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LaJuan has appeared in a handful of episodes, but I donât feel like you really know her yet. I wanted to use this episode to introduce you to my lovely wife. We talk about how her difficult early life shaped her political views, how she developed her love of reading and ideas, her alienation from Democrats and the liberal center, and her personal connection to BeyoncĂ©.
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1:33 Demonization on the right and the left
6:23 Is Trumpâs election the nail in the coffin for DEI?
13:50 John: Itâs no use pretending that racism in America is as bad as it was 50 years ago
16:33 Ground News ad
18:36 Has Elon Musk âencouragedâ or âpermittedâ more racism on X?
19:30 John: Itâs a tragedy that Jordan Neely died, but he needed to be restrained
30:12 If Daniel Penny had been a cop
34:05 ACTA ad
36:18 The glorification of Luigi Mangione
47:06 Cheering for the villain
55:43 Will New York remain a sanctuary city?
Recorded December 13, 2024
Links and Readings
Johnâs NYT column, âHow to Dangerously Misread a Very Important Verdictâ
Briahna Joy Gray and Nathan Robinson on Luigi Mangione
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Right after I taped this weekâs episode with John McWhorter, I got on a call with my creative director Nikita Petrov, expecting some follow ups.
We talked about Syria, the worldâs reaction to Trumpâs victory, P. Diddyâs parties, the reasons the labor movement never got the same kind of momentum in the US as it did in Western Europe, and more. But we started by connecting two topics from my conversation with John: the surprisingly cheerful reactions to a killing of an insurance firm CEO in New York, and the seeming demise of DEI as a movement.
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Mike Spooner wants to know how I came around to supporting Trump
Substack Reader wants to know if Trumpâs reelection signals that weâre entering an era where âreason and common sense once again prevail.â
Michoel Stern senses that Iâm becoming more isolationist, and that I donât want America to be the worldâs policeman. So what is the alternative?
Robert Odear asks if there is âan accepted metric for linguistic complexity,â and if there is one, whether linguistically complex societies also tend to be advanced societies.
Nancy wants to know if the triumph over âwokenessâ represented by Trumpâs election is being felt on campus.
Jonathan E. Burack wants to know why I havenât responded to this review of Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs The Message.
Pete Bradshaw asks what we think of the use of political slurs like âfascist,â âHitler,â and âcommie.â
Cara C. suggests that, while it was wrong for Democrats to use lawfare against Trump, it is acceptable for Republicans to use it against Democrats, if only to teach them a lesson.
Recorded December 1, 2024
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0:00 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John
0:45 Thanksgiving with Glenn and John
6:50 Glenn the patriarch
10:35 John Lewisâs legacy
15:48 Ground News ad
17:49 From John Lewis to Stokely Carmichael to Jesse Jackson to BLM
25:21 To isolate or to integrate?
27:41 What black activism could have been
32:02 John: The Black Panthers accomplished nothing
40:04 ACTA ad
42:18 James Baldwinâs ânuttyâ late work
44:45 James Q. Wilsonâs prescient attitude toward Glennâs leftward shift
52:43 The âconservativeâ absence at the National Museum of African American History
55:11 Johnâs investigation of contemporary Yiddish speakers
Recorded December 1, 2024
Links and Readings
David Greenbergâs book, John Lewis: A Life
Barbara Fields and Karen Fieldsâs book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) and Charles Hamiltonâs book, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
Trailer for Raoul Peckâs film, I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwinâs book, The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Glennâs book, Race, Incarceration, and American Values
John DiIulio Jr.âs review of Late Admissions in the Claremont Review of Books
Johnâs NYT column, âYiddish is a Supposedly Dying Language Thatâs Thrillingly Aliveâ
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In this post-show recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about the holiday blues, the contradictions of racial heterodoxy and racial self-identification, and learning from Yiddish-speakers.
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0:47 The Jabbari Lincoln Files, Yayaâs audio spy thriller
5:40 Is Jabbari Lincoln a fictional surrogate for Yaya?
10:05 How Yaya joined the CIA
16:18 What does a CIA analyst do, anyway?
20:42 The lessons of the WMDs debacle
23:08 A Muslim convert at the Agency
28:40 How the 2005 London Underground bombings got Yaya interested in counterterrorism
30:28 Terrorist recruitment and the search for self
35:57 Why Yaya doesnât use the term âIslamophobiaâ
38:52 Yaya: Not even freedom fighters have license to kill with impunity
45:06 What would Malcolm X think about African American support of Palestinians?
