John McWhorter, Cornel West & Robert George – Truth, Faith, and Reason in an Age of Division

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comPre-order Glenn's forthcoming book, Self-Censorship. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetai...Video Links0:00 Intro 1:12 Attacks on the university from within and without 9:50 Ground News ad 11:43 Reshaping institutions by force and by argument 20:56 Critiquing the Gaza War without antisemitism 22:30 Reforming para-academic institutions 32:07 Is there a potential conflict between commitments to truth and commitments to diversity of thought? 39:19 Caught between “casual relativism” and “fierce absolutism” 52:18 Cornel: There is no “mic drop” argument on Gaza or anything else 55:19 The straight-jacket of emotional over-investment 1:00:36 The role of faith in the search for truth 1:10:19 Finding faith beyond reason in Stephen SondheimRecorded April 12, 2025Links and ReadingsRobbie and Cornel’s new book, Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of DivisionPlato’s RepublicThomas Kuhn’s book, The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsEugene Genovese’s book, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves MadeAntonio Gramsci’s book, The Prison NotebooksWilliam Blake’s poem, “London”Pope John Paul II’s encyclical, Fides et RatioGenesis 22, King James VersionShakespeare’s HamletGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeMandy Patinkin sings “Finishing the Hat” from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George 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