Slate Gender and Society
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.
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The Waves: How to Live With Your Partner’s PTSD
The condition directly affects more men than women—and caregivers for people with PTSD do not get enough support themselves.
29 min
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The Waves: The Undying Appeal of Very Sexy Trash
Erotic thrillers are back. Here’s why we love them, and how they can do better.
33 min
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What Next: An Out Teen in the “Don’t Say Gay” S...
Will Larkins, a high school senior, had a life-saving conversation with a queer teacher last year. Would it have been possible under Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act?
22 min
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ICYMI Encore: Is BYU Virginity Club Real?
Is it sincere? Is it satire? We tracked down the viral Instagram account’s mysterious creator.
34 min
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The Waves: Why Women Carry the Bulk of Student ...
Women and people of color will benefit. Which is good!
26 min
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ICYMI Encore: Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or ...
After an aspiring Instagram influencer mysteriously disappeared, she became the TikTok true crime community’s newest obsession.
33 min
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The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
Her women speak. What a concept!
32 min
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What Next: How Serena Transcended Tennis
Her on-court accomplishments are unparalleled, but Serena Williams’s impact stretches much further.
26 min
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What Next: Abuse in the Southern Baptist Conven...
Decades of accusations and alleged cover-up have the church’s leadership under a DOJ investigation.
28 min
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A Word: Black Wombs Matter
Why does the maternal mortality crisis kill more Black mothers?
23 min
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The Waves: It’s Not TV. It’s a Sh*tshow.
The mess at HBO is a sign of worse things to come for marginalized voices in TV and movies
33 min
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ICYMI: What Is a Clean Girl?
And what does it have to do with the Old Money and Soft Life trends?
30 min
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Decoder Ring: The “Sex” Scandal That Made Mae West
Before she hit the big-screen, the sultry actress starred in a 1927 tabloid trial.
41 min
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What Next: The Crisis of Trust That Dobbs Created
A ruptured ectopic pregnancy left a Texas woman wondering if her treatment was delayed because of her state’s abortion ban.
23 min
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The Waves: Live. Laugh. Lexapro.
Mental health drugs shouldn’t come with stigma. But they shouldn’t be the only solution, either.
30 min
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The Waves: Liz Cheney’s Mom Energy
She’s disappointed in Trump. But she still voted with him 93 percent of the time.
29 min
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The Waves: Cafeteria Catholics Can Support Abor...
The Catholic Church claims abortion activists are threatening them. Is that true?
27 min
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Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Roe Against Wade
How Justice Harry Blackmun became an accidental abortion rights hero.
10 min
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The Waves: The 10 Year Old Who Needed An Abortion
Why did so many news outlets question a doctor’s word about a rape?
33 min
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Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Women vs. Connecticut
What it took to strike down one of the oldest abortion laws in the country.
8 min
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What Next: The Prosecutors Stuck With Abortion ...
In conservative states, some public attorneys are trying to signal that they'll treat Dobbs-triggered cases with skepticism.
26 min
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Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Life or Death
How a doctor and nurse from Cincinnati irrevocably changed the debate over abortion in America.
10 min
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Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Get Married or Go Home
In 1971, Shirley Wheeler became the public face of the fight for abortion rights.
52 min
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The Waves: Brittney Griner and the Problem With...
She’s a star of her game—and this is how she’s treated?
27 min
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How To Orgasm
Ev’Yan Whitney on sexuality, pleasure, and staying true to you.
34 min