Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast
Outward, Slate's queer podcast, is a whip-smart monthly salon in which hosts and guests deepen the audience’s understanding of queer culture and politics, delight them with unexpected perspectives, and invite listeners into a colorful conversation about the issues animating LGBTQ communities.
1
The Latest on Trans Rights in the Court and in ...
48 min
2
Small-Town Pride Blooms
Bryan dives in with Christina Cauterucci’s reporting on rising rural Prides and we hear from an organizer of Canyon County Pride in Idaho
43 min
3
America’s Gay Restaurants with Erik Piepenburg
39 min
4
Queer Travel Writing with Alden Jones
Queer writers, global stories: Alden Jones on challenging the legacy of travel literature
34 min
5
Iowa’s Civil Rights Crisis with Hope Giselle an...
What Iowa’s rollback of trans rights reveals about the fragility of civil protections.
38 min
6
How The Gay Rights Movement Became Trans- Exclu...
33 min
7
Planning San Francisco Pride in a Shifting Poli...
Christina Cauterucci speaks with SF Pride’s Executive Director about organizing Pride while corporate allies shift toward Trump-era politics.
37 min
8
The New Lavender Scare with Christina Cauterucci
Jules Gill-Peterson talks with Christina Cauterucci about her latest piece on queer federal workers.
42 min
9
Renaissance Trans Theologies and History with C...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
35 min
10
Should We Get Guns?
39 min
11
Why Love Isn’t Apolitical: Liberation and Rethi...
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
12
Slapping Leather: The Untamed History of the Ga...
Christina Cauterucci talks with historian Rebecca Scofield about the history of gay rodeo
36 min
13
The “Protect the Children” Trap: How Trump Targ...
Bryan Lowder sits down with Nico Lang to unpack how Trump is using child protection rhetoric to push anti-trans policies
33 min
14
Chase Strangio on Trump’s Anti-Trans Policies
The ACLU Lawyer talks about the legal situation around healthcare, passports, and more
43 min
15
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
16
Creating A Home for Trans Surgery Recovery
Jules Gill-Peterson sits down with Owen Dempsey from Quest Healing House, a post-op recovery home by and for transmasculine people
39 min
17
Breaking Down Emilia Perez: Backlash, Awards Bu...
37 min
18
Meta’s New Rules: Embracing Homophobic and Tran...
WIRED writer Kate Knibbs breaks down the recent changes at Meta with Christina Cauterucci
28 min
19
Bisexual Dads, Awkward Art, and Transphobic Fam...
New Year, new versions of the same problems.
32 min
20
Conversion Therapy and Survival with Lucas Wilson
Author Lucas Wilson reveals the pseudoscience, trauma, and lasting impact of conversion therapy
38 min
21
Actor Jeff Hiller on Death Sex and Money
Actor Jeff Hiller talks about his role on HBO’s wonderful series Somebody Somewhere that follows a group of friends queer and straight, in Manhattan, Kansas.
53 min
22
‘Queer’ on Screen: Luca Guadagnino’s Take on De...
Christina Cauterucci, Bryan Lowder, and guest host Jeff Bloomer unpack the film’s charged sex scenes, complex characters, and cinematic beauty.
36 min
23
How Lesbian Artists Turned Renaissance Ruins In...
The story of a lesbian princess and her lover’s project to restore an Italian estate in ruin
29 min
24
Masculinity and Muscles with Michael Andor Bro...
Bryan speaks with writer Michael Andor Brodeur about his new book Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle
36 min
25
Sarah McBride’s Win and the Rise of Anti-Trans ...
Sarah McBride’s win is inspiring, but it comes as anti-trans politics reach unprecedented levels
36 min