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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, Iâve got something a little different for you. Instead of recording a conversation on the dayâs news with John, I decided to record one on my own. In this episode, I talk through some opinion pieces that grabbed my attention and give my take on the topics. I address Trump and the economy, Trumpâs predictability and unpredictability, DOGE and MAGAâs slashing of the federal government, Mahmoud Khalilâs arrest, antisemitism, and attacks on Tesla cars, dealerships, and charging stations. This is a bit of an experimentâmy team and I wanted to see what would happen if I gave it a shot. Let me know how itâs working for you in the comments.
These pieces are all quite relevant as of this posting, on Monday afternoon. But by Friday? Who knows. So I decided to release this episode simultaneously to both free and full subscribers. If you like getting The Glenn Show a few days early, consider becoming a full subscriber. Youâll get new episodes early, plus access to monthly Q&As with John McWhorter, bonus episodes, and other exclusive content.
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2:31 The opportunities and risks of Trump's economic plans
6:50 Is Trump as unpredictable as he seems?
16:00 DOGE and MAGA take a chainsaw to the federal government
22:30 An argument against Mahmoud Khalil's detention ...
32:49 ... and one in favor of Khalil's detention
41:38 Is it time for an official ban on antisemitism?
49:14 Teslas are burning
Recorded March 14, 2025
Links and Readings
Steve Cortesâs RCP piece, âTrump and the Economy: Opportunities and Risksâ
Susan Glasserâs New Yorker piece, âUncertainty Is Trumpâs Brand. But What if He Already Told Us What Heâs Going to Do?â
Tim Murtaughâs Washington Times piece, âWhy the Democrat Brand Is in the Toiletâ
Jeff Mayhughâs Hill piece, âThe MAGA Revolution Is Playing with Fireâ
Ross Barkanâs NYMag piece, âMahmoud Khalilâs Arrest Will Backfire on Trumpâ
Josh Hammerâs Daily Signal piece, âMahmoud Khalil and the Red-Green Assault on American Sovereigntyâ
Mackenzie Franceâs RCP piece, âCongress Should Pass Antisemitism Awareness Actâ
Rich Lowryâs New York Post piece, âTesla Terrorism Only Reveals the Leftâs Impotenceâ
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0:00 Intro
1:33 The relationships Peter has lost and gained
4:14 Why Peter thinks this is a âwatershedâ moment in Jewish history
6:50 Who can criticize Israel?
9:44 The challenge of October 7âs aftermath to Jewish self-understanding
15:54 Peter: Jews should support non-violent Palestinian protest, not criminalize it
20:12 Shouldnât the Palestinians have taken the deals they were offered?
25:48 Peterâs argument for a one-state solution
34:34 The âdirty little secretâ of Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs Jewish critics
37:12 The idolatry of the Jewish state
39:45 The mutual liberation of Jews and Palestinians
41:37 Why arenât the critics of snowflakes and trigger warnings defending pro-Palestinian campus protesters?
46:01 Peter: Antisemitism is on the rise, and ethno-nationalism is the reason
50:20 Peter: If Gaza is unlivable, then Gazans should be allowed to live where they want
Recorded February 21, 2025
Links and Readings
Peterâs Substack, The Beinart Notebook
Jewish Currents magazine
Peterâs new book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs book, The Message
Eitan Hersh and Laura Loydenâs article, âAntisemitic Attitudes across the Ideological Spectrumâ
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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.
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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 âdeep gameâ of European security
32:06 Glenn: America First appeals to me, World War III doesnât
36:40 Teaching the reparations debate in a post-October 7 world
43:06 MSNBC axes Joy Reidâs show
Recorded March 1, 2025
Links and Readings
Trump and Zelenskyâs Oval Office meeting
Tucker Carlsonâs onstage interview with Hungarian president Victor OrbĂĄn
The latest episode of Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbiâs podcast, America This Week
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs Atlantic essay, âThe Case for Reparationsâ
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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.
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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.