52:22 Working for the CIA in the post-COINTELPRO era
Recorded November 9, 2024
Links and Readings
1776 Unites
The Jabarri Lincoln Files
Sam Greenleeâs novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Ivan Dixonâs 1973 film adaptation of The Spook Who Say by the Door
Yayaâs essay for the Journal of Free Black Thought, âHamas Are Not Muslim Freedom Fightersâ
December 2, 1963 NYT article on Malcolm Xâs âChickens coming home to roostâ comment
Yayaâs other podcast, Designated
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In this post-show recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about my conversation with Yaya Fanusie, the sub rosa activities of the CIA, the US's authorization of ATACMS strikes in Russian territory, and more.
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0:43 John reconciles himself to Trumpâs win
4:06 Glenn: Wake up! Itâs time to take Trump seriously!
12:16 Why Glenn feels a sense of excitement about the present moment
14:54 Ground News Ad
16:40 Is Glennâs attitude all about contrarianism?
21:00 Does John hope that Trumpâs administration fails?
26:08 ACTA ad
28:22 Johnâs trip to Dublin with Richard Dawkins
36:44 Johnâs questions for Dawkins
41:51 What Dawkins might think about race, culture, and IQ
Recorded November 18, 2024
Links and Readings
Johnâs NYT piece, âWhat if Iâm the âFriendâ Donald Trump Referred To?â
Johnâs Atlantic piece, âTrumpâs Unmonitored Speechâ
Max Bootâs book, Reagan: His Life and Legend
Richard Dawkinsâs latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
Dawkinsâs book, The Selfish Gene
Dawkinsâs book, The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
Dawkinsâs book, The God Delusion
Dawkinsâs book, The Ancestorsâ Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
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In this post-show recording with Mark and Nikita, I talk about my conversation with John McWhorter, my elation over Trump's victory, and why I wasn't forthcoming about my preference for him over Harris.
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1:21 Have Glennâs intellectual shifts been misread?
5:45 Danny: Francis Fukuyama was right
10:30 Capitalism won. Is that a good thing?
14:18 The climate under capitalism
20:24 Danny: âPeople said 'f**k you' to the Democratic Partyâ
23:51 Why the âTrump is a fascistâ argument makes no sense
27:53 Whither the working class coalition?
33:10 How the US foreign policy establishment won the argument and lost Ukraine
36:28 Danny: There is no way the US can maintain influence in East Asia
38:26 Does Jewish survival require a Jewish state?
43:50 The limits of social science
49:36 The mediaâs obsession with polling
53:55 Is the US reaping what itâs sown on immigration?52:34 Is the US reaping what itâs sown on immigration?
Recorded November 9, 2024
Links and Readings
Dannâs podcast, American Prestige
Dannyâs conversations with Glenn about his intellectual history, parts 1, 2, 3, and 4
Francis Fukuyamaâs Financial Times piece, âWhat Trump Unleashed Means for Americaâ
Dannyâs Nation essay, âThe Liberal Discontents of Francis Fukuyamaâ
Adam Toozeâs podcast, Ones & Tooze
Dannyâs Harperâs essay, âThe Life and Death of Hollywoodâ
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engelsâs manifesto, The Communist Manifesto
Dannyâs Harperâs essay, âEmpire Burlesqueâ
Dannyâs Boston Review piece, âMass Destructionâ
Glennâs recent conversation with Rajiv Sethi
JD Vanceâs book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
John Murray Cuddihyâs book, The Ordeal of Civilization: Freud, Marx, LĂ©vi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity
Yuri Slezkineâs book, The Jewish Century
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In this post-show conversation with my creative director Nikita Petrov, I review this week's episode with historian Daniel Bessner. We also talk about Trump's policy proposals, capitalism, Russia and Ukraine, NATO, and why I sometimes pull back from speaking my mind.
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In this month's Substack subscriber-only Q&A session, we talk about Donald Trump's "Nazi rally" at Madison Square Garden, Martha Raddatz's comments about Venezuelan gangs in Colorado, Glenn's retirement, John's comments about Trump and Vance, my comments about Israel and Palestine, and, of course, Trump's victory.
