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
From What Next: Trans and Shut Out in Trump’s A...
Clinics for trans youth are closing, incorrect passports have been issued, and trans people are having to make emergency health care plans, even in blue states.
26 min
2
From Hit Parade: The Hidden History of Queer Po...
From Little Richard to Chappell Roan, queer artists have always been vanguards of pop, even when they have not been out.
59 min
3
From Hit Parade: The Hidden History of Queer Po...
57 min
4
Archiving the Spirit of Ballroom with Michael R...
Michael Roberson traces the spiritual, political, and public health roots of the ballroom scene
38 min
5
The Latest on Trans Rights in the Court and in ...
48 min
6
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
7
America’s Gay Restaurants with Erik Piepenburg
39 min
8
Queer Travel Writing with Alden Jones
Queer writers, global stories: Alden Jones on challenging the legacy of travel literature
34 min
9
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
10
How The Gay Rights Movement Became Trans- Exclu...
33 min
11
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
12
The New Lavender Scare with Christina Cauterucci
Jules Gill-Peterson talks with Christina Cauterucci about her latest piece on queer federal workers.
42 min
13
Renaissance Trans Theologies and History with C...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
35 min
14
Should We Get Guns?
39 min
15
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
16
Slapping Leather: The Untamed History of the Ga...
Christina Cauterucci talks with historian Rebecca Scofield about the history of gay rodeo
36 min
17
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
18
Chase Strangio on Trump’s Anti-Trans Policies
The ACLU Lawyer talks about the legal situation around healthcare, passports, and more
43 min
19
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
20
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
21
Breaking Down Emilia Perez: Backlash, Awards Bu...
37 min
22
Meta’s New Rules: Embracing Homophobic and Tran...
WIRED writer Kate Knibbs breaks down the recent changes at Meta with Christina Cauterucci
28 min
23
Bisexual Dads, Awkward Art, and Transphobic Fam...
New Year, new versions of the same problems.
32 min
24
Conversion Therapy and Survival with Lucas Wilson
Author Lucas Wilson reveals the pseudoscience, trauma, and lasting impact of conversion therapy
38 min
25
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