Babies Come Back

Storks don't take bribes.

Published May 10, 2023 • Updated May 9, 2023

It’s been a while since the Remnant featured some pro-natal wonkery. To fill that void, Jonah’s joined today by Elizabeth Nolan Brown, a senior editor at Reason, to discuss her cover story for the latest issue of the magazine, “Storks Don’t Take Orders From the State.” Together, they discuss the many burning questions surrounding baby-making in modern America: Why are fertility rates falling (spoiler: Elizabeth doesn’t think it’s because there’s a crippling sex recession)? Are pro-natalist policies working in other places? What are the main reasons to have children? And will Jonah ever explain his hatred of old people?

Show Notes:

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– Elizabeth’s author page at Reason

– Elizabeth’s cover story, “Storks Don’t Take Orders From the State”

– The vampire problem

– Jonah: “The Worst Fang Club”

– Yuval Levin: “The Changing Face of Social Breakdown”

– Jonah: “I Think We’re Turning Japanese”

– Brian Doherty: “Libertarian Party Faces State Rebellions”

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Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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