Our overdiagnosis epidemic | Maiden Mother Matriarch 219
The line between medical disorder and normal bodily or mental function has become increasingly blurred. This is particularly apparent when it comes to mental illness disorders, the boundaries of which are expanding all the time. Diagnoses of conditions like autism, ADHD, depressi ...Show more
Reflections on the (upcoming) revolution in France
In this bonus episode for paid subscribers, I spoke with Ed West about the recent unrest in France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economics transformed | Maiden Mother Matriarch 218
As the political economist Nicholas Eberstadt once put it, “a shrinking, aging world is something that we're intuitively, almost completely unprepared to encounter, because all of our experience, in ways that we don't even think about, has been framed by a growing world populatio ...Show more
The nature of Englishness | Maiden Mother Matriarch 217
This interview was actually recorded before Suella Braverman's most recent Question Time appearance, which sparked a public row over the question of English identity and ethnicity. As it happens, that was one of the topics we covered in our conversation, which is themed around Su ...Show more