My guest today is Stone Age Herbalist – dissident anthropologist, author of the Grey Goose Chronicles on Substack, and also of several books, including a new one titled 'Demon Bats & Cocaine Mummies.' We spoke about two hunter gatherer groups that could be regarded as atheistic: the Pirahã of the Amazon, and the Comanche of North America. Do these examp…

My guest today is Spencer Klavan, host of the Young Heretics podcast, associate editor of The Claremont Review of Books, and author of a new book titled 'Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith.' We spoke about the potential challenge that Darwinism poses to Christianity, why nihilism is a very ancient problem, whether …

My guest today is Lyman Stone, research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and specialist in the sociology of fertility. We spoke about the best urban design for families, whether 'intensive parenting' has really become more common, the true effects of the Pill on fertility rates, how income and fertility are linked for men and women, and why it…

My guest today is Rod Dreher, Substack writer and author of many books, including a new title 'Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age.' We spoke about UFOs as a religious phenomenon, why Medieval peasants would be better placed to understand AI than we are, why young women are increasingly attracted to the occult, and whether men…

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My guest today is Dr Lawrence Newport, head of the campaigning organisation Crush Crime and also co-founder of the political movement Looking for Growth. We spoke about why the vast majority of crime goes unpunished in Britain, why forensic technology is under-utilised, the elite belief that worrying about crime is low status, and why rehabilitation sho…

My guest today is Katy Faust, Founder and President of Them Before Us, a global children’s rights nonprofit, and the author of books including 'Pro-Child Politics: Why Every Cultural, Economic, and National Issue Is a Matter of Justice for Children' and 'Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City: Teaching Historical, Economic, and Biological Truth in a W…

My guest today is Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, the bestselling author of books including 'Infidel', 'Heretic', and 'Prey', and also the founder and editor of Restoration, a new publication which seeks to rebuild the West's broken institutions.

We spoke about why Ayaan was so thrilled at Trump's victory, the i…