Slate Gender and Society podcast

Slate Gender and Society

A feed drawing from Slate’s podcast network, including The Waves and Outward, featuring episodes that take a critical eye to the world around us, how we define ourselves, and how gender itself is defined.

A feed drawing from Slate’s podcast network, including The Waves and Outward, featuring episodes that take a critical eye to the world around us, how we define ourselves, and how gender itself is defined.

 

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10: AIDS Isn’t Over | When We All Get to Heaven

In the final episode of When We All Get to Heaven, we catch up on what’s happened in the m... more

10 Dec 2025

52 MINS

52:48

10 Dec 2025


#520

ICYMI | Okay. Let’s Talk About "Everyone" Getting Skinny

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by culture writer Mikala Jamison to talk a... more

06 Dec 2025

59 MINS

59:14

06 Dec 2025


#519

9: AIDS Energy | When We All Get to Heaven

In 1996 everything changed. With the introduction of antiretroviral medications called the... more

03 Dec 2025

53 MINS

53:15

03 Dec 2025


#518

ICYMI | “Danish Deception” or Danish Delusion?

On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by senior supervising producer Daisy Rosari... more

03 Dec 2025

50 MINS

50:39

03 Dec 2025


#517

8: Conversion | When We All Get to Heaven

In 1995 Rev. Jim Mitulski became HIV positive -- what's known as seroconversion. It was 14... more

26 Nov 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:23

26 Nov 2025


#516

Death, Sex & Money | “The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay”

When the Metropolitan Community Church was founded in the late sixties, it was one of the ... more

25 Nov 2025

55 MINS

55:14

25 Nov 2025


#515

What Next | How Planned Parenthood Got Defunded

Between the drastic budget cuts and provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill, the Trump admini... more

24 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:33

24 Nov 2025


#514

ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex

On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by porn historian [Noelle Perdue] (https://... more

22 Nov 2025

48 MINS

48:54

22 Nov 2025


#513

7: Dress Rehearsals | When We All Get to Heaven

Scott and Bruce were the hottest couple in church. Scott, a hula dancer, seemed destined f... more

19 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:12

19 Nov 2025


#512

Interlude: Tired of Dying | When We All Get to Heaven

The Sunday after Magic Johnson announced his HIV-status, Jim Mitulski preached a sermon on... more

16 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:40

16 Nov 2025


#511

ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing

On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer and content creator Josh Lora, wh... more

15 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:21

15 Nov 2025


#510

What Next | No, Women Didn't Ruin the Workplace

It didn’t take long to go from Beyoncé holding for applause in front of the word “FEMINISM... more

12 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:17

12 Nov 2025


#509

6: Attacked | When We All Get to Heaven

San Francisco’s gay/lesbian community in the 1980s wasn’t just facing an AIDS crisis, they... more

12 Nov 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:30

12 Nov 2025


#508

5: Healing Without a Cure | When We All Get to Heaven

When Rev. Ron Russell Coons got diagnosed with AIDS he thought a lot about what healing me... more

05 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:46

05 Nov 2025


#507

4: Friends in the Fire | When We All Get to Heaven

As MCC grew as a denomination, they tried to figure out if and how to relate to other chur... more

29 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:44

29 Oct 2025


#506

ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer and streamer [Laura Kate Dale ] ... more

25 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:40

25 Oct 2025


#505

3: “A Church with AIDS” | When We All Get to Heaven

In the late ‘80s, two MCC San Francisco ministers wrote an article called “We Are the Chur... more

22 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:54

22 Oct 2025


#504

How To! | Survive Getting Fired

If you recently lost your job—or think you might lose it soon—Laura Brown and Kristina O'N... more

21 Oct 2025

43 MINS

43:21

21 Oct 2025


#503

Death, Sex & Money | How a Former Polygamist “Sister Wife” Learned to Love Monogamy

Christine Brown Woolley grew up in Utah with a dad and two moms, in a polygamist community... more

21 Oct 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:20

21 Oct 2025


#502

Care & Feeding | Is Gaming Taking Over Boys’ Lives?

On this episode: Friend of the show Jamilah Lemieux tackles helping kids get a better nigh... more

20 Oct 2025

37 MINS

37:40

20 Oct 2025


#501

2: A New Gospel for Gay Sinners | When We All Get to Heaven

Why would an out queer person in the Gay Liberation Days of the 1970s go to church? What c... more

15 Oct 2025

58 MINS

58:47

15 Oct 2025