Sarah Ruden: Reproductive Wrongs Part 2
June 15, 2026
Tonight on Inquiry, we welcome back SARAH RUDIN. She is a leading translator of the ancient literature of the West. We are talking about her new book, REPRODUCTIVE WRONGS: A SHORT HISTORY OF BAD IDEAS ABOUT WOMEN. Tonight, we’ll talk about Augustine and his passion for celibacy and how his teachings influenced the later madness of the witch persecutions.
