The Glenn Show

0:00 Ernie’s work as an organizer 5:45 Tension, polarization, and reconciliation 12:49 The drama of organizing 18:21 The definition of power 27:52 Ernesto’s work getting running water and sewers to border communities 31:26 Market activity vs. market ideology 41:31 What’s wrong with meritocracy? 56:12 Does identitarianism stand in the way of reconciliation? Recorded January 19, 2023 Links and Readi...

0:00 Ernie’s work as an organizer 5:45 Tension, polarization, and reconciliation 12:49 The drama of organizing 18:21 The definition of power 27:52 Ernesto’s work getting running water and sewers to border communities 31:26 Market activity vs. market ideology 41:31 What’s wrong with meritocracy? 56:12 Does identitarianism stand in the way of reconciliation? Recorded January 19, 2023 Links and Readi...

0:00 Glenn and John go to Cambridge 9:25 The Hamline University Prophet Muhammad controversy  14:38 John: “Physics is physics” 18:45 The Harlem Renaissance and Black Studies 26:35 Is “getting past race” more trouble than it’s worth? 36:51 Is Joe Biden patronizing black people? 42:59 How a black musical changed the sound of Broadway  Recorded January 20, 2023 Links and Readings The Equiano Project...

0:00 Glenn and John go to Cambridge 9:25 The Hamline University Prophet Muhammad controversy  14:38 John: “Physics is physics” 18:45 The Harlem Renaissance and Black Studies 26:35 Is “getting past race” more trouble than it’s worth? 36:51 Is Joe Biden patronizing black people? 42:59 How a black musical changed the sound of Broadway  Recorded January 20, 2023 Links and Readings The Equiano Project...

0:00 Steven’s best-selling book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters 2:38 Steven: Concerns about catastrophic climate change “beggar belief” 9:43 The complexities of climate change models 15:07 Should we worry about rising sea levels? 24:54 Hurricanes, tornados, and other extreme weather events 29:59 Is a zero-emissions goal worth the cost? 38:05 How to fi...

0:00 Steven’s best-selling book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters 2:38 Steven: Concerns about catastrophic climate change “beggar belief” 9:43 The complexities of climate change models 15:07 Should we worry about rising sea levels? 24:54 Hurricanes, tornados, and other extreme weather events 29:59 Is a zero-emissions goal worth the cost? 38:05 How to fi...

0:00 A brief intro from Glenn 1:03 The lionization of the lightweights 5:45 The unified field theory of non-whiteness 19:16 An honest conversation about crime 27:51 Glenn’s birthday menu 30:46 It’s time to choose a side 41:46 Clarence Thomas, black icon 44:54 Policing Joe Rogan 51:56 By any means necessary? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

0:00 A brief intro from Glenn 1:03 The lionization of the lightweights 5:45 The unified field theory of non-whiteness 19:16 An honest conversation about crime 27:51 Glenn’s birthday menu 30:46 It’s time to choose a side 41:46 Clarence Thomas, black icon 44:54 Policing Joe Rogan 51:56 By any means necessary? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

This week I’m very pleased to have with me the political philosopher Michael Sandel. I’ve been an avid reader of Michael’s work for decades, ever since coming across his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice in the 1980s. Michael’s latest book, 2020’s The Tyranny of Merit , couldn’t be more timely. In it, Michael elaborates a critique of the meritocratic ideology that divides society in...

This week I’m very pleased to have with me the political philosopher Michael Sandel. I’ve been an avid reader of Michael’s work for decades, ever since coming across his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice in the 1980s. Michael’s latest book, 2020’s The Tyranny of Merit , couldn’t be more timely. In it, Michael elaborates a critique of the meritocratic ideology that divides society in...

This week, John McWhorter and I are joined by Greg Thomas, senior fellow at the Institute for Cultural Evolution and CEO of the Jazz Leadership Project, to discuss one of our perennial Big Questions: Are we ready to deracialize? As you may have gathered from his previous TGS appearance , that’s the kind of issue Greg loves to sink his teeth into. But I do have some questions of my own for Greg. Le...

This week, John McWhorter and I are joined by Greg Thomas, senior fellow at the Institute for Cultural Evolution and CEO of the Jazz Leadership Project, to discuss one of our perennial Big Questions: Are we ready to deracialize? As you may have gathered from his previous TGS appearance , that’s the kind of issue Greg loves to sink his teeth into. But I do have some questions of my own for Greg. Le...

