Lyman Stone is a Substack writer and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies. He is a pronatalist, which means that he wants society to have higher birth rates and more children.

In this episode, I got a chance to speak with him about the nature of his online persona, the gap between desired and actual fertility rates, and the correlation between marriage and fertility.

Show Notes

"Babies Matter So It's Pronatalism Or Bust" by Lyman Stone

Announcement: this podcast will be returning to its traditional biweekly upload schedule for the foreseeable future. But I really enjoyed the run of weekly episodes that I've been able to pull off for the past few months, and I hope to do it again some time :)

Damon Linker is a senior lecturer of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and the writer behind the Substack "Notes from the Middleground," which covers the nature of MAGA politics and where it came from. As someone who was far more restrained in his critiques of Trump during Trump's first term, I've found it notable to see how much more concerned he's become about Trump since his second inauguration.

In this episode, I got a chance to speak with him about how the resistance against Trump has been more restrained this time around, why ICE agents are disproportionately located in blue cities, and whether the Trump administration will be able to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections.

Show Notes

"The Other Rally at the Garden" by Damon Linker, Notes from the Middleground

"The Politics of Anger in Minneapolis" by Damon Linker, Notes from the Middleground

Victor Kumar is an associate professor of philosophy at Boston University and the writer behind the Substack "Open Questions." He is known for his writing on political polarization, and the cultural reasons behind the state of civil culture in America.

In this episode, I got a chance to speak with him about why he believes in the importance of a large Overton window, the positions he held about lockdowns during the pandemic, and whether or not universities should engage in affirmative action on behalf of conservatives.

Show Notes

"We Need to Talk" by Victor Kumar, Open Questions

"The Fragmentation of America" by Victor Kumar, Open Questions