2024 Is Suddenly About Having Kids. Why?

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If you believe JD Vance, the American family is in crisis. But are attacks on “childless cat ladies” and pitches for enfranchising kids actual policy platforms or merely culture war cudgels? This week on “Matter of Opinion,” Jessica Grose joins Michelle, Ross and Carlos to debate the weird ways gender and family are showing up in the election and share their own roads to parenthood. Plus, Jessica suggests a deep dive into a culture of “tin pot dictators wearing LoveShackFancy.”

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0:00.0	Hey Matter of Opinion listeners, before we get the show going, I want to tell you about a great new
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0:24.5	former Supreme Court justices, political insiders, even punk rock icons rebelling
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0:45.8	From New York Times Opinion, I'm Ross Dauthad.
0:51.6	I'm Michelle Cottle. I'm Carlos Lozada.
0:54.0	And this is a to be back. Is it good to be back because we have deliberately postponed the
1:15.0	symposium on childless cat ladies until your return.
1:18.3	Oh I'm I'm here for the childless cat lady content. You're here for the
1:22.4	childless cat ladies. You were upset we didn't get to
1:25.1	the childless cat ladies before and that's right that's right it seemed
1:28.4	it seemed inexcusable frankly it was inexcusable but you know there's this is a no excuse zone no more excuses
1:34.8	so last weekend Donald Trump's running mate J.D Vance did a round of
1:40.6	interviews on the Sunday morning shows, three I believe, where once again he was
1:45.6	asked about his controversial comments from 2021 when he complained that the country is being
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