Conversations With Coleman

Mar 27 2025 183 ep. 66 mins 5.6k
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Conversations with Coleman is home to honest conversations with leading intellectuals on polarised issues in the realm of race, politics and culture in the West.

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Underdog Innovation w/Joe Lonsdale

Mar 27 2025 51 mins  
Joe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He has co-founded companies including Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and OpenGov, and co-founded and serves as the managing partner at the technology investment firm 8VC. He founded the Cicero Institute think tank, and co-founded the University of Austin, where I just finished teaching a course.

Inside the Mind of Donald Trump w/H.R. McMaster

Jan 30 2025 65 mins  
In this conversation, Coleman Hughes interviews H.R. McMaster, discussing America's role in the world, the military-industrial complex, the concept of a deep state, bureaucratic resistance, lessons from the Vietnam War, and the strengths and weaknesses of Donald Trump as a leader. McMaster emphasizes the importance of engagement in foreign policy, critiques the notion of a military

Live in Melbourne w/Josh Szeps

Sep 07 2024 27 mins  
Josh Szeps interviews me at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. Conversation topics include: indigenous land acknowledgments, white guilt, the relationship between white guilt and the enlightenment project, Hollywood’s progressive bias as seen in movies like The Woman King and Hidden Figures, and much more.

The Life of a Black Conservative w/Glenn Loury

Aug 09 2024 70 mins  
Glenn Loury reflects on his memoir, Late Admissions, and the process of recalling his life experiences. He discusses the powerful and galvanizing experience of reliving his past, including memories of his mother, admiration for his father, and personal struggles with addiction and infidelity. The conversation then shifts to the transformation of the South Side of Chicago over time

The Future of Woke w/Eric Kaufmann [PLUS AUSTRALIA SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT]

Jul 24 2024 71 mins  
The conversation examines the future of wokeness, the implications of generational turnover, and much more.

The Folly of Progressivism with Nellie Bowles

Jun 20 2024 76 mins  
This conversation covers a range of topics including Nellie Bowles' experience as a writer, the challenges of balancing science writing and comedy writing, the reality of homelessness and drug addiction in cities like San Francisco, the rise of autonomous zones like CHAZ/CHOP, and the idealism and limitations of progressive movements. The conversation explores the concept of human

From Foster Care to Cambridge with Rob Henderson

Jun 03 2024 69 mins  
Rob Henderson discusses his memoir and the impact of his early life experiences. He challenges the overemphasis on education as a measure of success and highlights the importance of stable family structures. Rob also questions the narrative of overcoming trauma and the limitations of post-traumatic growth. He acknowledges that some foster parents have ulterior motives, such as fina

Is Therapy Bad for You? with Abigail Shrier

Mar 01 2024 68 mins  
Today we discuss Abigail Shrier's new book, "Bad Therapy". She explains the harmful effects of therapy, particularly on children and adolescents, and the risks associated with overdiagnosis and overmedication. Shrier also explores the treatment prevalence paradox, where the rates of mental health issues continue to rise despite increased access to therapy. She emphasizes the import

Feminism Under The Microscope with Mary Harrington

Dec 23 2023 56 mins  
My guest today is Mary Harrington. Mary is a writer and contributing editor at UnHerd. She's the author of a great book called Feminism Against Progress. In this episode, we talk about her general critique of feminism, we talk about what she calls progress theology, we talk about the changing social status of motherhood, we talk about the Barbie movie, gender dysphoria, and much mo

Why? The Purpose of the Universe with Philip Goff

Dec 20 2023 67 mins  
My guest today is Philip Goff. Philip is a philosophy professor at Durham University. He's the author of Galileo's Error and Why the Purpose of the Universe. Philip believes that science gives us objective reasons to believe that there's value in the universe and he comes at this from a very different angle than say Sam Harris, who reaches the same conclusion for different reasons