Best lyz Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 52 - Vanessa Angélica Villarreal 1:15:20

8d ago1:15:20

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Join Laura and Adrian as they talk with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal about her newest book, Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders. In this conversation, the crew discusses topics like the queered pop culture icons of the 90's, exploring gender expression as a racialized teenager, and the work of remembering after erasure. Co…

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Episode 51: Sarah Manguso & the Liars marriage makes 1:04:52

3h ago1:04:52

1:04:52

Sarah Manguso joins Laura to talk about her newest book, Liars. Telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, Liars depicts the slow and normalized forms of abuse and misogyny baked into marriage. Pre-order liars now, for release on July 23rd. Sarah Manguso's book tour comes to San Francisco on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 7:…

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Episode 50 - Jessica Calarco: Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. 1:03:06

2M ago1:03:06

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Jessica Calarco joins Laura and Adrian to unpack her newly released book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Social Safety Net. They discuss the histories and the sociological interviews central to Calarco's book, painting a picture of the women who are tasked with holding society together with their labor. Dr. Jessica Calarco is an As…

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Announcing season two of This American Ex-Wife the podcast! 25:49

5M ago25:49

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Last year, we made a 10-episode season of this podcast and we are so proud of how it turned out. And want to make one more!! Please fill out the survey to let us know the topics you want us to cover, the people you want us to talk to, ways to support the show, and any other ideas you want to share. We are listening. Here is a link to the survey! Oh…

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Episode 49 - Lyz Lenz RETURNS! 1:17:53

5M ago1:17:53

1:17:53

Author and self-described "soccer mom Simone de Beauvoir" Lyz Lenz makes a triumphant return to the pod to discuss her new book THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE with Laura and Adrian. (Please refer to TFP Episode 7 from December 2020 for Lyz's first mid-derecho podcast appearance!) Her third book in five years, THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE brings Lenz's characterist…

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Bonus episode: An excerpt from This American Ex-Wife 11:10

5M ago11:10

11:10

Surprise! Here are the first 10 minutes from the first chapter of my book, This American Ex-Wife. It’s a clip from the audiobook, which I narrate myself. I recorded the audiobook during a blizzard and an arctic freeze, and at some point, you can hear my throat start getting scratchy with a cold. I managed to get through with an ungodly amount of co…

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"Sourdough dads" with Virginia Sole Smith 1:06:29

6M ago1:06:29

1:06:29

In this episode, Lyz and best-selling author and journalist behind the popular newsletter, Burnt Toast, Virginia Sole Smith read your email and talk bodies, love, sourdough dads, and divorce. This is the last week to PREORDER your copy of This American Ex-Wife. Show notes: * Read Virginia’s amazing newsletter Burnt Toast. * Also, Virginia and Sara …

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"The heartbreak years" with Minda Honey 53:18

6M ago53:18

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We want independence. We want respect. We want love and relationships. We live our lives trying to cultivate these qualities. But as Minda Honey points out, we also live in a world that doesn’t prioritize our wants. Less than two weeks until the book comes out! So preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work. Show notes: *…

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"Lyzistrata" with Donna Zuckerberg 46:19

6M ago46:19

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In the ancient play Lysistrata women withhold sex as a means of ending the Peloponnesian War. And the logic – using sex as a shaping force in marriages – is widespread both in self-help books and right-wing subreddits. Academic Donna Zuckerberg has written about the appropriation of the Classics by misogynistic groups and weighs in on Lysistrata, l…

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"Claim your name and hotness" with Aubrey Hirsch 47:46

6M ago47:46

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Aubrey Hirsch was in a hospital bed. She had just birthed her first child and found herself having to argue with a nurse over whether her last name Hirsch could be her child’s last name. In that instance and more, Hirsch shatters the notion that heterosexual parents have the same powers in the relationship. Show notes: * Read Aubrey’s essay for Tim…

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"Remembering the original ex-wife" with Marsha Gordon 55:27

6M ago55:27

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Thank you to everyone listening and sharing this podcast! In our first five weeks, we’ve gotten over 33,000 downloads! Zach, my producer, and I are just floored! Okay, now let’s get to the show… As the stock market crashed in 1929, Ursula Parrot released her novel Ex-Wife. In it, the protagonist darts between the experience of sexual liberation and…

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"Take his wallet" with Morgan Jerkins 52:02

7M ago52:02

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Best-selling author Morgan Jerkins joins Lyz to read reader emails and give some frank advice and heartfelt insight to your divorces, break ups, and new lives. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife and subscribe to this newsletter. It’s the best way to support our work! Show notes: * You can read more work by Morgan Jerkins by b…

