A podcast about sexual politics
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My guest today is Michelle Stone, host of the podcast 132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy. We spoke about Michelle's experience of raising an unusually large family (even by Mormon standards!) and why women who want to have a lot of children are typically motivated by a feeling of spiritual purpose. We also spoke about the controversial history of …
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My guest today is Esmé Partridge, a researcher and writer working at the intersection of religion, philosophy and politics.We spoke about where the Church of England is going wrong, what Gen-Z are looking for in a church, the popularity of #witchtok and other expressions of occultism among young women, and the challenge that all religions face in polici…
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My guest today is Alex Mills, Professor of Biology at York University in Toronto. We spoke about Alex's particular area of expertise, the biology of sex: what 'male' and 'female' actually mean across species, why mammals tend to be inattentive fathers, a very surprising theory as to why dinosaurs went extinct, sexual coercion in other species, homosexua…
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My guest today is Chine McDonald, director of Theos, the British think tank that explores the role of religion in modern society. Chine is also the author of a new book, Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood, and co-host of the podcast Motherhood vs. The Machine. We spoke about the wisdom of traditional child birthing practices like l…
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My guest today is Julie Bindel, the iconic radical feminist campaigner, journalist, and author, including of a new book titled 'Lesbians: Where are we now?'
We spoke about why transgenderism may well be over, at least in the UK, and why Julie isn't minded to forgive the people who enabled the abuses of the movement. We also spoke about Julie's youthful …
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My guest today is Thomas Chatterton Williams, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the upcoming book 'Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse.' We spoke about the so-called 'woke right', the rejection of liberal principles on both ends of the political spectrum, whether or not we have come to the end of a politic…
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My guest today is Darel E. Paul, Professor of Political Science at Williams College, and a specialist in the study of elite ideologies in the West. We spoke today about one such elite ideology: the LGBT rights movement, which has achieved a great deal since the early 1990s, when Americans still mostly expressed hostility to homosexuality. We discussed D…
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My guest today is Stone Age Herbalist – dissident anthropologist, author of the Grey Goose Chronicles on Substack, and also of several books, including a new one titled 'Demon Bats & Cocaine Mummies.' We spoke about two hunter gatherer groups that could be regarded as atheistic: the Pirahã of the Amazon, and the Comanche of North America. Do these examp…
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My guest today is Spencer Klavan, host of the Young Heretics podcast, associate editor of The Claremont Review of Books, and author of a new book titled 'Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith.' We spoke about the potential challenge that Darwinism poses to Christianity, why nihilism is a very ancient problem, whether …
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My guest today is Lyman Stone, research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and specialist in the sociology of fertility. We spoke about the best urban design for families, whether 'intensive parenting' has really become more common, the true effects of the Pill on fertility rates, how income and fertility are linked for men and women, and why it…
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