Cornel West – The Black Intellectual in a Declining Empire

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 Glenn and Cornel’s early correspondence 2:20 Cornel: “Brother Glenn ain’t never been just a black conservative” 9:34 Ground News ad 11:10 One-eyed and two-eyed reason 19:33 The Loury family legacy 25:01 Does race still matter? 34:32 The black intellectual in a declining empire 45:56 Keeping nihilism at bay in the black community 51:42 Keep the funk, and die with a smile on your face 55:40 The Democratic Party plantationRecorded July 18, 2025Links and ReadingsGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeToni Morrison’s book, The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and MeditationsRalph Ellison’s book, Shadow and ActThomas Sowell’s book, The Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political StruggleCornel’s book, Race MattersTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageCornel’s book, Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight against ImperialismTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American TragedyColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaMahalia Jackson’s rendition of Clara Ward’s, “How I Got Over”John Coltrane’s album, A Love SupremeNiall Ferguson’s book, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American EmpireGlenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesFyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, The Brother’s KaramazovJoseph Conrad’s novel, Victory: An Island TaleCornel’s 2024 Gifford Lectures This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe