This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukIn this bonus episode for paid subscribers, Mary and I spoke about why thinking about death makes people want to have children, climate change anxiety, the post-literate future, the new vigilante groups springing up in Britain, and why Britain’s upper classes are suffering from post-colonial grief
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I Want to Believe! - Ross Douthat | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 154
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Ross Douthat, columnist at The New York Times and author of many books, including a new one titled 'Believe: Why Everyone Should be Religious.' We spoke about near death experiences, the mystery of the Turin Shroud, how mystical experiences change people (if at all), the challenge of detecting the presence of the Holy Spirit, and what …
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BONUS: on terrorism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukIn this bonus episode, I spoke with Nina Power about the symbolic power of terrorism and how this has changed post-9/11, the increasingly nihilistic motivations of terrorists in Europe, the use of the Oasis track ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, and the increasing public distrust of government narratives around ter…
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Feminism Beyond Left and Right - Holly Lawford-Smith | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 153
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Holly Lawford-Smith, a philosopher, author and associate professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. We discussed her latest book, titled 'Feminism Beyond Left and Right', in which Holly argues for an expansive definition of feminism that untethers it from its association with the Left. The MMM podcast can also be…
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BONUS: The lie of female empowerment
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukIn this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about whether marriage is still an attractive prospect for women, Meghan's own objections to getting married, the problem for feminists of working out whether a woman is really choosing something or whether she's deluded about her own desires, and what the apparent return of the bandage dress reveals (if…
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