Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Columbia’s $221 million-deal with the Trump administration 4:11 Rajiv: The charges about antisemitism at Columbia are mostly pretextual 13:34 How is Columbia’s resolution monitor going to assess merit in admissions? 25:31 What really matters in college admissions? 29:47 Why Brown’s agreement differs from Columbia’s 34:16 Rajiv: If the Trump administration wants to destroy universities, it has the resources to do it 40:07 Is Columbia’s Middle East Studies department cooked? 43:15 Free speech is dying in universities and flourishing on podcasts (and Substack) 50:19 Is a full-scale antisemitic backlash on the way? 55:25 The question of genocide 59:45 The Gaza War’s historical legacy Recorded August 1, 2025 Links and Readings Rajiv’s post, “The Columbia Deal” at Imperfect Information Rashid Khalidi’s open letter announcing the withdrawal of his course Khalidi’s book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 Roland Fryer’s WSJ piece, “DEI Is Worth Saving from Its Excesses” Glenn’s new book, Self-Censorship Colin Wright’s WSJ piece, “Cornell University Discriminated against Me” Dave Smith and Douglas Murray on the Joe Rogan Experience Green Beret vet Tony Aguilar on the Tucker Carlson Show Israeli journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps speaks with The Daily about starvation in Gaza Avi Shlaim’s book, Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine Omer Bartov’s NYT piece, “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.” 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
