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TGS Live: The Moral Necessity of Self-Regard

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com This is a free segment from a two-hour livestream [https://glennloury.substack.com/p/tgs-live-discontent-in-nigeria-trumps] of The Glenn Show. To watch the whole thing, become a full subscriber. You’ll get access to all TGS content, including video of livestreams, audience Q&As with me and John McWhorter, and lots of other great content. The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience supported. Thank you for all you do. In this TGS Live segment, Glenn Loury and TGS contributor Robert Patton-Spruill discuss Larry Summers's withdrawal from teaching at Harvard and expulsion from the American Economics Association. Glenn and Rob talk about how Glenn's own experience with public disgrace shapes his thinking about Summers's case. Watch the video here. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Aj83gT-umM] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe [https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

TGS Live: Discontent in Nigeria, Trump's Sights on Venezuela, Bernie Calls for AI Regs, and Dealing with Public Disgrace

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com [https://glennloury.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com On this recording of last week's livestream, we discuss my conversation with a Nigerian development economist, Trump's moves against Venezuela, Pete Hegseth's boat strikes, flooding and winter weather in Gaza, and Bernie Sanders's call for government regulation of AI. Last week, Larry Summers stepped back from teaching at Harvard and was banned for life from the American Economics Association after it was revealed that he maintained a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution with a minor in 2008. I talk about my own experience with public disgrace, and explain why I think the AEA has acted too hastily in this instance. This recording of the stream is available to full subscribers. We’ll make a long-ish clip available for free subscribers on Friday. But if you want the whole thing, consider becoming a full subscriber. The Glenn Show is almost entirely viewer supported, so to those of us who are already full subscribers, let me extend a heartfelt thank you. And if you’re not yet a full subscriber, please consider becoming one. The Glenn Show can only do what it does through the generosity of viewers and listeners. For a mere $6/month or $50/year [https://glennloury.substack.com], you’ll get weekly episodes of The Glenn Show earlier than their public release, monthly Q&A episodes with John McWhorter, access to the full Substack archives, and other exclusive bonus content.

Paul Starr – Liberal Revolution, Conservative Revenge

The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. Become a subscriber and join the conversation at https://glennloury.substack.com [https://glennloury.substack.com] Video Links 0:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA] Paul: The past shows us there’s a basis for hope for this country3:40 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=220s] The origins of Paul’s new book, American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now [https://www.amazon.com/American-Contradiction-Revolution-Revenge-1950s/dp/0300282435]11:07 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=667s] Is the push-pull between liberation struggles and institutional resistance a uniquely American phenomenon?13:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=811s] Ground News ad15:39 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=939s] The black freedom struggle as a template for change21:37 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=1297s] From civil rights to progressive overreach24:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=1471s] Can the Democrats take back lost ground? 30:58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=1858s] Paul: Trump’s immigration crack-downs are acts of political revenge 35:53 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=2153s] The social triumph and political tragedy of immigration45:54 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=2754s] How modern media fragmented American society52:59 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=3179s] Paul: We need to restrain executive power57:39 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDTw-TgOeA&t=3459s] The importance of remembering our past without being shackled by it Recorded November 20, 2025 Links and Readings Paul’s new book, [https://www.amazon.com/American-Contradiction-Revolution-Revenge-1950s/dp/0300282435]American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now [https://www.amazon.com/American-Contradiction-Revolution-Revenge-1950s/dp/0300282435] Anne Case and Angus Deaton’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Despair-Future-Capitalism-Anne/dp/069119078X]Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism [https://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Despair-Future-Capitalism-Anne/dp/069119078X] Pauli Murray and Mary Eastwood’s article, “Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII” [https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1000687209] Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Ezra-Klein/dp/1806158965]Abundance: How We Build a Better Future [https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Ezra-Klein/dp/1806158965] Paul’s [https://prospect.org/2024/12/04/2024-12-04-social-triumph-political-tragedy-immigration/]American Prospect [https://prospect.org/2024/12/04/2024-12-04-social-triumph-political-tragedy-immigration/] article, “The Social Triumph and Political Tragedy of Immigration” [https://prospect.org/2024/12/04/2024-12-04-social-triumph-political-tragedy-immigration/] Paul’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Creation-Media-Political-Origins-Communications/dp/0465081940]The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communication [https://www.amazon.com/Creation-Media-Political-Origins-Communications/dp/0465081940] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe [https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

