Robert's work on rising homicide rates in U.S cities  ... The connection between work, school, and crime  ... How some criminal justice reform attempts have failed  ... Why the massive upsurge in crime in U.S. cities in 2020?  ... The challenge of "engaging the family" in the U.S.  ... The surprising data on gender in single-parent homes   ... Did the summer 2020 protests lead to the rise in crime? ... 

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What's Driving the Upsurge in Urban Homicides? (Glenn Loury & Robert Cherry)

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PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:00 Michael’s new role at the University of Austin 5:41 Michael’s “civilization” trilogy 9:40 The rise of pro-censorship opinion among Democrats 17:05 Do new communication technologies require revising our ideas about free speech? 21:53 The Censorship-Industrial Complex 28:10 The anti-censorship benefits of the Streisand Effect 35:37 The government’s role in censorship at Facebook 42:04 What you can’t say about war 45:19 The dehumanizing effects of Black Lives Matters protests 55:25 Forming an anti-nihilist coalition 1:00:36 Embracing American liberal democracy Recorded March 21, 2024 Links and Readings Michael’s Substack, Public University of Austin Michael’s book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All Michael’s book, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities Andrew Lobaczewski’s book, Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism Martin Gurri’s book, The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium The WPATH Files John McWhorter’s book, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America Ernest Becker’s book, The Denial of Death Glenn’s City Journal essay, “The Case for Black Patriotism” John Burn-Murdoch’s Financial Times piece, “America is undergoing a racial realignment” Abigail Schrier’s book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Rob Henderson’s book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class Glenn’s conversation with Rob Henderson 

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Michael Shellenberger – The Censorship-Industrial Complex

A message from Glenn concerning his surgery, his recovery, and what you can expect from The Glenn Show over the next month.  

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PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:00 Why Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wanted to come on TGS 4:42 Keith’s defense of the George Floyd trials’ verdicts 9:54 John: We weren’t wrong to ask the questions we asked, even if our answers came up short at first 13:00: Keith: Liz Collin doesn’t seem to believe that police misconduct actually exists 16:40 How Keith accounts for racial disparities in criminal behavior 21:36 The emotional dimension of prosecution 27:15 Keith’s argument for integration and against charter schools 35:19 The redlining debate 40:00 The burning of Minneapolis’s 3rd Precinct 44:45 Keith: “‘Defund the police’ is dumb” 46:38 What’s causing low police morale? 50:25 Keith’s argument for a two-state solution and re-electing Biden 55:41 Keith: Glenn and John play an important role in political discourse today Recorded March 30, 2024 Links and Readings Keith Ellison’s book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence Glenn and John’s first conversation about The Fall of Minneapolis Glenn and John talk to Fall of Minneapolis filmmakers Liz Collin and JC Chaix Glenn and John talk George Floyd after Radley Balko’s first post on the documentary Radley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd, Part One” Radley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd, Part Two” Radley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd, Part Three” Radley Balko’s response to Coleman Hughes Alpha News Rucker Johnson’s working paper, “Long-Run Impacts of School Desegregation & School Quality on Adult Attainments” John’s NYT piece, “What’s Missing from the Conversation about Systemic Racism” Equal Justice Initiative website 

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John McWhorter and Keith Ellison – Prosecuting Derek Chauvin

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Glenn and John answer questions submitted by Substack subscribers in their March 2024 Q&A; session. Topics covered: race in America after Trayvon Martin, the Hughes-Balko debate, statistics vs. real life, denunciations of antisemitism, privileged African Americans and oppression, the origin story of Glenn and John, and John's alleged case of TDS.

March 2024 Q&A

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:00 The charges Amy faces at Penn 4:08 Glenn: I’ve said some of things that have gotten Amy in trouble myself 10:04 Amy: “You might as well erase the veritas from [Penn’s] mission statement” 18:18 What’s really at issue in the Amy Wax indictment 24:06 Amy’s race realist rebuttal to DEI 34:43 Isn’t there room for some efforts toward proportional representation? 43:46 When IQ differences matter and when they don’t Recorded March 20, 2024 Links and Readings Amy’s 2021 TGS appearance Amy’s 2022 TGS appearance The leaked Penn Hearing Board recommendations Glenn’s 2021 conversation with Charles Murray Charles Murray’s book, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America Amy’s review of Facing Reality in the Claremont Review  

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What's Driving the Upsurge in Urban Homicides? (Glenn Loury & Robert Cherry)

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