A feed drawing from Slate’s podcast network, including The Waves and Outward, featuring episodes that take a critical eye to the world around us, how we define ourselves, and how gender itself is defined.
What Next: Republicans' Stealth Plan to Ban Abo...
How a 150-year-old law could give anti-abortion activists the win they’re still chasing.
18 min
377
Outward: Queer Utopian Fiction and Dystopian Re...
Netflix’s queer dating show features pets, processing, and very little sexual chemistry.
69 min
378
Amicus: E. Jean Carroll and the Lawyer Who Beat...
E. Jean Carroll and lawyer Roberta Kaplan tell Dahlia Lithwick how they won, and why they could be headed back to court.
50 min
379
What Next: North Carolina’s Rush to Restrict Ab...
Its time as a regional outlier in reproductive freedom ends with an overridden veto.
23 min
380
The Waves: Why Medical Mysteries Plague Women
Journalist Allison Behringer is digging into new medical mysteries on this season of Bodies.
28 min
381
Hear Me Out: Workplace DEI Trainings Do More Ha...
If you really want to make your workplace more inclusive, stop with the virtue signaling and actually do the work.
29 min
382
The Waves: What E. Jean Carroll Did For Women
She won her defamation case against Donald Trump. Will it have a lasting impact?
34 min
383
Hear Me Out: Your Kids Don’t Owe You Anything
They didn’t ask to be here, after all.
35 min
384
Political Gabfest Reads: The Classic Hollywood ...
Curtis Sittenfeld’s new book Romantic Comedy explores the middle-aged romance between a pop star and a comedy writer.
24 min
385
The Waves: How to Protect Your Kids From Diet C...
Virginia Sole-Smith’s new book makes the radical case for letting your kids be kids when it comes to food. With Mom and Dad Are Fighting’s Jamilah Lemieux.
35 min
386
What Next: What E. Jean Carroll Is Fighting For
And how Donald Trump’s defense team is trying to sway the jury.
24 min
387
The Waves: Making Friends As An Adult
Comedian and author Lane Moore talks about her new book on friendship, You Will Find Your People.
32 min
388
Hear Me Out: Trashy TV Is Actually Good For You
Love it or hate it, spectacle has a way of bringing us together.
29 min
389
Outward: Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?
Plus, the undeniable gayness of Frog and Toad.
79 min
390
Working: Drag Queens Are Under Attack and Fight...
48 min
391
Amicus: Anti-Abortion Lawyers Love this Zombie Law
The Comstock Act is a 19th century vice law some hope could criminalize abortion nationwide
31 min
392
Political Gabfest: That Shoddy Abortion Pill Ru...
Federal judges limit the availability of mifepristone; the Republican Tennessee state legislature expels two Democratic representatives; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has an ethics problem again.
50 min
393
The Waves: How to Survive in Hollywood
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Caroline Aaron discusses her career as a character actress.
26 min
394
What Next: Do Abortion Pills Actually Need FDA ...
A judge has revoked FDA approval of mifepristone. But the FDA could fight back - in more ways than one.
22 min
395
Big Mood, Little Mood: Am I Cis Now?
With guest Tuck Woodstock, a journalist, educator, and the host of the podcast Gender Reveal.
45 min
396
Dear Prudence: I Don’t Want My Dad to Attend My...
I cannot take care of him and be the mother of the bride at the same time. Am I being selfish?
39 min
397
The Waves: Make Movies Horny Again
Films like Magic Mike: The Last Dance are an exception to our current sexless movie norm.
31 min
398
Hear Me Out: Childbirth Should Be Free
Slate’s new podcast on the cost of delivering an American baby.
31 min
399
Mom & Dad: Gender-Affirming Care For Kids
Slate’s parenting podcast breaks down the debate over access to health care for trans kids.
31 min
400
ICYMI: Succession’s Kendall Roy is the Internet...