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2301
The Waves: Can You Really Have a Feminist Wedding?
Two women—one recently married and one recently engaged—contemplate whether it’s possible to redeem the old institution filled with white dresses and garter tosses.
37 min
2302
Culture Gabfest: Squids, Women, and Chainsaws
55 min
2303
ICYMI: TikTok’s Couch Guy Is Not Your Friend
Not every video posted on social media is an invitation to invade strangers’ personal lives.
22 min
2304
Working: Designing Costumes for Steve Martin an...
51 min
2305
ICYMI: Scam Goddess on the Worst Fraud She Ever...
Laci Mosley dishes about Shaun King, Karen Civil, and her own hilarious scam experiences.
29 min
2306
Spoiler Specials: The Many Saints of Newark
Dana Stevens and Alan Sepinwall spoil the Sopranos prequel.
47 min
2307
The Waves; Does the New Clinton Impeachment Sho...
The new Ryan Murphy show American Crime Story: Impeachment attempts to give Monica Lewinsky a voice.
37 min
2308
Culture Gabfest: Buttery Soft Leggings
55 min
2309
ICYMI: Is “Soaking” a Real Mormon Sex Thing?
Plus the return of High Speed Downloads, this time about de-aged Ben Platt and killer whales.
26 min
2310
Working: How Nichole Perkins Tapped into Memori...
46 min
2311
ICYMI: Who’s the Little Lad Who Loves Berries a...
And where did all these remixes of rapper Cupcakke’s “Vagina,” come from?
25 min
2312
Hit Parade: Spirit of ’71, Part 2
The hits of 1971 in a very special episode of Hit Parade, continued.
60 min
2313
Culture Gabfest: Who Butchered the Goat?
54 min
2314
ICYMI: Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or Exploit...
After an aspiring Instagram influencer mysteriously disappeared, she became the TikTok true crime community’s newest obsession.
33 min
2315
Working: How a Book Cover Designer Catches the ...
47 min
2316
ICYMI: The Dark Subreddit of Men’s Rights Asians
An offshoot of the red pill community, these men focus on attacking Asian women and stoking anti-Black sentiment.
26 min
2317
Spoiler Specials: Shang-Chi and the Legend of t...
Allegra Frank and Sam Adams spoil the new Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
54 min
2318
The Waves: Where Have All The Teen Magazines Go...
CosmoGirl? Gone. Teen Vogue? Online only. What does that mean for the next generation of women?
34 min
2319
Culture Gabfest: Lash, Pre-Lash, and Parasocial...
55 min
2320
ICYMI: Who’s Left Out of Amazon’s LulaRoe Doc?
LulaRich focuses on the women who were hurt by LulaRoe’s predatory practices, but completely ignores the women in the clothing supply chain.
27 min
2321
Outward: Summer's Swan Songs
Saying goodbye to Rumaan, good riddance to Grindr, and long live Todd Stephens' Swan Song!
62 min
2322
Working: How Morgan Rhodes Syncs Music to Picture
The music supervisor breaks down the process of selecting and securing songs for films like Selma and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
47 min
2323
ICYMI: Who Is Egging Chicago? A Hard-Boiled Det...
An ICYMI investigation into the story behind the Chicago Egg Hunters Facebook group.
24 min
2324
Hit Parade: Spirit of ’71, Part 1
Did music 50 years ago really “change everything”? How a new generation of singer-songwriters rebooted the charts.
67 min
2325
The Waves: Did Elizabeth Holmes Kill the Concep...
The idea of the #girlboss has been on trial recently, and so is Holmes.
30 min