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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 Nobody’s Business Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Martha Stewart’s new image; the Rihanna/Chris Brown saga; and the Fox News article “The War on Men.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 201243 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The PetWell Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about the Petraeus-Broadwell affair; women and the election; and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 201254 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Hipster Sexism Edition

Listen to Slate’s wrap-up of the election; examination of the term “hipster sexism”; and the recent nanny murder case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 01, 201236 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Binders Full of Women Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about the second presidential debate; Gawker’s outing of notorious Reddit user, Violentacrez; and the dangers of playground monkey bars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 18, 201242 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Muumuu Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Marissa Mayer’s short maternity leave; how to talk to your kids about porn; and Jessica Grose’s new novel, Sad Desk Salad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 04, 201250 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Mrs. Jesus Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Naomi Wolf’s book, Vagina: A New Biography; a recently discovered 4th Century reference to Jesus’ wife; and Mindy Kaling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 20, 201233 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Mom-in-Chief Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Michelle Obama’s Democratic Convention speech; Hanna Rosin’s upcoming book, The End of Men; and the new film, Bachelorette. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 06, 201249 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The P90X Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about the Todd Akin rape controversy, Paul Ryan’s hot bod, and Augusta National admitting its first two female members. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 23, 201235 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Un-Retouched Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about young women getting their tubes tied, last week’s date rape episode of Louie, and Seventeen magazine’s new photo touch-up policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 12, 201244 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Still Not Having It All Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic cover story, the new Pixar movie Brave, and spoiled American kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 201252 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Muppet Show Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about subversive commencement speeches, a new study on gay parenting, and Muppet chaos theory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14, 201249 min

DoubleX Gabfest: Itty Bitty Cheapo Rock Edition

DoubleX editors talk about Mark Zuckerberg’s new wife Pricilla Chan, Wired’s GeekDad cover, and women in combat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 31, 201241 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Bare-Chested Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about attachment parenting, president Obama’s college love letters and child psychopaths. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 17, 201250 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Alone in the Tub Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about HBO’s Girls, doltish dads in commercials and Katie Roiphe’s Newsweek cover story on submissive sex and working women Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 201252 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Coregasm Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about new research on sibling rivalry, the legacy of the sexual revolution, and a study showing women can get orgasms from exercise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 05, 201241 min

Live from New York with Samantha Bee Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Sarah Palin in HBO’s Game Change, billionaire Spanx founder Sara Blakeley, and the war on women, with special guest star Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 15, 201252 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Glamour Beard Edition

Hanna Rosin, Jessica Grose, and Noreen Malone discuss Rush Limbaugh's tirade, the "unschooling" movement, and the uptick in men with beards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 08, 201245 min

DoubleX Gabfest: The Reindeer Sweater Edition

Listen to Slate’s show about Virginia’s proposed ultrasound law, the rise in single moms under 30, and the growth of the “mancessory.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 23, 201243 min

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 26, 201236 min

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.

Jan 12, 201241 min

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 28, 201140 min

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 15, 201138 min

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.

Dec 01, 201134 min

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 17, 201139 min

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.

Nov 03, 201139 min

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 19, 201136 min
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