BONUS: Conversations with Coleman & Bari Weiss

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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We’re sharing the latest episode of Conversations with Coleman, a podcast that joined The Free Press network this week. Coleman Hughes engages deep thinkers and curious minds in sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. In this relaunch episode he sits down with Free Press founder Bari Weiss and asks her about her critics, rising antisemitism, the woke right, and more. Hope you enjoy it & stay tuned for more Breaking History here. Go to ⁠groundnews.com/BreakingHistory ⁠to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and stay fully informed on today’s biggest news stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman, now produced by the Free Press.
0:05.2	If you're a longtime listener and don't know much about the free press, this episode will give you great context because I'm interviewing its founder, Barry Weiss.
0:14.7	Most of the conversation is about her vision for the FP as an institution, where she thinks it fits in the modern media landscape,
0:23.1	how her vision has changed over time, and how she plans to execute that vision.
0:28.3	We also talk about her position on the Trump administration and her ongoing concerns about
0:33.3	anti-Semitism. So without further ado, Barry Weiss.
0:37.3	Thank you. anti-Semitism. So without further ado, Barry Weiss.
0:50.7	Hi, listeners. I want to tell you about the Free Press' latest new podcast, Old School with Shiloh Brooks. When we met Shiloh, he was one of the most popular professors,
0:55.8	and he was making reading great books cool again. Now he's hosting his show to help all of us,
1:01.5	and young men in particular, get back into reading for pleasure. The show features intimate
1:06.5	conversations with fascinating men, from fitness gurus to philosophers, about the books that
1:11.8	shape their lives.
1:13.1	They cover books like The Old Man in the Sea, Middle March, and down and out in Paris and
1:18.7	London, to bring you a truly old school education.
1:22.1	New episodes out every Thursday.
1:24.4	So, subscribe to Old School with Shiloh Brooks on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your
1:31.2	podcasts. Hey, listeners, this week we're dropping the paywall at the free press. That means
1:37.6	everything that is normally reserved for paying subscribers will be offered for free this week and only this week to anyone with a registered account.
1:48.0	All of our columns, videos, commentary, and investigations will be paywall free.
1:54.0	The team here is also curating a collection of some of our favorite archival essays, timeless stories that we think are worth
2:02.3	revisiting, that you'll be able to browse freely in one place. So subscribe to the free press
2:08.0	today at thefp.com. Barry Weiss, thanks so much for coming on my show. Coleman Hughes. I'm so excited to be here.
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