Episode 195: Natalists, Outliers, and MAID for Podcasters with Meghan Daum

Episode 195: Natalists, Outliers, and MAID for Podcasters with Meghan Daum

From Heterodorx by Corinna Cohn

April 24, 2026 · 1h 36m

About this episode

Meghan Daum joins the podcast to discuss natalism, overpopulation, and the implications of having children in modern society.

Writer , podcaster , teacher , thinker, public discourser, and friend of the pod’ Megan Daum joins the Dorx to discuss 80’s music trivia. After which we talk about natalism: pro, anti, soft anti-, demi-, and a-. How wrong was Paul Ehrlich ? Is the Demographic Transition Theory true? How has our understanding of (over)population changed? Are people better off having kids? Who will wipe our butts when we get old? What wallpaper goes with suicide? Were we really that clever and interesting in our 20’s, or just cute? And most importantly, WHAT IF?? Links: The Unspeakeasy podcast: https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/ Unspeakeasy Retreats & Workshops: https://theunspeakeasy.com/ J. Geils Band: Centerfold Peter and the Wolf Unspekeasy Lionel Shriver interview: https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/p/lionel-shrivers-most-problematic Nina’s abandoned late 1990’s/early 2000 antinatalist documentary Thank You For Not Breeding : Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed : https://www.meghandaum.com/selfish-shallow-self-absorbed Paul Ehrlich: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00939-5 Demographic Transition Theory: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11618374/ Virginia Abernethy - Population…

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Host: Corinna Cohn

Guest: Meghan Daum

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Organizations: The Unspeakeasy, The Baby Boon, J. Geils Band, Nina Paley

Books & works: Thank You For Not Breeding, Deluded and Immature

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