John McWhorter – January 2025 Q&A

<p>Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com</p><p>Glenn and John take questions from Substack subscribers in this Q&amp;A episode. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Pto-s-0Xo&#38;t=62s" target="_blank">1:02</a> <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/january-2025-q-and-a/comment/87911501" target="_blank">Pat Rimell</a> presents a list of propositions about general poverty in urban communities</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Pto-s-0Xo&#38;t=1074s" target="_blank">17:54</a> <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/january-2025-q-and-a/comment/87897046" target="_blank">Samuel D. James</a> asks if John has any writing advice</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Pto-s-0Xo&#38;t=1415s" target="_blank">23:35</a> <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/january-2025-q-and-a/comment/87836329\" target="_blank">Tom Wojciaczyk</a> wants to know if what the difference is between an accent and pronunciation</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Pto-s-0Xo&#38;t=1850s" target="_blank">30:50</a> <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/january-2025-q-and-a/comment/88536613" target="_blank">Michael</a> asks why we’re not more worried about Trump taking us back to the nuclear brinksmanship of the Cold War</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Pto-s-0Xo&#38;t=2343s" target="_blank">39:03</a> <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/january-2025-q-and-a/comment/88424309" target="_blank">Karen Dawn Norris</a> offers two defenses of reparations</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Pto-s-0Xo&#38;t=2614s" target="_blank">43:34</a> <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/january-2025-q-and-a/comment/88347168" target="_blank">Young Törless</a> asks, since we use the term “blackness” 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</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>