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 Readi...

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 Readi...

0:00 Why are we paying so much attention to Kanye West’s antisemitism? 14:02 The two words you never say together 23:28 Could widespread antisemitism take hold in the US? 36:53 The mythological black past and the realities of the present 48:12 How necessary is rootedness to the modern human experience? 56:54 How we make race, how race makes us Recorded on December 10, 2022 Links and Readings Dave...

0:00 Why are we paying so much attention to Kanye West’s antisemitism? 14:02 The two words you never say together 23:28 Could widespread antisemitism take hold in the US? 36:53 The mythological black past and the realities of the present 48:12 How necessary is rootedness to the modern human experience? 56:54 How we make race, how race makes us Recorded on December 10, 2022 Links and Readings Dave...

This week we’ve got something special for you here at The Glenn Show. In late October, I convened in person in New York City with the economist Richard Wolff for an extended debate on the comparative merits of capitalism and socialism. Some of you may have seen Rick’s previous appearance on TGS , where he joined John McWhorter and me for a similar debate. Rick and I both felt that we had more to s...

This week we’ve got something special for you here at The Glenn Show. In late October, I convened in person in New York City with the economist Richard Wolff for an extended debate on the comparative merits of capitalism and socialism. Some of you may have seen Rick’s previous appearance on TGS , where he joined John McWhorter and me for a similar debate. Rick and I both felt that we had more to s...

0:00 How the pandemic affected diversity in the theater 10:24 James gets drawn into an “antiracist” meltdown during rehearsal 21:08 James’s story of ostracism and Loving v. Virginia 26:58 Juilliard students revolt 39:19 A plea for mutual understanding in the theater 47:57 A preview of things to come on The Glenn Show 50:32 Glenn’s problem with “racial inequity” 59:18 Getting through to “Donna” 1:0...

0:00 How the pandemic affected diversity in the theater 10:24 James gets drawn into an “antiracist” meltdown during rehearsal 21:08 James’s story of ostracism and Loving v. Virginia 26:58 Juilliard students revolt 39:19 A plea for mutual understanding in the theater 47:57 A preview of things to come on The Glenn Show 50:32 Glenn’s problem with “racial inequity” 59:18 Getting through to “Donna” 1:0...

0:00 What does “black identity” mean? 4:53 Why Bob left the Civil Rights Movement 8:04 Shelby: Our problem today is freedom, not racism 15:36 Glenn: We can’t afford to give up on black collective goals 21:30 Why Shelby wouldn’t sign a letter of support for Clarence Thomas 30:13 Would freeing ourselves from race mean sacrificing collective action? 39:10 The tactical efficacy of racial identificatio...

0:00 What does “black identity” mean? 4:53 Why Bob left the Civil Rights Movement 8:04 Shelby: Our problem today is freedom, not racism 15:36 Glenn: We can’t afford to give up on black collective goals 21:30 Why Shelby wouldn’t sign a letter of support for Clarence Thomas 30:13 Would freeing ourselves from race mean sacrificing collective action? 39:10 The tactical efficacy of racial identificatio...

0:00 Glenn’s culinary dilemma 3:31 Why the Republican Party depresses John 8:14 What’s the difference between Herschel Walker and John Fetterman? 13:12 Glenn’s argument for voting Republican 30:01 Woke theater’s “melodramatic agitprop” 43:10 Kanye, Kyrie, and the Jews 54:00 What’s “systemic,” “structural,” or “institutional” about racism? Recorded on November 13, 2022 Links and Readings John’s NYT...

0:00 Glenn’s culinary dilemma 3:31 Why the Republican Party depresses John 8:14 What’s the difference between Herschel Walker and John Fetterman? 13:12 Glenn’s argument for voting Republican 30:01 Woke theater’s “melodramatic agitprop” 43:10 Kanye, Kyrie, and the Jews 54:00 What’s “systemic,” “structural,” or “institutional” about racism? Recorded on November 13, 2022 Links and Readings John’s NYT...

My guest this week, filmmaker Rob Montz, is an unlikely figure: a libertarian-leaning Brown University graduate who loves ‘90s rap and produces politically inflected documentaries that push back against the orthodoxies of the mainstream media. Rob has featured me in several of his works, and so I thought it was time to return the favor and have him on TGS. I begin by asking Rob how someone with a...