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Is Sex With Another Human A Thing Of The Past? with Dr. Debra Soh
Is it really true that no one—or at least no one under 30—is having sex anymore? In this episode, Meghan talks with neuroscientist, author, and forme…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
A Post-Truth World Is Not Acceptable, with Michael Shermer
In this episode, Meghan talks with science writer and professional skeptic Michael Shermer about his new book Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How Young White Men Got Screwed, with Jacob Savage
Jacob Savage, author of the ultra-viral Compact essay "The Lost Generation," was digital media's man of the month in December. Meghan interviewed him…
8 months, 1 week ago
It's Bari Weiss's World! with Mike Pesca
We're back from the holiday break! (Sort of.) This interview with the inimitable Mike Pesca was recorded on Boxing Day and released right away to pay…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Secrets of Joan Didion. The Secret of Eve Babitz, with Lili Anolik
This week, I talk with author Lili Anolik about her book on two writers whose lives overlapped in ways that were both unlikely and (in retrospect) in…
9 months, 1 week ago
Fatherhood As Literary Art, with Thomas Beller
Writer and editor Thomas Beller joins me to discuss his new essay collection Degas at the Gas Station. The essays trace his experience of fatherhood …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
A Special Place In Hell Reunion, with Sarah Haider
Thanksgiving has come early! A year after bidding farewell to our much-loved/occasionally-despised podcast A Special Place In Hell, Sarah Haider joi…
10 months ago
Should We Bring Back Asylums? with Dr. Sally Satel
Why is it so difficult to find meaningful help for the severely mentally ill, including those exhibiting patterns of violence? And why has this quest…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Making of A Gender Heretic, with Ben Appel
This week, Ben Appel joins me to talk about his new book, Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic, a memoir about leaving one kind of cult only…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
How Do You Want Your Life To End? with Dr. Sunita Puri
My guest is Dr. Sunita Puri, a palliative-care physician and author of That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour. We talk about what it…
10 months, 3 weeks ago