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This is the Post-Show episode following this week's conversation with John McWhorter. In it, Glenn sits down with his editor Mark Sussman and his creative director Nikita Petrov to talk about the election, why he understands where Trump's supporters are coming from, the meaning of voting, and the possibility that Trump might release sealed documents relating to the JFK assassination.
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[Note: In the episode, John mistakenly referred to the author of a biography of Ronald Reagan as George Will. He meant to reference Max Bootâs Reagan: His Life and Legacy.]
1:39 Pre-election jitters
3:23 Will Democrats contest the election if it goes Trumpâs way?
4:44 A crisis for democracy, maybe, but not the end of democracy
10:02 Johnâs case against Trumpâs proposed second administration
15:36 Ground News ad
17:28 The Obamasâ attempted intervention and post-presidential performance
26:58 The mind of the informed Trump voter
34:20 A revisionist history of the Trump presidency (or presidencies)
41:15 Is Trump losing it or just tired of campaigning?
44:25 The Washington Post and the LA Times decline to endorse
47:48 Glenn and Johnâs election night plans
50:48 The nightmare scenario
Recorded November 3, 2024
Links and Readings
Shelby Steeleâs book, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Canât Win
Jimmy Carterâs book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Johnâs NYT column, âDonald Trump Is Boredâ
Max Bootâs book, Reagan: His Life and Legacy
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Series DVD box set
Douglas Murrayâs Free Press piece, âThings Worth Remembering: Whoever Loses, They Should Lose Like Nixonâ
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0:00 Rajivâs report from the FIRE conference
3:11 Roland Fryerâs keynote address
13:26 Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs humanist universalism
17:25 âTolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulusâ
18:50 Rajivâs reading of Coatesâs stand on âapartheidâ
31:55 The gap between election forecasting models and prediction markets
36:52 The limits of models and markets
39:59 Rajiv: The markets show us a balance between narratives about the election
44:17 Is one crypto trader manipulating the prediction markets in favor of Trump?
53:12 Rajiv: Prediction markets may have sent early signals about January 6
55:19 Rajivâs family history with Kamala Harris
57:45 The new prominence of Indian Americans in politics
1:03:07 The axiom of antiessentialism
Recorded October 27, 2024
Links and Readings
Rajivâs Substack, Imperfect Information
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Lara Bazelonâs 2022 Atlantic essay, âThe ACLU Has Lost Its Wayâ
Glennâs 2021 conversation with Bazelon
Glennâs 2023 conversation with Erec Smith
Eugene Volokh on the Hamline University-Prophet Muhammad painting controversy
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs book, The Message
Coatesâs 2010 Atlantic essay, âThe Ghost of Bobby Leeâ
Ralph Wileyâs book, Dark Witness: When Black People Should Be Sacrificed (Again)
Last weekâs TGS debate about The Messsage
Orlando Pattersonâs book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study
Glennâs book, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality
Glennâs memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Polymarket
Recorded October 27, 2024
Links and Readings
Rajivâs Substack, Imperfect Information
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Lara Bazelonâs 2022 Atlantic essay, âThe ACLU Has Lost Its Wayâ
Glennâs 2021 conversation with Bazelon
Glennâs 2023 conversation with Erec Smith
Eugene Volokh on the Hamline University-Prophet Muhammad painting controversy
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs book, The Message
Coatesâs 2010 Atlantic essay, âThe Ghost of Bobby Leeâ
Ralph Wileyâs book, Dark Witness: When Black People Should Be Sacrificed (Again)
Last weekâs TGS debate about The Messsage
Orlando Pattersonâs book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study
Glennâs book, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality
Glennâs memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Polymarket
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1:22 The Coates debate continues
3:18 John: Coates is a beautiful writer, but âŠ
5:44 John: ⊠The Message is suffused with incuriosity and simplistic thinking
13:45 Glenn: Coates is talking about humanism and power, not race
18:11 Ground News ad
20:25 Is it âall about whiteyâ?
22:11 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote this book. What am I doing?
27:40 What kind of historical imagination is at work in The Message?
34:11 Moral clarity or abdication of responsibility?
36:30 Pro-Palestinian writers John considers acceptable
41:54 The next entries in Glenn and Johnâs book club
42:04 Coatesâs now notorious interview on CBS Mornings
48:45 What is the black intellectualâs role today?
