The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
Slate Podcasts
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Feb 9, 2012 • 41min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Power-Pinners and Pink Handguns Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about the Komen Foundation vs. Planned Parenthood, the new parenting book Bringing Up Bebe, and the social site Pinterest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2012 • 36min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Weasel Face Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about how much looks matter in politics, how small group dynamics affect women, and the blogger Dooce’s separation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2012 • 41min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Kitten Calendar Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Caitlin Flanagan’s Girl Land, Rick Santorum’s anti-abortion rhetoric and Babyonce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2011 • 40min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Bland, Fertile and Protestant Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about the ideal length of maternity leave, new revelations about Newt Gingrich’s personal life, and the year’s celebrity marriages and divorces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2011 • 38min
Slate's DoubleX Gabfest: The Robo Panda Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about marriage and generosity, childless women on TV, and the strangest gifts we’ve ever received. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 1, 2011 • 34min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Redlines Edition
Slate editors Emily Bazelon, Kate Julian and Hanna Rosin discuss why we care more about Herman Cain's extramarital affair than his sexual harassment history, a new kind of pleasure based sex-ed and Cyber Monday and American shopping habits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 17, 2011 • 39min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign, Emily Yoffe’s piece on how readers are surviving the Great Recession, public hostility toward small children on airplanes, and gluten-free Thanksgivings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 3, 2011 • 39min
DoubleX Gabfest: The Roving Eye Edition
Slate editors interview Susan Orlean about Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, discuss the sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain and Stephen Pinker’s new book The Better Angels of Our Nature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2011 • 36min
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 6, 2011 • 33min
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
