Bloggingheads.tv: The Glenn Show

Glenn asks: Is Jon’s heterodoxy insufficiently pugilistic? ... Jon’s theory of social media-driven “structural stupidity” ... Do the Republican Party’s structural flaws negate its policies? ... The rise of social media and the disappearance of free play for kids ... Race, trans issues, and the future of the country ... Why are economists uniquely heterodox thinkers in the academy? ... What fills t...

Race and economics in the UK ... How long will the concerns of native-born Black Americans drive the race conversation? ... The shaky “people of color” coalition ... Trying to account for racial disparities in the commission of violent crime ... Reclaiming moral agency from white people ... The Old Parkland conference ... John’s forthcoming lectures on the alphabet ... Glenn’s critique of John’s s...

The work of the Woodson Center ... Sylvia’s recent five-city tour to support victims of violence ... How tragedy moved Sylvia to start Voices of Black Mothers United ... Sylvia: We must work with the police in our communities ... What role does race play in VBMU’s work? And where are the fathers? ... The importance of forgiveness in the healing process ... How VBMU is reaching out beyond Black com...

John: We need a word besides “racism” to distinguish racial inequities from what happened in Buffalo ... Glenn: I don’t agree with everything Tucker Carlson says, but he’s not a racist ... Demographic change is happening in the US, but how should we understand it? ... What does Tucker think he’s doing and what is he actually doing? ... Glenn: We should be able to freely debate immigration policy w...

How scientific are the social sciences? ... Glenn defends the reliability of economic predictions ... The strengths and weaknesses of “natural experiments” ... How much does culture affect economic behavior? ... New insights from behavioral economics ... Dan: We trust the social sciences too much ...

Why Ed is being removed from the directorship of the Institute for Freedom & Community ... The pressure campaigns waged against past Institute events ... John: Administrators at St. Olaf should be ashamed of themselvesc ... Are right-wing campaigns against openly trans and nonbinary elementary school teachers the equivalent of left-wing cancel culture? ... What are the social determinants of gende...

Acknowledging the black middle class ... How the Democratic Party works against progressives ... Briahna: The interests of political parties no longer reflect the interests of voters ... Should we increase taxes on the very rich in order to fund the social safety net? ... Briahna makes the case for Medicare for All ... Should we cancel student debt? ... The left-right alliance over intervention in...

Greg’s work with the Jazz Leadership Project ... How does a “black” art form operate within a corporate environment? ... What’s left of the legacy of Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, and Stanley Crouc ... Black culture after the postmodern turn ... Greg’s work with the Institute for Cultural Evolution ... Greg’s critique of Black Lives Matter ... Rooted cosmopolitanism and the “Faustian bargain” of w...

What is Glenn’s goal as a public intellectual? ... Glenn has his critique of affirmative action … ... … but is articulating the critique enough? ... Glenn: My raison d’être is to give voice to my contempt for the failures of my people ... Stephanie: At a certain point, you’re not describing reality, you’re influencing it ... The case for integralism ... “Evolution is beautiful, but it’s not pretty...

The NYT commemorates the tenth anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death ... What really happened between Martin and George Zimmerman? ... How John’s relationship with The Root frayed ... Learning from the O.J. Simpson case ... Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown on the big and small screen ... Where are the consequences for those who get it wrong? ... Remembering Scott Joplin ...

Some unspeakable truths ... Are comics now afraid to speak their minds onstage? ... The difference between telling the truth and getting a laugh ... Can jokes actually do harm? ... Nikki Jax on comedy and trans issues ... Who actually “cancels” comics, audiences or corporations? ... Sam Jay on artistic freedom and mob mentality ... Q&A: I’m worried people won’t understand that my one-woman show is...

The principle that race shouldn’t matter and the fact that it does ... The high stakes of affirmative action ... In defense of Charles Murray ... Are there facts we’re better off not knowing? ... When does affirmative action make sense and when is it counterproductive? ... Is belief in God irrational? ... Suffering and the illusion of self ... Finding meaning in secular community ...

Matt’s brief career as a professional basketball player in Mongolia ... What drove Putin to invade Ukraine? ... Are there limits to Putin’s power in Russia? ... Putting ourselves in Russia’s geopolitical shoes ... The appeal of Russian nationalism ... Did we learn anything from Iraq and Afghanistan? ... Did Russiagate obscure Americans’ ability to see Russia’s actions clearly? ... The value of pub...

Daniel: Putin’s actions in Ukraine demonstrate the decline of American global hegemony ... Did the Soviet Union have the same expansionist ambitions as the US? ... How the war in Ukraine could increase nuclear proliferation ... Daniel: It’s absurd that people got so upset about Whoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust comment ... Does the US have “mass politics” anymore? If not, is that a bad thing? ... When d...

Glenn contemplates exiting academia ... Why should Jeffrey Lieberman lose his jobs over a tacky tweet? ... The historical significance of the word “Negro” ... The revolt against “Latinx” ... Why Glenn doesn’t capitalize “black” ... Why does “blackness” take precedence? ... Glenn: Tenure without mandatory retirement can be a problem ... Will the US send troops to Ukraine? ...