Rob Henderson – The Cost of Luxury Beliefs

<p>PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> What makes an “elite”?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=277s" target="_blank">4:37</a> Rob’s very rough early childhood</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=459s" target="_blank">7:39</a> Rob’s experience with foster care and adoption</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=755s" target="_blank">12:35</a> Why Rob joined the Air Force</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=1043s" target="_blank">17:23</a> The uses of military discipline</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=1335s" target="_blank">22:15</a> A 25-year-old military vet freshman at Yale</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=1495s" target="_blank">24:55</a> Luxury beliefs and cultural capital</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=1796s" target="_blank">29:56</a> Who bears the cost of defunding the police?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=2143s" target="_blank">35:43</a> Two-parent households for me but not for thee</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=2459s" target="_blank">40:59</a> Revealed preferences and implicit understanding</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=2817s" target="_blank">46:57</a> Interclass resentment as a political weapon</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=3165s" target="_blank">52:45</a> How Rob became both the “token liberal” and the “token conservative”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNDV6aHo-Q&#38;t=3482s" target="_blank">58:02</a> Rob: Poverty doesn’t necessarily generate social dysfunction</p><p>Recorded February 19, 2024</p><p><strong>Links and Readings</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Memoir-Foster-Family-Social/dp/1982168536" target="_blank">Rob’s memoir, </a><em>Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class</em></p><p><a href="https://www.robkhenderson.com/" target="_blank">Rob’s Substack</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/06/opinion/sat-act-dartmouth-test-optional-colleges/" target="_blank">Rob’s </a><em>Boston Globe </em><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/06/opinion/sat-act-dartmouth-test-optional-colleges/" target="_blank">op-ed, “The SAT is pathway to more college diversity, not less”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/luxury-beliefs-that-only-the-privileged-can-afford-7f6b8a16" target="_blank">Rob’s WSJ piece, “‘Luxury Beliefs’ That Only the Privileged Can Afford”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/luxury-beliefs-that-only-the-privileged-can-afford-7f6b8a16https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/luxury-beliefs-that-only-the-privileged-can-afford-7f6b8a16" target="_blank">Robert Putnam’s book, </a><em>Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Apart-State-America-1960-2010/dp/030745343X" target="_blank">Charles Murray’s book, </a><em>Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Leisure-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199552584" target="_blank">Thorstein Veblen’s book, </a><em>The Theory of the Leisure Class</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Distinction-Routledge-Classics-Pierre-Bourdieu/dp/0415567882https://www.amazon.com/Distinction-Routledge-Classics-Pierre-Bourdieu/dp/0415567882" target="_blank">Pierre Bourdieu’s book, </a><em>Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wasps-Splendors-Miseries-American-Aristocracy/dp/163936210X" target="_blank">Michael Knox Beran’s book, </a><em>Wasps: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/opinion/foster-child-conservative.html" target="_blank">Rob’s NYT op-ed, “Why Being a Foster Child Made Me a Conservative</a>"</p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>