{"podcast":{"title":"Conversations with Coleman","slug":"conversations-with-coleman-6685318","podcast_index_feed_id":6685318,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/8YOtRPoZ","website_url":"https://www.thefp.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/49edd922-2f60-11f0-ad0f-8faaf128c737/image/9213d86a9305bac1cf68e4b3607feacc.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Free Press","episode_count":246,"summary":"Conversations with Coleman is where deep thinkers and curious minds meet for sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. Hosted by Coleman Hughes, writer, thinker, and guy who asks the questions other people dodge - this podcast isn’t about debating. It’s about discovery. Politics, philosophy, race, culture, science: it’s all fair game. If you're done with hot takes and hungry for real-talk, come join the conversation.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T18:18:09.851336+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coleman-6685318"},"episode":{"title":"The Liberal Case for American Power","slug":"the-liberal-case-for-american-power","published_at":"2026-04-13T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coleman-6685318/the-liberal-case-for-american-power","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coleman-6685318","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VOdNgcECFk0maZgOJbmx/traffic.megaphone.fm/CBS2258258488.mp3?updated=1776285635","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VOdNgcECFk0maZgOJbmx/traffic.megaphone.fm/CBS2258258488.mp3?updated=1776285635","summary":"Shadi Hamid once marched against the Iraq War, read Noam Chomsky, and believed America was the root of the world's problems. He has since changed his mind—though not entirely. Now a Washington Post columnist and senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Hamid argues in his latest book, The Case for American Power, that American dominance, exercised morally, remains the world's best bet for stability and peace. He joins the show to make that case while refusing to pull his punches where America has fallen short. He and Coleman debate whether the Iraq War was worth it in the long run, why Joe Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal was a mistake, how the U.S. has failed to use its leverage over Israel, his fundamental mistrust of the Trump administration, and why a world where China balances American power is not the progressive fantasy some on the left imagine it to be. He and Coleman also get into the America First movement and the limits of the United Nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Shadi Hamid once marched against the Iraq War, read Noam Chomsky, and believed America was the root of the world's problems. He has since changed his mind…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-with-coleman-6685318/episodes/the-liberal-case-for-american-power/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coleman-6685318/the-liberal-case-for-american-power.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}