The Cut
In Her Shoes from the Cut is a weekly conversation between a special guest and Lindsay Peoples, The Cut's Editor-in-Chief, exploring culture, style, sex, politics and more. Intimate, provocative, and probing, the Cut aims to ask questions before listeners even know they have them, always with a generous wit and an expansive idea of what is possible. From New York Magazine and The Vox Media Podcast Network. New episodes every other Wednesday.
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In Her Shoes: Jenna Lyons
While president of J. Crew, Jenna Lyons was once labeled the “The Woman Who Dresses America.”
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Being An Anxious Weirdo with Cazzie David and Z...
These days, it's easy to forget how to be with other people. But writer Cazzie David and filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones are embracing that uncomfortable feeling.
19 min
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In Her Shoes: Erica Chidi
Erica Chidi went from being a doula to a women’s health entrepreneur.
30 min
129
She Had COVID For Months. No One Believed Her.
Chimere was pretty sure she had COVID, but her tests kept coming back negative. She started to question herself until she found a group exactly like her.
25 min
130
In Her Shoes: Aya Kanai
Aya Kanai been a fashion editor for nearly 20 years.
38 min
131
Turning to Tarot
This week, a case study in three different tarot card readers, and three very different theories of how we should approach the future.
20 min
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The Last Four Years, The Last Five Decades (wit...
The Cut talks with Rebecca Traister about how the battle to protect Roe v. Wade may be steep, but all is not lost.
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Protesting Without Rules
This summer, when protesting felt both dangerous and at times joyous, many activists started to wonder: is there a right way to protest?
23 min
134
Am I Radical Enough?
Society is in need of a radical change. So what do we gain and what do we lose in compromising?
28 min
135
Irony is Out (with Raven Leilani)
Being a snob takes too much energy. Author Raven Leilani discusses her debut book Luster and the importance of being earnest.
25 min
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I Guess It's Time to Move?
It feels like everyone's moving. Whether we become our new selves in a new place, when a new neighborhood feels like a shadow of itself.
20 min
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Rich People Problems
Rich people have been a source of fascination and perverse envy. Why can’t we stop looking at them... and why haven’t we eaten them yet?
21 min
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Emily Ratajkowski Wants Her Pictures Back
Emily Ratajkowski is a model whose image is not always treated as her own. Now she talks about what it's like to try and take back her own power.
29 min
139
Love on Lockdown: A Quarantine Romantic Comedy
Our heroine faces a new hurdle in her search for love: a pandemic. So when she meets her potential dream man online, she invites him to quarantine with her.
29 min
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The Joy of Sext
This week on The Cut: the art of the nude, and why people socialized as male aren’t allowed to see themselves as desirable.
21 min
141
Nature is Healing
The nature memes of 2020 brought the mantra; "nature is healing, we are the virus." But is humanity the virus we’ve condemned ourselves to be?
23 min
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Optimism
While being an optimist seems ridiculous right now, the people who have come to represent optimism incarnate have a lot to teach us.
28 min
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Reintroducing the Cut
Style. Self. Culture. Power.
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144
The Ghost of Emails Past
Old emails are a fossil record of our lives. What were you doing this time last year, or two years ago, or ten? Even if you don’t keep a diary, you’ve got email... and this week, we're digging through ours. With Allison P. Davis, Mona Chalabi, Maddie Aggeler, Lisa Miller, Andrea Long Chu, and Stella Bugbee.
46 min
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Some Personal News
Meet a stranger, get married, do LSD, follow a band, buy a van, swear off men, go sit on a pyramid.... and other ways to change your life forever. Two women look back over decades of committing to big change, and Molly’s husband demonstrates the fathomless mysteries of the people we know best. Plus, a show announcement.
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The Woman of Your Dreams
Once upon a time, Carmen Maria Machado met a woman who was beautiful and smart and funny and (amazingly, to Carmen) wanted to be her girlfriend. They got together, and at first, it was everything Carmen had been waiting for... and then things started to change. We spoke to Carmen about her new memoir, In the Dream House, and her search for more women with stories like hers.
23 min
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Jenny Slate is a Seasoned Professional
Jenny Slate never had stage fright at all... then suddenly, in her late 20s, she did. In this episode the comedian, actress, and author of the new book Little Weirds tells us about feeling like she was losing the thing she most loved. And she shares some of the ways she's learned to deal with her anxiety — from finding a supportive partner, to deciding not to drink, to establishing a morning routine worthy of Georgia O'Keeffe.
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You're Hired
When you start a new job, maybe you’ve got a fantasy of the life you want to lead—the new and improved person you want to be. But then you walk in the door, and your fantasy future collides with reality. So: What comes next? In this episode, we talk to Congresswoman Lauren Underwood and Uncanny Valley author Anna Wiener about intense new jobs, and how to embrace the optimism of a fresh start without losing yourself in the process.
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You Should Probably Quit
On August 18, 2012, Cher tweeted: "Whats going on with mycareer." In this episode we ask what's going on with OURcareers—how do we know when it's time for a change, and what does it feel like to actually quit? Esther Perel offers some advice about work, friends, and feelings.
30 min
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Eva Chen Has a Magic Wand
Eva Chen is Instagram's resident queen of fashion... but she's also a life-long Babysitters Club obsessive who just published her third book for kids. She sat down with Stella Bugbee to talk about how she gets it all done, from sanitizing her airplane seats to the sneaky email trick that keeps her sane.
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