Maiden Mother Matriarch: BONUS Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

Should Christians fear AI?

Louise Perry — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:01:07 GMT

In this bonus episode for paid subscribers, I spoke with Mary Harrington about Pope Leo's encyclical on AI, whether it should be regarded as 'normal technology' or as something entirely different, and how the digital revolution might transform politics long term.

"You are not enough people!" | Maiden Mother Matriarch 200

Louise Perry — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:01:11 GMT

The institution of marriage has changed a lot over the last few centuries. As Eli Finkel explains in ‘The All of Nothing Marriage’ – truly one of my favourite social science books – Americans of the early nineteenth century would look with confusion on our modern attitudes towards what a spouse ought to be. An economic partner, sure. A co-parent, obviou…

The Windrush Myth

Louise Perry — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:01:30 GMT

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Ed West about why the story of the HMS Windrush has become so important in modern Britain, despite its historical inaccuracies.

How children got hooked on dopamine magnets | Maiden Mother Matriarch 199

Louise Perry — Sun, 24 May 2026 18:01:27 GMT

That’s an insight from Michaleen Doucleff, a science reporter for NPR and the author of the bestselling book ‘Hunt, Gather, Parent’, which we discussed on a previous MMM episode back in 2024.

In a new book, ‘Dopamine Kids’, she returns to the idea of children’s evolved natures, and the warping effect of a new force in all of our lives, what Michaleen cal…

Why aren't more people getting married?

Louise Perry — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:01:27 GMT

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Rob Henderson about the link between the decline in marriage rates and the decline in fertility rates.

The man who wants humans to go extinct | Maiden Mother Matriarch 198

Louise Perry — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:11:11 GMT

Paul Ehrlich was the author of the 1968 book ‘The Population Bomb’ - a book that made him into a celebrity. His message was a horrifying one. “In the 1970s and 1980s” he announced in the opening lines, “hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.”

Thankfully, that prediction was not realised. But …

Divided Britain

Louise Perry — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:01:39 GMT

In this bonus episode, Nina Power and I discussed the local elections in Britain and what the results indicate about political polarisation, especially with regards to age, ethnicity, class, and sex.

The radicalisation of young women

Louise Perry — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:55:20 GMT

We’ve all heard of the manosphere. We’ve all come across commentators who blame it for the radicalisation of young men. Political leaders express immense concern about manosphere influencers like Andrew Tate, who are blamed for the alienation of their young fans from mainstream society.

We hear a lot less about the femosphere. In a recent New Statesman c…

The rise of the cougar

Louise Perry — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:01:42 GMT

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about the apparent rise in the eagerness of young men to date older women. Is it because of politics? Anti-ageing skincare? Money? A lack of interest in fatherhood? Or something else?

Meet the transwoman opposed to trans activism

Louise Perry — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:01:03 GMT

Brianna Wu is a transwoman and a passionate Democrat who wants people with gender dysphoria to be protected from discrimination and given access to sex reassignment medical treatments. But only if this treatment has proper safeguards, and is never offered to children. To achieve this compromise – a centrist position, Brianna argues – trans activists mus…

What happens when a country embraces assisted death? | Maiden Mother Matriarch 193

Louise Perry — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:39:35 GMT

Philosopher Kathleen Stock is careful about terminology in her new book. Her argument is not against assisted suicide, or euthanasia, but specifically against assisted death services. That is, “formal structures for helping consenting people to die with the aid of clinicians.” It’s these “formal structures”, she argues, that end up transforming health s…

Is 'microlooting' cool?

Louise Perry — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:01:13 GMT

In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I discussed a recent controversial New York Times podcast featuring Hasan Piker and Jia Tolentino speaking in defence of so-called 'microlooting' and other criminality. We spoke about the backlash to this episode and whether the Left is now pivoting away from peak-woke priorities like language policing and toward…

A monster created by the state

Louise Perry — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:57 GMT

In this bonus episode, I spoke with the Telegraph’s Poppy Coburn about the Southport Public Inquiry, and the ideological factors that led state agencies to treat Axel Rudakubana like a victim, rather than a threat to the public. We also spoke about Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane and the protests last week over a gang rape reported in the Surrey town o…

The threat of a new dark age | Maiden Mother Matriarch 192

Louise Perry — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:01:23 GMT

Nigel Biggar has personal experience of the cultural revolution that has come to the universities of the Anglosphere. In 2017, he found himself in the middle of a heated controversy over a project he was leading on the morality of empire, and he quickly discovered that there are some questions that you are not supposed to ask in universities today.

In a …

Communism with Anglo characteristics

Louise Perry — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:01:52 GMT

In this bonus episode, Nina Power and I discussed the rise of a new style of Leftism in the Anglosphere, embodied in figures like Zack Polanksi and Zohran Mamdani.

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A manifesto for "good sluts" | Maiden Mother Matriarch 191

Louise Perry — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:00:45 GMT

It's safe to say that Zoe Strimpel and I don't entirely agree on whether the sexual revolution was a good thing for women. Where I have a somewhat tragic analysis of the trade offs inherent to our new sexual culture, Zoeargues that women have never had it so good. Her new book, titled 'Good Slut', is a passionate defence of sexual freedom, including of …

Next stop, Mars?

Louise Perry — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:01:06 GMT

For this bonus episode I joined the hosts of the Anglofuturism podcast, Tom Ough and Calum Drysdale, to discuss the Artemis II mission to the moon.

What evolutionary psychology gets wrong | Maiden Mother Matriarch 190

Louise Perry — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:01:39 GMT

My guest today doesn’t reject evolutionary psychology as a discipline, but he is critical of many popular interpretations of the research on human mating.

Of course there are psychological differences between men and women, of course some people are more beautiful than others, and of course some people struggle to attract dates. But it’s easy to exaggera…

Who's afraid of the big bad manosphere?

Louise Perry — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:00:50 GMT

In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I discussed Louis Theroux's manosphere documentary for Netflix.

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So, where are we now?

Louise Perry — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:00:14 GMT

The queen of reactionary feminism, Mary Harrington, is now hosting a monthly YouTube show with Socrates in the City. I was one of her first guests and the Socrates team were kind enough to let me share our conversation with you here. We discussed the disappointments of postliberalism, arguments over the feminisation of public life, the loss of male stat…