• Episode 130: Glenn Loury - My American Dream Story

  • Nov 22 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Episode 130: Glenn Loury - My American Dream Story

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  • Glenn Loury‬ is an economist, a professor at Brown University, a podcaster, an essayist, and is the author of "Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative" and the essay "The Case for Black Patriotism."

    A rebroadcast from 2022.

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    (00:00) Intro

    (01:01) Get to know Glenn Loury

    (03:56) South Side of Chicago culture when Glenn was a boy

    (06:11) Fatherhood at 18, working at RR Donnelley & Sons, and Mr. Andres

    (15:01) Opportunity launches Glenn to Northwestern and MIT

    (19:34) The culture and opportunity of MIT

    (28:48) The first African-American tenured economics professor in Harvard, at 33

    (37:30) Glenn's interest in politics and his heterodox political philosophy

    (47:44) A memorable incident with Glenn's uncle Alfred

    (55:35) How Glenn's conservatism informs his views on the campus

    (01:01:57) Glenn's defense of Western culture

    (01:06:43) "The Case for Black Patriotism"

    (01:23:17) An American Living "The American Dream"
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