This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Joshua Dale, professor at Chuo University in Tokyo and author of 'Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Changed the World'. We spoke about the historical roots of the Japanese passion for cuteness, the differences in pre-modern attitudes towards children in Japan and Europe, the role of domestication syndrome in the developme…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Roanne van Voorst – anthropologist, futurist, assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, and author of 'Six in a Bed: The Future of Love.' We spoke about sex robots, including Roanne's chilling encounter at a sex robot brothel in Vienna. We also spoke about other kinds of romantic virtual relationships with AI that are becomin…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk 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 Dr Abigail Favale, a writer and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. She has an academic background in feminist literary criticism, and now writes and teaches…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is David Goodhart, founder of Prospect magazine and Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration at Policy Exchange. David's new book, 'The Care Dilemma: Caring Enough in the Age of Sex Equality,' is the final instalment of a trilogy of books on class, economics, and the family that began with 'The Road to Somewhere' and 'Head Hand Heart…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Mike Israetel, bodybuilding and fitness consultant, former Professor of Nutrition and Sport Science, and co-founder of Renaissance Periodization. We spoke about why women benefit from lifting heavy weights even more than men do in terms of metabolic health, longevity, bone density, and day-to-day living. Will you risk getting bulky? Is…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Tracing Woodgrains, writer on Substack and (until recently) producer for the Blocked & Reported podcast. We spoke about Trace's life as an ex-Mormon. His family have been Mormons for seven generations and he was born and brought up in Utah. But he left the church as an adult, came out as gay, and is now married to a man. We discussed t…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Ray Blanchard, sexologist and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, particularly renowned for developing Blanchard's transsexualism typology and for his work on the fraternal birth order effect on male homosexuality. We spoke about the various possible causes of homosexuality for both men and women, whether or not the '…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk 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 Niccolo Soldo, political commentator and Substack author. We spoke about his Substack series on the early history of HIV/AIDS in America, including the political response of gay campaigners at the time, th…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Malcolm Collins: pronatalist campaigner, co-founder (along with his wife Simone) of the Collins Institute, and author of many books, including 'The Pragmatist's Guide to Crafting Religion.' We spoke about religion – why so many religions are haemorrhaging adherents, the elements that a religion needs in order to survive and spread, and…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Auron MacIntyre, columnist at The Blaze, host of 'The Auron MacIntyre Show', and author of 'The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies.' We spoke about what the events of 2020 revealed about our political system, why we don't really live in a democracy, and how the total state has come to supplant the family, the church,…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk 📰 Subscribe to Maiden Mother Matriarch here to listen to full extended episodes: louiseperry.substack.com My guest today is the writer and comedian Bridget Phetasy, author of the 'Beyond Parody' Substack, columnist at the Spectator World, and host of the 'Walk ins Welcome' podcast and 'Dumpster Fire' YouTube show. We spoke about Bridget's recent viral …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk 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 Jennifer Lahl, founder and president of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, Jennifer spent 25 years working as a paediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursi…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Ross Douthat, columnist at the New York Times, and author of books including 'Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics' and 'The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success.' We spoke about whether polyamory is drifting back towards a more traditional model, the nature of repaganisation in relation to euthana…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Amy Wax, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Amy is both a legal scholar and medical scholar, with dual specialties in both neurology and social welfare law.  We spoke today about the feminisation of public life, particularly of the academy, and debated whether or not we can design mixed-sex institutions to su…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Paul Kingsnorth, author of The Abbey of Misrule Substack, and of many books, including  'Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist.' We spoke about Paul's journey from environmentalism to Orthodox Christianity, the relationship between Christian millenarianism and the fear of civilizational collapse, the attraction of zombie apocalyp…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Tania Reynolds, Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico. We started off by speaking about one of Tania's main areas of interest: female friendships. What do women look for in a potential friend? How do women both support and undermine other women? And why do they prefer friends who are less beautiful than them…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Tammy Peterson, wife to Jordan Peterson and host of The Tammy Peterson Podcast. We spoke about Tammy's attitude towards Christianity while she was growing up, the advantages of traditional gender roles, the loss of domestic rituals, and the joy of grandchildren. In the extended part of the episode, we spoke about how Tammy was brought …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Katharine Birbalsingh, head of the Michaela School in London, and famously described in the media as "Britain's strictest headmistress." We spoke about Michaela's unique approach to education and discipline, the opposition it has faced since its inception, and the recent legal case concerning a Muslim student who challenged the school'…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is the psychologist and writer Rob Kurzban, co-author of the Living Fossils substack, and also the author of books including 'Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind' and 'The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It.' We spoke about why modern parentin…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Dr Anna Machin, an evolutionary anthropologist from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, and the author of two books that we spoke about today: 'The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father' and 'Why We Love: The Definitive Guide to Our Most Fundamental Need.' We spoke about why maternal love is the …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Catherine Salmon, Professor of Psychology at the University of Redlands. We spoke about sibling conflict, evolutionary explanations for anorexia, and slash fiction.  In the extended part of the episode, we spoke about what porn reveals about male and female sexuality, Be warned, the last 20 minutes are very much not suitable for childre…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is the journalist Lisa Selin Davis, author of a new book titled 'Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead.' We spoke about the history of the American suburbs, the legacy of Betty Friedan, and the social costs of the mass influx of middle class women into the labour market. In the extended part of the episode we also sp…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Paul Bloom, Professor Emeritus of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and the author of many books, including 'Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil', 'Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion', and 'Psych: The Story of the Human Mind.' We spoke about h…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Gareth Roberts – a screenwriter, best known for his work on Doctor Who, and also an author, including of a new book titled 'Gay Shame: The Rise of Gender Ideology and the New Homophobia.' We spoke about why there are now so many women on Grindr, the weird side of female sexuality, and how gay men have responded to the rise of trans acti…