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TGS Live: Michael Poliakoff on Rescuing Civics
The American university system is one of this country’s crowning achievements.
Jun 8
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Glenn Loury
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May 2026 Q&A
Last month, John McWhorter and I explored the latest tranche of questions from full subscribers.
Jun 7
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Glenn Loury
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On the Next TGS Live: How to Fix Civic Education with ACTA's Michael Poliakoff
Tomorrow, Friday, June 4th at 1:00 P.M. EDT
Jun 4
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Glenn Loury
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Can a Black Woman Portray Helen of Troy?
Last Friday on the livestream, John and I addressed the mini-controversy surrounding Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s…
Jun 3
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Glenn Loury
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TGS Live: John McWhorter on a Black Helen of Troy, the Voting Rights Act, and Teen Takeovers in Chicago
Listen now (58 mins) | When political fault lines slip, and the texture and rhythm of life seems to change daily, one must cling to whatever truths one…
Jun 1
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Glenn Loury
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58:21
May 2026
On the Next TGS Live: John McWhorter on Voting Rights, Robert Woodson & Teen Takeovers + Q&A
Tomorrow, Friday, May 29 at 1:00 P.M. EDT
May 28
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Glenn Loury
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TGS Live: An Israeli Historian's Lament for His Country
Listen now (108 mins) | Last Friday, I had the Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov on the livestream.
May 25
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Glenn Loury
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On the Next TGS Live: Omer Bartov on What Went Wrong in Israel
Tomorrow, Friday, May 22 at 1:00 P.M. EDT
May 21
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Glenn Loury
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May 2026 Q&A
My next Q&A session with John McWhorter is coming up in a couple weeks, so it’s time to solicit material from you, my readers here at the Substack.
May 19
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Glenn Loury
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TGS Live: Clifton Duncan's Crusade against Philistinism
Listen now (63 mins) | Last Friday, I had the actor and writer Clifton Duncan on the livestream to talk about the conundrum of the artist in an age of…
May 18
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Glenn Loury
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On the Next TGS Live: Clifton Duncan on Art and Polarization + the Respectability Debate Continues
Friday, May 15 at 1:00 P.M. EDT
May 14
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Glenn Loury
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The Mask of Respectability
A critical exchange on race, respectability politics, and minstrelsy
May 13
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Glenn Loury
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Mark Sussman
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