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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What Next | Should Hospitals Drug Test New Moms?
False positives are common. The legal consequences can be devastating.
24 min
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What Next | When a State Tells Trump 'No'
Maine’s governor said she’d follow her state’s laws—then the federal government launched more than a half dozen investigations.
24 min
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Outward | How The Gay Rights Movement Became Tr...
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What Next | Project 2025’s Plan for Your Family
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Outward | Planning San Francisco Pride in a Shi...
Christina Cauterucci speaks with SF Pride’s Executive Director about organizing Pride while corporate allies shift toward Trump-era politics.
37 min
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Culture Gabfest | Seth Rogen’s Love/Hate Letter...
This week, the hosts discuss The Studio, Eephus, and Sunrise On The Reaping.
67 min
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What Next | How the Supreme Court Could Gut Pla...
25 min
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Outward | The New Lavender Scare with Christina...
Jules Gill-Peterson talks with Christina Cauterucci about her latest piece on queer federal workers.
42 min
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Culture Gabfest: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adoles...
This week, the hosts discuss Adolescence, Lady Gaga’s latest album MAYHEM, and Trump’s continued assault on public universities to remove DEI programs.
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Outward: Renaissance Trans Theologies and Histo...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
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How To! | Write Your Memoir
Patrick George of InsideEVs on finding your new ride.
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Outward | Should We Get Guns?
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Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpou...
This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.
67 min
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Outward | Why Love Isn’t Apolitical: Liberation...
Bryan Lowder sits down with Dean Spade to talk about his new book Love in A F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
36 min
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How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, on leaning into curiosity and pleasure.
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Death, Sex & Money | Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’
Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun and comedian Rosebud Baker about some of life’s big transitional moments: motherhood, divorce, and following crushes.
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Outward | Slapping Leather: The Untamed History...
Christina Cauterucci talks with historian Rebecca Scofield about the history of gay rodeo
36 min
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What Next | Why Women Kill
One commonality among women incarcerated for homicide raises the question, what is self-defense—and who’s entitled to it?
30 min
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Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.
66 min
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Outward | The “Protect the Children” Trap: How ...
Bryan Lowder sits down with Nico Lang to unpack how Trump is using child protection rhetoric to push anti-trans policies
33 min
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Outward | Chase Strangio on Trump’s Anti-Trans ...
The ACLU Lawyer talks about the legal situation around healthcare, passports, and more
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Death, Sex & Money | Manhood: It’s Complicated
Listeners share stories about what it means to be a man, as norms continue to shift.
43 min
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What Next | Why Women Kill
One commonality among women incarcerated for homicide raises the question, what is self-defense—and who’s entitled to it?
24 min
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Outward | A Trans Military Member Speaks Out
Christina Cauterucci talks with a Navy Lieutenant Commander who is Trans about her service and Lambda Legal Counsel on the legal battle ahead.
28 min
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Culture Gabfest: Noah Wyle Lures Us Into The Pitt
This week, the hosts discuss The Pitt, September 5, and cruelty as the style of the GOP.
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