DoubleX Gabfest: The Muppet Show Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about subversive commencement speeches, a new study on gay parenting, and Muppet chaos theory.
Posted Thursday, June 14, 2012, at 12:20 PM
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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins nymag.com staff writer Noreen Malone and DoubleX managing editor Allison Benedikt to discuss David McCullough Jr.’s subversive commencement address, a new study on gay parenting, and guest Dahlia Lithwick’s Muppet chaos theory.
DoubleX endorsements:
Hanna Rosin recommends that you explore Slate’s series on the choice to be child-free.
Noreen Malone suggests that you check out this Mister Rogers remix and the new Fiona Apple album.
Allison Benedikt requests that you read Gillian Flynn’s terrific new mystery, Gone Girl.
Other items discussed in the show:
- David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement address
- Michael Lewis’ 2012 commencement address
- Will Saletan’s response to the Mark Regnerus gay parenting study
There Is Nothing Miraculous About a Tornado, Wolf Blitzer
A Huge Discovery About Prime Numbers—and What It Means for the Future of Math
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Allison Benedikt is the managing editor of Slate's Double X.
Noreen Malone is a staff writer for the New Republic.
Hanna Rosin is the author of The End of Men, a co-founder of Slate's DoubleX and a senior editor at the Atlantic. She can be reached at hanna.rosin@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter or Facebook or visit her website.