The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
Slate Podcasts
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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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MAR 18, 2025
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words
What we can learn about nonverbal cues from The Big Bang Theory.
28 MIN
MAR 18, 2025
Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone
The art and practice of asking the right questions.
32 MIN
DEC 28, 2023
The Year in Celebrity Memoirs
From Prince Harry to Britney Spears, we look back at the biggest bombshells that hit the shelves this year
47 MIN
DEC 21, 2023
What is a Feminist, Really?
For The Wave’s final episode, we consider throwing out the word “feminism” altogether.
39 MIN
DEC 14, 2023
In Defense of Lean In Feminism
Sheryl Sandberg didn’t get feminism right ten years ago. That doesn’t mean she was wholly wrong.
30 MIN
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