Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

Latest Episodes:

The Abortion Debate - Ann Furedi vs Leah Libresco Sargeant | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 169’ pls Oct 26, 2025

Show notes

In this MMM episode, I’m joined by Ann Furedi and Leah Libresco Sargeant to discuss the question “is access to legal abortion essential to women’s flourishing?”

Ann is a writer, activist, author of the book ‘The Moral Case for Abortion’ and the former chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, the largest abortion provider in the UK.

Leah is the author of ‘The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto’ and also of the Substack ‘Other Feminisms.’ She works in family policy in Washington D.C.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk/subscribe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS: The Great Feminisation Hypothesis Oct 24, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Rob Henderson about the ‘Great Feminisation Hypothesis’.

Discussed in the episode:

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Case Against Assisted Suicide - Dan Hitchens | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 168 Oct 19, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

My guest today is Dan Hitchens, senior editor at First Things Magazine. We spoke about assisted suicide: the second and third order consequences of legalisation, why low fertility welfare states are increasingly drawn to this apparent solution to their financial woes, and why Britain’s National Health Service would prove to be a particularly dangerous p…

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS: Christianity and immigration Oct 16, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

In this bonus episode, Rod Dreher and I discussed Pope Leo’s recent comments on refugees and the conflict within Christianity over how to respond to mass immigration.

Discussed in the episode:

https://firstthings.com/indigenous-london/Thibault De Montbrial

Jean Raspail

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Woman's Disease - Linda Griffith | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 167 Oct 12, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

My guest today is Linda Griffith, Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering at MIT and director of the Center for Gynepathology Research in Boston. Linda is a leading world expert on endometriosis, our subject today. We spoke about her own experiences with the disease, why it’s so poorly understood, the challenges of diagnosis, the impact on wo…

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS: the yookay Oct 08, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

In this bonus episode, Nina and I spoke about the state of ‘the yookay’ – how the colonial instinct turned inwards, how we might interpret class conflict in a non-Marxist way, the deranged individualism of the English, and why generosity can so easily generate resentment. We also discussed Enoch Powell, Harry Potter, and Tolkein.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagining a Low-Fertility Future - Samo Burja | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 166 Oct 05, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

This episode is sponsored by Relay. For a 7 day free trial, go to https://joinrelay.app/maiden and use the code ‘LOUISE’ at checkout.

📰 Subscribe to Maiden Mother Matriarch here to listen to full extended episodes: louiseperry.substack.com

My guest today is Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and i…

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS: Right wing cancel culture Oct 02, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

In this bonus episode, Meghan and I spoke about ‘Right wing cancel culture’ – is it a real phenomenon? Is it as bad as the Left wing kind? And how do the Right tend to respond to their own apostates?

We also spoke about the reluctance of many pro-choice advocates to debate abortion, whether McCarthyism might have been justified, and the recent rise in p…

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matchmaking for the 1% - Christiana Maxion | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 165 Sep 29, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

My guest today is Christiana Maxion, a matchmaker based in Dubai who specialises in providing bespoke matchmaking services to the ultra wealthy. We spoke about how this kind of modern matchmaking differs from the traditional model, the problem of people overestimating their desirability and how a good matchmaker should respond to that, what rich men are…

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS: Revolt Of The Rich Kids Sep 24, 2025

Show notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk

In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I spoke about downward social mobility and the political instability generated by elite over-production. We also discussed the status anxiety motivating the MAGA movement, whether Mars colonisation would relieve political tension, the role of downward social mobility in the industrial revolution, and why white el…

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.