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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Outward: Behind the Scenes of ‘Gays Against Bri...
Bryan and Christina reunite to talk about the new season of Slow Burn
38 min
177
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
178
Care & Feeding: Why I’m Choosing Single Motherhood
Slate’s parenting podcast on getting a dog (or a boyfriend).
38 min
179
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
180
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
181
Care & Feeding: Mom Guilt Is Real, but So Is He...
Slate’s parenting podcast on being the matriarch.
38 min
182
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
183
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
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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
187
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
188
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
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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
193
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
194
ICYMI: Is Nara Smith Actually a Tradwife?
The model-turned-influencer is turning the internet upside down.
39 min
195
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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Outward: Trace Lysette on the Hollywood Rollerc...
Actress Trace Lysette (Transparent, Hustlers) discusses the triumphs and challenges behind her latest film ‘Monica’
35 min
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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