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Parents, Keep Those Back-To-School Posts Coming

You never know who appreciates them the most.

Aug 26 • Meghan Daum

Christopher Rufo vs. The New Yorker

Old tweets, new norms, and the 2014 tipping point

Aug 17 • Meghan Daum

1:05:12

Is Everything Terrible?

Tablet editor Alana Newhouse on the problem with burning it all down.

Aug 16 • Meghan Daum

1:05:37

How Are Those Luxury Beliefs Working Out?

Rob Henderson on the mating crisis, the Mamdani moment, and the coinage that keeps on giving.

Aug 11 • Meghan Daum and Rob Henderson

1:11:06

Is the Racial Reckoning Over?

John McWhorter on language, the arts, podcasting with Glenn Loury, and defunding the grammar police.

Aug 2 • Meghan Daum and John McWhorter

1:31:30

How To Survive a Mania

Lionel Shriver hates groupthink. And so should everyone else.

Jul 28 • Meghan Daum

What's Going On? An Unspeakable Update.

Live event in NYC, podcast news, Unspeakeasy forum developments, and future plans.

Jul 22 • Meghan Daum

1:16:06

Extreme Religious Conversion

Kelsey Osgood on women, religious transformations, and what anorexia has to do with it.

Jul 20 • Meghan Daum

Arts & Culture

Gender

1:13:44

Can Democrats Admit Republicans Were Right On Gender?

Lisa Selin Davis on how leftist purity politics on trans issues handed power to the right.

Sep 12 • Meghan Daum

12:51

Minneapolis shooting and the trans connection: with Ben Appel

Recordings (okay, two recordings) from yesterday's livestream with Ben Appel

Aug 29 • Meghan Daum and Ben Appel

11:01

The Catastrophe Hour Book Club: Week 9

An excerpt from What I Have In Common With Trans Activists

Aug 5 • Meghan Daum

1:25:09

Do Women Owe Men An Apology?

Evolutionary Biologist Carole Hooven wants to make masculinity great again.

Jul 12 • Meghan Daum

1:08:18

Louise Perry’s Counter-sexual Revolution

The progressive experiment has been run. Did it fail in more ways than it succeeded?

Apr 23 • Meghan Daum and Louise Perry

1:08:07

Special Episode: SCOTUS Hearing on Gender Medicine

The Trans Debate Reaches The Supreme Court

Dec 8, 2024 • Meghan Daum, Lisa Selin Davis, Ben Appel, and LGB Courage Coalition

1:07:09

Recording of Livestream with Ben Ryan

Here's our conversation from Sunday evening

Nov 25, 2024 • Meghan Daum

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.

Nov 20, 2024 • Meghan Daum and Benjamin Ryan

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