In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer

Frank talks with psychologist Paul Eastwick about the science of attraction, attachment, marriage, and long-term companionship. Drawing from his book Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection, Paul challenges the idea that relationships are mostly about status, dominance, or “mate value.” Instead, he argues that humans evolved for bonding, caregiving, emotional support, and mutual dependence. The conversation also explores online dating culture, the manosphere, sexuality, co...

I sat down with Gina Goldhammer to talk about her novel Where Snowbirds Play, which is set in 1991 at what she describes as the end of the golden age of Palm Beach, a world of wealth, influence, and powerful people living inside their own closed social orbit. Let me just say this plainly. This is a terrific novel. I love it. What drew me in is not just that setting, but what happens inside it, because at the center of all that money and power is a young woman, Hannah Caulfield, who makes a de...

Writer Kate Cohen joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her new Substack “Scratch,” a project devoted to the things we make that keep us human. From cooking and sewing to carpentry and farming, Cohen explores how working with our hands connects us to the material world and to each other. In a culture dominated by algorithms, automation, and AI, these acts of making may be more important than ever. This conversation explores capability, creativity, community, and the deep human need to build, co...

In this revealing Conversation, I speak with historian, publisher, and author Andrew Lownie about his investigation into Prince Andrew, the aura of untouchable royal privilege, and the culture that allowed secrecy to fester and rot. We explore the Epstein scandal’s wider implications and the monarchy’s uncertain future in a world that demands transparency. Now that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested for his involvement, on his birthday, no less, I hope this Conversation will help gi...