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“Marriageocracy” with Aneeka Henderson 43:34

7M ago43:34

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Marriage and divorce are not experienced the same way for men and women. The same is true for white and Black women. Sociologist Aneeka Henderson has written extensively about the marriage economy and the obstacles that limit opportunities even in marriages for Black people. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife and subscribe to…

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"Weird cicadas" with Maggie Smith 55:04

7M ago55:04

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Poet and best-selling author Maggie Smith shares how her divorce made her spend more time with someone she didn’t expect: herself. She explains how she learned to leave room for that self even as she shares part of it in her work. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work. I am currently runni…

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“Catharsis” with Candice Luter 58:10

7M ago58:10

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“Catharsis” with Candice Luter Many suspect that their partner is cheating on them. Few of us show up outside the motel room to catch them in the act. Candice Luter gets honest about insecurity, breaking and recovering after her ex showed who he really was. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife and subscribe to this newsletter. …

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“The one where he buries the gold” 57:00

8M ago57:00

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Lyz’s own divorce lawyer Allison Werner Smith stops by to walk through the long road of a divorce. She explains how “the breakdown of the marriage relationship” can become a firmer foundation for a life. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work: https://linktr.ee/lyzlenzShow notes: * In the s…

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Episode 48 - Nicole Chung 58:12

8M ago58:12

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After a stunning revelation about a life-changing moment THE Dr. Roxane Gay offered Laura, Adrian and Laura join acclaimed memoirist Nicole Chung to discuss her second book, A Living Remedy. Following the contours of A Living Remedy, this discussion travels through the national tragedy of American healthcare, what an elite education and successful …

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Episode 47 - Lydia Kiesling 55:47

11M ago55:47

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Laura interviews novelist Lydia Kiesling about her second novel Mobility. Related discussion topics also include the astrology of The Sopranos (Laura and Lydia are both Christopher suns, Mobility's protagonist Bunny Glenn is more of a Meadow rising), the '90s in girlhood, the time Lydia joined a panel Laura organized at Stanford with a newborn on h…

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Episode 46 - Aliens 46:33

11M ago46:33

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Laura and Adrian embark on their new series: feminism and the horror genre. We dedicate the first episode of this series to two favorites of ours: Hollywood treasure Sigourney Weaver and slimy aliens with acid for blood. A discussion of 1986’s Aliens, horror and motherhood, and dueling queens.

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Episode 45 - Deadloch with Moira Donegan 38:00

12M ago38:00

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This episode is basically a PSA: if you’re not watching the Australian feminist crime show Deadloch, then Laura, Adrian and guest Moira Donegan have one question for you: why not? Depressed industrial towns, toxic masculinity, lesbians, a four-hour movie called ‘Poseidon’s Uterus’: this show has everything, and we’re here for all of it.…

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In Bed With The Right: Midge Decter with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell 1:22:39

1y ago1:22:39

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Midge Decter (1927-2022) has often been called the "grandmother of neoconservatism" -- hers was in some ways a pretty classic trajectory, from New Deal liberalism to profound unease with the social movements of the 1960s, to the center of the conservative movement and Republican politics. But unlike most of her fellow neocons, Midge Decter always f…

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In Bed With The Right: Gay Marriage with Moira and Adrian 1:40:00

1y ago1:40:00

1:40:00

Join us for the first episode of the all-new show In Bed With The Right. For their inaugural episode, Moira and Adrian delve into right-wing (ahem) contributions to the gay marriage debate. Ten years ago the Supreme Court decided Windsor v. US and Hollingsworth v. Perry, which together spelled the beginning of the end of the gay marriage debate (ga…

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In Bed With The Right - Trailer 2:07

1y ago2:07

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Get a sneak peek at the upcoming, all-new show In Bed With the Right hosted by Moira Donegan and TFP's very own Adrian Daub.

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Episode 44 - A Guestless Catch-up-isode Spectacular 30:46

1y ago30:46

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After a few months of absence, your trusty co-hosts return to tell you about new projects, new episodes, and new friends of the pod! Live from cyberspace, it's ... a guestless update spectacular!

