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John McWhorter – Sparring over Mamdani, Gaza, and Trump

July 18
1h 7m

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0:00 Zohran Mamdani’s win in the NYC Democratic primaries

12:07 Ground News ad

14:05 The War on Terror and the War in Gaza

28:54 Should Trump fear Mamdani?

32:02 Glenn: Trump is running the table

42:26 John: Glenn, you’re getting caught up in the Trump Show

48:05 Buckley, Reagan, Goldwater, and the legacy of conservatism

53:56 Glenn’s encounters with Willian F. Buckley

59:30 Remembering Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom

Recorded July 7, 2025

Links and Readings

John’s NYT column, “Wokeness Will Always Be with Us”

Peter Beinart’s NYT guest essay, “Democrats Need to Understand That Opinions on Israel Are Changing Fast”

“One Last Time” from Hamilton

Adam Clayton Powell’s “What’s in Your Hand” speech

Sam Tannenhaus’s new book, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America

Glenn’s 1991 appearance on Firing Line

Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom’s book, America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible

Glenn’s 1997 Atlantic review of America in Black and White



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