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The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism

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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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Episodes

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.

Oct 06, 201133 min

The DoubleX Gabfest: Iced Champagne Edition

Listen to Slate's show about Rick Perry and the HPV vaccine, dads and testosterone, and fall TV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 22, 201138 min

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 08, 201129 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 201149 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 201144 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 201137 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 02, 201137 min

Slate: Talking to Flannery Mullins: The first interview with one of the teens charged in connection with the death of Phoebe Prince.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 26, 201122 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 19, 201136 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28, 201131 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 14, 201144 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 31, 201134 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 17, 201131 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 10, 201136 min

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 201132 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Fried Kitty Edition

Our editors discuss the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, shaken baby syndrome and The Roommate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 201135 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Evil Cinderella Edition

Our editors discuss women and the Egyptian protests, Slate’s Home Economics series, and also interview Cinderella Ate My Daughter author Peggy Orenstein. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 03, 201142 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Beauty Queen to the White House Edition

DoubleX editors discuss the new Miss America’s political ambition, “Darwin’s Rape Whistle” in Slate, and A Strange Stirring, a new book about the Feminine Mystique by Stephanie Coontz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 20, 201137 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Nietzsche and Nirvana Edition

DoubleX editors Emily Bazelon, Jessica Grose and Hanna Rosin discuss Jared Loughner’s Parents, Claire Dederer’s Poser, and Caitlin Flanagan’s “Hazards of Duke.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 13, 201135 min

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Lydia Davis’ Translation of Madame Bovary

Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin and Margaret Talbot discuss the new translation of Gustave Flaubert's nineteenth century French classic Madame Bovary. Relive your college days with this dissection of the original desperate housewife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 30, 201036 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The “Sex by Surprise” Edition

DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, with The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot, discuss the rape charges against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, incoming House Speaker John Beohner’s propensity to cry and how Facebook is killing the holiday greeting card. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 16, 201034 min

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Nicole Krauss’ Great House

In this week’s gabfest, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, along with The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot, discuss Nicole Krauss’ latest novel, Great House. They discuss why this novel is less light hearted than Krauss’ last one, The History of Love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 02, 201040 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Burn Your Pink Ribbon Edition

DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Jessica Grose along with Slate’s Emily Yoffe discuss misguided breast cancer awareness efforts, the release of Myanmar dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, the New York Times Magazine article Housewives of God, and Thanksgiving. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 16, 201033 min

Double X Gabfest: The Reality-Show Candidates Edition

Slate writers Dahlia Lithwick, Hanna Rosin and Emily Yoffe discuss the results of the midterm elections and what they mean for women. Lithwick asks: Does momism also affect the Supreme Court? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 04, 201033 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Krystal Ball Edition

DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, along with The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot, discuss the 28-year old Virginia candidate for Congress, Krystal Ball, the phone call Ginni Thomas placed to Anita Hill, and the appalling behavior of a Yale fraternity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 21, 201039 min

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.

In this week's audio book club, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin and The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. The novel follows Patty and Walter Berglund's failing marriage and serves as a commentary on how we live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 07, 201051 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Ritual Matricide Edition

DoubleX’s Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Christine O’Donnell, Rebecca Traister’s new book Big Girls Don’t Cry, and Susan Faludi’s essay on feminism in Harper’s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 23, 201031 min
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