Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Caitlin Flanagan.

Caitlin is an American writer, critic, and essay as best known for her long-running work at the Atlantic

magazine. She's the author of To Hell With All That, Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife,

and she is now a columnist at the Free Press. In this episode, we talk about Caitlin's decision

to leave Los Angeles after 35 years. We talk about the decline of LA due to public disorder,

homelessness, and many other issues. We talk about the abundance movement among some Democrats.

We talk about the so-called homelessness industrial complex. We talk about

the Palisades and Altadena fires. We talk about Karen Bass. We talk about modern womanhood,

balancing career and marriage, declining birth rates, dating across political divides, and much more.

So without further ado, Caitlin Flanagan.

I want to tell you about a podcast I think you're going to appreciate. It's called

Unpacking Israeli History. If you follow the news about Israel, you're just getting headlines.

But headlines are just a tiny slice of a long, complicated, and genuinely fascinating story.

One of the things I care about on this show is engaging seriously with complexity, rather than

flattening it.

That's exactly what host Dr. Noam Weissman does on

unpacking Israeli history. He dives deep into the events, the people, and the moments that

shaped Israel, past and present, with genuine empathy and a willingness to explore multiple

perspectives. And when he brings in guests, like philosopher Micah Goodman or journalist

Javiv Rettig Gore,

they add real depth to the conversation.

It's deeply researched storytelling for people who want to understand Israel

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