Author and self-described "soccer mom Simone de Beauvoir" Lyz Lenz makes a triumphant return to the pod to discuss her new book THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE with Laura and Adrian. (Please refer to TFP Episode 7 from December 2020 for Lyz's first mid-derecho podcast appearance!) Her third book in five years, THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE brings Lenz's characteristic blend of incisive sociological research and searing personal commentary to a highly relevant post-pandemic issue: divorce. Discussion topics include how Laura and Lyz just missed each other in the early-2000s Twin Cities, why the movie Fargo is the Beetlejuice of the Midwest, and what …
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After a stunning revelation about a life-changing moment THE Dr. Roxane Gay offered Laura, Adrian and Laura join acclaimed memoirist Nicole Chung to discuss her second book, _A Living Remedy_. Following the contours of _A Living Remedy_ , this discussion travels through the national tragedy of American healthcare, what an …
Laura interviews novelist Lydia Kiesling about her second novel _Mobility._ Related discussion topics also include the astrology of _The Sopranos_ (Laura and Lydia are both Christopher suns, _Mobility'_ s protagonist Bunny Glenn is more of a Meadow rising), the '90s in girlhood, the time Lydia joined a panel Laura organized …
Laura and Adrian embark on their new series: feminism and the horror genre. We dedicate the first episode of this series to two favorites of ours: Hollywood treasure Sigourney Weaver and slimy aliens with acid for blood. A discussion of 1986’s _Aliens_ , horror and motherhood, and dueling queens.
This episode is basically a PSA: if you’re not watching the Australian feminist crime show Deadloch, then Laura, Adrian and guest Moira Donegan have one question for you: why not? Depressed industrial towns, toxic masculinity, lesbians, a four-hour movie called ‘Poseidon’s Uterus’: this show has everything, and we’re here for …
Midge Decter (1927-2022) has often been called the "grandmother of neoconservatism" -- hers was in some ways a pretty classic trajectory, from New Deal liberalism to profound unease with the social movements of the 1960s, to the center of the conservative movement and Republican politics. But unlike most of her …
Join us for the first episode of the all-new show _In Bed With The Right._ For their inaugural episode, Moira and Adrian delve into right-wing (ahem) contributions to the gay marriage debate. Ten years ago the Supreme Court decided Windsor v. US and Hollingsworth v. Perry, which together spelled the …
Get a sneak peek at the upcoming, all-new show In Bed With the Right hosted by Moira Donegan and TFP's very own Adrian Daub.
After a few months of absence, your trusty co-hosts return to tell you about new projects, new episodes, and new friends of the pod! Live from cyberspace, it's ... a guestless update spectacular!
Join us for the glorious return of friend of the pod Dr. Anthony C. Ocampo as we talk about his fantastic new book _Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons._ [Anthony Christian Ocampo](https://anthonyocampo.com/), Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the …
Judith Butler joins Laura and Adrian for the final episode in our series on moral panic. Judith Butler is a renowned philosopher and gender theorist, and the author of numerous books including [_Gender Trouble_](https://bookshop.org/p/books/gender-trouble-feminism-and-the- subversion-of-identity-judith-butler/9053459?ean=9780415389556) __ and __[_Bodies That Matter_](https://bookshop.org/p/books/bodies-that-matter-on- the-discursive-limits-of-sex-judith-butler/11048736?ean=9780415610155) _._ Their first non-academic press book, _Who's Afraid of …
Join Laura and Adrian as they talk to journalist and author Melissa Gira Grant in the latest installment of our series on the trans moral panic. Melissa is a staff writer at [The New Republic](https://newrepublic.com/authors/melissa- gira-grant) (her articles mentioned in the episode include ["'Libs of Tiktok' and the Right's Embrace …
Laura and Adrian are joined by Liat Kaplan, who in the early 2010s as a teenager started the popular Tumblr page ["Your Fave is Problematic."](https://yourfaveisproblematic.tumblr.com/) She stayed anonymous as its founder [until last year](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/style/your-fave-is-problematic- tumblr.html?), but the blog has been often cited in the meantime as one of the origin …
Join us as we continue mythbusting through moral panics with our fantastic guest Jules Gill-Peterson. Adrian, Laura, and Jules discuss how cancel culture has its roots deep in transphobia and the misinformation surrounding the moral panic about transgender kids. [Jules Gill-Peterson](https://www.jgillpeterson.com/) is Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. …
Join Adrian and friend of the pod Michael Hobbes for the second half of their conversation on Moral Panic Mythbusting. Michael Hobbes is a journalist and co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase _._ He previously was a reporter at The Huffington Post and co-host of the podcast You're Wrong About.
Join Adrian and friend of the pod Michael Hobbes in part one of Moral Panic Mythbusting. Michael Hobbes is a journalist and co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase _._ He previously was a reporter at The Huffington Post and co-host of the podcast You're Wrong About.
Vauhini Vara joins TFP to discuss her debut novel _The Immortal King Rao._ Vauhini was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, as the daughter of Indian immigrants, and grew up there and in Oklahoma and the Seattle suburbs. She reported at _The Wall Street Journal_ for nine years, with writing also appearing …
Angela Garbes is the author of _Like a Mother,_ an NPR Best Book of the Year and finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in _The New York Times, The Cut, New York, Bon Appétit,_ and featured on NPR's _Fresh Air_. On this week's …
Nell McShane Wulfhart is a frequent contributor to the _New York Times_ travel section and wrote the column “Carry On” from 2016-2019. She has written for _Travel + Leisure_ , _Bon Appétit_ , _Condé Nast Traveler_ , _The Wall Street Journal Magazine_ , and _T Magazine._ She is the author …
Ry Russo-Young is an award-winning film director whose work includes the movies Before I Fall and The Sun is Also a Star. Ry joins us this week as we discuss her newest work, the three-part HBO docuseries Nuclear Family, which investigates the prolonged impact on Ry’s family of the four-year …