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Every book Coleman Hughes recommended on podcasts
Coleman Hughes participates in prominent discussion programs like The Joe Rogan Experience, The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, and The Megyn Kelly Show. Through these podcast appearances, Hughes engages with complex sociological, historical, and economic subjects, often referencing substantive texts to ground his arguments about modern culture, social structures, and historical practices. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Hughes recommended Orlando Patterson's comprehensive five-hundred-page volume Slavery and Social Death, highlighting its extensive global database cataloging recorded examples of slavery throughout human history. During the same podcast, Hughes also discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s book Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak while addressing public discourse surrounding vaccines, and mentioned reading Rainer Zitelmann's In Defense of Capitalism to illustrate economic alternatives and historical conditions like child labor. Additionally, while appearing on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Hughes discussed Thomas Sowell's book The Quest for Cosmic Justice, touching upon Sowell's insights regarding the origins of terms like meritocracy and capitalism. Finally, during an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show, Hughes referenced Jean M. Twenge's book iGen to explore trends concerning the mental health, psychology, and overall happiness levels of younger generations in contemporary society.
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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Slavery and Social Death
Slavery and Social Death by Orlando Patterson is an extensive historical and sociological study examining the institution of slavery across diverse civilizations throughout millennia.
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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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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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell is a profound exploration of modern political philosophy, examining the dangerous and often counterproductive efforts of governments to impose utopian outcomes on complex societal structures.
Discussed“Thomas Sowell has an excellent book titled 'The Quest for Cosmic Justice,' and I recall him mentioning that meritocracy, like capitalism, was coined by its enemies.”
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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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Books Coleman Hughes wrote
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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.”