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Ill Conceived

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Josh Boerman & June Sternbach

A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Kill The Computer, The Onion).

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Eugenics, IQ, and The Bell Curve

Charles Murray & Richard Herrnstein's book 1994 The Bell Curve caused tremendous controver... more

05 Dec 2025

1 HR 51 MINS

1:51:26

05 Dec 2025

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PREVIEW - Mailbag & Chill: Balaji Srinivasan

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS MAILBAG EPISODE. For access to the full length version of thi... more

26 Nov 2025

20 MINS

20:31

26 Nov 2025

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What is Childhood?

The White House will likely soon release a large set of documents about convicted pedophil... more

23 Nov 2025

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:38

23 Nov 2025

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PREVIEW - Mailbag & Chill: Matt Yglesias

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS MAILBAG EPISODE. For access to the full length version of thi... more

18 Nov 2025

09 MINS

09:19

18 Nov 2025

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Balaji Srinivasan & Network Natalism

Natalcon 2025 featured a number of high profile speakers whose speeches weren't recorded. ... more

15 Nov 2025

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:20

15 Nov 2025

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Matthew Yglesias: One Billion Americans

In 2020, Vox cofounder Matt Yglesias published a book entitled One Billion Americans which... more

01 Nov 2025

1 HR 50 MINS

1:50:21

01 Nov 2025

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Natal Conference 2025

In March 2025, 200 natalists and their closest friends assembled in Austin, Texas for the ... more

25 Oct 2025

1 HR 54 MINS

1:54:43

25 Oct 2025

#18

The Good, the Bad and the Mailbag

Next week we're recording our first in-person episode together and Josh is still prepping,... more

17 Oct 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:27

17 Oct 2025

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk was once hailed as one of the brightest wealthy Americans who was standing up fo... more

10 Oct 2025

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:31

10 Oct 2025

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Homeschooling

It's no secret that large families tend to homeschool their children. But why is this thei... more

04 Oct 2025

1 HR 48 MINS

1:48:56

04 Oct 2025

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Moms for Liberty

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown created an online ecosystem ripe for misinformation and... more

26 Sep 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:29

26 Sep 2025

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Oh No! More Mailbag

We dug into the mailbag again for thoughts on how natalists pass that shit on, fulfilling ... more

20 Sep 2025

44 MINS

44:07

20 Sep 2025

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Quiverfull

Quiverfull is an evangelical Christian philosophy that takes the Biblical command to "be f... more

12 Sep 2025

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:38

12 Sep 2025

#12

Tradwives

Within the last few years, women portraying themselves online with a “trad wife” aesthetic... more

05 Sep 2025

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:57

05 Sep 2025

#11

Purity Balls & Daddy-Daughter Dates

Purity is a load-bearing concept in the conservative Christian ideal of family and reprodu... more

29 Aug 2025

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:12

29 Aug 2025

#10

Oops! All Mailbag

Josh is still really tired from his trip to Europe so we talked about James Dobson for a b... more

25 Aug 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:16

25 Aug 2025

#9

Project 2025 and the Future of Sex Education

The era of the Christian political agenda and conservative cultural hegemony took a backse... more

15 Aug 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:27

15 Aug 2025

#8

Abstinence-Only Sex Education

There's one guaranteed way to never get pregnant or contract a sexually transmitted infect... more

08 Aug 2025

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:53

08 Aug 2025

#7

Lyman Stone, Marriage Defender

With natalism coming to the forefront of American politics in recent years, people who hav... more

25 Jul 2025

59 MINS

59:02

25 Jul 2025

#6

James Dobson & Focus on the Family

In the history of the evangelical Christian family movement, one figure stands tall above ... more

18 Jul 2025

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:37

18 Jul 2025

#5

Catholics, Evangelicals, and the In Vitro Fertilization Debate

When the first human baby was born through the use of a blossoming treatment called in vit... more

11 Jul 2025

41 MINS

41:54

11 Jul 2025

#4

How Evangelicals Came to Oppose Abortion

Opposition to legal abortion wasn't always a consensus matter across the Christian Right. ... more

04 Jul 2025

57 MINS

57:26

04 Jul 2025

#3

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Health & Human Sicko

Josh and June look into the past of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Health and Human Se... more

27 Jun 2025

40 MINS

40:04

27 Jun 2025

#2

Promise Keepers: 700,000 Dicks Out for Jesus

Josh and June take a look at Promise Keepers, the organization that massed 700,000 men on ... more

20 Jun 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:31

20 Jun 2025

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Ill Conceived launches on June 20. Here's what we're all about.

Ill Conceived is a new podcast about natalism—the ideology that sees declining birthrates ... more

10 Jun 2025

02 MINS

02:56

10 Jun 2025

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