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:
-Subscribe to The Dispatch and watch an exclusive live Remnant with Jonah, Steve Hayes, and Chris Stirewalt
- 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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