, The State of the Arts. The conversation explores
Glenn Loury II – The Past, Present, and Future of the Loury Clan
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comTaking a break from headlines, Glenn turns inward — reflecting on family as a source of stability amid political and personal upheaval. He's joined by his son, Glenn Loury II, for one of their occasional recorded conversations. Together they explore how family relationships evolve over time, keeping the memory of Glenn's late wife Linda Datc
TGS Live: Is the Era of U.S. Military Dominance Over?
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn hosted a cross-spectrum foreign policy debate featuring Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid, American Conservative writer Andrew Day, and University of Washington historian Daniel Bessner. The central question: what role should American power play in the 21st century? Hamid, author of The Case for American Power, defended robust U.S.
April 2026 Q&A
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comScott Dolan asks what our best path forward is after Trump. Aaron Cara presents a theory about Glenn and John's disagreement over Trump’s presidency. Michael Maloney asks what Glenn and John think of a recent study of deceptiveness and claims of consciousness by AI. Jason proposes an intriguing parallel between AI and the cotton gin. Yan She
TGS Live: John McWhorter on the A-Hole Theory of Donald Trump
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John McWhorter reunite for their monthly conversation, starting with a familiar disagreement: Trump. John reduces Trump's governing philosophy to one word—"a*****e"—arguing his personality explains his chaotic, norm-breaking style. Glenn isn't so sure. He sees Trump as a more conventional figure responding to structural forces larg
TGS Live: Jeffrey Seaman, Robert J. Sampson & Ben Peterson on Crime, Community & Policing
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this episode, Glenn hosts a virtual roundtable on incarceration, crime, deterrence, and community, drawing on two key texts. In the first hour, he spoke with Jeffrey Seaman, co-author of a Fordham Urban Law Review article arguing that true racial injustice lies not in the treatment of Black offenders but in the chronic under-provision of
Ben Peterson – Governing the Social Commons
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and Ben Peterson discuss his forthcoming book on how informal institutions — families, churches, neighborhoods — maintain social order where law and markets cannot. Peterson argues that reputation enforces norms more effectively than regulation: your neighbor's judgment carries more weight than a police citation. They explore criminal
TGS Live: How Far Have Arab Citizens of Israel Come?
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast week's livestream featured Robert Cherry, emeritus professor of economics at Brooklyn College and author of a new book, Arab Citizens of Israel: How Far Have They Come? Bob is a labor economist who spent forty years studying discrimination in the U.S. labor market. His involvement with NGOs working in the Arab sector eventually led him
March 2026 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this edition of Glenn and John's monthly Q&A sessions, they tackle subscriber questions about funding for the Iran War, Trump Derangement Syndrome, meritocracy, Israel, and other topics.The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported, so to those of
TGS Live: Glenn and John Disagree to Agree on the Iran War
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John McWhorter agree the war in Iran is a bad idea—so why can't they agree on anything else? On last week's livestream, the two clashed over what's driving the conflict, how it's being conducted, and whether Trump is capable of strategic thinking. John isn't troubled by targeted strikes on Iranian leaders like Ayatollah Khamenei; G
Steven Pinker – When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn Loury welcomes Steven Pinker to discuss his new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. Pinker—author of The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Rationality—explains how “common knowledge” works in everyday life. Drawing on vivid examples—from a Soviet-era joke about dissent to the rise and f
TGS Live: A Dove on the Left, a Dove on the Right, and a Hawk in the Center
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast week’s livestream presented a panel of guests whose political orientations and positions on the Iran War demonstrate the scrambling effect this conflict is already having on domestic political alliances. On the anti-war side, we have historian, foreign policy expert, and man of the left Danny Bessner of the University of Washington and
TGS Live: Larry Kotlikoff on Debt, Tariffs, and the Public Role of Economists
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this segment from last week's livestream, Glenn and Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff talk about the national debt, social security, personal finance, fiscal policy, and China’s seemingly inevitable path to becoming the dominant world economic power. Are Trump's tariff policies as wrong-headed as they seem? And should we be putt
February 2026 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this livestreamed edition of the Q&A, John McWhorter and I took questions from full subscribers here at the Substack. Austin Ball asked for our thoughts on Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. Art Eckstein asked for our thoughts on what
TGS Live: Tyler Austin Harper on the Big Bucks Funding Activism in the Humanities
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this segment from my latest livestream, John McWhorter and I are joined by journalist Tyler Austin Harper of the Atlantic. We discuss Tyler's latest piece for the magazine, which focuses on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's influence over humanities research in the U.S. Tyler argues that the half-billion-plus dollars Mellon awards each ye
