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Podcast: Bloggingheads.tv: The Glenn Show
Episode: The Responsibilities of the Public Intellectual (Glenn Loury & Stephanie Lepp)
Description: What is Glenn’s goal as a public intellectual? ... Glenn has his critique of affirmative action … ... … but is articulating the critique enough? ... Glenn: My raison d’être is to give voice to my contempt for the failures of my people ... Stephanie: At a certain point, you’re not describing reality, you’re influencing it ... The case for integralism ... “Evolution is beautiful, but it’s not pretty” ... Glenn’s critique of Stephanie’s “promiscuous pragmatic pluralism” ... A preliminary look into the married life of the Lourys ...