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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 going to glennloury.substack.com
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0:00 A note on audio quality
1:08 Glenn: I may not agree with Amy about everything, but I defend her right to speak her mind
4:17 Amy: Whatâs wrong with Trump evaluating how federal research money is spent?
12:54 The accusations against Amy
19:17 Did Amy violate studentsâ privacy?
21:44 What itâs not okay to say at Penn
31:52 Amyâs lawsuit against Penn
36:21 Glenn: Arenât your free speech claims and you civil rights claims contradictory?
38:33 Amy: This is bigger than me
42:11 Can university research infrastructure survive defunding under Trump?
48:32 Glenn: Iâm unnerved by the implications of the anti-DEI movement
Recorded February 17, 2025
Links and Readings
The Harvard Salient magazine
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1:00 Connâs career in the conservative movement
4:34 The four sexual revolutions
14:17 What about feminism and LGBTQ rights?
20:25 Conn: âWe spend over a trillion dollars a year on means-tested programs that punish marriageâ
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 domestic structures
44:49 Will Trump enact policies that promote marriage?
48:42 Conn: We should strengthen obscenity laws in order to restrain online porn
55:52 The conservative case for birthright citizenship
Recorded February 11, 2025
Links and Readings
Connâs new book, Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage is Destroying Democracy
David Blankenhornâs book, Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem
Melissa Kearneyâs book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
Glennâs memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meeseâs report on pornography
Connâs Washington Examiner piece, âThe Conservative Case for Birthright Citizenshipâ
George Borjasâs books on labor and immigration
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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.
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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 Trumpâs thumb?
26:54 Glenn: Whatâs 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 Lamarâs Super Bowl performance
52:17 Whatâs wrong with Ye?
Recorded February 16, 2025
Links and Readings
Johnâs latest NYT column, âThe Truth and the Fiction of Black Englishâ
Percival Everettâs novel, James
Percival Everettâs novel, Erasure
Toni Morrisonâs novel, The Bluest Eye
Allan Gurganusâs novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Francis Burneyâs novel, Evelina
R.F. Kuangâs novel, Babel, or, the Necessity of Violence
Gil-Scot Heronâs song, âWhitey on the Moonâ
Tucker Carlson interviews Hungaryâs prime minister Viktor OrbĂĄn
Kendrick Lamarâs Super Bowl halftime show
Johnâs book, All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Canât Save Black America
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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 weâre not more worried about Trump taking us back to the nuclear brinksmanship of the Cold War
39:03 Karen Dawn Norris offers two defenses of reparations
43:34 Young Törless asks, since we use the term âblacknessâ so often, if we could come up with a definition of it that would satisfy such disparate figures as Al Sharpton, Charles Barkley, Condoleezza Rice, Raven-Symone, and Iman
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1:10 Which race-conscious programs stay and which go?
11:05 Ground News ad
12:42 Glenn: Iâm afraid some African Americans might get left behind
19:25 More programs wonât address the problems of âthe underclassâ
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 Is colorism within the black community still an issue?
Recorded February 2, 2025
Links and Readings
Robin DiAngeloâs book, White Fragility: Why Itâs So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
Ibram X. Kendiâs book, How to Be an Antiracist
The Woodson Center
James Joyceâs novel, Ulysses
Johnâs NYT column, âBlack and White Werenât Always as Black-and-White as They Seemâ
Hilton Alsâs New Yorker piece, âThe Hidden Story of J.P. Morganâs Libraryâ
Stephen and Abigail Thernstromâs America in Black and White: One Nation Indivisible
Karen and Barbara Fieldsâs book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
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1:04 Rajivâs role in getting Glennâs forthcoming book published
7:39 Self-censorship and racial passing
9:29 Rajivâs work on parental investment and educational attainment
17:01 Rajiv: Prediction markets outperformed forecasting models in 2024
23:36 Are Trumpâs 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-facing economists
39:26 Secular backsliding in India
43:51 Trumpâs revocation of LBJâs 1965 anti-discrimination executive order
Recorded January 25, 2025
Links and Readings
Rajivâs Substack, Imperfect Information
Rajiv post Substack post, âSelf-Censorship, Passing, and Natural Coverâ
James Weldon Johnsonâs novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Glenn and Rajivâs 2014 conversation about self-censorship
Glenn and Young-Chul Kimâs article, âTo Be, or Not to Be: Stereotypes, Identity Choice and Group Inequalityâ
Glenn and Rajivâs previous conversation
Rajiv and Dyotona Dasguptaâs working paper, âEducational Standards and Parental Investmentâ
Rajivâs post, âThe Tariff Threatâ
Paul Krugmanâs post, âThe Dollar and the Trade Deficitâ
John Cochraneâs review of Late Admissions
Tyler Cowenâs Marginal Revolution
Gyan Mukherjeeâs 1943 film, Kismet
Rajiv and Brendan OâFlahertyâs book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice
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In this post-show bonus episode, Glenn, Mark, and Nikita discuss Trump's tariff threats, madman theory, competing racial myths, and colorblindness vs. indifference.
