Cancelled Editor on Woke Religion | Glenn Loury, John McWhorter & Ian Buruma | The Glenn Show

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0:00 The protestant ethic and the spirit of wokeness
10:47 Is comparing wokeness to religion a slander on religion?
21:08 Ian: Wokeness is a distraction from real political problems
28:02 How Ian experienced his own cancelation
41:31 America’s exportation of wokeness
45:45 Has wokeness aided and abetted Trump and Brexit?
52:54 John: Enslaved people did find ways to improve their own lives

Glenn Loury, John McWhorter (Columbia, New York Times, Lexicon Valley), Ian Buruma (Bard College, The Collaborators). Recorded August 7, 2023.