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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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
152
Care & Feeding: Mom Guilt Is Real, but So Is He...
Slate’s parenting podcast on being the matriarch.
38 min
153
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
154
How To!: Flirt With Confidence
Jeff Guenther on telling your crush how you really feel.
36 min
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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
156
Well, Now: Living and Loving With OCD (feat. Al...
And finding humor with it, too.
36 min
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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
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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
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What Next: Will Abortion in Florida and Arizona...
The ghost of Roe v. Wade haunts our voting booths.
24 min
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Care & Feeding: Parenting While Polyamorous
Slate’s parenting podcast on chosen family.
42 min
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Amicus: The Jurisprudence of Bleeding Out
SCOTUS is about to decide whether being on the brink of death is the only way pregnant patients can qualify for emergency abortion care.
65 min
162
Political Gabfest: Arizona Territory’s 1864 Abo...
Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban is back and Donald Trump is not for it; No Labels is done; and we question if presidential debates are over.
55 min
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Hear Me Out: Interracial Marriages Can Still Be...
And their children could pay the price.
34 min
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What Next: How a Democrat Flipped a Seat in Ala...
What the DNC can learn from Marilyn Lands’ victory in a deep-red state.
21 min
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Well, Now: Eating Disorders Are Rising Among Bo...
Eating disorders are one of the most deadly psychiatric disorders. For decades doctors didn’t have the right tools to care for most boys and men who had them.
36 min
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ICYMI: Is Nara Smith Actually a Tradwife?
The model-turned-influencer is turning the internet upside down.
39 min
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Outward: Trace Lysette on the Hollywood Rollerc...
Actress Trace Lysette (Transparent, Hustlers) discusses the triumphs and challenges behind her latest film ‘Monica’
35 min
168
Hear Me Out: Anti-Vaxers Aren’t Just Extremists
They’re often responding to real problems with American healthcare.
33 min
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Death, Sex & Money: The Very Hot Marriage of Ni...
The Emmy-winning actor sits down with her wife for a conversation about their early courtship, steamy first date, and the process of going public with their love.
37 min
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Amicus: How The Mifepristone Case Reached SCOTUS
Will this Supreme Court reward three decades of activism against abortion pills and ban the safest, most popular abortion method in the United States?
54 min
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What Next: How Anti-Abortion Laws Trap Domestic...
In post-Roe America, survivors’ choices are limited.
21 min
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Outward: Chase Strangio, Continued. Trans Visib...
Part two of our conversation with ACLU Lawyer Chase Strangio
19 min
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A Word: Black Country Renaissance
After Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” tops charts, the spotlight shines on Black women in country music.
37 min
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Outward: Chase Strangio on the Anti-Trans Legis...
What’s at stake in the courts this year and how Dobbs impacts it all
54 min
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Slate Money: Her Boyfriends Couldn’t Handle Her...
Filmmaker Chloe Domont discusses the real-life toxicity behind her erotic thriller Fair Play.
27 min