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🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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0:00 Inside the mind of a crack columnist
4:19 The blowback from Norman Finkelstein’s TGS appearance
15:27 Is it enough to be a “happy warrior” for your cause?
28:45 How did MLK become MLK?
37:37 What’s in a name when that name is “Woodrow Wilson”?
49:10 Glenn: “Clarence Thomas’s name should be on public school buildings”
Recorded May 30, 2023
Links and Readings
Norman Finkelstein’s book, I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Come to It: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom
Jonathan Eig’s new biography of Martin Luther King, King: A Life
Jonathan Eig’s biography of Muhammad Ali, Ali: A Life
Charles Johnson’s novel, Middle Passage
Charles Johnson’s novel, Dreamer
Reza Aslan’s new book, An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville
PBS’s Frontline documentary, Clarence and Ginni
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