The Next Step in the Mission
My appearance on Matt & Shane's Secret Podcast
I’m now about a month into my last year of teaching at the university. It’s led me to think about what I will and won’t miss about campus life. I’ll definitely miss the students. Staying in touch with younger generations, learning about them and how they view the world, watching their perspective change as they learn and grow in their four years at college—those really are some of the great joys of teaching. (What I won’t miss is grading papers.)
But one of the unexpected things about the growth of The Glenn Show over the last handful of years has been the changing audience. In the comments on my various social media channels and on guest appearances on other shows, I can see that there are younger—sometimes much younger—people who are not only receptive to what I’m saying but enthusiastic about it.
My recent appearance on Matt & Shane’s Secret Podcast is a case in point. One of the co-hosts, Matt McCusker, invited me to appear on an episode while he was in Providence performing stand-up. (“Shane” is Shane Gillis, who was a guest on my first Comedy Cellar live show.) Matt is not exactly young—he’s married with kids—but his audience is, and so far they’ve giving the episode a warm reception. That’s gratifying, and it gives me hope. I can put forward my critiques of racial politics and progressivism and whatever else, but the ultimate goal is to pass them on to a generation that will carry on the mission. So while this episode was a lot of fun to record, it’s also a step in a new direction.
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Very entertaining podcast! I especially liked the banter about men's extramarital habits. Women rarely hear the insider perspectives on this subject. I didn't know until recently how much the majority of men struggle to be monogamous. It's amusing to hear about it from the outside, and also makes me feel relieved that I am not with a man.
Glenn - Your obvious conflicting feelings about not wanting "well, what does the BLACK guy think" and at the same time feeling shame for what "my people" are doing. That was beautifully put and I'm deeply empathetic to those feelings. I think that tension between me as an individual ("self-made person") and me as a member of my "tribe" (group, culture, whatever) is deeply human. (But maybe it's uniquely Western, perhaps members of more 'tribal' cultures only feel the tribal side and are fine with being identified with their tribe and their role in it.)