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Episode 43 - Brown and Gay in LA with Anthony C. Ocampo 1:07:10

1+ y ago1:07:10

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Join us for the glorious return of friend of the pod Dr. Anthony C. Ocampo as we talk about his fantastic new book Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons. Anthony Christian Ocampo, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons and Th…

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Episode 42 - Global Gender Panic with Judith Butler 51:11

2y ago51:11

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Judith Butler joins Laura and Adrian for the final episode in our series on moral panic. Judith Butler is a renowned philosopher and gender theorist, and the author of numerous books including Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter. Their first non-academic press book, Who's Afraid of Gender?, is forthcoming from FSG in 2023. Their piece in The Guar…

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Episode 41 - Melissa Gira Grant 1:08:45

2y ago1:08:45

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Join Laura and Adrian as they talk to journalist and author Melissa Gira Grant in the latest installment of our series on the trans moral panic. Melissa is a staff writer at The New Republic (her articles mentioned in the episode include "'Libs of Tiktok' and the Right's Embrace of Anti-LGBTQ Violence" and "A Pizzagate in Every City"); the author o…

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Episode 40 - Your Fave is Problematic with Liat Kaplan 1:03:46

2y ago1:03:46

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Laura and Adrian are joined by Liat Kaplan, who in the early 2010s as a teenager started the popular Tumblr page "Your Fave is Problematic." She stayed anonymous as its founder until last year, but the blog has been often cited in the meantime as one of the origin points of cancel culture as we know it today. Liat discusses its intentions, impact, …

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Episode 39 - Trans Lives, Trans Kids, Trans Panic with Jules Gill-Peterson 1:07:33

2y ago1:07:33

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Join us as we continue mythbusting through moral panics with our fantastic guest Jules Gill-Peterson. Adrian, Laura, and Jules discuss how cancel culture has its roots deep in transphobia and the misinformation surrounding the moral panic about transgender kids. Jules Gill-Peterson is Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Jule…

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Episode 38 - Moral Panic Mythbusting with Michael Hobbes (Part 2) 54:34

2y ago54:34

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Join Adrian and friend of the pod Michael Hobbes for the second half of their conversation on Moral Panic Mythbusting. Michael Hobbes is a journalist and co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase. He previously was a reporter at The Huffington Post and co-host of the podcast You're Wrong About.

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Episode 37 - Moral Panic Mythbusting with Michael Hobbes (Part 1) 1:07:52

2y ago1:07:52

1:07:52

Join Adrian and friend of the pod Michael Hobbes in part one of Moral Panic Mythbusting. Michael Hobbes is a journalist and co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase. He previously was a reporter at The Huffington Post and co-host of the podcast You're Wrong About.

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Episode 36 - Vauhini Vara 40:47

2y ago40:47

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Vauhini Vara joins TFP to discuss her debut novel The Immortal King Rao. Vauhini was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, as the daughter of Indian immigrants, and grew up there and in Oklahoma and the Seattle suburbs. She reported at The Wall Street Journal for nine years, with writing also appearing in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Harper’s…

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Episode 35 - Angela Garbes 1:02:08

2+ y ago1:02:08

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Angela Garbes is the author of Like a Mother, an NPR Best Book of the Year and finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Cut, New York, Bon Appétit, and featured on NPR's Fresh Air. On this week's episode, she and Laura laugh and cry as they discuss her new book Essential Labor, whi…

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Episode 34 - Nell McShane Wulfhart 54:18

2+ y ago54:18

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Nell McShane Wulfhart is a frequent contributor to the New York Times travel section and wrote the column “Carry On” from 2016-2019. She has written for Travel + Leisure, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, and T Magazine. She is the author of the Audible Original Off Menu. She joins Laura to discuss her new book "Th…

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Episode 33 - Ry Russo-Young

2+ y ago

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Ry Russo-Young is an award-winning film director whose work includes the movies Before I Fall and The Sun is Also a Star. Ry joins us this week as we discuss her newest work, the three-part HBO docuseries Nuclear Family, which investigates the prolonged impact on Ry’s family of the four-year legal battle between her lesbian mothers and the sperm do…

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Episode 32 - Melissa Febos 52:23

2+ y ago52:23

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Melissa Febos is the critically acclaimed author of Whipsmart, Abandon Me, and Girlhood. She joins Laura and Adrian for a candid and captivating conversation on her newest book Body Work (out 3/16). They explore the craft and complexity of writing truthfully about our lives and loved ones.

