High Income, Low Fertility - Melissa Kearney | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 172
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Melissa Kearney, Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame and author of âThe Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind.âWe spoke about the experience of raising children in a low fertility society, why feminists should care about pronatalism, the cause of the massive recent decâŠ
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BONUS: Lily Allen & the problem with polyamory
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukIn this bonus episode, I spoke with Diana Fleischman about the new Lily Allen album, why most people arenât well suited to polyamory, why celebrities cheat more often than normal people, whether we should stigmatise polyamory, and the middle aged women taking testosterone to boost their libidos. Discussed in the episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WesâŠ
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Warriors and Worriers - Joyce Benenson | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 171
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Joyce Benenson, Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and the author of âWarriors and Worriers: The Survival of the Sexes.â We spoke about boys and men â why even very young boys are often obsessed with enemies, superheroes, weapons, and everything else to do with warfare, and how psychological sex differences arâŠ
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BONUS: The end of postliberalism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukIn this bonus episode, Nina Power and I discussed Alasdair MacIntyreâs work and the position of postliberalism in 2025. Is the West excessively individualistic, or actually excessively communitarian? Was the welfare state a terrible mistake? And did liberalism really fail?Discussed in the episode:https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/10/how-to-save-brâŠ
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Sex Differences and Psychotherapy - Joe Alto | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 170
This episode is sponsored by Relay. For a 7 day free trial, go to https://joinrelay.app/maiden and use the code âLOUISEâ at checkout.đ° Subscribe to Maiden Mother Matriarch here to listen to full extended episodes: louiseperry.substack.com My guest today is Joe Alto, a psychotherapist who specialises in menâs issues, particularly sexual impulse control relating to infidelity and porn use. We spoke about the therapy styles that work best for men, why men so often use porn as a self soothing tool, the false assumptions that women make about menâs porn use, why men tend to go to strip clubs in groups, how porn exposure has replaced traditional rites of passage for boys, and practical means of combating porn addiction. The MMM podcast can also be found on Apple, Spotify, and all other streaming platforms: https://linktr.ee/maidenmothermatriarchFollow Maiden Mother Matriarch on social media:Twitter: @maiden_podcastInstagram: @maiden_mother_matriarchTikTok: @maiden_podcast #LouisePerry #JoeAlto #MaidenMotherMatriarch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk/subscribe
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