John McWhorter – Feeling the "Joy" at the DNC

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813491:28 John heads back to the linguistic woodshed 3:55 Glenn’s nascent retirement plan 4:23 Glenn and John’s late summer reading 11:58 The “joy” of the Democratic National Convention 17:47 Ground News ad 20:11 The oratorical panache of the Obamas25:37 John: What’s the point of all this performative joy? 30:16 Keywords from the DNC: “Weird” 34:17 Keywords from the DNC: “Freedom” 41:48 Keywords from the DNC: “Joy” 44:25 Keywords from the DNC: “Fight” 46:03 ACTA ad 47:52 Glenn’s distrust of Kamala’s candidacy 52:42 Why Glenn puts the “Hussein” in “Barack Hussein Obama” 56:04 RFK Jr’s endorsement of Donald Trump 1:04:51 Coming soon: Breakfast with the LourysRecorded August 25, 2024Links and ReadingsPercival Everett’s novel, JamesHarriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s CabinJames Baldwin’s essay, “Everybody’s Protest Novel”Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir, Between the World and MeAlex Haley’s novel, Roots: The Saga of an American FamilyBarack Obama’s DNC speechMichelle Obama’s DNC speechOprah Winfrey’s DNC speechJohn’s NYT column, “The Hidden Grammatical Reason That ‘Weird’ Works” 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