Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

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BONUS: Bonnie Blue Aug 13, 2025

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In this bonus episode, Nina Power and I spoke about '1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story', a new documentary on Channel 4, as well as Kathleen Stock's recent essay for UnHerd about the documentary. Is Bonnie Blue the perfect capitalist? An artist? A demon? A psychopath? A neo-religious symbol? All of the above?

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The Rise and Fall of Private Life - Tiffany Jenkins | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 157 Aug 10, 2025

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My guest today is the writer and cultural historian Tiffany Jenkins. She has previously written books on museums and the moral questions raised by exhibiting or retaining certain artefacts, in that spirit she is also a trustee of the British Museum, and a radio presenter, including of the BBC Radio 4 series 'The History of Secrecy.' Her latest book is '…

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BONUS: the new politics of advertising Aug 06, 2025

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In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I spoke about Sydney Sweeney's ad for American Eagle – why has it been so controversial? What does the response tell us about intrasexual competition? Does this indicate a political pivot in popular culture? And why did so many companies embrace the spirit of 2020 in the first place?

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DEBATE: Should We Encourage Our Daughters To Be Feminists? - Bryan Caplan vs Holly Lawford-Smith | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 158 Aug 03, 2025

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In a first for MMM, today’s episode is a debate. Discussing the question “should we encourage our daughters to be feminists?”, we have Bryan Caplan (professor of economics at George Mason University) and Holly Lawford-Smith (professor of political philosophy at the University of Melbourne).

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On the Front Line of the Second Wave - Phyllis Chesler | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 155 Jul 27, 2025

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My guest today is the writer and psychotherapist Phyllis Chesler. Her bestselling book, 'Women and Madness', published in 1972, was one of the most influential books of the second wave. She has spent a lifetime writing about and campaigning on feminist issues including honour killings, the surrogacy industry, child custody, and the treatment of women in…

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BONUS: Civilisational Depressive Syndrome Jul 23, 2025

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In this bonus episode for paid subscribers, Mary and I spoke about why thinking about death makes people want to have children, climate change anxiety, the post-literate future, the new vigilante groups springing up in Britain, and why Britain’s upper classes are suffering from post-colonial grief

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I Want to Believe! - Ross Douthat | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 154 Jul 20, 2025

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My guest today is Ross Douthat, columnist at The New York Times and author of many books, including a new one titled 'Believe: Why Everyone Should be Religious.'

We spoke about near death experiences, the mystery of the Turin Shroud, how mystical experiences change people (if at all), the challenge of detecting the presence of the Holy Spirit, and what …

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BONUS: on terrorism Jul 16, 2025

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In this bonus episode, I spoke with Nina Power about the symbolic power of terrorism and how this has changed post-9/11, the increasingly nihilistic motivations of terrorists in Europe, the use of the Oasis track ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, and the increasing public distrust of government narratives around ter…

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Feminism Beyond Left and Right - Holly Lawford-Smith | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 153 Jul 13, 2025

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My guest today is Holly Lawford-Smith, a philosopher, author and associate professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. We discussed her latest book, titled 'Feminism Beyond Left and Right', in which Holly argues for an expansive definition of feminism that untethers it from its association with the Left.

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BONUS: The lie of female empowerment Jul 09, 2025

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In this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about whether marriage is still an attractive prospect for women, Meghan's own objections to getting married, the problem for feminists of working out whether a woman is really choosing something or whether she's deluded about her own desires, and what the apparent return of the bandage dress reveals (if…

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