The Glenn Show

Toby's organization, Justice Is Global ... Slow economic growth and rightwing nationalism ... Toby: The only way to deal effectively with inequality is globally ... How to solve the overcapacity problem in the steel industry ... Toby's radical idea: a global minimum wage ... Can the WTO become a vehicle for progressive policies? ... Will the GOP's "blame China" strategy work? ... Worrying about an October surprise from Trump ... Toby: Racial justice and economic justice go hand in hand ...

Looking for the truth between "Blue Lives Matter" and "ACAB" ... The rarely noted decline in police shootings ... What are the cops thinking? ... Peter: The police will never be fully demilitarized ... Aryeh: The underlying issue is widespread gun possession ... The Buffalo protester and cops who are bad at PR ... Peter: The actions of George Floyd's killer are baffling ... Peter argues that police abolition is "crazy" ... Peter lists his ideal police reforms ... The vast regional disparities in policing ...

Is liberalism being supplanted? ... Why Millennials succeeded in changing the culture of the workplace ... James Bennet's resignation and the "new samizdat" ... Mickey dismisses Bob’s fears about Trump’s authoritarian potential ... Is the New York Times now a journal of opinion? ... Mickey laments that welfare reform didn't work as well as he hoped ... Bob wants progressives to think about class, not just race ... Mickey: Conservatives should retreat on Confederate statues ... Examining conspiracy theories about the elderly Buffalo protester ... Lafayette Square revisited ...

"Lean In" feminism and the Karen meme ... What does it mean to call the cops? ... The politics of quitting your job ... Amid the protests, past microaggressions are aired online ... Brands agree that black lives matter. Hooray? ... Examining the apology of a pretty, white lifestyle influencer ...

On shaving and summer schedules ... Bill: "A blue wave is building" ... Matt fears a monster movie–style Trump comeback ... Bill: Elected Democrats aren't on board with #DefundThePolice ... Is Kamala now the safe VP pick? ... The trouble with hashtag slogans ... Examining Tom Cotton's controversial NYT op-ed ...

John: George Floyd's murder was not an exclusively racial matter ... Glenn: "We're in the grip of hysteria" ... John: Apparently anti-racism trumps even medical science ... What it's like being a black contrarian right now ... Glenn: The real threat to black people is crime ... John argues that fixing problems with the cops has to be the first step ...

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Ross's new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success ... Ross's surprising perspective on technological change ... The Back to the Future test: looking at 1955 vs. 1985 and 1985 vs. 2015 ... Is information technology leading to disruption or stagnation? ... Imagining how a new renaissance might emerge ... Space travel as an escape from decadence ... Ross is skeptical about Bob's favorite Catholic theologian, Teilhard de Chardin ... The Matrix, Wall-E, and Jesus ... Applying Ross's decadence thesis to the pandemic and the protests ...

Was the pandemic lockdown overkill? ... How Michele transitioned her high school students to distance learning ... Michele: We changed the rules on our students ... The “herd mentality” opposing herd immunity ... Michele: “Teachers should be getting back to work” ...

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Josh: This is a more dangerous moment than any I can remember ... Was George Floyd lynched? ... Glenn views police abuse as a universal problem and fears racialized backlash ... Josh worries about free and fair elections in November ... Glenn: Violence and looting must be denounced ... Glenn and Josh agree that Trump is not up to the task ... The price of order and the cost of chaos ...

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Josh: This is a more dangerous moment than any I can remember ... Was George Floyd lynched? ... Glenn views police abuse as a universal problem and fears racialized backlash ... Josh worries about free and fair elections in November ... Glenn: Violence and looting must be denounced ... Glenn and Josh agree that Trump is not up to the task ... The price of order and the cost of chaos ...