Declining Birth Rate, LGBTQ+ Support Lessens, Scandinavian Texas Obsession and Dere's Da Balls

About this episode

The episode discusses the decline in the U.S. birth rate, changing attitudes towards LGBTQ+ issues, and a cultural obsession with Texan cowboy culture in Australia.

Bryan's back in El Paso with his parents and binging Australian Married at First Sight: Australia. Erin is rekindling her love of Judy Tenuta and is sent a video of a man in Helsinki obsessed with Texan cowboy culture . Erin discusses the rapid decline in the U.S. birth rate and how the government refuses to incentivize young mothers to make more babies. Bryan reviews recent polling from the Pew Research Center and YouGov showing that more Americans now believe being gay is morally unacceptable and that LGBTQ+ discrimination is not a serious problem in the country. For our Murder in Glitterball City Recaps visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryan, Erin Gibson

Topics covered

• birth rate decline
• LGBTQ+ support
• cultural obsession
• polling data
• family dynamics

Keywords

• birth rate
• LGBTQ+ discrimination
• polling
• cultural obsession
• Judy Tenuta

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pew Research Center, YouGov

Places: El Paso, Helsinki, Texas, Australia

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