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1:04:54
The gender movement is not gay rights 2.0. It's a new homophobia.
Recording of Thursday's livestream conversation with Ben Appel
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Meghan Daum
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Ben Appel
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12:10
The Catastrophe Hour Book Club: Week 4
An excerpt from Species Of Grief
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Meghan Daum
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1:09:03
What Illness Can Teach Us About Uncertainty
Jonathan Gluck on his new memoir about cancer and coming to terms with not knowing
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Meghan Daum
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1:09:39
Where Do Serial Killers Come From?
Caroline Fraser on America’s Murderland.
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Meghan Daum
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11:33
Catastrophe Hour Book Club: Week One
An excerpt from The Broken-In World
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Meghan Daum
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Audio Essay: The End Of The Personal
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Susan Brownmiller: Rape Alarmist or Rape Apologist?
Revisiting my never-published interview with the legendary feminist author
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How To Solve Crime
Peter Moskos on New York City’s policing triumph
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Meghan Daum
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Peter Moskos
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1:13:26
Why Joni Mitchell Matters
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Meghan Daum
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Coast to Coast with Katherine Dee
My favorite internet historian on Art Bell, text-based role playing, early marriage, and pattern matching the manosphere.
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Katherine Dee
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Dad Bods Versus "Shredded and Pumped"
We report. You decide.
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Meghan Daum
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Kathleen Sykes
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1:03:25
Catastrophe Hour with Katie Herzog
Here's a recording of the April 15 livestream
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Katie Herzog
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1:08:18
Louise Perry’s Counter-sexual Revolution
The progressive experiment has been run. Did it fail in more ways than it succeeded?
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Meghan Daum
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Louise Perry
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1:08:07
Special Episode: SCOTUS Hearing on Gender Medicine
The Trans Debate Reaches The Supreme Court
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Meghan Daum
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Lisa Selin Davis
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Ben Appel
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LGB Courage Coalition
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1:07:09
Recording of Livestream with Ben Ryan
Here's our conversation from Sunday evening
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Meghan Daum
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1:13:59
Premium: Did The Trans Debate Get Trump Elected?
Benjamin Ryan on TERF wars, the fallout of the Cass Review, and gender's role in the election.
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Meghan Daum
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Benjamin Ryan
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1:33:01
A Feminist In Genderland
Legendary feminist Julie Bindel on the sex trade, surrogacy, and her new podcast about gender madness and the plight of parents.
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Meghan Daum
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Julie Bindel
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1:13:25
PREMIUM: Planned Parenthood’s Gender Transition
Journalist Jennifer Block explains how it happened.
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Meghan Daum
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1:00:27
Advice To My Daughter: Marry Young
Larissa Phillips on Relearning The Facts of Life
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Meghan Daum
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1:13:49
Do Childless Women Get The Last Laugh?
Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis speaks her unspeakable truth
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Meghan Daum
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