Episode 130: Glenn Loury - My American Dream Story
Description
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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