Chloé Simone – The Dark Side of Identity
The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. If you’re not yet a full subscriber and want access to livestreams, Q&As, commenting, and other good stuff, click below to support TGS. We can’t do what we do without you.Click here to become a full subscriber.Video Links0:00 Chloé’s theory of enchantment3:54 Can a legal remedy solve a spiritual problem?4:29 The human problem of stereotyping8:2
TGS Live: Self-Censorship & Public Reason + Chloé Simone on the Future of Identity and Race
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this episode of The Glenn Show, Glenn hops on the Friday livestream just hours after landing at Logan Airport following a Stanford lecture on self-censorship at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. Still running on adrenaline from the event, he
TGS Live: A Black Panther's Son Discovers the Free Market
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this excerpt from last Friday's livestream, Glenn formally introduces a familiar face to the audience: Robert Patton-Spruill. A regular presence on and off camera, Rob shares the winding personal and professional journey that shaped him, from growing up in a politically connected extended family in Boston to working in film and finding hi
January 2026 Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this edition of my monthly Q&A session with John McWhorter, we invited a handful of subscribers to record their video or audio to be played during our livestream. I think it worked great—I loved hearing everyone’s voices and seeing their faces. We’re defi
TGS Live: Elon Musk's Identity Politics + Robert Wright and John Mearsheimer on the Future of the International Order
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comThis episode features a wide-ranging conversation on identity politics and global disorder. Glenn opened by discussing his recent UnHerd column on Elon Musk’s warnings about race war and calls for white solidarity, arguing that Musk exemplifies a troubling t
TGS Live: Another Death in Minneapolis, a New International Order at Davos
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comGlenn and John examine the killing of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse shot by ICE agents despite video suggesting he had been restrained and disarmed. They debate whether ICE and CBP should be operating in city streets at all, the scope and priorities of immigrati
Michael Shermer – A Skeptic's Guide to 2026
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 The crisis of belief and the crisis of speech4:30 Michael: Deport the criminals, leave the gardeners10:37 Michael’s list of the biggest, craziest, and most dangerous conspiracy theories15:47 When trust in institutions breaks down 22:06 Why well-meaning people make absurd claims26:01 Is Trump uniquely dangerous to American ins
Daniel Bessner – Making Sense of the Donroe Doctrine
This conversation with Daniel Bessner is only one segment from last week’s livestream, which also included a conversation with my team about ICE’s action in Minnesota and an appearance by Murtaza Hussain, who came to talk about his reporting on the Epstein Files. The full show is available here, but only for full subscribers. So if you want access to everything—including viewing privileges for new
TGS Live: Inside the Epstein Files, American Empire in Venezuela & ICE in Minnesota
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comThe Glenn Show kicks off 2026 with a strong episode featuring Murtaza Hussain on the Epstein Files and Daniel Bessner on U.S. actions in Venezuela. The episode opens with discussion of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, urging caution and fact
David Beito – The Case against FDR
The Glenn Show is almost entirely viewer supported, so to those of us who are already full subscribers, let me extend a heartfelt thank you. And if you’re not yet a full subscriber, please consider becoming one. The Glenn Show can only do what it does through the generosity of viewers and listeners. For a mere $6/month or $50/year, you’ll get weekly episodes of The Glenn Show earlier than their pu
Patricia Agupusi – The Government Corruption Enabling Islamist Terror in Nigeria
Earlier this month, I recorded a conversation with my friend Patricia Agupusi, assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an expert on insurgencies, political violence, and state capture, among other topics. She has lived and worked extensively in Nigeria, where her fieldwork included interviewing Nigerians displaced by political, ethnic, and religious violence. When I asked Patric
John McWhorter – A Very Bad Weekend
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 The shooting at Brown University8:09 The Hanukkah massacre at Bondi Beach11:42 Ground News ad13:34 Searching for a narrative in an information-thin environment17:34 Is the pro-Palestine movement about “whiteness”? 23:26 Glenn: There’s more to Israel-Palestine than race29:44 What does a representative American look like?36:50
TGS Live: Glenn and John on the Brown U shooting, Bondi Beach, Rob Reiner & Trump + Subscriber Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this episode, shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach, race or colonialism in the Israel-Palestine conflict, the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer, Trump’s apparently poor health (and John’s speculations thereon), and John’s reasons for
TGS Live: A Cold War Genius on Today’s Threats
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this episode, in conversation with Robert Patton-Spruill, Mark Sussman, and Nikita Petrov, I provide an introduction to the life and work of Thomas Schelling and consider how a “Schellingesque” point of view might influence our interpretation of current events, like the Ukraine War, the “human shields” argument in Gaza, the Trump administ
TGS Live: From Doomsday Machines to AI Girlfriends
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this episode, in conversation with Robert Patton-Spruill, Nikita Petrov, and Mark Sussman, I pay tribute to Tom Schelling’s major contributions and the personal affect he had on me, as a colleague, friend, and, at times, surrogate father figure. We talk a
