The topic of 'Parental Control' is closely related to the themes explored in the two podcast episodes provided.

In the first episode, '#1587 What Conservatives Think of When They Think of the Children', the host examines how conservative policies and rhetoric can prioritize parental control and the treatment of children as property, under the guise of 'parental rights', over the actual wellbeing and empowerment of children. This is demonstrated through issues like child labor, child brides, and child indoctrination.

The second episode, 'Episode 215: The Anti CRT Movement', discusses how the Republican-led efforts to ban critical race theory (CRT) in schools are motivated by a desire to exert greater parental control over curriculum and what is taught to children, despite CRT being a complex academic framework examining systemic racism. The episode explores how this movement taps into the notion of increasing parental control over education.