This episode features a live interview with Jason Riley (author of the classic Sowell biography "Maverick") about his new book: "The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed (2025). This interview was conducted before a studio audience live on X and audience members had the opportunity to ask Jason questions in real time. My exploration of Jason's new book took me on a fascinating detour into the TV shows of Norman Lear from the 1970's featuring...
All content for The Genius of Thomas Sowell is the property of Alan Wolan and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
This episode features a live interview with Jason Riley (author of the classic Sowell biography "Maverick") about his new book: "The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed (2025). This interview was conducted before a studio audience live on X and audience members had the opportunity to ask Jason questions in real time. My exploration of Jason's new book took me on a fascinating detour into the TV shows of Norman Lear from the 1970's featuring...
In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Steven Pinker, Professor of Cognitive Science at Harvard University. We talk about what Sowell gets right and what he gets wrong. We talk about why Sowell is not better known in academia and what this tells us about Sowell, and also about academia. Here are some useful links to things mentioned in the episode: • Here's a LINK to the theme music played in this episode. I highly recommend the Danish National Symphony orchestra, they have loads ...
The Genius of Thomas Sowell
This episode features a live interview with Jason Riley (author of the classic Sowell biography "Maverick") about his new book: "The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed (2025). This interview was conducted before a studio audience live on X and audience members had the opportunity to ask Jason questions in real time. My exploration of Jason's new book took me on a fascinating detour into the TV shows of Norman Lear from the 1970's featuring...
