The Glenn Show is almost entirely listener supported. We need your help in order to keep bringing you the conversations you can't hear anywhere else. To get early episodes and much, much more, become a full subscriber at my Substack. You can keep tabs on Clifton’s progress and support his work at his Substack, Becoming Thomas Sowell . Video Links 0:00 A Hard Day’s McWhorter 3:51 Jimmy Kimmel and the collapse of the“bluegeois” paradigm 9:47 Ground News ad 11:30 Ideological gatekeeping in the arts 17:02 The Gamergate-ification of everything 25:50 John: Wokeness isn’t dead, it’s changed shape 33:11 Clifton’s one-man show in-progress, Becoming Thomas Sowell 35:21 Sowell at Cornell 40:10 The challenge to Sowell’s conception of “the civil rights vision” 43:36 The pressures of bringing Sowell to the stage 45:58 Clifton: I think of Sowell as “the people’s intellectual” Recorded September 20, 2025 Links and Readings John and Clifton’s previous conversation on The Glenn Show Clifton’s Substack, Becoming Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell’s book, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles Sowell’s book, Knowledge and Decisions Thurgood on Amazon Prime Sowell’s book, Black Education: Myths and Tragedies Donald Downs’s book, Cornell ‘69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University Sowell’s book, On Classical Economics Mark Whitaker’s book, Saying It Loud: 1966—the Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement Sowell’s book, Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? Jason Riley’s latest appearance on TGS Jason’s book, Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell Sowell’s memoir, A Personal Odyssey 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
