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Glenn Loury (Brown University, Hoover Institution, Late Admissions, Self-Censorship) and Matt Johnson (How Hitchens Can Save the Left)
- How Matt first encountered Christopher Hitchens . 0:00
- Matt’s new book, How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment . 6:07
- Why Matt thinks Cornel West’s Vietnam-Afghanistan analogy is flawed . 8:00
- What’s worth preserving in the left-liberal tradition? . 14:21
- Matt: Identity politics is a “toxin” . 21:38
- Was affirmative action ever necessary? . 27:20
- Matt: I wish the left would rediscover Hitchens’s universalism . 35:39
- Hitchens’s “fearless liberalism” . 45:04
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Recorded:Jul 6
Posted:Jul 22, 2023
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- Matt’s new book, How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment
- Hitchens’s NYRB review of Douglas Murray’s Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas
- Hitchens’s book, Why Orwell Matters
- George Orwell’s book, Keep The Aspidistra Flying
- Glenn’s recent conversation with Cornel West
- Matt’s Quillette essay on John Mearsheimer
- Matt’s Quillette essay on Bayard Rustin
- Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life
- Nathan Glazer’s book, Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy
- Roland Fryer’s NYT oped, “How to Fix College Admissions Now”
- Glenn’s debate with Hitchens
- Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Atlantic essay, “The Case for Reparations”
- Bayard Rustin’s 1965 Commentary essay, “From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement”
- Norman Finkelstein’s book, I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Come to It!: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom
- Glenn’s conversation with Norman Finkelstein
The Glenn Show | Jul 22, 2023 | Glenn Loury & Matt Johnson
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