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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 Hamasâs 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 thinks Israel was intentionally killing civilians early in the war
48:41 Is Matthew holding Israel to a different standard than he would hold the US?
52:39 Alternative strategies for prosecuting the war
56:16 Do civilian warnings negate the question of murderous intent?
1:01:46 Eli: I donât think Jewish critics of the war are speaking for the larger diaspora
1:10:05 Is further normalization between Israel and the rest of Middle East coming despite the war?
1:15:10 Matthew: Israel clandestinely continued its initial starvation strategy in Gaza for monthsRecorded January 17, 2025
Links and Readings
Trailer for Eliâs forthcoming Free Press podcast, Breaking History
Matthewâs YouTube show, History Speaks
Airwars
Airwarsâ Gaza Patterns of Harm report
Yuval Abrahamâs +972 piece, ââLavenderâ: The AI Machine Directing Israelâs Bombing Spree in Gazaâ
Bethan McKernan and Harry Daviesâs Guardian piece, ââThe Machine Did It Coldlyâ: Israel Used AI to Identify 37,000 Hamas Targetsâ
Patrick Kingsley et alâs NYT piece, âIsrael Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civiliansâ
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim on X
Glennâs conversation with Omer Bartov
Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinsteinâs Haaretz piece, âItâs Impossible Not to Know Whatâs Going on in Gazaâ
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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.
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0:55 Peterâs new book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York Cityâs Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop
5:27 Why policing went off the rails over the last decade
11:03 Peter: Iâm done with police abolitionists
19:22 Why donât we hear about unarmed black men getting shot anymore?
22:00 Remembering the lessons of â90s New York
28:07 Dealing with the racial disparity problem
35:46 Is there a suicide problem among cops?
39:31 The Ferguson Effect
43:12 The utility of pretextual stops
48:29 The pride felt by the 1990s NYPD
50:30 What cops think of Darren Wilson and Derek Chauvin
Recorded January 10, 2025
Links and Readings
Peterâs forthcoming book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York Cityâs Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop
Peterâs book, In Defense of Flogging
Peterâs book, Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimoreâs Eastern District
Tracy Mears on police legitimacy and the future of policing
Heather Mac Donaldâs book, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
Tanaya Devi and Roland Fryerâs paper, âPolicing the Police: The Impact of âPattern-or-Practiceâ Investigations on Crimeâ
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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.
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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.
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0:00 Intro
1:10 John feels Glennâs pain
2:36 Glenn: âIâm tired of being the black guy who has to call b******t on the race narrativeâ
9:21 The monotonous groove of the race discourse
12:35 John: âThis is the most seismic sociopolitical shift of my lifetimeâ
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 Johnâs 2025 status
44:52 Living on the edge of a weekly deadline
46:45 Why did Al Jolson wear blackface?
Recorded January 5, 2025
Links and Readings
Charles Sheelerâs painting, âRiver Rouge Plantâ
Coleman Hughesâs book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
JD Vanceâs book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Matt Taibbi on coverage of Luigi Mangioneâs personal style
Glennâs forthcoming book, Self-Censorship
Richard Bernsteinâs book, Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer
Trailer for Al Jolsonâs film, Mammy
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