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On this week’s Double X Gabfest, Invisibilia co-host Hanna Rosin, New York magazine’s Noreen Malone, and managing producer of Slate podcasts June Thomas discuss how to raise boys and teach them to be better. Then they talk about Hope Hicks’ recent departure from the White House. Finally, they discuss the recent episode of This American Life about the five women who accused AlterNet’s Don Hazen of sexual harassment.
Slate Plus: Is thinking Melania Trump should not have gotten a genius visa for her modeling sexist?
Other items discussed on the show:
- “I’m Not Sure What to Think About What My Dad Tried to Teach Me. So What Should I Teach My Sons?” by Will Leitch in New York magazine
- “Americans Might No Longer Prefer Sons Over Daughters,” by Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times
- “Real Men Get Rejected, Too,” by Moises Velasquez-Manoff in the New York Times
- “Hope Hicks to Leave Post as White House Communications Director,” by Maggie Haberman in the New York Times
- “The Mystifying Triumph of Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s Right-Hand Woman,” by Olivia Nuzzi in GQ
- “Five Women,” the most recent episode of This American Life
- “Five Women Are Accusing a Top Left-Leaning Media Executive of Sexually Harassing Them,” by Cora Lewis in BuzzFeed
Recommendations:
June: The Good Fight
Hanna: Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng, and Dining In, by Alison Roman
Noreen: “The New Vanguard,” by Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal, and Jennifer Szalai in the New York Times
This podcast was produced by Veralyn Williams. Our production assistant is Daniel Schroeder
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