No. 19 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Writer and host, Conversations with Coleman
Coleman Hughes is a writer and the host of the podcast Conversations with Coleman.
Photo: Johan Jönsson (Julle), CC BY-SA 4.0
Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Coleman Hughes's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Debated Jamelle Bouie on colorblindness for Open to Debate and TED in 2023, and Dave Smith on Israel, Iran and American power in 2025.
Hughes was a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal.
He hosts Conversations with Coleman and is a visiting professor at the University of Austin.
On the record
2025
October 2025
Broadcast debate
Against Dave Smith · Conversations with Coleman
Hughes hosted three and a half hours with the libertarian comedian on jihadism, the Iraq War, Israel and Palestine, and Iran's nuclear program.
2023
2023
Formal debate
Against Jamelle Bouie · Open to Debate and TED
Hughes argued the negative against the New York Times columnist in a formal debate hosted by Open to Debate, formerly Intelligence Squared, and TED.
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