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The Glenn Show

The Etiology of Victimology (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)

The Glenn Show

Glenn Loury

Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

John's appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" ... Why John's 2000 book Losing the Race remains relevant today ... The "noble victim complex" ... The counterproductivity of victim narratives ... Where do you draw the line in calling out nonsense? ... Trading agency for victim status ... The exciting roster of upcoming TGS guests ...

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0:00.0

You're listening to a podcast from BloggingHeadsTV.

0:08.8

I think we're underway, John. How you doing, Beth?

0:11.4

Pretty good. How are you going?

0:14.2

I am okay. I am almost completely recovered from COVID. You might be able to detect

0:19.6

a little bit of a rascal that lingers in my voice and I may

0:23.7

turn my head to the side that cough once or twice before this broadcast is over,

0:28.3

but that will be many fewer times than I would have done a week or two ago.

0:32.4

So I'm feeling pretty good. This is Glenn Lowry.

0:35.1

We're at the Glenshow at BloggingHeads.tv and at patreon.com forward slash

0:39.0

Glenshow. I'm with my regular conversation partner, John McWhorter.

0:42.4

He teaches at Columbia University. I teach at Brown University.

0:46.3

We call ourselves the black guys at BloggingHeads.tv and we're back every

0:50.9

other week here at the Glenshow and once a month Q&A for

0:57.8

$10 subscribers at the Patreon platform who get to ask us questions,

1:03.8

which we will address on a monthly basis. We got that coming up pretty soon, John.

1:08.6

We do. Yeah. Anyway, it's the Glenn and John show.

1:12.2

So John, how are you doing? Oh, you've already told me how you're doing.

1:14.7

You're good. I saw you on Bill Mar. That's what we should be talking about right now.

1:18.8

Wait a minute. Everybody, everybody needs to look up.

1:22.6

John's appearance on Bill Mar. You were fabulous, John.

1:26.9

Thank you. You know, I had fun with that one.

1:31.2

I was pleased that Bill kind of let me take the driver's seat,

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