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My guest today is author Rachel Shteir. On the podcast we talked about her new book: Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter who wrote Feminine Mystique - an iconic book in 1963 when it was first published. Betty Friedan was a divisive and crucial figure during the era of second wave feminism. In the extended episode we also discuss Betty Friedan’s clash with Phyllis Schlafly - the great anti-feminist of the era. For extended episodes, bonus episodes and the MMM chat community go to louiseperry.substack.com

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My guest today is Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham and author of a new book, 'Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution.' We spoke about whether or not wokeness is really an elite phenomenon and why young women have moved to the Left in recent years. In the extended part of the episode, we also spok…

Deconstructing Wokeness - Eric Kaufmann 83 | Maiden Mother Matriarch

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My guest today is the journalist Nellie Bowles – columnist at the Free Press, and author of the new book 'Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History.' We spoke about Nellie's journey from being an orthodox liberal journalist at The New York Times in 2020, to becoming an apostate who lost her faith in progressive politics after reporting on the harm done by its extremists. We spoke about homelessness, drug decriminalization, the defund the police movement, and – in the extended section – transgenderism.

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My guest today is Tom Holland, co-host of the Rest is History podcast, and author of many books, including 'Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind.'  We spoke about the new book that Tom is working on, focused on the ideological revolution of the 1960s, which he compares to a second Reformation. He argues that the current culture wars are in fact theol…

The Second Reformation - Tom Holland | Maiden Mother Matriarch 81

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My guest today is Helen Roy, fellow at the Claremont Institute, contributing editor at the American Mind, host of the 'Girlboss, Interrupted' podcast, and mother of three under three. We spoke about the spiritual loss that comes with the demise of single sex spaces and the courage that motherhood demands. In the extended part of the episode, we also spo…

The Virtue of Motherhood - Helen Roy | Maiden Mother Matriarch 80

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My guest today is Coleen T. Murphy, Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton, and also the director of Princeton's Laboratory for Aging Research. Her new book is titled 'How We Age: The Science of Longevity.' We spoke about why women live longer than men, what centenarians seem to have in common with one another, why eunuchs may live longer than othe…

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