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On this week’s DoubleX Gabfest, Invisibilia co-host Hanna Rosin and New York magazine’s Noreen Malone are joined by Slate’s chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie discuss marriage as a campaign issue. Amanda Hess from the New York Times calls in to discuss her new article on the Sex Ed queens of YouTube, and we finish the show by talking with the New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum about the new TV show Fleabag.
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Other items discussed in the show:
- “Donald Trump Opens New Line of Attack on Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage” by Patrick Healy and Maggie Haberman in the New York Times
- “How Donald Trump Measures a Woman’s Worth” by Michelle Goldberg in Slate
- “The Sex-Ed Queens of YouTube Don’t Need a Ph.D.” by Amanda Hess in the New York Times
- “10 Secret Vagina Facts” by Laci Green on YouTube
- “Gay Guy Shows Lesbian His Penis” by Arielle Scarcella on YouTube
- Fleabag
- “ ‘Fleabag,’ An Original Bad-Girl Comedy” by Emily Nussbaum in the New Yorker
DoubleX recommendations:
Noreen recommends An Unmarried Woman on Netflix, and Michael Chabon’s GQ article, “My Son the Prince of Fashion.”
Hanna recommends Nutshell by Ian McEwan.
This podcast was produced by Veralyn Williams. Our intern is Daniel Schroeder.
Outro Song: “Cranes in the Sky” by Solange
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