The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast
The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast is the world's first podcast dedicated to the subject of Antinatalism, created by Antinatalists! Antinatalism, (Or Anti-Natalism.) Is defined by Wikipedia as, “A philosophical position and social movement that assigns a negative value to birth.” The world of Antinatalism is very vast, and though most Antinatalists do share a kernel of the same core idea, what one Antinatalist believes from the next can be wildly different. What The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast seeks to showcase, is a wide range of the various perspectives and ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist thinkers and creators of all kinds. Exploring Antinatalism was originally founded in early 2020 by various members of the now extinct, Rogue Philosophy: Antinatalism Discord, but soon grew away from being a team effort, to a mostly solo project run and hosted by long time Antinatalist content producer, Amanda ‘Oldphan’ Sukenick. (Foreverwolffilms on YouTube.), with the exception of sometimes host/co-host, Mark J. Maharaj (Question Mark? on YouTube). Thank you for listening to Exploring Antinatalism!
Episodes
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The Talk&Taste Debate: Should we be having more kids? event, was held in New York City, on Friday, April 25th, 2025, to a SOLD OUT audience of over 70 people, at the beautiful Hancock foundation! Arguing for the position of pro-natalism and against my antinatalism, was the wonderful Travis Timmerman, associate professor of philosophy, and chair of the ...
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Welcome, to episode #101 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today – Welcome to the first episode of 2025! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m speaking with PhD student at the Department of Humanities at the University of Catania, a...
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Make sure to watch:
Part 1: The case of Marzipan: What would David Benatar do?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrGMwk9Jww
Part 2: How wrong cAN I be?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3eEIUqPtc
Watch the video version HERE!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpcEdBRX0ZM
David Benatar and Matti Häyry discuss Matti's marzipAN trilogy
marzipAN #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrGMwk9Jww
marzipAN #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3eEIUqPtc
marzipAN #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqrrBdbZlc
and its ethical implications.
Matti Häyry’s take on antinatalism and r...
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STALKER
Andrei Tarkovsky 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3hBLv-HLEc | FULL MOVIE | Directed by An...
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Read more about the event HERE!:
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https://www.instagram.com/talkandtasteclub?igsh=MXB1cmZ0ZnI4b2p3OQ%...
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Matti Häyry @ Puistofilosofia / Park Philosophy PRESS RELEASE A Splash of Antinatalism in a Popular Finnish Outdoor Philosophy Event • Matti Häyry has been commissioned to give a presentation / performance in the popular outdoor philosophy event Puistofilosofia (Park Philosophy) in Finland in July 2025 • Puistofilosofia Week is an annual festi...
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A Real Nowhere Man by The Better Nevers
is based on the original idea of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and The Beatles in their 1965 hit single Nowhere Man and embellished by the pessimist philosophy of David Benatar that takes Lennon's notion of futility a step further.
Original music and lyrics John Lennon and Paul McCart...
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Presentation in The Ethics of Human Extinction Reading Group by Matti Häyry on 20 September 2024. - Includes an answer to the classic question: "Why don't you kill yourself, then?" :D
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The 20th anniversary celebration of Matti Häyry's 2004 article A Rational Cure for Prereproductive Stress Syndrome - the origin of the risk argument for antinatalism...?
Featuring Lawrence Anton! Please subscribe to him HERE!:
https://www.youtube.com/@LawrenceAnton
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Welcome, to episode #99 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 5 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m sp...
Welcome, to episode #98 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 5 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m speaking with Ph.D’s in History of Science and Health at the COC-Fiocruz....
Welcome, to episode #97 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 5 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m speaking with the host of the The Dissenter podcast – Ricardo Lopes!
Welcome, to episode #96 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 5 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m speaking with Assistant Professor of Bioethics at the University of Turin...
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Welcome, to episode #95 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 5 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and...
Welcome, to episode #94 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 5 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m speaking with co-founder of both SENS, Strategies for engineered negligib...
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Bioethics and the Value of Human Life by Matti Häyry - Read it HERE!:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-quarterly-of-healthcare-ethics/article/bioethics-and-the-value-of-human-life/0495DF2E44FABF9CDB20AADD57EFC1C6
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