Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-05-18

Books mentioned on Birth Rate Debate: “40% Of Girls Will Never Be Mothers” - #1099

1 book · With Lyman Stone, Simone Collins, Stephen J. Shaw · Listen · Watch on YouTube

In this birth rate debate, we explore: - The cataclysmic impacts of the current birth rates for future generations. - Why so many young women are opting out of motherhood.

Chris Williamson discussed The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Handmaid's Tale

   Margaret Atwood · at 30:12 · mentioned 4 times

   The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a totalitarian society where women's rights are stripped away and a select few are forced into reproductive servitude.

   Discussed

   “and then you have daughters and then you learn that the future is going to be one where like all the crazy far-right people had all the babies and they're going to outvote you and now your daughters live without Handmaid's Tale.”

   Chris Williamson Birth Rate Debate: “40% Of Girls Will Never Be Mothers” - #1099 2026-05-18 ▶ Play 30:11

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