TGS Live: John McWhorter on Our Profane Discourse + Q&A

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com [https://glennloury.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Since we’ve got the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the week, I’m releasing the first half of the conversation to everyone today instead of this Friday. For access to the entire conversation, including the Q&A, become a full subscriber. [https://glennloury.substack.com] This episode's central topic: the vulgarity of our present discourse. Though “vulgarity” doesn’t quite capture what we’re talking about on this show. It’s not news to say that the tenor of public speech has coarsened over the decades—words and phrases that would have been utterly taboo in the media of the 1960s hardly give us pause today. But what does seem new is the sometimes shockingly racist, sexist, and homophobic sentiments that have become a part of “ordinary” political debate. The Overton window is shifting, and it’s not doing it on its own. One force moving it is surely the wide availability of online platforms. Everyone has a camera and a microphone, and as more and more people avail themselves of the communication tools available to them, views that were once filtered out by mainstream and legacy outlets are finding their way to the center of the conversation. But another force moving the window is what’s going on in the world. While I may roll my eyes when, for example, Nick Fuentes touts the virtues of Jim Crow, he’s responding to items in the news, like violent crime committed by black youth, that do need to be taken seriously. Then it’s on to our subscriber-only Q&A session, where John and I took questions about God and morality, the Democrats’ electoral prospects, Black English vernacular, China’s outpacing of American economic growth, AI and education, Looney Tunes, and socialism vs. social democracy, plus questions from the YouTube chat. The Glenn Show is almost entirely viewer supported, so to those of us who are already full subscribers, let me extend a heartfelt thank you. And if you’re not yet a full subscriber, please consider becoming one [https://glennloury.substack.com]. The Glenn Show can only do what it does through the generosity of viewers and listeners. For a mere $6/month or $50/year, you’ll get weekly episodes of The Glenn Show earlier than their public release, monthly Q&A episodes with John McWhorter, access to the full Substack archives, and other exclusive bonus content.

