Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about Lindy West's new memoir,  Adult Braces , and her account of polyamory, fat activism, and mental illness.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britain is in a bad place at the moment. The country that gave the world the Industrial Revolution is now visibly deteriorating. "Managed decline" is the popular phrase, although there is a debate over how "managed" it really is.  Tom Ough says that none of this is necessary. Britain could –  and should  – pursue a programme of innovation that benefits its people materiall...

For this bonus episode I went on Against the Grain podcast with Matthew Schmitz and Julia Yost. We talked about the migration boom in Britain, birth rates, religious revivals and more. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/against-the-grain/id1823575411 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Lionel Shriver's new novel, a family with a large and lovely house in Brooklyn invite a Honduran asylum seeker to come and live with them. The young woman is pleasant and helpful. But the adult son of the family – unemployed, idle, and disagreeable – is deeply opposed to her presence in his home. This being a Lionel Shriver novel, the drama soon goes in an unexpected direction.  'A Better...

In this bonus episode, I spoke with The Telegraph's Poppy Coburn about the ongoing threat to Dubai, and the city's (very revealing) role in the British cultural imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 "It's not that it's fake, it's that it's evil." That was what today's guest replied when I asked him to describe the nature of paganism. It's a term that we usually associate with Ancient Rome. But John Daniel Davidson uses a more expansive definition of this particular outlook on the supernatural, and he warns against it in the strongest possible terms.  John is a senior editor at The...

Anthony Daniels, also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, has spent a career doing something very unusual for someone of his class: talking at great length to thousands and thousands of people at the very bottom of the socioeconomic heap.  Daniels is a doctor, as well as the author of dozens of books. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of perhaps his most...

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Ed West about the Gorton and Denton by-election, the Islamo-gauchist coalition, and Rupert Lowe's new Restore Party.  Discussed in this episode:  Serial series on the Trojan Horse affair Hannah Spencer on Newsnight Tony Blair documentary series Pimlico Journal article on Restore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I discussed the legacy of Aaron Sorkin, and the end of the political era that his work represented. Discussed in the episode: Sorkin interviewed on the BBC. Rob’s NYT piece on The West Wing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. We are all descended from thousands of generations of parents who successfully raised their children to adulthood. But, unlike those parent...

In this bonus episode, Nina Power and I reviewed Emerald Fennell's new film "Wuthering Heights."  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free at 321course.com/MMM. Just enter your email, choose a password and you’re in — there’s no spam and no fees.  Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you ge...

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Mary Harrington about the latest tranche of Epstein files, and what the scandal reveals about politics, power, and men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. On the cover of their new book, authors Dean Spears and Michael Geruso have a graph of the global population over time. The popul...

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Rod Dreher about what he describes as the 'Weimarisation of the West' – an increasingly atomised and economically precarious society that valorises transgression for its own sake. We also discussed whether World War II still has a central place in the cultural imagination, why the Online Right puts so much emphasis on humour, and the ongoing civil unrest in Minn...

Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. Teenage anxiety isn’t a new thing. Our mothers and grandmothers also worried about beauty, and friendships, and boys. What is new, however,...

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Stone Age Herbalist about an essay he recently published on Victorian attitudes towards death.  We discussed the cultural impact of Jack the Ripper, the terror of body snatching, the practice of postmortem photography, and the Spiritualist movement's preoccupation with electricity.   Discussed in the episode: 'How The Victorians Eroticised De...

Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. The word 'meritocracy' was originally intended as a pejorative. It was coined in a 1958 novel written by the British social scientist Micha...

In this bonus episode, Ed West and I spoke about the mode of British governance that is simultaneously sinister and farcical, from the recent ' Prevent video game ' to the police horses sent to re-education  because they wouldn't walk over rainbow pedestrian crossings. Discussed in this episode:  Conservatives are more accurate in describing the beliefs of liberals "Met police...

Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. My guest today is George Owers, historian and author of a new book, 'The Rage of Party: How Whig Versus Tory Made Modern Bri...

In this bonus episode, RobHenderson and I discussed the shooting of Renee Good and the role of women in political activism.  Discussed in the episode: My WSJ column on Mamdani and communism.  Paper on infant psychology and egalitarianism .  Amy Chua book on violence against market-dominant minorities.  Emmeline Pankhurst photo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast.  "So powerful, in fact, is simple string in taming the world to human will and ingenuity that I suspect it to be the unseen weapon tha...

In this bonus episode, Meghan Murphy and I discussed the online community of young men making every effort to improve their appearances. Discussed in the episode: Clavicular in conversation with Michael Knowles Olly Murs photos Documentary on sperm donor, ‘The Man with 1000 Kids’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Medieval period is sometimes described as the ‘Age of Faith.’ This was a world in which the church dominated every area of life and it was almost impossible to think outside of Christianity. It was succeeded, of course, by the ‘Age of Reason’, a period in which Enlightenment thinkers placed an extremely high premium on rational inquiry. Which era are we living in now? Robert P. George suggests...

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Nina Power about the scandal regarding Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El Fattah and the degraded legitimacy of the British state.  Mentioned in the episode: Telegraph reporting on Abd El Fattah  Lucy Connolly interview Man jailed over anti-immigrant posts viewed only 33 times Steve Laws speaks to Andrew Gold Employers to be made liable for staff being off...