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TGS Live: Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, "Black Crime," and Much More

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comIn this episode, co-hosted with my editor Mark Sussman, I talk with viewers about the murders of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska, the “black crime” canard, the effects of immigration on black employment, and other weighty topics. It wasn’t all doom and gloom, though. A call from Richard Kim—a newly tenured professor of philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago—gave me the opportunity to reminisce about Father Richard John Neuhaus, a friend who offered me great comfort during one of the most difficult periods of my life. And of course, we hear from Robert Patton-Spruill aka the Landlord Guy aka the Housing Provider aka the Evil Landlord.In order to keep doing these streams and recording weekly episodes of The Glenn Show, I need your help. Anybody can tune into our livestreams as they happen. But if you’d like to watch the video later, you’ll need to become 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 measly $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. To subscribe, go to https://glennloury.substack.com Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Jason Riley – Thomas Sowell's Path from Marx to Hayek

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 The upcoming Hoover Institution conference honoring Thomas Sowell 5:37 Sowell’s apprentice work at the University of Chicago 12:58 Ground News ad 14:45 Hayek’s influence on Sowell 19:55 Jason: No one is smarter than the market 24:58 The unconstrained vision vs. the constrained vision 33:04 Sowell’s contribution to economic literacy 37:44 Sowell’s tough early life and his path to Marx ]47:55 Jason: Sowell’s willingness to weigh in on race hurt his career 53:58 Sowell’s evisceration of The Bell CurveRecorded on August 25, 2025Links and ReadingsJason’s writing for the Wall Street JournalJason’s book, Maverick: A Biography of Thomas SowellThoma Sowell’s memoir, A Personal JourneySowell’s book, Knowledge and DecisionsSowell’s book, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political ConflictSowell’s book, Ethnic America: A HistorySowell’s book, Race and CultureSowell’s book, Migration and Cultures: A World ViewFriedrich Von Hayek’s essay, “The Use of Knowledge in Society”Hayek’s review of Knowledge and DecisionsMary Shelley’s novel, FrankensteinSowell’s book, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social PolicySowell’s book, The Quest for Cosmic JusticeMilton Friedman’s TV show, Free to ChooseRichard Herrnstein and Charles Murray’s book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American LifeSowell’s American Spectator review of The Bell Curve, “Ethnicity and IQ” Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

TGS Live: The Housing Provider Returns

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comOn this week's livestream, Nikita and I are joined by filmmaker, professor, master distiller, and "housing provider" Robert Patton-Spruill. And he does not disappoint. He begins by informing me of a connection between us: his father, then a professor of acting and directing at Boston University, used to smoke weed in front of my house. From there we get into a range of subjects, including the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, the role of faith and the church in our lives, the power of wealth to create change, AI and ChatGPT, and October 7th. Robert then cedes the stage for a while, and I take calls from viewers Jack Apple, Eric Ingram. William Schafer, Rouxbe, and Scott Kushner.Putting viewers in the spotlight has opened a whole new dimension of the show, and we’re going to keep exploring it. So if you want to talk to me directly, tune into the next livestream, which we’ll be announcing soon. But in order to keep doing these streams and recording weekly episodes of The Glenn Show, I need your help. Anybody can tune into our livestreams as they happen. But if you’d like to watch the video later, you’ll need to become 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 piddling $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. Subscribe at https://glennloury.substack.com Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

TGS Live: Progressive Language Policing, Gaza, MAGA after Trump, Thomas Sowell & More

For the full episode and to support The Glenn Show, visit https://glennloury.substack.comOn this recording of my latest livestream, I sit down with my editor, Mark Sussman. Inspired by a recent memo posted by liberal moderate think tank Third Way, Mark and I talk a bit about the communicative dynamics of progressive nomenclature, e.g., “chestfeeding” rather than “breastfeeding” and other awkward neologisms. Can the Democrats afford to get mired in these debates while they’re facing so much anger and dissatisfaction from their own constituency? We take comments and calls on the subject from viewers familiar and new. Scott Kushner and Robert Spruill pop in to give their views. Mark and I debate Trump and what will happen to MAGA when he eventually either cedes the stage or passes away. We talk about the Minnesota school shooter’s gender identity and what, if anything, it has to do with the awful slaughter at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. And of course, Gaza comes up.I’m loving this new feature of the show, but in order to keep it and all things TGS afloat, I need your help. Anybody can tune into our livestreams as they happen, and we’re making this one available to everyone, but normally if you’d like to watch the video later, you’ll need to become 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 piddling $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. To subscribe, go to https://glennloury.substack.com Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Emily Skarbek – Thomas Sowell Today

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 What Thomas Sowell means to Emily 3:54 What’s the difference between a conservative and a classical liberal? 10:59 Ground News ad 12:45 Sowell’s interventions in price theory and microeconomics 19:31 The parallel careers of Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams 24:51 Emily: Trump is not fulfilling Sowell’s vision of liberty 33:37 A Sowellian critique of expert-driven COVID policies 45:08 The risks of uncertainty in Trump’s economic policies 53:46 The future of classical liberalism 58:01 The Mont Pelerin Society’s intellectual landscape 1:01:15 Glenn’s departure from classical liberalismRecorded August 19, 2025Links and ReadingsFriedrich Von Hayek’s book, The Constitution of LibertyHayek’s essay, “Why I Am Not a Conservative”Thomas Sowell’s book, Knowledge and DecisionsBart Wilson’s book, Humanomics: Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations for the Twenty-First CenturyThe Mont Pelerin SocietyJohn Cochrane’s review of Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeHayek’s book, Law, Legislation, and Liberty Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.