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Sex, drugs, and...gender panic!
What do Trump, JK Rowling, and some feminists have in common? Based on history, more than you might think.
In this episode, Brittany and KQED's Nastia Voynovskaya explore the roots of modern-day trans…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Think the Medicaid cuts don't affect you? Think again.
Republicans have passed President Trump's One Big, Beautiful bill, but is it built on bad faith stereotypes?
The legislation guts funding for Medicaid, and for a long time Republicans have been attac…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Our love lives have gone full Love Island.
This season of Love Island USA has the timeline on fire...but maybe not for the reasons y'all hoped. Is it mirroring our dating lives a little too close?
To get into the season, Brittany chats with co…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Brazilians have safe abortions (regardless of the law)
In our 'Your Body, Whose Choice' series, we've focused a lot on the present and the future of reproductive health in this country. And now we'd like to share a look at the past from our sister show, …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Is Zohran Mamdani's primary win the Democrats' Tea Party moment?
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani pulled off an astonishing upset this week.
In the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, he beat out the long-favored winner, former Governor Andrew Cu…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Why are people freaking out about the birth rate?
There's one little statistic that seems to have gained a lot of attention recently: the birth rate.
With pro-natalist ideas showing up in our culture and politics, Brittany wanted to know: why are pe…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Is this a medical marvel or horror movie? You tell me.
Adriana Smith's pregnancy became an ethical and legal quandary.
After being declared brain dead, a Georgia hospital kept her on life support without her family's consent because of the state's aborti…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Welcome to midlife, Millennials. Are you in crisis?
Many Millennials are either already in their 40's, or they're staring them down. Are they having a midlife crisis?
As this generation enters midlife, their lives look really different from their paren…
Published on 2 months ago
Sexy & Spiteful: the best books to read this summer
It's summer! Which means Brittany is going to be... 1) outside, 2) chilling, and 3) reading. So it's once again time for It's Been a Minute's annual summer books episode!
Celebrated romance authors Bo…
Published on 2 months ago
Don't let them politicize your menstrual cycle. Period.
In a country where birth control access is in jeopardy and women's medical needs have been historically overlooked, how do social media trends like #lutealphase and "cycle syncing" complicate the nar…
Published on 2 months ago