Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2024-06-07
Books mentioned on Hunter Biden's Daughter's Mother Lunden Roberts Speaks Out, and Glenn Loury on Overcoming His Demons and Succeeding in Academia | Ep. 813
Megyn Kelly is joined by Glenn Loury, author of "Late Admissions," to discuss the racial attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas, outrageous claims of Thomas "grifting," Rep.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Late Admissions
Late Admissions by Glenn C.
Recommended“by the book it's called late missions Confessions of a black black conservative what a treasure he is”
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Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative is a candid and provocative memoir by economist Glenn Loury detailing his personal and intellectual life.
Discussed“To me, I hear that and I'm like, 'Yeah, that’s—I mean, read some Shelby Steele' Like, yes, this has been—this is not a new thought or observation It's not, and the attack on him is that he said during Jim Crow, the black family was healthier, as if there was something good about Jim Crow He wasn't extolling the benefits”
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The Beautiful Heart
Discussed“Those things became clear to me, as I said, with that little book in my hand.”
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X.
Discussed“I mean, his 'How to Be an Anti-Racist' was flying off the shelves, and he's been celebrated in academia.”
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Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows by Lunden Roberts is a tell-all memoir detailing the author's experiences within the orbit of Hunter Biden and the high-profile paternity battle that thrust her into the public eye.
Discussed“One other thing on the First Lady, because I did think this was one of the cruel cuts of all; you write in the book, chapter 15, in June 2020, Jill Biden published 'Joey', a children's book about the life of Joe Biden, hanging on to a copy for Navy.”
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Beautiful Things
Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden is a raw memoir detailing the author's struggles with severe drug addiction, personal trauma, and family dynamics.
Discussed“Here is an excerpt from his book speaking about you and potentially others in soundbite 20 and the other woman I'd been with during Rampages since my divorce were hardly the dating type”
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Joey
Discussed“In June 2020 Jill Biden published Joey a children's book about life the life of Joe Biden hanging on to a copy for Navy”
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Other mentions in this episode (14) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Out of the Shadows
“Then Lunden Roberts, author of 'Out of the Shadows,' to discuss...”
Passing Book of Virtues
“He left after Ronald Reagan was reelected in November of 1984 to join the second Reagan Administration and became Chief of Staff to William Bennett, Bill Bennett, author of The Book of Virtues, and at that time Secretary of Education.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“Well, like I said, I was intrigued. This guy—you could tell, and I speak throughout the book about this empathy I have for people who are suffering.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“And you'll learn in the book that it was an on-and-off-again thing, and it lasted over a year.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“There's actually a chapter in the book where I reflect on a night that got pretty dark.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“Even his addiction was so bad, I think I even say in the book that I wonder if Hunter remembers that night.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“You wrote about watching him suffering after taking a lot of drugs and saying, 'It's bitterly painful knowing that someone I care so much about, someone with so much potential and generosity and brilliance, is struggling with this demon of addiction.'”
Passing The Book of Man
“Bill Bennett author of The Book of Virtues and at that time Secretary of Education”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“It's hurtful to hear those things, and in the book I describe how I feel when all of this stuff comes to light, from The New Yorker to his memoir and things like that.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“There are some chapters where I think you feel my rage, and I think there are some chapters where you feel my hurt.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“You can pre-order it right now; it's pretty extraordinary—the callousness with which you and, honestly, your daughter were treated for the first four out of her five years on this earth.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“It was tough because you know that this is all fixing to be made public, and the world’s going to know about it.”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“I feel like there were times, I think I speak on it in the book, where I was even calling a couple of mine and Hunter's mutual friends, asking, 'Did I dream all this up?”
Own book Out of the Shadows
“My child, as you'll read throughout the book, questioned why other kids had a father and where hers was, so I told her.”