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What We Can't Not Talk About

Marianna Orlandi

Booking Overview

Interview podcast focused on family, society, philosophy, education, and medical ethics, featuring external university professors, scholars, and institutional leaders. PR agencies could credibly pitch academics, authors, physicians, and public intellectuals with substantive expertise in family policy, ethics, education, medicine, or civic culture; booking difficulty is likely medium because guests are accomplished specialists rather than mainstream celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 127

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 13.8k subscribers

Instagram: 455 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

nlm@austin-institute.org

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Host

Marianna Orlandi - Executive Director and Director of Academic Programs at the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
University professors, published scholars, physicians, and leaders of educational or cultural institutions with specialized expertise in family, ethics, medicine, education, philosophy, or civic culture.
Required Achievements:  
University faculty appointments, Published books or scholarly research, Leadership in universities or cultural institutions

Recent Guest Discussions

Angela Knobel - Women, Motherhood, Gender Differences, Human Nature, And Thomistic Ethical Naturalism.

Jacob Wolf - American Identity, The Declaration Of Independence, The Classical Canon, Individualism, And The Educational Mission Of The University Of Austin.

Kristin Collier - Medicine As A Field Concerned With Both Body And Soul, Physician-patient Relationships, Faith, And Physician-assisted Suicide.

Recent Topics

Family, Ethics, Philosophy, Education, Medicine

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
What We Can't Not Talk About
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The COVID Aftermath: Lessons on Science, Courage, and Healthcare with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty

August 25, 2026

Dr. Fauci’s pleading of the Fifth 111 times in a recent Senate hearing outraged many Americans. Far before the Senate, in Missouri vs. Biden (2026), in which Dr. Kheriaty was a plaintiff, Dr. Fauci pleaded the Fifth 168 times; the Justice Department recently ruled in his favor. It is understandable, then, that many have had cause for outrage for many years. Some paid for COVID lockdowns and irrational mandates with their livelihoods, including Dr. Kheriaty, who was fired from UC-Irvine’s Scho...

Even the Unmarried Need Marriage - With Dr. Jennifer Bryson

August 06, 2026

A brilliant author, Ida Friederike Görres went the majority of her life without the recognition her writings deserved. Daughter of a German Diplomat of the Habsburg Empire and of a Japanese woman who withheld motherly love, Ida Görres wrote on matters spanning from the beauty and fruits of marriage to the lives of Saints, and on deep challenges facing the Church in the 60s and 70s: challenges that persist, aggravated, to this day. Along the way, she developed a friendship with the man who lat...

Neither Feminists nor Trad-wives: Discussing a Thomistic Solution with Dr. Angela Knobel

July 15, 2026

The modern script for women seems to contemplate exclusively two options: either the feminist and childless virago, or the homemaker and mother of as many children as possible. While neither path may be “wrong”, and while we won’t tell anyone how to live their lives! - a real problem may lie in the way both conservatives and progressives understand women more broadly. As important as motherhood may be, does women’s generative nature “define” them? Are children a woman’s “job”? If so, for how ...

Frequently asked questions

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What We Can't Not Talk About
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How do I get in touch with What We Can't Not Talk About?

What We Can't Not Talk About is hosted by Marianna Orlandi. Its publicly listed email is nlm@austin-institute.org. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for What We Can't Not Talk About?

The publicly listed email for What We Can't Not Talk About: nlm@austin-institute.org.

How many listeners does What We Can't Not Talk About have?

Podseeker estimates What We Can't Not Talk About reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for What We Can't Not Talk About?

What We Can't Not Talk About typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: University professors, published scholars, physicians, and leaders of educational or cultural institutions with specialized expertise in family, ethics, medicine, education, philosophy, or civic culture. Common among recent guests: University faculty appointments; Published books or scholarly research; Leadership in universities or cultural institutions. Recent guests include Angela Knobel, Jacob Wolf, and Kristin Collier.

How hard is it to get booked on What We Can't Not Talk About?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does What We Can't Not Talk About cover?

Recent episodes cover Family, Ethics, Philosophy, Education, and Medicine. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

nlm@austin-institute.org

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