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Every book Coleman Hughes recommended on podcasts
Across 4 podcasts. Every show Coleman Hughes appears on, in one place — not just one.
Coleman Hughes’s most recommended books
- Slavery and social death by Orlando Patterson, Orlando Patterson
- Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Black Power by Charles V. Hamilton
- iGen by Jean M. Twenge
- In Defense of Capitalism by Rainer Zitelmann
- Why we can't wait by Martin Luther King
Coleman Hughes appeared on various podcasts to discuss social issues, history, and economics, during which he recommended and referenced several prominent books. He recommended Orlando Patterson's Slavery and Social Death, describing the extensive five-hundred-page volume as a comprehensive historical study of global slavery that features a detailed database of recorded examples. Hughes also discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak, examining its arguments regarding vaccines, and mentioned Rainer Zitelmann's In Defense of Capitalism to illustrate economic alternatives and child labor discussions. Additionally, Hughes referenced historical literature to support his sociological and political arguments, citing Martin Luther King's Why We Can't Wait from the mid-1960s to highlight the original class-based policies of the Civil Rights Movement, Stokely Carmichael and Kwame Ture's Black Power manifesto to discuss the historical effects of welfare reform, and Jean M. Twenge's iGen when evaluating the mental health, happiness, and behavioral trends of young people across recent generations.
Books recommended by Coleman Hughes
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Slavery and social death
Slavery and Social Death by Orlando Patterson is a comprehensive sociological study examining the institution of slavery across diverse historical civilizations.
Recommended“there's this great book by orlando patterson who's a harvard sociologist called slavery and social death it's like this 500 page tome on slavery”
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Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak
Discussed“his most antia quote unquote book is thimerosol let the science speak”
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Black Power
Discussed“exactly and the um and in the book Black Power by stokeley carmichel AKA quame té which is is you know the manifesto of the Black Power movement hardly a a right-wing Source they they made the same point about welfare reform”
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iGen
iGen by Jean M.
Discussed“this partly comes from the psychologist Jean twangy who wrote a book called igen a few years ago”
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In Defense of Capitalism
Discussed“I read this book recently called in defense of capitalism by uh I I think he's like a northern European uh guy”
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Why we can't wait
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
Discussed“Yeah, so during the Civil Rights Movement the the policy of the Civil Rights Movement, and you can anyone can read this in Martin Luther King's book Why We Can't Wait from the mid-60s, he says "Here's the plan.”
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Books Coleman Hughes wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“uh I was still in the research phase of of my book which is now finished and has been out for a few months called the end of race politics Arguments for a colorblind America”
“As I explain in my book, in chapter 2, I devote it to just a historical examination of where this idea of colorblindness comes from.”
“basically what happened is Chris Anderson invited me to give a TED Talk and and I chose the subject of my upcoming book which is coming out in February called the end of race politics”
“It's like this thing Oh, you didn't know Roald Dahl said basically justified the Holocaust, right? And now you know, and it makes you think about Matilda differently.”