0:00 John’s recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher
7:23 The rigors of the lecture circuit
10:29 The difference between equity and equality
22:10 How do we know that African Americans are just as smart as everyone else?
30:59 The new black bourgeoisie
38:33 Standards in the arts are relative. But how relative?
51:15 John sets the record straight on his dancing skills
Recorded March 19, 2022
Links and Readings
John’s most recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher
Glenn and John April 14 UATX event in New York
E. Franklin Frazier’s book, Black Bourgeoisie
Glenn and John’s conversation with pseudonymous orchestra conductor Don Baton
Don Baton’s Substack, The Podium
Glenn and John’s conversation with actor James Beaman
James Beaman’s Substack, The Cornfield
Glenn and John’s conversation with Vincent Lloyd
John’s NYT piece, “The High Art of Musical Theater”
Walter Murphy’s song, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
