About this episode

Caitlin Flanagan discusses her departure from Los Angeles and the implications of progressive governance on the city, along with topics of marriage and parenthood.

Caitlin Flanagan joins the show today, now an official columnist at The Free Press. Flanagan, one of the sharpest essayists working today, spent 35 years in Los Angeles before deciding she’d had enough, and tells Coleman why. The answer says a lot about what progressive governance has done to one of America’s great cities. From there they get into territory Flanagan knows well: the state of marriage, the dating crisis, and the case for having children in a culture that has talked itself out of wanting them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Coleman, Coleman Hughes

Guest: Caitlin Flanagan

Topics covered

• progressive governance
• marriage
• dating crisis
• parenthood
• Los Angeles

Keywords

• Caitlin Flanagan
• Los Angeles
• progressive governance
• marriage
• dating crisis
• parenthood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Free Press

Places: Los Angeles, America

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