TGS Live: The Moral Necessity of Self-Regard
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comThis is a free segment from a two-hour livestream of The Glenn Show. To watch the whole thing, become a full subscriber. You’ll get access to all TGS content, including video of livestreams, audience Q&As with me and John McWhorter, and lots of other great content. The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience supported. Thank you for all you d
TGS Live: Discontent in Nigeria, Trump's Sights on Venezuela, Bernie Calls for AI Regs, and Dealing with Public Disgrace
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this recording of last week's livestream, we discuss my conversation with a Nigerian development economist, Trump's moves against Venezuela, Pete Hegseth's boat strikes, flooding and winter weather in Gaza, and Bernie Sanders's call for government regulat
Paul Starr – Liberal Revolution, Conservative Revenge
The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. Become a subscriber and join the conversation at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 Paul: The past shows us there’s a basis for hope for this country3:40 The origins of Paul’s new book, American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now11:07 Is the push-pull between liberation struggles and institutional resistance
TGS Live: John McWhorter on Our Profane Discourse + Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comSince we’ve got the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the week, I’m releasing the first half of the conversation to everyone today instead of this Friday. For access to the entire conversation, including the Q&A, become a full subscriber.This episode's cent
Howard Husock – The Failure of American Public Housing
The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. To become a full subscriber and receive even more great TGS content, sign up here.Video Links0:00 Howard’s new book, The Projects: A New History of Public Housing5:58 The failed utopianism of American public housing 12:04 The dispossession of urban African American communities 14:54 Ground News ad 16:40 Did reformers have a reason for demolishi
TGS Live: Mamdani's NYC, Nick Fuentes & Modern Conservatism, the Epstein Emails, Black Patriotism, and the Uses of AI
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn my latest livestream, TGS contributor Robert Patton-Spruill and I talk about rising tensions with Venezuela, New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and his proposed policies, Jeffrey Epstein wreaking havoc from beyond the grave, Nick Fuentes’s appearan
Charles Murray – A Controversial Political Scientist's Spiritual Awakening
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 Charles’s new book, Taking Religious Seriously 8:31 Why Charles finds the idea of divine creation plausible13:54 Charles’s “road to Damascus” moment19:25 The appeal of Christianity24:51 The evidence for life after death31:38 Charles: “The relative positions of science and religion have flipped”36:42 The trouble with scientism
TGS Live: Charles Murray on Religion, Fuentes on Tucker, Duking It Out over Mamdani
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comThe first half of the show consists of a pre-recorded interview with political scientist Charles Murray. He’s best known for books like Losing Ground and The Bell Curve—controversial though they may have been, they were grounded in the empirical methods that
John McWhorter – The Democratic Leadership Vacuum
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comWatch and listen to the full, 2-hour episode: https://glennloury.substack.com/p/tgs-live-democrats-leadership-crisisVideo Links0:00 John’s misgivings about Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Zionism7:22 Is anti-Zionism reducible to “good black people vs. bad white people”?11:53 Ground News ad13:40 Democrats try to pull out of a death spiral20:05 John: If
TGS Live: Democrats' Leadership Crisis + Q&A
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast Friday, John McWhorter and I took our ongoing conversation into new territory: we streamed it live. Eighteen years into our partnership, and we’re still finding ways to keep it fresh! In the first half of the show, we talk about New York City mayoral fr
TGS Live: Seeing the Future in Thomas Sowell's Legacy
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast week’s conference in honor of Thomas Sowell was the culmination of a long year of anticipation, planning, reading, and thinking. In this long excerpt from my most recent livestream, I talk with my editor Mark Sussman about the conference events and my own contributions. I explain the importance of Friedrich Von Hayek to Sowell’s thought
TGS Live: Thomas Sowell, Clarence & Condi, and Black MAGA
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this edition of TGS Live, I talk about the events of the conference, my contribution, and one of the ideas informing my new book project. The conference honored the past accomplishments of Thomas Sowell, but it also pointed to the future. I heard the effe
TGS Live: Tucker's Dangerous Civil War Rhetoric
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comTucker Carlson has been suggesting that a new civil war may be coming to the US. Is he trying to warn us? Or is he purposefully stoking the fire? Glenn takes Tucker to task.Today’s episode is just one segment from last week’s livestream. If you missed it and want to watch the full recording, click below to become a full subscriber. The Glenn
TGS Live: Is Tucker Warning Us about Civil War? Or Trying to Incite One?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comNote: Due to the AWS outage, many online services experienced disruptions throughout Monday. To ensure that everyone receives the episode, I thought it best to hold the episode until Amazon fixed the problem. Apologies for the delay.In this edition of the li
John McWhorter – Is Charlie Kirk the George Floyd of the Right?
