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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: Is The Racial Reckoning Over? John McWhorter on language, art, and defunding the grammar police
Description: This is the full version of the Aug 4 episode, now available to all subscribers. Author, New York Times columnist, and superstar linguist John McWhorter returns to the pod to catch us up on what's been on his mind now that the Woke Emergency is over . . . or is it over? We talk about how figures like Robin D'Angelo and Ibram X. Kendi have receded from the spotlight and then move on to more pressing questions topics, such as whether New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's "I vs me" confusion is disqualifying (I say yes), whether a smart p...