Howard Husock – The Failure of American Public Housing

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Video Links 0:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA] Howard’s new book, The Projects: A New History of Public Housing [https://www.amazon.com/Projects-New-History-Public-Housing/dp/1479828432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L78D1LFCHYQC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7e3TYDDZGFME7SETbmIffQ.3lCK7CgBbblGhL68MIHX1PVGNKFFz3AM30HNxEJsap8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+projects+husock&qid=1763745965&sprefix=the+projects+husoc%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1] 5:58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=358s] The failed utopianism of American public housing 12:04 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=724s] The dispossession of urban African American communities 14:54 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=894s] Ground News ad 16:40 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=1000s] Did reformers have a reason for demolishing the slums? 22:01 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=1321s] Changing the culture of public housing 30:13 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=1813s] What’s working in public housing 33:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=2015s] Trump’s plan for a two-year limit on public housing 35:25 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=2125s] Howard’s criticism of Zohran Mamdani’s proposed rent freeze in NYC 41:13 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=2473s] The causes of homelessness 44:21 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=2661s] The “Move to Opportunity” experiments 48:11 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&t=2891s] What does it take to ensure that poor neighborhoods are also good neighborhoods Recorded November 19, 2025 Links and Readings Howard’s new book, [https://www.amazon.com/Projects-New-History-Public-Housing/dp/1479828432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L78D1LFCHYQC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7e3TYDDZGFME7SETbmIffQ.3lCK7CgBbblGhL68MIHX1PVGNKFFz3AM30HNxEJsap8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+projects+husock&qid=1763745965&sprefix=the+projects+husoc%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1]The Projects: A New History of Public Housing [https://www.amazon.com/Projects-New-History-Public-Housing/dp/1479828432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L78D1LFCHYQC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7e3TYDDZGFME7SETbmIffQ.3lCK7CgBbblGhL68MIHX1PVGNKFFz3AM30HNxEJsap8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+projects+husock&qid=1763745965&sprefix=the+projects+husoc%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1] Scott Davis’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/World-Patience-Gromes-Unmaking-Community-ebook/dp/B008YNAE6U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q32QSHVX4BUO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cggq4K6tuij8h7PtWVb_u3L8sIPHtDn0RMFXtWOkVnE.9p-tgWVH9GyTTLJHgbBlrdZWHF2zA7PXZuQERZRmlbM&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+world+of+patience+gromes&qid=1763746302&sprefix=the+world+of+patience+%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1]The World of Patience Gromes: Making and Unmaking a Black Community [https://www.amazon.com/World-Patience-Gromes-Unmaking-Community-ebook/dp/B008YNAE6U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q32QSHVX4BUO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cggq4K6tuij8h7PtWVb_u3L8sIPHtDn0RMFXtWOkVnE.9p-tgWVH9GyTTLJHgbBlrdZWHF2zA7PXZuQERZRmlbM&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+world+of+patience+gromes&qid=1763746302&sprefix=the+world+of+patience+%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1] Le Corbusier’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-City-Elements-Machine-Age-Civilization/dp/B001B3QLK8]The Radiant City: Elements of a Doctrine of Urbanism to be Used as the Basis of Our Machine-Age Civilization [https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-City-Elements-Machine-Age-Civilization/dp/B001B3QLK8] Catherine Bauer’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Housing-Catherine-Bauer/dp/1517909066]Modern Housing [https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Housing-Catherine-Bauer/dp/1517909066] Herbert Gans’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Villagers-Group-Class-Italian-Americans/dp/0029112400]Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans [https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Villagers-Group-Class-Italian-Americans/dp/0029112400] HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program [https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/rad] Zohran Mamdani’s “freeze the rent” ad [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v6Ebo17Mc-M] Matthew Desmond’s book, [https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City-ebook/dp/B010ZXKCAO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2USOXVSGT015E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m-DnFWjbfGe9fro2yp8IMt-GrNw2YD-1V0QB0bEbbNOkjRVKq79xx3EIogALZJMhitewvyuN8Xm9OKCaQX56XhrN0NGjFSzDcn5cGd8uUkL7STQoVfALL808i8xN18YP1-ndrr1nRZyyGeqoaPVtTj57ZU07VOR2yxKnsFJRVx2_WPu6e3rmfdPNzAFWaXxDxDSVN_8AOM6OBkdDhg13WEEs29GyZpZ4Hgyacdc10dQ.PC5tlaqQLily6OHHzqphU2YAWVyHa0ViUzzb6FRYmQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=matthew+desmond+evicted&qid=1763748684&sprefix=matthew+desmond+evicte%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1]Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City [https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City-ebook/dp/B010ZXKCAO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2USOXVSGT015E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m-DnFWjbfGe9fro2yp8IMt-GrNw2YD-1V0QB0bEbbNOkjRVKq79xx3EIogALZJMhitewvyuN8Xm9OKCaQX56XhrN0NGjFSzDcn5cGd8uUkL7STQoVfALL808i8xN18YP1-ndrr1nRZyyGeqoaPVtTj57ZU07VOR2yxKnsFJRVx2_WPu6e3rmfdPNzAFWaXxDxDSVN_8AOM6OBkdDhg13WEEs29GyZpZ4Hgyacdc10dQ.PC5tlaqQLily6OHHzqphU2YAWVyHa0ViUzzb6FRYmQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=matthew+desmond+evicted&qid=1763748684&sprefix=matthew+desmond+evicte%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1] UCSF’s homelessness study [https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/our-impact/studies/california-statewide-study-people-experiencing-homelessness] This is a public episode. 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