John McWhorter – A New Agenda for Higher Ed?

<p>Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com</p><p><strong>Video Links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4" target="_blank">0:00</a> Intro </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=85s" target="_blank">1:25</a> The response to Glenn’s appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=243s" target="_blank">4:03</a> Are institutions like the University of Austin the future of higher ed? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=691s" target="_blank">11:31</a> Ground News ad </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=794s" target="_blank">13:14</a> When social justice musicology came for John’s syllabus </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=1062s" target="_blank">17:42</a> What role should social justice play in academic study? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=1720s" target="_blank">28:40</a> John’s trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=2150s" target="_blank">35:50</a> Will the museum survive Trump’s assault on DEI? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=2687s" target="_blank">44:47</a> Are Glenn and John complicit in anti-DEI overreach? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUFgtdsJf4&#38;t=3330s" target="_blank">55:30</a> The racial animus question in anti-DEI reform</p><p>Recorded on May 21, 2025</p><p><strong>Links and Readings</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbDXrZdvXMk" target="_blank">Glenn’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show</a></p><p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-barbarians-are-at-the-gates" target="_blank">The </a><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-barbarians-are-at-the-gates" target="_blank"><em>Chronicle of Higher Education</em></a><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-barbarians-are-at-the-gates" target="_blank">’s interview with Glenn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Censorship-Glenn-C-Loury/dp/1509567402" target="_blank">Glenn’s forthcoming book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Censorship-Glenn-C-Loury/dp/1509567402" target="_blank"><em>Self-Censorship</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Late-Admissions-Confessions-Black-Conservative/dp/0393881342" target="_blank">Glenn’s memoir, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Late-Admissions-Confessions-Black-Conservative/dp/0393881342" target="_blank"><em>Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative</em></a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mcwhorter-and-clifton-duncan" target="_blank">John’s conversation with actor Clifton Duncan</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/when-buckley-met-baldwin/682586" target="_blank">The BBC’s 1973 production of George Bernard Shaw’s </a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/when-buckley-met-baldwin/682586" target="_blank"><em>Pygmalion,</em></a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/when-buckley-met-baldwin/682586" target="_blank"> starring Lynn Redgrave and James Villiers</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Condemnation-Blackness-Making-America-Preface/dp/0674238141" target="_blank">Khalil Gibran Muhammad’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Condemnation-Blackness-Making-America-Preface/dp/0674238141" target="_blank"><em>The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcWovp1pF8&#38;list=PLyHOr2lH0NV82z0Dm-P0-ch5wfiXYtHEq" target="_blank">Victor Herbert’s operetta, </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcWovp1pF8&#38;list=PLyHOr2lH0NV82z0Dm-P0-ch5wfiXYtHEq" target="_blank"><em>Babes in Toyland</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/opinion/black-history-museum-trump.html" target="_blank">John’s NYT piece on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/alex-shieh-bloat-at-brown-university" target="_blank">Glenn’s conversation with Brown University student Alex Shieh</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>