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Each week a pair of writers and guests talk through one news story we can’t stop thinking about, and unpack what gender has to do with it.

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DoubleX Gabfest: The Hungry for Glory Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about the Jill Abramson profile in The New Yorker, “The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright” in New York, and the new crop of GOP wives.
36 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Jessica Rabbit Edition
Our editors discuss Amanda Knox, whether women care about their “number,” and Katie Roiphe’s essay about being a single mom.
32 min
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The DoubleX Gabfest: Iced Champagne Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Rick Perry and the HPV vaccine, dads and testosterone, and fall TV.
38 min
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The DoubleX Gabfest: The Rookie Edition
Our editors discuss 9/11 heroines, the science of gender career preferences, and the new teen magazine Rookie on this week’s DoubleX Gabfest podcast
29 min
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The DoubleX Gabfest: Momentary Lapse of Judgmen...
Listen to Slate's show about Dominique Strauss Kahn’s exoneration, a new report about cohabitation, and the rise of the IUD.
32 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Hobosexual Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek cover, international adoption, and a controversial Etsy hobo-themed wedding.
49 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Goodbye Amy Edition
 Listen to Slate’s show about the Oslo killer’s misogyny, Amy Winehouse’s death, and the pill for men.
43 min
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The DoubleX Gabfest: The Broken Homes and Betty...
DoubleX editors discuss Betty Ford’s legacy, The Gen X divorce memoir In Spite of Everything, and the Jamie Leigh Jones rape case against KBR.
39 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The What Does Anderson Cooper ...
Listen to Slate’s show about Michele Bachmann, journalist Mac McClelland on sex, violence and PTSD, and whether Bad Teacher is good for women in comedy.
39 min
460
DoubleX Gabfest: The Shrink It and Wax It Edition
DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin, Jessica Grose, and Kate Julian discuss Lori Gottlieb’s Atlantic cover story How to Land Your Kid in Therapy, the ongoing murder trial of Casey Anthony, and men who wax, like disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner.
36 min
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DoubleX Gafest: The Bunga Bunga Botox Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Ariel Levy’s New Yorker article on Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin’s potential White House bids, and two articles on aging.
36 min
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Slate: Talking to Flannery Mullins: The first i...
Over the past year, Slate’s Emily Bazelon has been reporting on what led to the 2010 suicide of a 15-year-old Phoebe Prince. Emily Bazelon sat down for the first public interview with one member of the so-called South Hadley Six, a girl who has not spoken out until now about her experience in the legal and media glare.
22 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Dodo and Barbie Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged sexual assault, Schwarzenegger’s secret love child, the rise in vaginoplasty and Roseanne Barr’s New York Magazine article.
36 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Rah Rah Rah Edition
Our editors discuss gender parity in college sports and whether Title IX needs to be reformed, the New York Times magazine piece about President Obama’s mother, and the state of the modern princess on the eve of the royal wedding.
30 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Three Balls Edition
Our editors discuss the federal budget and planned parenthood, tycoon Lynn Tilton and women in business, and the movie Hanna.
44 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Crazypants Edition
Our editors discuss the Wal-Mart gender discrimination suit, Michele Bachmann’s potential run for president, and Tina Fey’s book Bossypants.
33 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Little Prince Edition
Our editors discuss Manning Up by Kay Hymowitz and other books about the end of men, the all-girls Pink Academy preschool, and the family of princess-to-be Kate Middleton.
31 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: Winning the Future Edition
Our editors discuss Charlie Sheen and domestic violence. The new study that looks at the sex lives of young adults. And Callista Gingrich, Newt's better half.
35 min
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The DoubleX Gabfest: The Aggro Edition
Our editors discuss the attacks on Lara Logan, a new sociological study on bullying, and the case of Julie Schenecker, who is accused of shooting her two teenagers.
32 min
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Fried Kitty Edition
Our editors discuss the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, shaken baby syndrome and The Roommate.
35 min