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1801
ICYMI: North West Is TikTok’s New Queen
Is deploying her mother’s business savvy or just enjoying being a kid?
33 min
1802
Hit Parade: A Little Love and Some Tenderness E...
44 min
1803
A Word: Ranching, Racism, and Rumors
Black ranchers in Colorado claim racist neighbors and cops are targeting them.
19 min
1804
Dear Prudence: Sister Wants Me to Be Her Surrog...
My sister is in desperate need of a surrogate, but I can’t help her.
34 min
1805
The Waves: What Ballet’s Best Choreographer Des...
Ballet’s most famous choreographer left an amazing legacy–and many hurt women in his wake.
26 min
1806
Working: How to Take an Editor’s Feedback
23 min
1807
ICYMI: Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale...
A poll to find the top “Tumblr Sexyman” reminded users how much they loved narrator Cecil Palmer.
36 min
1808
Culture Gabfest: Marc Maron's Grouchy Grief
51 min
1809
Hang Up: Tiger’s Not Done Yet
71 min
1810
Working: A Hollywood Actor Learns to Write Novels
43 min
1811
Political Gabfest Reads: A Boarding School Thri...
Rebecca Makkai’s new book I Have Some Questions For You is a murder mystery that feels ripped from Twitter.
33 min
1812
ICYMI: The Influencer Even Skeptics Love
Emma Chamberlain has taste, and a personality.
36 min
1813
A Word: Lights, Camera, Diversity in Action
A path for Black scribes to rewrite the Hollywood script.
28 min
1814
My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help!
Dear Prudence returns as a podcast! Listen to Jenée Desmond-Harris answer your questions.
32 min
1815
The Waves: The Inherent Fear in Being a Woman
The dread you feel walking alone at night is part nature, and part nurture.
33 min
1816
ICYMI: The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance
Paramore is for Black people.
37 min
1817
Outward: Are Throuples All That Different From ...
Plus, the shocking history and radical queer possibilities of psychedelics.
78 min
1818
Culture Gabfest: Rihanna's Big Super Bowl Surpr...
53 min
1819
Hang Up: How the Super Bowl Was Won
74 min
1820
Working: A New Way to Tell Trans Stories
39 min
1821
Sponsored: How Can Taking Risks Help Us Become ...
37 min
1822
ICYMI: Is Weight Lifting a Diet Culture Escape ...
Writer Casey Johnston on how gym weights broke her out of diet and fitness hell.
39 min
1823
Hit Parade: A Little Love and Some Tenderness E...
53 min
1824
A Word: Surviving “Driving While Black”
The original “Green Book” was a literal life-saver for Black travelers.
26 min
1825
The Waves: How ADHD Disorients Women
How One Self-Described ‘Lady Comic’ Lives as an adult with ADHD.
31 min