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Conversations with Coleman
Dr. Cornel West: Is America Living Up to Its Promise?
The former presidential candidate joins Coleman Hughes to make sense of America at 250, from the founding contradictions to capitalism, secularization…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 9M
Douglas Murray: The Iranian Regime Means What It Says
Back at The Free Press, he joins Coleman Hughes to discuss the Iran deal, why the West keeps misreading the regime in Tehran, and the state of British…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 1M
Caitlin Flanagan: Why I Finally Left Los Angeles
The Free Press columnist joins Coleman Hughes to discuss the collapse of Los Angeles, the decline of marriage and motherhood, and what it means to be a…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 1M
Coleman Hughes vs. Peter Beinart Debate: Should Israel Be a Jewish State?
Writer Peter Beinart grew up a committed Zionist and changed his mind. Coleman Hughes wants to know why.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 42M
Is America’s Racial Reckoning Over? with John McWhorter
Coleman Hughes sits down with one of the most clear-eyed thinkers on race in America to ask whether the cultural moment of the last decade is finally…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 5M
Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared of AI
Investor and author Aman Verjee joins Coleman Hughes to explain what 500 years of financial history can tell us about the AI moment we’re actually in.
Coleman Hughes
56M
Michael Shellenberger on the Psychology of Left-Wing Violence
The author of ‘San Fransicko’ on how progressivism has become a new religion.
Coleman Hughes
59M
Lionel Shriver on the Immigration Taboo
In her provocative new novel ‘A Better Life,’ Shriver explores what happens when progressive immigration meets reality.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 28M
Big Tech Made Peace with Trump. Reid Hoffman Didn’t.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman talks candidly about being targeted by the president.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 8M
The Two Sides of Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes has two personas—Podcast Nick Fuentes and Rumble Nick Fuentes—that promote opposing world views. That’s by design.
Coleman Hughes
17M
Dave Smith Tells a Good Story About Israel. But the Facts Don’t Fit.
We must meet the challenge of the modern information age by rolling up our sleeves and showing the conspiracy theorists exactly why they’re wrong—using…
Coleman Hughes
How “Sensitivity Readers” Made Publishing More Racist
Adam Szetela talks about what happens when the internet mob meets the editor’s desk.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 2M
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