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Episode 31 - Taylor Harris 1:09:15

2+ y ago1:09:15

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Taylor Harris is the author of the affecting memoir This Boy We Made, which details her family’s journey through the American medical system in search of a diagnosis and treatment for her son Tophs. In this discussion, we explore the function of faith, anxiety, parenthood, medical mysteries, and institutional racism. Harris’s essays have appeared i…

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Episode 30 - Alex Marzano-Lesnevich 59:55

2+ y ago59:55

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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of the award-winning book The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir. Alex joins TFP this week to discuss the historically controversial lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness: is it really a lesbian novel, or perhaps more of a trans novel? Have we moved beyond the tragic queer love story? And how has our interpret…

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Episode 29 - Moira Donegan on The Feminine Mystique 1:00:53

2+ y ago1:00:53

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Friend of the podcast Moira Donegan is an opinion columnist for Guardian US who longtime TFP fans will remember from our first season. Moira makes a glorious return to discuss her recent deep dive into Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique.

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Episode 28 - Jeanette Winterson 1:05:23

3y ago1:05:23

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Jeanette Winterson CBE is the author of 27 influential feminist texts, including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Sexing The Cherry, Gut Symmetries, Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?, and most recently, 12 BYTES: Where We Might Go Next. In a special event partnering with the independent bookstores Politics & Prose and Books & Books, Jeanette join…

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Episode 27 - Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed 1:01:45

3y ago1:01:45

1:01:45

Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed are the hosts of the podcast YOU ARE GOOD (formerly WHY ARE DADS), the film podcast unafraid of feelings. With Laura and Adrian, they dive into the odd complexity of REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, the 1990 film adapted from law professor Alan Dershowitz’s 1985 book.

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Episode 26 - Meera Menon 1:08:00

3y ago1:08:00

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Meera Menon is the director of two feature films: EQUITY (2016), starring Anna Gunn as a high-powered Wall Street broker, and FARAH GOES BANG (2013), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize from Tribeca and Vogue (and which Meera co-wrote with one of your loyal hosts). She’s also a sought-after director …

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Episode 25 - Merve Emre 1:02:42

3y ago1:02:42

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Merve Emre is associate professor of English at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America 2017), The Ferrante Letters (2019), and The Personality Brokers (2018). She is the editor of Once and Future Feminist (2018), The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway (2021), and The Norton Modern Library Mrs.…

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Episode 24 - Terry Castle 1:17:54

3y ago1:17:54

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The wildly talented Terry Castle, Walter A. Hass Professor in the Humanities, has taught literature at Stanford for almost 40 years. She was once described by Susan Sontag as “the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today”, and detailed her friendship with Sontag in the classic essay “Desperately Seeking Susan.” Her many boo…

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Episode 23 - Annalee Newitz 1:06:29

3y ago1:06:29

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Annalee Newitz is pretty much nerd royalty. They are the author of the novels The Future of Another Timeline and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a science journalist, their work appears regularly in the New York Times and New Scientist, as well as in The Washington Post, Slate, Popular Science, Ars Technica, The New Yorker, and …

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Episode 22 - Inkoo Kang 1:06:57

3y ago1:06:57

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Inkoo Kang, recently announced as the Washington Post’s newest TV critic, was also named the best critic of 2021 by the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for her work at The Hollywood Reporter. Inkoo co-hosts the All About Almodovar podcast, and has previously written about film, TV, and culture for Slate, MTV News, Los Angeles Times,…

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Episode 21 - Susan Stryker 56:28

3y ago56:28

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Susan Stryker is an author, professor, filmmaker, and heroine of the trans and queer rights movement. Her extensive bibliography includes two editions of The Transgender Studies Reader and Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area; her documentary films include Christine in the Cutting Room, an experimental short film…

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Episode 20 - DiRetrospective Pt. 2 54:56

3y ago54:56

54:56

Laura and Adrian joyfully reunite in part 2 of this guestless double-wide kickoff to The Feminist Present’s third season. And we have a new, cinematic theme! In addition to the book nerd chatter you’ve come to count on from us in the present, for this season we’re also reflecting on the past: we’ve invited a bunch of brilliant feminists to talk abo…

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Episode 19 - DiRetrospective Pt. 1 1:07:54

3y ago1:07:54

1:07:54

Laura and Adrian joyfully reunite in this guestless double-wide kickoff to The Feminist Present’s third season. And we have a new, cinematic theme! In addition to the book nerd chatter you’ve come to count on from us in the present, for this season we’re also reflecting on the past: we’ve invited a bunch of brilliant feminists to talk about ‘90s-’0…

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Episode 18 - Cheryl Strayed 1:18:15

3+ y ago1:18:15

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Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, the New York Times bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things and Brave Enough, and the novel Torch. She’s also Laura’s favorite living author. Laura barely kept her shit together talking with Cheryl about unconditional positive regard as a feminist value, the writer as teacher, …

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