Is The Racial Reckoning Over? John McWhorter ...

Meghan's guest this week is author, legal scholar, and Manhattan Institute fellow Heather Mac Donald, whose fearless reporting on cultural sacred cows has long made her essential reading. Meghan has followed Heather's work for nearly two decades and brought her on to confront two ...  Show more

This is the free shorter version of a premium episode. Become a paid subscriber to The Unspeakeasy on Substack to access the full version. 👉 https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com Meghan's guest this time is author, essayist, and friend of the pod Sarah Hepola, who returns to cel ...  Show more

John McWhorter, author of Woke Racism and Nine Nasty Words stops by to discuss a linguistic trend Mike has noticed, about phrases that are totalizing but at the same time, particular. In the Spiel Mike discusses attention spans, Ukraine, and how unrelated they are. Plus Lindsey G ...  Show more

The linguist John McWhorter on how language around racial identity is evolving.

Trump urged the Washington Commanders to revert to their former name. They dropped “Redskins” in 2020 following years of pressure. In this episode of The Opinions, linguist John McWhorter joi ...

I have long wanted to meet John McWhorter. He’s an extremely well-known public intellectual and opinion leader who, in my opinion, always talks sense. I have this rather eccentric idea that before becoming a public intellectual, you need to earn your credentials by having somethi ...  Show more