Hi, everyone. Time for an update on some of the episodes we're working on so that you can submit

your always great questions. So first up, we're planning an episode on boomer moms. This is

going to be a complicated one. It's basically about like what possibilities were and weren't

available to our boomer moms. How are we thinking about this differently as we reached the age when, like, our boomer

moms were parenting us, things that boomer moms are good or a bad end.

We can also, I would love some questions from boomer moms as well.

So this is going to be a really complicated and really good episode,

and I can't wait. We also have a fun one in the works about heart throbs in 2026. So who are our

heart throbs? Who gets to be a heart throb? How do they get to be one? Like, what's the road?

What do they look like? I mean, we can take this in so many directions.

We've also heard from a lot of listeners that they want an episode about AI, and I'm like, fine.

So we're going to talk about the intersection of AI and creativity and writing specifically with the author of one of my favorite books from last year, Bahini Vara.

And just FYI, we keep a running list of what

we're working on in the show notes so you can always look there if you want to know what's coming up.

And as always, thank you so much for your smart and thoughtful questions. You all are what

make this show so fun. And our co-hosts always remark on how smart you are. So keep up the good work. And just FYI, this episode was recorded before the war in Iran. So we talk a lot about some of the things that the government is doing with our tax dollars. But if you're wondering why we do not mention the war, that's why.

This is the Culture Study podcast, and I'm Anne Helen Peterson.

And I'm Ruth Bronstine. I am SNF Agora Institute, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University and the author of My Tax Dollars, The Morality of Tax Paying in America.

Ruth, you have such an interesting intersection of interest, scholarly interests.

It's like right at tax paying morality, but also like evangelical Christians.

Like there's so much going on.

How did you get interested in this particular intersection?

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