MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free at 321course.com/MMM. Just enter your email, choose a password and you’re in — there’s no spam and no fees. 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...
May 03, 2026•1 hr 15 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury by going to cozyearth.com and using my code COZYMMM for 20% off site wide. And if you get a post-purchase survey do please mention that you heard about Cozy Earth from the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. Whether you’re buying for yourself, or for somebody else, Cozy Earth creates the comfort that makes a house feel like home. Philosopher Kathleen Stock is careful about terminology in her new book. Her argument is not against assisted suicide, or euthanasia, but ...
Apr 29, 2026•1 hr 21 min
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 towards something more militant and more masculine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 26, 2026•22 min
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 of Epsom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 22, 2026•20 min
MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free at 321course.com/MMM. Just enter your email, choose a password and you’re in — there’s no spam and no fees. 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 d...
Apr 18, 2026•57 min
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. Discussed in this episode: Rupert Lowe statement on the Greens. Times of London analysis of the Green vote. Akhmed Yakoob on the Greens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 15, 2026•20 min
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 promiscuity and hedonism. In today's episode, we debate the consequences of the sexual revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Apr 12, 2026•1 hr 9 min
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 09, 2026•21 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury by going to cozyearth.com and using my code COZYMMM for 20% off site wide. And if you get a post-purchase survey do please mention that you heard about Cozy Earth from the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. Whether you’re buying for yourself, or for somebody else, Cozy Earth creates the comfort that makes a house feel like home. My guest today doesn't reject evolutionary psychology as a discipline, but he is critical of many popular interpretations of the research ...
Apr 05, 2026•1 hr 15 min
In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I discussed Louis Theroux's manosphere documentary for Netflix. Discussed in the episode: MMM episode on ‘Adolescence’ Peep Show, “I’m Louis Theroux, I’m Louis Theroux” ‘When Louis met... Jimmy’ Louis Theroux on Modern Wisdom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 01, 2026•20 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury by going to cozyearth.com and using my code COZYMMM for 20% off site wide. And if you get a post-purchase survey do please mention that you heard about Cozy Earth from the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. Whether you’re buying for yourself, or for somebody else, Cozy Earth creates the comfort that makes a house feel like home. MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free a...
Mar 29, 2026•1 hr 13 min
In this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about Lindy West's new memoir, Adult Braces , and her account of polyamory, fat activism, and mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2026•21 min
Britain is in a bad place at the moment. The country that gave the world the Industrial Revolution is now visibly deteriorating. "Managed decline" is the popular phrase, although there is a debate over how "managed" it really is. Tom Ough says that none of this is necessary. Britain could – and should – pursue a programme of innovation that benefits its people materially, but that also feels psychologically comforting in its cultural familiarity. The term for this vision is "Anglofuturism", our ...
Mar 22, 2026•1 hr 10 min
For this bonus episode I went on Against the Grain podcast with Matthew Schmitz and Julia Yost. We talked about the migration boom in Britain, birth rates, religious revivals and more. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/against-the-grain/id1823575411 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2026•21 min
In Lionel Shriver's new novel, a family with a large and lovely house in Brooklyn invite a Honduran asylum seeker to come and live with them. The young woman is pleasant and helpful. But the adult son of the family – unemployed, idle, and disagreeable – is deeply opposed to her presence in his home. This being a Lionel Shriver novel, the drama soon goes in an unexpected direction. 'A Better Life' is a novel about immigration, gender, and political polarisation – all topics we discuss today. Lion...
Mar 15, 2026•1 hr 18 min
In this bonus episode, I spoke with The Telegraph's Poppy Coburn about the ongoing threat to Dubai, and the city's (very revealing) role in the British cultural imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2026•21 min
"It's not that it's fake, it's that it's evil." That was what today's guest replied when I asked him to describe the nature of paganism. It's a term that we usually associate with Ancient Rome. But John Daniel Davidson uses a more expansive definition of this particular outlook on the supernatural, and he warns against it in the strongest possible terms. John is a senior editor at The Federalist and the author of 'Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come.' Today we spe...
