Poisoned Ivies

Are the Kids Alright?

Bethany is joined this week by Emily Elkins, Vice President of the Cato Institute and a mother of three. She dives into reams of data she's acquired about how kids these days are doing. Buckle up, it's a bit depressing.

Poisoned Ivies

This week Bethany is joined by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to talk about her new book, Poisoned Ivies, about how parents can navigate *these times* with their toddlers and young adult children alike, and what it it's like as a young mother serving as a Member of Congress. You can read Bethany's piece interviewing Stefanik at the New York Post here [https://nypost.com/2026/04/15/opinion/elise-stefanik-and-the-sick-truth-of-colleges-moral-collapse/].

Bridget Phetasy

In this episode, Bethany is joined by writer and comedian Bridget Phetasy [https://www.phetasy.com] to talk about how becoming a late-in-life mother was transformative, and how our culture gets the narrative wrong on motherhood. Phetasy is the host of the podcasts Walkins Welcome and Dumpster Fire.

With Six You Get...

Bethany is joined this week by a fellow mother of six, Katie Carney, to talk about growing up in a big family and deciding to have one as well. Katie is married to the pro-natalist crusader Tim Carney, author of Alienated America [https://www.amazon.com/Alienated-America-Places-Thrive-Collapse/dp/0062797107]and Family Unfriendly. [https://www.amazon.com/Family-Unfriendly-Culture-Raising-Harder/dp/006323646X]

Open Marriages Never Work

Bethany is joined this week by the Free Press's Kat Rosenfield [https://x.com/katrosenfield] to talk about the situation in young adult publishing and the polyamarous craze, and her column [https://www.thefp.com/p/say-it-with-me-now-open-marriages?hide_intro_popup=true] on Lindy West.