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Gender, Data & What the Cass Review *Doesn't* Say: Journalist Ben Ryan examines the evidence — or lack thereof — for youth gender transition.
Defending Pornography, Hate Speech and the ACLU: Nadine Strossen on The Unspeakable
From Betty Friedan to Ballerina Farms: Lisa Selin Davis on the conceptual housewife
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers: Sloane Crosley on friendship, loss, mourning, and Flaco the owl.
How Did Comedy Lose Its Humor? Arielle Isaac Norman on taking back the jokes.
Is Therapy Making Us Crazy? Abigail Shrier on what's really driving the "mental health crisis" among young people.
Has Literature Canceled Itself? Sherman Alexie on reading, writing, and book banning.
How 'The Coddling' Became A Movie: Ted Balaker and Courtney Moorehead Balaker turn a foundational book into a film
The Linguistic Confusion Of Gender: Philosopher Alex Byrne on how we got into so much trouble
How Tumblr Memes Became Political Ideas: Katherine Dee decodes the manosphere, Tumblr feminism, anime activism, and more
From Foster Care to the Ivy League: Rob Henderson on luxury beliefs, broken communities, and the path forward
Is Dating A Lost Cause? Lori Gottlieb On How to Find Love In The Age of Apps, Ghosting, and Too Much Choice
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (Or At Least Normies): John Vervaeke and Shawn Coyne on Mentoring The Machines.
Never Apologize - Katherine Brodsky On How To Survive Cancellation
Our Zip Codes, Ourselves - Seth Kaplan on the Fragile State of American Neighborhoods
When Israel and Palestine Share A Classroom - Bernard Avishai and Ezzedine Fishere's Two-State Approach
Travel Notes From A War - ChayaLeah Sufrin On Her Recent Trip To Israel
What to Do When Kids Say They're Trans - Sasha Ayad returns to The Unspeakable
Is Civility Better Than Kindness?
Livestreaming Yourself To Death: Erich Schwartzel on Social Media Influencers Rachel and Dave Hollis
NY Times Columnist Pamela Paul Knows What You're Thinking
Andrew Sullivan on Where Trans Activism and Gay Rights Collide
What Is Real? Eli Lake on Disinformation, Despair and Dead Ends in the Israel-Hamas War
Rob Long On How Hollywood Lost The Plot
When Did Campuses Turn On Israel? Ben Appel on anti-semitism in college classrooms
Are there any off-limits subjects between you and your therapist?
Ethan Strauss on why Sports Media has Gone Insane
How Foucault Led To Tumblr - Tracing the history of The Identity Trap with Yascha Mounk
Who Were The Hottest World Leaders and Despots? Yael Bar-tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin on The Unspeakable
"What Can A Man Do?" with Christine Emba
Maria Bamford Wants To Join Your Cult
When Does Life Really End? Dr. Sunita Puri On The Problem With CPR And the Denial Of Death
The Mortifying Ordeal Of Being Known: Writer Tim Kreider Visits The Unspeakable
The Ballad Of The Nineties "Bad Girl." Lucinda Rosenfeld On Inappropriate Relationships, Literary Theory, And The Sublimity Of Cigarettes
The State of Abortion One Year Post Dobbs: Frances Kissling Returns To The Unspeakable
Do You Have What It Takes To Be Polyamorous? Diana Fleischman on Sex, Jealousy, Emotional Discipline, and Why We Behave The Way We Do
Is Art Boring Or Is It Just Us? William Deresiewicz Returns To The Pod
What Is A Good Death?: Sandra Martin On The Social History Of The Right To Die
Those College Students Might Surprise You: Sarah Hepola's Report From The Classroom
Red Pilling The Pill: Holly Grigg-Spall On The Big Business Of Birth Control
It Should Have Been Over By Now, But It Isn't. Lionel Shriver On The Unending Culture Wars
What Is Anorexia Really About? Hadley Freeman on Good Girls and the competition to be the "Illest."
