Conversations With Coleman

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Conversations With Coleman

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.

  1. 07/09/2024

    Live in Melbourne w/Josh Szeps

    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.

    27 min

  2. 09/08/2024

    The Life of a Black Conservative w/Glenn Loury

    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 and the unraveling of the Black family structure. The impact of cultural and societal changes, as well as class differences, on the decline of the Black family is explored. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the contrasting experiences of Black students at Northwestern University and the sense of wonder and entitlement among different socioeconomic backgrounds. The conversation covers various topics including personal experiences with racial identity, addiction and recovery, the debate between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, the influence of Thomas Sowell, and the collaboration between Glenn Loury and John McWhorter.

    1h 11m

  3. 24/07/2024

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

    The conversation examines the future of wokeness, the implications of generational turnover, and much more.

    1h 11m

  4. 20/06/2024

    The Folly of Progressivism with Nellie Bowles

    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 nature and the limitations of systems that try to change it. It delves into the history of Antifa in Seattle and Portland and the reasons behind their rise. The discussion also highlights the corruption within the Black Lives Matter movement and the lack of scrutiny it received from the mainstream media. The conversation concludes with a reflection on the decline of left-wing political comedy and the emergence of new comedians who are not bound by corporate media.

    1h 17m

  5. 03/06/2024

    From Foster Care to Cambridge with Rob Henderson

    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 financial gain. Additionally, he explores gender differences in foster care and the challenges of addressing single parent homes. The conversation covers topics like the importance of two-parent homes in the neighborhood, the influence of background on work on luxury beliefs, using race as a proxy for disadvantage, the hypocrisy of luxury beliefs, the effectiveness of therapy, and the ethics of surrogacy.

    1h 10m

  6. 01/03/2024

    Is Therapy Bad for You? with Abigail Shrier

    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 importance of authoritative parenting and the negative impact of excessive mental health interventions in schools. Additionally, she discusses the controversy surrounding ADHD diagnosis and the ineffectiveness of drug education programs. We discuss the impact of mental health surveys on children, the influence of social media on mental health, the role of mental health professionals in social contagions, the rarity of happiness, the power of exposure therapy and the therapeutic approach, the contagion of Tourette's on TikTok, the controversy surrounding multiple personality disorder, the overdiagnosis of seasonal affective disorder, the importance of exposure therapy in dealing with anxiety, and the implications for parents in approaching therapy.

    1h 8m

  7. 23/12/2023

    Feminism Under The Microscope with Mary Harrington

    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 more

    57 min

  8. 20/12/2023

    Why? The Purpose of the Universe with Philip Goff

    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 in his book, The Moral Landscape. Philip relies heavily on the so-called fine tuning argument. So we talk a lot about that in this podcast. We also talk about Philip's theory of panagentialism and much more.

    1h 8m
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