52:16 The counterexample of South Africa
Recorded October 19, 2024
Links and Readings
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs book, The Message
Glenn and Johnâs previous conversation
Johnâs NYT column, âTa-Nehisi Coates and the Myth of Black Fragilityâ
Michael Chabonâs novel, The Yiddish Policemenâs Union
Jeffrey Sachs on YouTube
Judge Andrew Napolitano on YouTube
Trevor Noahâs conversation with Coates
Ezra Kleinâs conversation with Coates
Peter Beinartâs conversation with Coates
David Greenbergâs new book, John Lewis: A Life
Karen and Barbara Fieldsâs book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Glennâs memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
James Baldwinâs essay, âLetter from a Region in My Mindâ
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1:41 Pennâs sanctions against Amy
7:47 Whatâs at stake in the charges against Amy?
14:03 The trouble with âhate speechâ
17:48 Should we abolish the nation-state?
21:38 The debates that canât happen in the university
26:44 Ethnonationalism and group differences
33:11 Amyâs defense of maintaining an âAnglo-Protestantâ American majority
42:32 Amyâs concerns about Asian migration
47:52 Are immigrants bringing lax attitudes toward property rights with them?
52:52 Glenn: Immigrants impart dynamism to a culture thatâs always been in flux
1:01:13 Glenn and Amy talk about porn
1:07:51 The absence of virtue in political discourse
1:13:05 Amyâs next steps
Recorded October 12, 2024
Links and Readings
Amyâs Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed, âPaying the Price for the Breakdown of the Countryâs Bourgeois Cultureâ
Glenn and Amyâs 2017 conversation, âThe Downside to Social Upliftâ
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs new book, The Message
William Vogeleiâs Claremont Review of Books review of Robert Kaganâs Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America ApartâAgain
Coleman Hughesâs book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinsonâs book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daniel Di Martinoâs recent appearance on The Glenn Show
Irving Kristolâs 1971 essay, âPornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorshipâ
Glennâs essay, âThe Case for Black Patriotismâ
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1:12 The Vance-Walz debate
4:28 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs new book is brilliant
13:16 John and Coatesâs ancient beef
15:31 Coatesâs âblisteringâ critique of Zionism
18:22 Ground News ad
20:39 Do you have to solve the problem of âapartheidâ in order to criticize it?
33:10 Glennâs reappraisal of Coates (and Johnâs bemusement)
34:53 ACTA ad 36:39 Will the race card play for Eric Adams?
42:31 What has Eric Adams accomplished?
43:57 Why John defends Amy Wax
49:17 Glenn: Amy Wax gets to have her opinion
Recorded October 5, 2024
Links and Readings
The Vance-Walz VP debate
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâs book, The Message
Coleman Hughesâs Free Press review of The Message
Coatesâs book, Between the World and Me
Coatesâs Atlantic essay, âThe Case for Reparationsâ
Glenn and Johnâs in-person TGS episode
Andrew Yangâs Newsweek piece, âI Ran against Eric Adams. I Saw This Coming.â
Johnâs NYT piece, âShe Is Outrageous, Demeaning, Dangerous. She Shouldnât Be Punished.â
Amy Waxâs December 2021 TGS appearance
Waxâs August 2022 TGS appearance
Waxâs March 2024 TGS appearance
Richard Sanderâs Stanford Law Review article, âA Systematic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schoolsâ
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1:15 Why Daniel immigrated to the US
5:14 What went wrong in Venezuela?
8:45 Daniel: Both the Biden administration and global trends are to blame for the border crisis
11:19 Trump promises to deport record numbers of illegal immigrants. But can he?
13:00 Whatâs it take to fix immigration? Money.
18:39 The flawed strategy of making immigration into Mexicoâs problem
20:48 The bad information and rumors fueling asylum-seekers
23:18 Should residency visa programs prioritize the richest immigrants?
32:13 The labor market consequences of immigration
37:27 Danielâs large-scale proposals for national immigration policy
43:00 How many unauthorized immigrants are in US right now?
45:23 The political realities of immigration reform44:08 The political realities of immigration reform
Recorded September 23, 2025
Links and Readings
Danielâs writing for City Journal
Danielâs report for the Manhattan Institute, âThe Lifetime Fiscal Impact of Immigrantsâ
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