About this episode

Brian and Lexy discuss the cultural implications of sending women to college and into careers, linking it to the CIA.

Send us a text! Welcome to Bright Hearth, a podcast devoted to recovering the lost arts of homemaking and the productive Christian household with Brian and Lexy Sauvé. In this episode, Brian and Lexy talk about the insane cultural norms around sending our women to college and into the world of career and how we got here (yes, it involves the CIA). Support the new album at briansauve.com/shortyears Head to thewarfornormal.com for more info on our upcoming conference! Lexy's new book, Wisdom on...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Sauvé, Lexy Sauvé

Topics covered

• homemaking
• cultural norms
• Christian household
• education
• career
• women's roles

Keywords

• homemaking
• Christianity
• women's education
• cultural norms
• CIA
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, briansauve.com, thewarfornormal.com

Books & works: Wisdom

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