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Frames of SpaceElena Bridgers on Why Modern Motherhood Feels So HardElena Bridgers is the writer behind the Substack "Motherhood Until Yesterday." She is known for her writing on evolutionary biology: specifically, the nature of hunter-gatherer societies, and how that explains why motherhood is so difficult in the present.
In the episode, I got a chance to speak with her about the tradeoffs that come with gender equity, how parenting has changed her conception of contemporary feminism, and the ways in which hunter-gatherer societies were neither patriarchal nor matriarchal.
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"Regan Arntz-Gray on the Different Interpretations of Feminism" from Frames of Space
2026-01-151h 09
Just Asking QuestionsDebating the Science and Ethics of IVF: Emma Waters vs. Ruxandra TesloHow should the government treat in vitro fertilization (IVF)? Should they regulate it more? Should they subsidize it? Just asking questions.
The above are all questions that the Trump administration is actively considering in the wake of an executive order seeking to expand access to IVF. President Donald Trump previously declared himself "the fertilization president" while speaking at a women's conference.
Today's guests have thought about a lot about reproductive technology, birth rates, and family policy, each arriving at some very different conclusions at times. Ruxandra Teslo is a genomics Ph.D. student at the U...
2025-06-061h 37
The Good FightWhat Elites Really BelieveYascha Mounk and Ruxandra Teslo discuss luxury beliefs and the concept of "elite misinformation."
Ruxandra Teslo is a PhD student in Genomics at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK. She writes about science and culture at Ruxandra’s Substack.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ruxandra Teslo discuss Rob Henderson’s concept of luxury beliefs, its key insights, and the misleading ways in which it’s often used; the academic study of “misinformation” and why we should be skeptical of (much of) it; and how cultural ideas about progress shape outcomes in the real world.
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2024-10-051h 02
The Good FightWhat Elites Really BelieveYascha Mounk and Ruxandra Teslo discuss luxury beliefs and the concept of "elite misinformation."Ruxandra Teslo is a PhD student in Genomics at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK. She writes about science and culture at Ruxandra’s Substack.In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ruxandra Teslo discuss Rob Henderson’s concept of luxury beliefs, its key insights, and the misleading ways in which it’s often used; the academic study of “misinformation” and why we should be skeptical of (much of) it; and how cultural ideas about progres...
2024-10-051h 03
AI Article ReadingsPro-progress will win when it wins women - By Ruxandra TesloAI Narration of Pro-progress will win when it wins women - By Ruxandra Teslo.https://www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/pro-progress-will-win-when-it-wins?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
2024-08-1312 min