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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Well, Now: The Isolation of a Life-Threatening ...
How author Suleika Jaouad grapples with identity after a leukemia diagnosis, remission, and re-emergence.
40 min
77
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs - Ep. 3: Harvey ...
How the unofficial mayor of Castro Street became the public face of the anti-Briggs campaign.
52 min
78
What Next: It’s Supreme Court Blockbuster Season
The highest procrastinators in the land are facing a full docket this June, from guns to abortion to presidential immunity.
25 min
79
Death, Sex & Money: I Was Afraid of Losing Myse...
What if we thought of caretaking as big, meaty, rewarding work? Or even… cool?
44 min
80
Care & Feeding: How Moms Became Our Social Safe...
Slate’s parenting podcast on “Holding It Together.”
31 min
81
Well, Now: How Doulas Make Childbirth Safer For...
For centuries, doulas have guided us through major life transitions, from childbirth to death and everything in between (even first menstruation!).
43 min
82
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs - Ep. 2: Defend ...
John Briggs’ crusade against gay teachers tapped into a deep well of conservative anxiety.
48 min
83
Death, Sex & Money: Why You’re Not Having Sex
People share why physical intimacy is lacking in their lives, whether by choice or circumstance.
33 min
84
Money Talks: Business is Bad for Lesbians
Feminist author June Thomas explains the headwinds facing the queer women’s business model.
30 min
85
What Next: Diddy’s Reckoning
How one video transformed how the world saw the media mogul, after years of allegations—and even Department of Homeland Security raids—did not.
27 min
86
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs - Ep. 1: A Hotbe...
In the 1970s, California played host to the biggest gay rights fight the country had ever seen.
45 min
87
Outward: Behind the Scenes of ‘Gays Against Bri...
Bryan and Christina reunite to talk about the new season of Slow Burn
38 min
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Working: A Much-Needed History of Queer Women’s...
Writer June Thomas talks about bringing journalistic rigor to a subject that’s close to her heart.
42 min
89
Care & Feeding: Why I’m Choosing Single Motherhood
Slate’s parenting podcast on getting a dog (or a boyfriend).
38 min
90
What Next: Why Miss USA is Imploding
Miss USA’s resignation letter is vague. But the first letter of each sentence spells out “I am silenced.”
25 min
91
Dear Prudence: I’m Queer and Here—Just Not to M...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and host of Savage Lovecast, Dan Savage.
28 min
92
Care & Feeding: Mom Guilt Is Real, but So Is He...
Slate’s parenting podcast on being the matriarch.
38 min
93
Well, Now: Overcoming a Complicated Pregnancy
Half of pregnancies will experience complications. Here’s how patients and their partners can best advocate for the proper care.
37 min
94
How To!: Flirt With Confidence
Jeff Guenther on telling your crush how you really feel.
36 min
95
AMICUS PREVIEW: Abortion Gaslighting is Back at...
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern take you through the arguments in the emergency abortion care case and a look ahead to Trump’s immunity case.
7 min
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Well, Now: Living and Loving With OCD (feat. Al...
And finding humor with it, too.
36 min
97
Death, Sex & Money: A Tarot Reader Explains Why...
North Carolina-based witch Rebecca Auman helps Anna through a rough patch. Then she explains why it’s so hard for some of us to make sense of our own inner voices.
39 min
98
What Next: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses
Caitlin Clark’s $76,000 pay is shocking—but the story is bigger than her.
24 min
99
What Next: Will Abortion in Florida and Arizona...
The ghost of Roe v. Wade haunts our voting booths.
24 min
100
Care & Feeding: Parenting While Polyamorous
Slate’s parenting podcast on chosen family.
42 min