# Roland Fryer

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TGS Live: Roland Fryer on Breaking Through Self-Censorship [Free Version]

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn welcomes economist Roland Fryer—his former student and a John Bates Clark Medal and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient—for a wide-ranging conversation. Fryer discusses the Carob Trust Prize, a new $1 million award he co-founded with Bi…

TGS Live: Roland Fryer on Breaking Through Self-Censorship [Free Version]

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn welcomes economist Roland Fryer—his former student and a John Bates Clark Medal and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient—for a wide-ranging conversation. Fryer discusses the Carob Trust Prize, a new $1 million award he co-founded with Bi…

TGS Live: Roland Fryer on Breaking Through Self-Censorship [Free Version]

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn welcomes economist Roland Fryer—his former student and a John Bates Clark Medal and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient—for a wide-ranging conversation. Fryer discusses the Carob Trust Prize, a new $1 million award he co-founded with Bi…

The Glenn Show: TGS Live: Roland Fryer on Breaking Through Self-Censorship

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn welcomes economist Roland Fryer—his former student and a John Bates Clark Medal and MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient—for a wide-ranging conversation. Fryer discusses the Carob Trust Prize, a new $1 million award he co-founded with Bi…

Episode 16: Armed With a Loaded Footnote (Part II)

In this commentary, which is part two of my discussion of racial disparity in the justice system, I debunk the popular study by Roland Fryer from a few years back, which claimed there was no evidence that police deploy lethal violence more often against Blacks than whites. As many other scholars no…

Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

They used to be the N.F.L.’s biggest stars, with paychecks to match. Now their salaries are near the bottom, and their careers are shorter than ever. In this updated episode from 2025, we speak with an analytics guru, an agent, an economist, and some former running backs to understand why.  SOURCES…

620. Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore?

They used to be the N.F.L.’s biggest stars, with paychecks to match. Now their salaries are near the bottom, and their careers are shorter than ever. We speak with an analytics guru, an agent, some former running backs (including LeSean McCoy), and the economist Roland Fryer (a former Pop Warner ru…

EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which time he took a hard look at corporate diversity programs. As a follow-up to our recent series on the Rooney Rule, we revisit our 2022 conversation with t…

514. Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America

The controversial Harvard economist, recently back from a suspension, “broke a lot of glass early in my career,” he says. His research on school incentives and police brutality won him acclaim — but also enemies. Now he’s taking a hard look at corporate diversity programs. The common thread in his …

Reconstructing Inclusion S3E15: What Was My Cause in the Matter? Reflections on Dr. Jason Arday

Welcome to Season Three of Reconstructing Inclusion! A mentor once told me, "It is difficult for people to be honest." I thought he meant my business partners. He meant me. A reflection on Jason Arday, mirror holders, and what happens when someone feels they matter too much. In this solo episode, A…