• Britain’s Grooming Gang Reckoning - Poppy Coburn | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 122
    Jan 29 2025
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    My guest today is Poppy Coburn, assistant comment editor at The Telegraph. We spoke about the existential challenge that Rotherham presents to the British establishment, the similarities with the Catholic sex abuse scandal, the misogyny directed specifically at white women, and the divide among gender critical feminists in Britain.

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    53 mins
  • The Enlightenment Was a Disaster - Johann Kurtz | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 112
    Jan 22 2025
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    My guest today is Johann Kurtz, pseudonymous author of the 'Becoming Noble' Substack. We spoke about the long history of falling fertility rates, and particularly about the role of status in explaining the phenomenon.

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    56 mins
  • A Life Without Children - Meghan Daum | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 119
    Jan 15 2025
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    My guest today is Meghan Daum, host of 'The Unspeakable' podcast, co-host of 'A Special Place in Hell' with Sarah Haider, and creator of 'The Unspeakeasy', a community for free-thinking women from everywhere on the political spectrum can talk honestly about complex issues. We spoke about why Meghan hates the term 'childfree', why matchmaking systems hav…

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    48 mins
  • The Rotherham Crisis - Ed West | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 119
    Jan 8 2025
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    My guest today is Ed West, author of 'The Wrong Side of History' on Substack, and of books including 'The Diversity Illusion: What We Got Wrong about Immigration and How to Set It Right' and 'Tory Boy: Memoirs of the Last Conservative.' We spoke about Rotherham: why it happened, the ongoing political fallout, and the future of multiracial Britain.

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    49 mins
  • The Mysteries of Masculinity - John Tosh | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 118
    Jan 1 2025
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    My guest today is John Tosh, Professor Emeritus of History at Roehampton University and the author of many books, including 'A Man's Place: Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England' and 'Masculinities in Politics and War: gendering modern history.' We spoke about the effect that the industrial revolution had on British masculinity, in …

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    51 mins
  • The Truth About Autogynephilia - Michael Bailey | Maiden Mother Matriarch
    Dec 26 2024
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    I'll be re-releasing six episodes from the early days of the podcast over the course of my maternity leave. This month, my archived interview is with Professor Michael Bailey, author of the (somewhat infamous) book The Man Who Would Be Queen. We spoke about Michael’s research on sexual orientation, including autogynephilia, and the attempts to cancel hi…

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    55 mins
  • The Divine Economy - Paul Seabright | Maiden Mother Matriarch 117
    Dec 18 2024
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    My guest today is Paul Seabright, Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse and the author of a new book 'The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.' We spoke about what membership of a religious community offers people, and why it isn't necessarily irrational for poor people to give a large proportion of their i…

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    50 mins
  • The Dark History of Gynaecology - Wendy Kline | Maiden Mother Matriarch 116
    Dec 12 2024
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    My guest today is Wendy Kline, Historian of Medicine at Purdue University and author of books including 'Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam', 'Coming Home: How Midwives Changed Birth', and 'Bodies of Knowledge: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women’s Health in the Second Wave.' We spoke about the rise of gynaecology and obstetrics as medical di…

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    52 mins