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A podcast about sexual politics

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Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry Louise Perry

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A podcast about sexual politics

www.louiseperry.co.uk

    Imagining the End of the World - Robin Hanson | Maiden Mother Matriarch 64

    Imagining the End of the World - Robin Hanson | Maiden Mother Matriarch 64

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    Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. In this episode we spoke about... the future of humanity! In particular, the role of falling birth rates in stifling innovation, and what this means for a possible high tech future. In short, i…

    • 51 min
    How to Raise a Baby - Heather Heying | Maiden Mother Matriarch 63

    How to Raise a Baby - Heather Heying | Maiden Mother Matriarch 63

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    My guest today is Heather Heying – evolutionary biologist, co-host (with her husband Bret Weistein) of the Darkhorse podcast, and also the co-author of 'A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life.'
    We mostly spoke about babies! On the modern guidance on breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and sleep training, and th…

    • 44 min
    Five Children or More - Catherine Pakaluk | Maiden Mother Matriarch 62

    Five Children or More - Catherine Pakaluk | Maiden Mother Matriarch 62

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    My guest today is Catherine Pakaluk, Director of Social Research and Associate Professor at the Catholic University of America, and the author of a new book titled 'Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.' 
    'Hannah's Children' is based around interviews with 55 American women who have both been to university, and have also had five…

    • 48 min
    The Mental Health Industrial Complex - Abigail Shrier | Maiden Mother Matriarch 61

    The Mental Health Industrial Complex - Abigail Shrier | Maiden Mother Matriarch 61

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    My guest today is the journalist Abigail Shrier, author of the bestselling 'Irreversible Damage', and now a new book – 'Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up.' We spoke about the harmful side effects of therapy, particularly for children, whether the rise of therapy culture is a product of family disintegration, and why girls from liberal families have been worst affected by the rise in teenage mental illness.
    In the extended part of the episode, we also spoke about gentle parenting and why parenting gurus are so attractive.

    • 47 min
    The Truth About Fan Fiction - Helen Joyce | Maiden Mother Matriarch 60

    The Truth About Fan Fiction - Helen Joyce | Maiden Mother Matriarch 60

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    My guest today is Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at Sex Matters, and the author of the 2021 book 'Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality.'
    We spoke today about fan fiction, a topic that Helen has been researching for many years. Why are so many girls and young women obsessed with fanfic? Why does it so often feature romantic relationships between men? And why has it become much more sexually explicit in recent years? 
    In the extended part of the episode we spoke about the impact that fanfic is having on our sexual culture and its role in encouraging young women to identify as trans or non-binary. 

    • 48 min
    Jewish Sexual Politics - Avital Hazony | Maiden Mother Matriarch 59

    Jewish Sexual Politics - Avital Hazony | Maiden Mother Matriarch 59

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    My guest today is Dr. Avital Hazony Levi, a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University who specialises in philosophy and the study of the Hebrew Bible. We spoke about why Israel has the highest birth rate in the developed world, motherhood in the Bible, the rejection of biological family in the kibbutz movement, and traditional Jewish matchmaking. 

    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

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166 Ratings

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Louise Perry podcast

Great podcast, so many good guests

st3amb0y ,

Awesome

I love Louise Perry <3

Celia Rogers ,

Louise sounds like she's asleep

Lots of interesting guests but Louise Perry is SO low energy...her guests practically have to interview themselves. It requires a bit of patience to get through

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