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September 9, 2024 147 mins

In today’s episode we explore the theme of "Race and IQ" and whether or not different racial groups have different levels of innate intelligence.
Sowell explored this subject in depth in his 2013 book “Intellectuals and Race."
Joining me to discuss this controversial topic is Professor Nathan Cofnas, who has written extensively on this subject.

I highly recommend you read the following to get the most out of this episode:
1) "Intellectuals and Race" by Thomas Sowell (of course you should read it!)
2)
"A Guide for the Hereditarian Revolution" by Nathan Cofnas
3)
"Thomas Sowell's Wishful Thinking About Race" by Nathan Cofnas.

You can find Professor Cofnas's Substack at: https://substack.com/@nathancofnas.

• This episodes' song list
1.
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 1939
2.
Carefully Taught South Pacific 1949
3.
Black Boys Hair 1964
4.
Birmingham Sunday Joan Baez 1964
5.
Mr Rogers Kiddie Pool scene 1969
6.
Black and White three dog night 1972
7.
Why can’t we be friends War 1975
8.
War Bob Marley 1976
9.
What color is God’s skin 1977
10.
Redemption Song Marley 1980
11.
Ebony and Ivory 1982
12.
My Hometown bruce 1984
13.
People are People Depeche Mode 1984
14.
Black or white Michael Jackson 1991
15. C
olored People DC talk 1995
16.
Changes by Tupac 1998
17.
Everyone’s a little bit racist 2003
18.
Stop the hatred Wyclef 2021

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