Show notes
In a remarkable and candid conversation, Glenn Loury discusses his new book "Late Admissions," and his amazing, checkered, erratic, inspirational, and dramatic life. 00:00:00 Introduction00:04:37 Performing the book for Audible00:05:04 Had to be Honest to be Believed00:09:09 A Gifted Family00:15:22 Understanding Slavery and History00:20:07 Constant Self-Doubt and Inferiority Complex00:26:11 Betraying a Best Friend00:32:25 Decoding Glenn's Politics from His Life00:32:57 Stealing a Car00:38:54 A Child Is Born00:39:54 Glenn's Son's Gift to His Father00:47:34 Glenn's Heroic Father00:49:05 Glenn feels Put Off by Middle-Class Blacks00:57:13 Arrested01:03:14 Modern Hypocrisy01:05:29 Speaking in Tongues01:09:33 Smoking Crack01:20:21 Called the N-Word 01:24:00 Final Remarks on Humanity