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 Happy 60th, John! 2:20 2020 in hindsight 12:05 Ground News ad 14:01 Are Glenn and John helping to shift the Overton window? 18:25 Is Charlie Kirk the George Floyd of the right? 29:53 Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s conversation about Kirk 34:14 Glenn’s new book idea 41:43 Kirk’s comments on Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jac
TGS Live: Ta-Nehisi Coates's Smug Rejection of Black Agency
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comThis week on The Glenn Show, Robert Patton-Spruill and I get into a detailed analysis of a conversation between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein. The show begins as a debate on their divergent reactions to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, expressed in a New York Times column by Klein and a Vanity Fair piece by Coates. I find Coates’s smug,
TGS Live: The Military in the Streets, TikTok & Israel, Coates vs. Klein
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comLast Friday’s livestream was a hot one. Today I’m posting the video for all who missed it (you have to be a paid subscriber to hear the full version now, but everybody else will get it on Friday). But trust me, this is appointment viewing. I’ll be at Stanford later this week for a conference on the work of Thomas
Glenn and LaJuan Loury – Love in a Time of Conflict
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comNote: Links and info for my next livestream, which is happening this Friday, October 3 at 1:00 PM EDT, can be found at the end of this post.
Robert Wright – Free Speech after Gaza & Charlie Kirk
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comNormally, I release TGS episodes to full subscribers on Mondays and then to the general public on Fridays. But this conversation is a repost from my conversations with Bob Wright at his Nonzero podcast, so I figured I’d make this one an early public release. If you like starting your week off with The Glenn Show, and you’re not yet a full su
September 2025 Q&A + No Livestream This Week
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn our latest Q&A, John McWhorter and I take questions on troubled black communities, the N-word, issues on which we've changed our minds, ratcheting down political tensions in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, and how we handle personal security.
John McWhorter & Clifton Duncan – Becoming Thomas Sowell
The Glenn Show is almost entirely listener supported. We need your help in order to keep bringing you the conversations you can't hear anywhere else. To get early episodes and much, much more, become a full subscriber at my Substack.You can keep tabs on Clifton’s progress and support his work at his Substack, Becoming Thomas Sowell.Video Links0:00 A Hard Day’s McWhorter3:51 Jimmy Kimmel and the co
TGS Live: My Dream for America after Charlie Kirk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comLast Friday, I hosted a livestream featuring Nikita Petrov, Robert Patton-Spruill, and call-ins from viewers. Once again, our topic is the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. We talk about my own cancelation by the Manhattan Institute, warding off the
John McWhorter & Marc Dunkelman – Why Nothing Works
Support The Glenn Show at https:/.glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 Why Marc thinks nothing works6:45 Who decides the winners and losers in public trade-offs?12:50 Penn Station and public interest logjams20:29 Marc: We have Trump because people feel that government doesn’t work28:17 Two progressive conceptions of power33:03 Finding the balance between centralized and dispersed power39:05 Ok,
TGS Live: Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, "Black Crime," and Much More
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this episode, co-hosted with my editor Mark Sussman, I talk with viewers about the murders of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska, the “black crime” canard, the effects of immigration on black employment, and other weighty topics. It wasn’t all doom and gloom
Jason Riley – Thomas Sowell's Path from Marx to Hayek
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 The upcoming Hoover Institution conference honoring Thomas Sowell 5:37 Sowell’s apprentice work at the University of Chicago 12:58 Ground News ad 14:45 Hayek’s influence on Sowell 19:55 Jason: No one is smarter than the market 24:58 The unconstrained vision vs. the constrained vision 33:04 Sowell’s contribution to economic li
TGS Live: The Housing Provider Returns
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.comSupport The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this week's livestream, Nikita and I are joined by filmmaker, professor, master distiller, and "housing provider" Robert Patton-Spruill. And he does not disappoint. He begins by informing me of a connection between us: his father, then a professor of acti
TGS Live: Progressive Language Policing, Gaza, MAGA after Trump, Thomas Sowell & More
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