Ballerina Farm / Hannah Neeleman

Ballerina Farm / Hannah Neeleman

From Ill Conceived by Josh Boerman & June Sternbach

April 11, 2026 · 1h 39m · Season 2 · Episode 14

About this episode

The episode explores the influence of Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm on the natalist movement and reactionary politics.

Natalists have an ideal life and an ideal wife: rugged, individualistic, and dedicated to self-sufficiency. Perhaps nothing epitomizes this ideal better than Ballerina Farm, the popular social media account of dancer and pageant queen Hannah Neeleman that is growing into an influential direct-to-consumer food and lifestyle brand that no longer sells raw milk. This week, Josh and June look at the history of Ballerina Farm and try to understand how its strange brand of seemingly apolitical tradwifery serves as a stalking horse for the natalist movement and reactionary politics more broadly. CHECK OUT OUR RECENT PODCAST GUEST APPEARANCES! June on Anime Sickos Josh on Lions Led By Donkeys Josh on Well There's Your Problem ***WANT MORE ILL CONCEIVED? Every other week, we release B-side supplements to the main episodes where we read your e-mail responses and discuss things further. Come check us out at Patreon.com/illconceived!*** ***WE WANT YOUR THOUGHTS FOR THE WORLD FAMOUS MAILBAG! Send an email with feedback about this week's episode to illconceivedpod@gmail.com*** EPISODE ART: Hannah Neeleman in a professional headshot. After graduating from Juilliard's dance undergraduate program…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Boerman, June Sternbach

Guest: Hannah Neeleman

Topics covered

  • natalism
  • tradwifery
  • direct-to-consumer
  • social media influence
  • reactionary politics

Keywords

  • Ballerina Farm
  • Hannah Neeleman
  • natalism
  • tradwifery
  • social media
  • reactionary politics
  • Utah
  • Juilliard

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ballerina Farm, Juilliard

Products: Strength at Every Stage

Places: Utah, Wasatch Range

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