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1:28 John corrects some Wikipedia-driven misconceptions about his work
4:12 ChatGPT pays homage to Glenn and John
6:41 John: JD Vance actually is what I’m merely accused of being
17:59 Ground News ad 20:08 Are there any true sellouts among black conservatives?
28:32 And what is a sellout, anyway?
36:01 What goes on between Clarence and Ginni Thomas?
40:19 An addition to the book club reading list
42:08 ACTA ad
43:54 Remembering Linda Datcher Loury
49:00 Should having children be the norm?
56:34 Glenn sightings in the wild
57:32 Working without a net
Recorded September 23, 2024
Links and Readings
John’s NYT column, “Why JD Vance Dropped into My Inbox”
JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
John’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
Randall Kennedy’s book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal
David Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A Life
David Lodge’s novel, Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses
Barbara and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Percival Everett’s novel, James
RF Kuang’s novel, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
Clint Smith’s Atlantic piece, “George Floyd Was Also a Father”
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