Mar 08, 2026•51 min
Anthony Daniels, also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, has spent a career doing something very unusual for someone of his class: talking at great length to thousands and thousands of people at the very bottom of the socioeconomic heap. Daniels is a doctor, as well as the author of dozens of books. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of perhaps his most famous, 'Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass', a collection of essays about Daniels' time wo...
Mar 04, 2026•1 hr 19 min
In this bonus episode, I spoke with Ed West about the Gorton and Denton by-election, the Islamo-gauchist coalition, and Rupert Lowe's new Restore Party. Discussed in this episode: Serial series on the Trojan Horse affair Hannah Spencer on Newsnight Tony Blair documentary series Pimlico Journal article on Restore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 01, 2026•21 min
In this bonus episode, Rob Henderson and I discussed the legacy of Aaron Sorkin, and the end of the political era that his work represented. Discussed in the episode: Sorkin interviewed on the BBC. Rob’s NYT piece on The West Wing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 25, 2026•20 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. We are all descended from thousands of generations of parents who successfully raised their children to adulthood. But, unlike those parents, we all have access to plentiful food, indoor plumbing, effective medicine, and all of the other t...
Feb 22, 2026•1 hr 24 min
In this bonus episode, Nina Power and I reviewed Emerald Fennell's new film "Wuthering Heights." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 18, 2026•20 min
MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free at 321course.com/MMM. Just enter your email, choose a password and you’re in — there’s no spam and no fees. Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch pod...
Feb 15, 2026•1 hr 22 min
In this bonus episode, I spoke with Mary Harrington about the latest tranche of Epstein files, and what the scandal reveals about politics, power, and men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 11, 2026•19 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. On the cover of their new book, authors Dean Spears and Michael Geruso have a graph of the global population over time. The population is small and roughly stable for pretty much all of human history. It rises after the advent of agricultu...
Feb 08, 2026•1 hr 20 min
In this bonus episode, I spoke with Rod Dreher about what he describes as the 'Weimarisation of the West' – an increasingly atomised and economically precarious society that valorises transgression for its own sake. We also discussed whether World War II still has a central place in the cultural imagination, why the Online Right puts so much emphasis on humour, and the ongoing civil unrest in Minnesota. Article in 'The Point' on heteropessimism 'The Harry Potter generation needs to grow up' Tuck...
Feb 06, 2026•21 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. Teenage anxiety isn’t a new thing. Our mothers and grandmothers also worried about beauty, and friendships, and boys. What is new, however, is the role of technology in teenage anxiety. We see an inflection point in the early 2010s: a sudd...
Feb 01, 2026•1 hr 8 min
In this bonus episode, I spoke with Stone Age Herbalist about an essay he recently published on Victorian attitudes towards death. We discussed the cultural impact of Jack the Ripper, the terror of body snatching, the practice of postmortem photography, and the Spiritualist movement's preoccupation with electricity. Discussed in the episode: 'How The Victorians Eroticised Death, From Ophelia To Salome' More on the anatomical venus More on body snatching and Georgia Medical College Hosted on Acas...
Jan 28, 2026•21 min
Give the gift of everyday luxury and make every moment comfortable. Head to cozyearth.com and use my code COZYMMM for 20% off sitewide. And if you get a Post-Purchase Survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth at the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast. The word 'meritocracy' was originally intended as a pejorative. It was coined in a 1958 novel written by the British social scientist Michael Young. In the dystopia that Young imagined, the old order has been overthrown and replaced with a...
Jan 25, 2026•1 hr 22 min
In this bonus episode, Ed West and I spoke about the mode of British governance that is simultaneously sinister and farcical, from the recent ' Prevent video game ' to the police horses sent to re-education because they wouldn't walk over rainbow pedestrian crossings. Discussed in this episode: Conservatives are more accurate in describing the beliefs of liberals "Met police hired black child rapist to boost diversity" "Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself in" "The Birmingham Ma...
Jan 21, 2026•21 min
