Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSusan D. Stewart. "On the Rocks: Straight Talk about Women and Drinking" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Episode 746
Existing portrayals of women who drink typically fall into two categories: disturbing stories of women hitting “rock bottom,” resulting in ruined car…
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Victoria Bateman, "Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power" (Seal Press, 2025)
Episode 745
How many female entrepreneurs, economic revolutionaries, merchants, and industrialists can you name? You would be forgiven for thinking that, until v…
1 year, 1 month ago
Night at the Baths
Episode 743
Disco didn't just happen—it emerged from the vibrant gay club scene of 1970s New York City. In this episode, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares ex…
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Celene Reynolds, "Unlawful Advances: How Feminists Transformed Title IX" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 742
When the US Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, no one expected it to become a prominent tool for confronting sexual haras…
1 year, 1 month ago
Katherine Eva Maich, "Bringing Law Home: Gender, Race, and Household Labor Rights" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Episode 741
The personal nature of domestic labor, and its location in the privacy of the employer's home, means that domestic workers have long struggled for eq…
1 year, 1 month ago
Simon James Copland, "The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online" (Polity, 2025)
Episode 740
Inspired by leaders such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, the online Manosphere has exploded in recent years. Dedicated to anti-feminism, these co…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Stonewall to Studio 54
Episode 739
In the fifth episode of Season Two of Soundscapes NYC, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares sit down with the legendary DJ Nicky Siano. The history …
1 year, 1 month ago
Averill Earls, "Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972" (Temple UP, 2025)
Episode 738
Averill Earls is an associate professor in history at St. Olaf’s College and her research focuses on sexuality and modern Ireland. Her writing has ap…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the 19th Century Circus
Episode 286
Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the 19th Century Circus, by Betsy Golden Kellem, reveals the hidden history of early female circus perfor…
1 year, 2 months ago
May Friedman, "Fat Studies: The Basics" (Routledge, 2025)
Episode 736
Fat Studies: The Basics (Routledge, 2025) introduces the reading of fat bodies and the ways that Fat Studies, as a field, has responded to waves of i…
1 year, 2 months ago