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John McWhorter (Columbia University, Lexicon ValleyNew York Times) and Glenn Loury (Manhattan InstituteBrown University)

Glenn announces his new venture at Bloggingheads.tv, The Glenn Show. John also announces an exciting new venture: a baby daughter! John and Glenn talk about how GOP presidential candidates are using racial symbolism and racial stereotypes. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum come in for especially close scrutiny, both positive and negative. Also under discussion: how race shapes the public’s perception of Michelle Obama.

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Recorded:Jan 23    Posted:Jan 24, 2012
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The Glenn Show | Jan 24, 2012 | John McWhorter & Glenn Loury

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

Trump’s Gaza Win, Biden’s Legacy Woes

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Andrew Day and Connor Echols cover the foreign policy news of the week. Then, NonZero’s own Robert Wright returns to talk about Biden’s legacy, Trump’s imminent return to the White House, and some important news regarding the NonZero Media Empire.

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Worthwhile Canadian Humiliation

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Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the case for and against Canada as 51st state, how humiliation shapes American politics (and humanity), Facebook’s free speech about-face, and more.

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Is the AI “Revolution” Overblown?

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Robert Wright talks to Timothy B. Lee, co-host of the AI Summer podcast, about the progress and shortcomings of AI.

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Is it time to freak out about Trump?

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Robert Wright and American Prestige podcast hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss the question in light of the President-elect’s talk of taking Greenland and the Panama Canal.

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Fixing the International Order

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Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute and Robert Wright discuss the dysfunctional state of global governance, how it got that way, and what Quincy’s Better Order Project proposes to reform it.

The DMZ

Trump-Endorsed Mike Johnson Emerges as House Speaker. Again

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Matt K. Lewis and Bill Scher return from their post-election hiatus, and brace themselves for Trump 2.0.

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Quasi-Year-End Edition

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Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the conquest of Canada, Luigi Mangione, AI as successor species, Elon’s AI agenda, a Google AI’s acumen, Paul’s (belated) AI awe, brutality on Bluesky, and more.

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How to End the Ukraine War

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Andrew Day and Connor Echols discuss the foreign policy news of the week. In this episode, Day and Echols also discuss how progressives should approach Trump’s foreign policy, and then Anatol Lieven joins to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace talks.

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Marriage on the Rocks

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Robert Wright and Conn Carroll, author of the new book Sex and the Citizen, discuss the history of marriage, its current troubles as an institution, and Carroll’s proposals to address them.

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Did the US start the catastrophe in Ukraine?

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Scott Horton, author of the new book Provoked, makes the case that it did. From Robert Wright’s NonZero Podcast.