John McWhorter – June 2024 Q&A

0:00 Why the different format? 4:04 Joe asks John to account for his “emotional and irrational conclusions” about Trump and his recent conviction 15:28 Ground News ad 17:49 Did John really mean it when he implied he hoped someone would assassinate Trump? 23:00 Lauren wants John to justify his “casual endorsement” of gender fluidity in pronoun usage 32:37 Jerry asks why “external factors” like poverty are often used to explain lagging African American scholastic performance, those factors haven’t hindered them from achieving wildly disproportionate success in the cultural realm 38:34 Patrick calls out Glenn for his frequent use of the word “irregardless” 41:26 kgweiland asks Glenn if the Pamela Foster story in my memoir was “yours to share” 46:17 Scott Alex has some technical questions about linguistics for John 50:01 Jakon Joi asks for advice dealing with the tragic, possibly racially motivated murder of her fatherRecorded June 23, 2024Links and ReadingsJune 2024 thread of subscriber questionsJohn talking about Trump voters on Real Time in 2023Daniel Bessner and Glenn on Real Time in 2023Richard Dawkins interviews JohnJohn’s book, The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language 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