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🗓️ 18 July 2025
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0:00 Zohran Mamdani’s win in the NYC Democratic primaries
12:07 Ground News ad
14:05 The War on Terror and the War in Gaza
28:54 Should Trump fear Mamdani?
32:02 Glenn: Trump is running the table
42:26 John: Glenn, you’re getting caught up in the Trump Show
48:05 Buckley, Reagan, Goldwater, and the legacy of conservatism
53:56 Glenn’s encounters with Willian F. Buckley
59:30 Remembering Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom
Recorded July 7, 2025
Links and Readings
John’s NYT column, “Wokeness Will Always Be with Us”
Adam Clayton Powell’s “What’s in Your Hand” speech
Sam Tannenhaus’s new book, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
Glenn’s 1991 appearance on Firing Line
Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom’s book, America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible
Glenn’s 1997 Atlantic review of America in Black and White
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0:23.6 | Hey, John. |
0:24.8 | How are you doing? |
0:25.2 | Hey, Glenn. |
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0:26.9 | I'm doing well. |
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0:32.3 | He teaches at Columbia University Rights for the most important newspaper in the world. |
0:37.6 | I think I heard him say recently, The New York Times, and is my buddy. |
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