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Ill Conceived

Ill Conceived

De: Josh Boerman & June Sternbach
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A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Western Kabuki, The Onion).Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Ciencia Política Ciencias Sociales Política y Gobierno
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  • James Dobson & Focus on the Family

    James Dobson & Focus on the Family
    Jul 18 2025
    In the history of the evangelical Christian family movement, one figure stands tall above the rest: a children's psychologist from Louisiana named James Dobson. For three decades, Dobson built up his media empire, Focus on the Family, on the back of his plain-spoken traditionalist approach to child rearing. Then, as the broader cultural tide shifted in favor of normalizing homosexual relationships, he got kicked out. This week, Josh and June take a look at why Dobson's approach resonated with so many parents in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, how his work institutionalized the natalist project among evangelical Christians, and how religious fundamentalism, no matter how polite, corrodes a healthy society. SUPPLEMENTAL LISTENING: Listen to I Hate James Dobson: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Pocket Casts / YouTubeListen to The Worst of All Possible Worlds episode about the James Dobson/Ted Bundy interview: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Pocket Casts / YouTube EPISODE ART: Focus on the Family press photo of James Dobson c. 2007 SOURCES: Focus on the Family's official historical timelineFocus on the Family 2015 financial disclosures, ProPublicaDobson's 2003 announcement of Don Hodel's appointment as CEOFocus on the Family's Guiding Principles as enumerated on their website in November 2002Focus on the Family's Guiding Principles as enumerated on their website todayFamily Research Council list of Family Policy Councils AUDIO CLIPS: 33:52 - James Dobson interviews Ted Bundy on death row1:00:04 - James Dobson in a Focus on the Family Radio broadcast, October 6, 20051:04:03 - Guy Raz interviews Jim Daly on NPR All Things Considered (February 12, 2012)1:11:16 - James Dobson interviews Ken Harrison, former Promise Keepers chairman, on Family Talk Radio1:15:38 - James Dobson talks about declining birth rates on Family Talk Radio FOLLOW THE SHOW: Website: illconceivedpodcast.comBluesky: ‪@illconceivedpodcast.comTumblr: @illconceivedpod FOLLOW JOSH: Website: joshboerman.comBluesky: @bosh.worstpossible.worldOther podcast: The Worst of All Possible WorldsStream: Traditional Scrench FOLLOW JUNE: Bluesky: @junlper.beerOther podcast: Western KabukiWriting: June's Substack
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  • Embryonic Movement: Catholics, Evangelicals, and the In Vitro Fertilization Debate

    Embryonic Movement: Catholics, Evangelicals, and the In Vitro Fertilization Debate
    Jul 11 2025
    When the first human baby was born through the use of a blossoming treatment called in vitro fertilization in the late 1970’s, society largely viewed this as a miracle of science that gave those struggling with fertility a chance to start a family. Catholic leadership, believing that taking procreation out of pregnancy went against God’s will, aligned themselves against the practice. Evangelicals, meanwhile, have still to this day not found solid guidance from their leaders on whether this procedure should be embraced or condemned. This week, Josh and June explore the history of in vitro fertilization and the complicated relationship many on the religious right have with it. EPISODE ART: Bishop Richard Burbidge, Catholic anti-IVF advocate SOURCES: The Alabama Supreme Court’s Ruling on Frozen EmbryosAlabama legislature votes to restore IVF accessThe History of IVF: Origin and Developments of the 20th CenturyIn Vitro Fertilization Comes of AgeINSTRUCTION ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE IN ITS ORIGIN AND ON THE DIGNITY OF PROCREATION REPLIES TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS OF THE DAYBegotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive TechnologyBishop Burbidge Writes against a Federal IVF MandateDespite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have childrenAbortion Viewed in Moral Terms: Fewer See Stem Cell Research and IVF as Moral IssuesPope Francis calls for a universal ban on surrogacy. He says it exploits mother and childProtestant Denominations Need Stronger Leadership on Assisted Reproductive TechnologyIVF: Moral and Ethical ConsiderationsIVF is life-changing for infertile families. But the Christian right says it’s not in ‘God’s plan’How the Christian Right Became So Hostile to IVFRepublicans are rushing to defend IVF. The anti-abortion movement hopes to change their minds.Americans overwhelmingly say access to IVF is a good thingRepublican IVF bill fails in U.S. SenateIn vitro fertilization bills from both Democrats and GOP blocked in U.S. SenateTrump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here’s what you should know about the procedureWhat Trump’s IVF executive order means for access to fertility assistance for AmericansAlabama IVF ruling looms over 2026 statewide elections VIDEO CLIPS Bishop Bidge talking about the immorality of IVF From the archives: Pope Francis explains why he's against surrogacy
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    42 m
  • How Evangelicals Came to Oppose Abortion

    How Evangelicals Came to Oppose Abortion
    Jul 4 2025

    Opposition to legal abortion wasn't always a consensus matter across the Christian Right. In fact, as recently as the early 1970s, Protestants mostly considered it a "Catholic issue." But against a backdrop of paranoia about government overreach into religious affairs and fear of demographic decline, a Catholic named Paul Weyrich and an evangelical named Jerry Falwell joined hands to turn abortion into the signature mobilizing issue of their new Moral Majority. This week, June and Josh look at how this historical moment was primed for exploitation, why Christian rhetoric and policy toward abortion shifted so quickly, and what the long-term durability of this unholy alliance means as Americans continue to see their civil rights rolled back by the Trump administration.

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    EPISODE IMAGE: Paul Weyrich, cofounder of the Moral Majority, in a Heritage Foundation portrait from 1982

    SOURCES:

    • "Creating the Litmus Test: Abortion, Mainline Protestants, and the Rise of the Religious Right" by Sabrina Danielsen
    • "Family Values" and the Formation of a Christian Right Agenda by Seth Dowland
    • Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right by Randall Balmer
    • “How the Right Uses Abortion Restrictions to Reinforce Racist and Gendered Hierarchies” by Cassie Miller, Southern Poverty Law Center
    • “Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church’s Constant Teaching” from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
    • Historical Abortion Law Timeline: 1850 to Today from Planned Parenthood Action
    • “The Religious Right and the Abortion Myth” by Randall Balmer, POLITICO
    • "Here's how much the ICE budget would increase under Trump's megabill" by Grace Deng, Snopes

    AUDIO CLIPS:

    • 42:55 – Ronald Reagan delivers an address to religious leaders at the 1980 National Affairs Briefing

    FOLLOW THE SHOW:

    • Website: illconceivedpodcast.com
    • Bluesky: ‪@illconceivedpodcast.com
    • Tumblr: @illconceivedpod

    FOLLOW JOSH:

    • Website: joshboerman.com
    • Bluesky: @bosh.worstpossible.world
    • Other podcast: The Worst of All Possible Worlds
    • Stream: Traditional Scrench

    FOLLOW JUNE:

    • Bluesky: @junlper.beer
    • Other podcast: Western Kabuki
    • Writing: June's Substack
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    57 m
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