Slate's Double X Podcasts

DoubleX Gabfest: The Healed By Love Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Slate senior editor Dan Kois and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss rape jokes, the rehabilitation of cad politicians Anthony Weiner and Mark Sanford, and a new article on the biology of loneliness.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Give Your Baby a Spear Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:15:06 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about breast cancer awareness, sympathy for the Boston bomber and Nicholas Day’s new book, Baby Meets World.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Fapstronaut Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:30:00 +0000

In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Slate senior editor Dan Kois and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss the Philadelphia “house of horrors” abortion story, the movement of men who want to stop masturbating, and the crisis of American child care.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Manteresting Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:44:28 +0000

In this week's Gabfest, Noreen Malone, Jessica Grose, and Seth Stevenson discuss cooking memoirs and feminism, writing about addiction, and Pinterest for dudes.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Office Wife Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:40:00 +0000

In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone and Slate contributing writer Seth Stevenson to discuss the rise of the retro wife; Steubenville rape case; and how to find the perfect office wife.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Join My Consciousness-Raising Circle Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:46:34 +0000

In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Slate managing editor Dan Kois and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss Sheryl Sandberg's new book, Lean In, a harrowing photo essay on domestic violence and women journalists sleeping with their sources.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Don Henley Was Hot Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:49:13 +0000

DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin, Allison Benedikt and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss the second season of Girls; female linguistic trends on Twitter; and Slate senior editor Emily Bazelon’s new book, Sticks and Stones.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Live Love Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:38:00 +0000

In this week’s special live Gabfest, DoubleX founding editor Hanna Rosin is joined by New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone and Slate's Dear Prudence columnist Emily Yoffe to discuss 50 years of The Feminine Mystique, how different kids react to test stress, and a special Prudie Q&A session.

DoubleX Podcast: The Mrs. Carter Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX managing editor Allison Benedikt joins New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone and Slate senior editor Dan Kois to discuss pop culture and (perhaps) feminist icon Beyonce; a recent New Yorker story about mass shooter Amy Bishop; and weight-loss myths.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Michelle’s Bangs Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:02:10 +0000

DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone and DoubleX managing editor Allison Benedikt to discuss Michelle Obama’s inauguration style and evolution; how high school impacts our adult selves; and porn for women.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Do You Like The Way We Sound? Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone and DoubleX managing editor Allison Benedikt to discuss Elizabeth Wurtzel’s mid-life confessional in New York magazine; male disdain for vocal fry; and the reaction to Hillary Clinton’s health scare.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Home for the Holidays Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about women and guns; This Is 40; and the agony (or ecstasy) of going home for the holidays.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Old Sperm Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about the risks of older parenthood; gender-neutral toys; and the sustaining tradition that says men are responsible for all marriage proposals.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Nobody’s Business Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:50:00 +0000

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.”

DoubleX Gabfest: The PetWell Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about the Petraeus-Broadwell affair; women and the election; and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Hipster Sexism Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:45:24 +0000

Listen to Slate’s wrap-up of the election; examination of the term “hipster sexism”; and the recent nanny murder case.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Binders Full of Women Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Muumuu Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:44:44 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Mrs. Jesus Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about Naomi Wolf’s book, Vagina: A New Biography; a recently discovered 4^th Century reference to Jesus’ wife; and Mindy Kaling.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Mom-in-Chief Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:00:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The P90X Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:00:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Circumspect Circumference Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about prenatal depression, hot Olympic bodies, and cosmetic surgery for teenage girls.

DoubleX Gabfest: The We Wish We Were Talking About Kristen Stewart Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:01:19 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about the Aurora shooting heroes, outing rapists on Twitter, and women’s boxing.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Un-Retouched Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:00:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Still Not Having It All Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic cover story, the new Pixar movie Brave, and spoiled American kids.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Muppet Show Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about subversive commencement speeches, a new study on gay parenting, and Muppet chaos theory.

DoubleX Gabfest: Itty Bitty Cheapo Rock Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:29:00 +0000

DoubleX editors talk about Mark Zuckerberg’s new wife Pricilla Chan, Wired’s GeekDad cover, and women in combat.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Bare-Chested Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:50:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about attachment parenting, president Obama’s college love letters and child psychopaths.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Your Baby’s Name is Brand-Shift Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about homophobic homosexuals, celebrity baby bumps and the war over workplace lunches.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Alone in the Tub Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:14:00 +0000

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

DoubleX Gabfest: The Coregasm Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:30:00 +0000

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.

Live from New York with Samantha Bee Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:52:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Glamour Beard Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:01:16 +0000

Hanna Rosin, Jessica Grose, and Noreen Malone discuss Rush Limbaugh's tirade, the "unschooling" movement, and the uptick in men with beards.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Reindeer Sweater Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:54:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about Virginia’s proposed ultrasound law, the rise in single moms under 30, and the growth of the “mancessory.”

DoubleX Gabfest: The Power-Pinners and Pink Handguns Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about the Komen Foundation vs. Planned Parenthood, the new parenting book Bringing Up Bebe, and the social site Pinterest.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Weasel Face Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:35:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about how much looks matter in politics, how small group dynamics affect women, and the blogger Dooce’s separation.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Kitten Calendar Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:37:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about Caitlin Flanagan’s Girl Land, Rick Santorum’s anti-abortion rhetoric and Babyonce.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Bland, Fertile and Protestant Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:27:37 +0000

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.

Slate's DoubleX Gabfest: The Robo Panda Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:58:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about marriage and generosity, childless women on TV, and the strangest gifts we’ve ever received.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Redlines Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:26:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:04:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Roving Eye Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:18:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Hungry for Glory Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:43:00 +0000

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.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Jessica Rabbit Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:12:42 +0000

Our editors discuss Amanda Knox, whether women care about their “number,” and Katie Roiphe’s essay about being a single mom.

The DoubleX Gabfest: Iced Champagne Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:00:00 +0000

Listen to Slate's show about Rick Perry and the HPV vaccine, dads and testosterone, and fall TV.

The DoubleX Gabfest: The Rookie Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:41:38 +0000

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

The DoubleX Gabfest: Momentary Lapse of Judgment Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:33:15 +0000

Listen to Slate's show about Dominique Strauss Kahn’s exoneration, a new report about cohabitation, and the rise of the IUD.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Hobosexual Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:55:01 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek cover, international adoption, and a controversial Etsy hobo-themed wedding.

DoubleX Gabfest: The Goodbye Amy Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:30:00 +0000

Listen to Slate’s show about the Oslo killer’s misogyny, Amy Winehouse’s death, and the pill for men.

The DoubleX Gabfest: The Broken Homes and Betty Ford Edition

podcasts@slate.com — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:28:59 +0000

DoubleX editors discuss Betty Ford’s legacy, The Gen X divorce memoir In Spite of Everything, and the Jamie Leigh Jones rape case against KBR.