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Ill Conceived

Hosted by Josh Boerman & June Sternbach · society · EN

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About this Podcast:

A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Kill The Computer, The Onion).

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33%

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Selective

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What is Ill Conceived about?

A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Kill The Computer, The Onion).

Who hosts Ill Conceived?

Ill Conceived is hosted by Josh Boerman & June Sternbach. The show has published 59 episodes to date.

What has Ill Conceived covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Birthright Israel & The IDF: The B-Side (PREVIEW)" (23 October 2026, 29 minutes), "Birthright Israel & The IDF" (17 October 2026, 60 minutes), and "James Orr & Reform UK" (3 October 2026, 87 minutes).

How often does Ill Conceived publish?

Ill Conceived publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 59 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Ill Conceived?

Booking probability for Ill Conceived is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ill Conceived requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ill Conceived's contact route on record: verified email.

About the host

Josh Boerman & June Sternbach hosts Ill Conceived, a society podcast with 59 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Oct 23, 202629 minS3

    THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS B-SIDE EPISODE. For access to the full length version of this and every other biweekly bonus B-side, go to Patreon.com/illconceived -------------------------- Vivek Ramaswamy, in his...

  • Oct 17, 20261 hourS3

    Since its establishment in 1999, the organization Taglit-Birthright Israel has taken hundreds of thousands of young Jews on an all-expenses-paid trip to the Holy Land, encouraging them to settle down and have children...

  • Oct 3, 20261h 27mS3

    It's Brit Week here on Ill Conceived and the subject is the born-again Christian, recently deposed Reform UK policy head, and long-time friend of J.D. Vance known as James Orr. From his meteoric ascendance at Cambridge...

  • Sep 12, 20261h 20mS3

    Over the course of the past decade or so, South Korea has become a country where men and women occupy completely different political perspectives and landscapes. It's also one of the countries with the lowest fertility...

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  • Sep 4, 20261h 8mS3

    We’re cooking up a super-sized serving of Ill Conceived goodness for next week, so in the meantime we decided to dig back into the World Famous Mailbag to read and answer the stuff you’ve been wondering about but we...

  • Aug 23, 20261h 17mS3

    Back in December 2025, when we talked about the book The Bell Curve , we kept running into the Human Diversity Foundation. This organization, which disseminates bunk pseudo-science through its journal Mankind Quarterly...

  • Aug 16, 202622 minS3

    THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS B-SIDE EPISODE. For access to the full length version of this and every other biweekly bonus B-side, go to Patreon.com/illconceived -------------------------- Balaji Srinivasan's Network...

  • Episode #3

    Vladimir Putin

    Aug 10, 20261h 42mS3

    Under President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Federation managed for a time to greatly slow the population and fertility decrease that the country experienced in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union. However, things...

  • Jul 24, 202625 minS3

    THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS B-SIDE EPISODE. For access to the full length version of this and every other biweekly bonus B-side, go to Patreon.com/illconceived -------------------------- Wouldn't you know it, right...

  • Jul 18, 20261h 34mS3

    As part of the national push by natalists to roll back the clock on gender policy in the United States, recent articles about birth rates have started popping up in the country's paper of record. One of those articles...

  • Jun 27, 202625 minS3

    THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS B-SIDE EPISODE. For access to the full length version of this and every other biweekly bonus B-side, go to Patreon.com/illconceived -------------------------- This one's mostly about Rod...

  • Episode #1

    Viktor Orbán

    Jun 21, 20261h 32mS3

    *** TICKETS TO OUR JULY 2 SHOW IN CHICAGO ARE ON SALE! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW BY CLICKING HERE!!!! *** While natalism as a political project has its proponents, few heads of state have been willing to attempt to use the...

  • Jun 7, 202640 minS2

    THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS B-SIDE EPISODE. For access to the full length version of this and every other biweekly bonus B-side, go to Patreon.com/illconceived -------------------------- We weren't able to cover...

  • May 30, 20261h 59mS2

    In mainstream media coverage of natalism, one specific couple keeps popping up. Their eccentric appearance and apparent ironclad commitment to the principles of tech natalism make them catnip to curious reporters, who...

  • May 22, 20262 min

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  • May 16, 202628 minS2

    THIS IS A PREVIEW OF A BONUS B-SIDE EPISODE. For access to the full length version of this and every other biweekly bonus B-side, go to Patreon.com/illconceived -------------------------- The natalist arguments of...

  • Episode #15

    JD Vance

    May 9, 20261h 39mS2

    The Vice President of the United States and his wife Usha are expecting their fourth baby, setting an apparent example for their fellow natalists. But just how intertwined is JD Vance with the natalist movement overall...

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