Jean Twenge On Why Generational Differences Matter
Does Your Kid Really Need Therapy? Stella O'Malley on Teens, Mental Health, and the Problem With Professionals
The "Ask A Jew" Girls Are Back! ChayaLeah Sufrin and Yael Bar-tur Return to The Unspeakable
Don't Have Children If You Don't Want Them! Ruby Warrington on Women Without Kids
Congratulations, You're a Failure! Stephen Marche on Enduring the Life of a Writer
Cancel Culture Comes For Ballet: Choreographer Lincoln Jones's Problematic Journey
How To Land In A Psych Ward: A Conversation With Freddie deBoer
How Are We Feeling About Policing These Days? Peter Moskos Files A Report
They're Coming To Take You Away: Rob Wipond On The Ongoing Scourge Of Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment
Armie Hammer's Blunt Force Trauma: Jamie Kirchick On The Story No One Will Tell
Should We Teach Porn Literacy? Richie Hardcore Shares His Lesson Plans
Everyone's Crazy: Paul Gilmartin's Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Field" Is Now A Forbidden Word! Rhetorician Erec Smith On How To Make Everything Racist
Leaning Out And Looking Up: Journalist Tara Henley's Next Phase
Why We Are The Way We Are. Bridget Phetasy and Jeren Montgomery on Our "Factory Settings"
Sarah Polley's Hollywood Debut: A Candid Conversation With The Canadian Star
Why Is It So Hard To Find A Doctor? Zubin Damania Diagnoses The Disaster
Do Only Liberals Go To Therapy? Meet Dea Bridge, the "conservative therapist" Meghan interviewed for The New York Times
A TERF and a Tranny Walk Into A Podcast Studio: Geeking Out With the Heterodorx
Introducing: Infamous
Why Are You Still A Democrat? Maud Maron Isn't Leaving The Party—Yet
Gain Confidence By Losing Certainty. Ilana Redstone on Breaking Free from the Certainty Trap
Not Even Mad: Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan and Jamie Kirchick On Their New Podcast
Can Men Be Saved? Richard Reeves on the New Crisis of Masculinity
What Should We Believe? Michael Shermer On Staying Rational In An Irrational World
Why Can't We Get Back To Normal? Public Health Expert Leslie Bienen on Learning To Coexist With Covid
Yes, Youth Gender Surgery Is Really Happening: Colin Wright Lays Out The Details
Is Wellness Making Us Sick? Rina Raphael Tells the Dirty Truth About "Clean Health"
The Second Coming of ASK A JEW: ChayaLeah Sufrin and Yael Bar tur Are Back!
Was the Sexual Revolution A Failed Experiment? Louise Perry Makes Her Case
When Troubled People Become Our Playthings: Jon Ronson on Shame and Forgiveness
Is Solitude Over? Is Thinking Dead? A Conversation with William Deresiewicz
"Are You Are Becoming A Republican Or Something?" Sarah Hepola On Letting Down The Left Without Ever Leaving It
Guns: A Civil Disagreement Part Two
Guns: A Civil Disagreement Part One
Safety Moose Says, "Stay Home!" Author Neal Pollack On His Dangerous New Novel, Edge of Safety
Is A Post-Truth World All Bad? Stephanie Lepp's "Promiscuous Pragmatic Pluralism"
Has Wokeism Won? Sarah Haider Acknowledges Defeat But Won't Stop Talking.
Uniquely Stupid and Incredibly Coddled: Jonathan Haidt On How We Lost Our Collective Minds (And Whether We'll Ever Find Them Again)
An Act of Love. The Gift of Death: Author Amy Bloom On Her New Memoir
The Canceled Collective Planning Committee: Jamie Kilstein Returns To The Unspeakable
The Future of Abortion: Frances Kissling On Moving Forward In A Post-Roe World
Is Public Health Messaging Designed For Dummies? Dr. Lucy McBride Calls For An End To COVID Catastrophizing
When The Workplace Is A Woke Place: Jennifer Sey on Corporate Branding Versus Personal Beliefs
This Is What It's Like To Be Banned From Twitter: Meghan Murphy Forges Ahead And Falls Behind In Twitter Exile
Ladies Lunch at the Holocaust-Themed Restaurant: Yael Bar-tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin of the Ask A Jew Podcast
The Censors Within: Sarah Hepola on What She Was Afraid To Write About—Until Now
What Is Gender Detransition? Changing Your Mind About Changing Your Body
Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller Is Trying to Talk Sense Into the Sensemakers: Is Anyone Listening?
Can We Move Past The Culture Wars? Quillette's Jonathan Kay On "Other Interests"
Why Is Friendship So Fraught? Jennifer Senior on the Complexities of Adult Friendship
Mike Pesca's Esprit de Corps: The Gist Wipes The Slate Clean And Flies Solo
You're Older Than You've Ever Been. And Now You're Even Older: Sari Botton On Aging At Any Age
Love—Or Quarantines—Will Keep Us Together: Laura Kipnis on Sex and Romance (Not Necessarily With Your Partner) In Lockdown
Neurodivergence For Everyone! Jenara Nerenberg On New Frames of Mind About The Human Brain
When Queer Theory Meets Medical Practice: Aaron Kimberly On The Crisis In Transgender Health Care
YouTube Heroes Flying Too Close To The Sun: Chris Kavanagh Decodes The Gurus (With An Amazing Accent)
There's No Such Thing As A Howard Beal Moment: Michael Wolff on Power, Access, Hubris, and Writing Great Sentences