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Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin — 95 episodes

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"Women <3 True Crime" (w/ Mikita Brottman)

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"Leaving the Country" (w/ Nancy L Green)

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"Leave Your Husbands" (with Margaret Howie)

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A Writer's Manifesto

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"Astro Boom" (w/ Amelia Quint)

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"Are You Happy?" (w/ Jennifer Porto)

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"Film Club: How to Date Younger Men Without Stabbing Yourself in the Chest" (w/ Eileen G'Sell)

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"The Argument for a Marriage Free State" (w/ Clare Chambers)

9

"Use Your Illusion" (w/ Ian Bourland)

10

"Kill the Critics" (w/ Yasmin Nair)

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"A Plan for a Post Roe v Wade World" (w/ Robin Marty)

12

"Respect vs. Likes" (w/ Leah Munsey)

13

"Bad Gays, Bad Women" (w/ Ben Miller)

14

"Americans Hate Art" (w/ Jennifer Porto)

15

"Russiagate Made Everyone Crazy. Now What." (w/ Sarah Lazare & Jessica Stites)

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RE-RELEASE: "Witchcraft Capitalism" (w/ Katelan Foisy)

17

"Envy is Violence" (w/ Barbara Bourland)

18

"Long Live the Altweekly" (w/ Brandon Soderberg)

19

"Glenn Close and Other Cinematic Wives" (w/ Suzanne Leonard)

20

"Publishing's Diversity Problems, or The Paris Review was Started by the CIA" (w/ Alexis Aceves Garcia)

21

"Stop Evictions" (w/ Tara Raghuveer)

22

"Bad Sex is a Feminist Issue" (w/ Joseph Fischel)

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"The Housing Crisis" (w/ Randy Shaw)

24

"The Spinster Episode" (w/ Briallen Hopper)

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"Daphne Award 2018" (w/ Margaret Howie)

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26

"Decriminalize Domestic Violence" (w/ Leigh Goodmark)

27

"Identity, Authenticity, and the Literary Hoax" (w/ Christopher Miller)

28

"First Person Singular" (w/ BD McClay)

29

"Healing vs. Getting On With It" (w/ Michael Scott Moore)

30

"Gillian Flynn Deserves Better, or Twitter Culture" (w/ Nicolás R. Melo)

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31

"American Dads Do Crimes, or RoboCop" (w/ Emily Yoshida)

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32

"Believe Women" (w/ Heidi Matthews)

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33

"Generation Neoliberal, or the Documentaries of Lauren Greenfield" (w/ Eileen G'Sell)

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34

"Housing is a Feminist Issue" (w/ Dorina Pojani)

35

"Straight White Men, Part 3" (w/ Philip St John)

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36

"The Wife Problem" (w/ Jennifer Porto)

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37

"What Comes After Victory" (w/ Roisin Agnew)

38

"Illness Not Even Slightly as Metaphor” (w/ Johanna Hedva)

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39

"Superhero Movies Are Fascist Fantasies" (w/ Peter Biskind)

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"Alternatives to Babies" (w/ Donna Haraway)

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41

"Living with Art" (w/ Emil Ferris)

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"Toxic Masculinity is Contagious, or Mindhunter" (w/ Nicolás Melo)

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43

RE-RELEASE: "Heterosexuality is a F**king Nightmare" (w/ Indiana Seresin)

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44

"Performing Masculinity" (w/ Nicolás R Melo)

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45

"Women's Work" (w/ BD McClay)

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"Female Trouble" (w/ Margaret Howie)

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"Reasons to Be Beautiful" (w/ Heather Widdows)

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48

F**k the Bechdel Test, or Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (w/ Ryan Nyburg)

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49

"Homes Are For People Not Banks" (w/ Lotta Meri Pirita Tenhunen)

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50

"We Should All Kill Our Dads, Or Elle Redux" (w/ Marta Peirano)

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51

"From Woman To Wife" (w/ Suzanne Leonard)

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52

"Toxic Femininity, Or The Love Witch" (w/ Margaret Howie)

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53

"Sex and God and Paul Verhoeven" (w/ Bruce Benderson)

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54

"The Berlin Myth" (w/ C.C. O'Hanlon)

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55

"Travel Writing Is Bad"(w/ Haley Swanson)

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56

"The Scientification Of Religion" (w/ Kocku von Stuckrad)

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57

"The Failures of the Left" (w/ Dominika Dyminska)

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58

"Community is a Verb" (w/ Talja Blokland)

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59

"Straight Men Explain Elle to Me" (w/ Joe Cilio & Alex Ramsey)

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60

"The Allure Of Conspiracy" (w/ Susan Lepselter)

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61

"American Amnesia" (w/ Pankaj Mishra)

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62

"All Art is Political" (w/ Natalie Hopkinson)

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63

"Why Save the World When You Can Just Think You Did, or Total Recall" (w/ Sheila O'Malley)

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64

"The Unified Theory of Michael Douglas Part Two, or Basic Instinct" (w/ Melissa Gira Grant)

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"The Enlightenment is White Men Identity Politics" (w/ John Ganz)

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66

"The Unified Theory of Michael Douglas, or The Game" (w/ Carmen Petaccio)

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67

"Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice" (w/ Alissa Quart)

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68

"Fight Club Is Prophesy Of The Alt Right" (w/ Manan Ahmed)

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69

“The Social Network is the Only Thing That Matters” (w/ Austin Grossman)

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70

“Women Love Bad Men” (w/ Laura Elizabeth Woollett)

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71

"Showgirls is the Only Thing That Matters" (w/ Anne Ishii)

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72

“Men Should Wear Skirts” (w/ Ciara Cremin)

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73

"Zodiac is the Only Thing That Matters" (w/ David Rees)

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74

"Sh**ty Media Men" (w/ Leah Finnegan)

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75

“The Handmaid’s Tale” (w/ Indiana Seresin)

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76

"Straight White Men, Part 2" (w/ John Biguenet)

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77

"Hating Books" (with B.D. McClay)

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78

"Gentrification vs Development" (w/ Natalie Y. Moore)

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79

"Recovering Christians" (with Adrian Shirk)

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80

"Cosmopolitans" (w/ Bruce Robbins)

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81

"Abolish Marriage" (w/ Jessica Stites)

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"Witchcraft Capitalism" (w/ Katelan Foisy)

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83

"The Forgotten Occult History Of Art" (w/ Pádraic E Moore)

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84

"Canonize Tori Amos" (w/ Common Gore)

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85

"Welcome To The #Resistance" (w/ Neal Pollack)

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86

"The Woman Genius Problem" (w/ Pamela Bannos)

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87

"Writing For Our Strange Times" (w/ Mia Gallagher)

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88

"Queering the Military" (w/ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)

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89

"Missing Dames" (w/ Bruce Benderson)

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"Straight White Men" (w/ Zak Mucha)

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"Heterosexuality is a F**king Nightmare" (w/ Indiana Seresin)

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92

"The New Tarot" (w/ Michelle Tea)

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93

"The Feminist Bogeyman" (w/ Breanne Fahs)

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"Teaching Consent" (w/ Laura Kipnis)

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