This is a special excerpt from an intimate Trumpcast interview between Virginia Heffernan, Dahlia Lithwick, and author E. Jean Carroll on Carroll's Donald Trump rape story and fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Waves, while Hanna is out, June and Noreen talk with host of Amicus and court reporter Dahlia Lithwick to talk SCOTUS term, E Jean Carroll, and more. Then, they discuss Big Little Lies with host of Decoder Ring Willa Paskin. Finally, Hanna rejoins for an announcement.  In Slate Plus: Is they way the media handled the E Jean Carroll accusations against President Trump sexist?Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Call in with your memories at ‪(646) 907-9859‬.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com or tweet @junethomas, @noreenmalone and @hannarosin with your thoughts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Waves, Christina, Nichole and Marcia discuss the accusations of excessive celebration against the US Women’s National Team, the legacy of Sara Huckabee Sanders and the women of the Trump administration, and the UK ban on sexist advertising.In Slate Plus: Is homework sexist?Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com or tweet @christinacauterucci, @tnwhiskeywoman and @DrMChatelain with your thoughts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, The Waves is live from Slate Day in a crossover drag brunch with Slate’s Outward Podcast. June, Nichole and Noreen are joined by Brandon Tensley and Bryan Lowder to discuss Booksmart. Plus, interviews with FLONY Chirlane McCray and Ru Paul’s Drag Race’s Miz Cracker.In Slate Plus: The panel takes pride or provocation questions from the audiencePodcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com or tweet @junethomas, @tnwhiskeywoman and @noreenmalone with your thoughts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Waves, Marcia fills in for Christina as host and is joined by Nichole and By The Book’s Kristen Meinzer to talk about the phenomenon of “Mentrification”, the rise and dangers of femtech health apps and the new Netflix rom-com Always Be My Maybe.In Slate Plus: Is it sexist that men are referred to as “creators” and women as “influencers”?Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com or tweet @DrMChatelain, @tnwhiskeywoman and @kristenmeinzer with your thoughts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Waves, Hanna and Noreen are joined by Slate Editorial Assistant Rachelle Hampton to discuss curvy wife guy, incel obsession with plastic surgery and the new season of Amazon Prime’s Fleabag.In Slate Plus: Was the reaction to Elizabeth Warren’s lawyers rate sexist?Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Waves, Christina, Marcia, and Nichole talk to Josh Levin about his new book and podcast The Queen. Then, the conversation around the treatment of pregnant athletes. Finally, the new Netflix movie Wine Country and how it fits in with a trend of “mom jeans movies”.In Slate Plus: Was the ending to Game of Thrones sexist? (BEWARE OF SPOILERS!)Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Waves, Hanna, June and Noreen discuss the New York Times article “My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me”. Then, the Zero Waste movement has made its way to instagram. Have we totally missed the point? Finally, they discuss the recent anti-abortion laws passed in multiple state legislations and the various protest reactions to them.In Slate Plus: Is it sexist to criticize Constance Wu for her reaction to the renewal her sitcom Fresh Off the Boat?Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Our production assistant is Alex Barasch.Email your topic suggestions and responses to thewaves@slate.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month on Outward hosts Christina Cauterucci, Bryan Lowder, and New America’s Brandon Tensley talk about sex. First, they invite Slate culture editor Forrest Wickman on as a straight correspondent to find out what he knows and misunderstands about queer sex, and why the word rosebud has more than one meaning. Next, Christina, Bryan and Brandon discuss how they learned about queer sex, what porn gets right and wrong, and what sorts of lessons belong in sex education. Then, they talk to journalist Anna Franks, who recently wrote about dental dams for the Atlantic, about if dental dams are useful and why they persist. Plus, June Thomas pops up in the chats here and there.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're sharing an episode of another Slate podcast we believe will be of interest to listeners of The Waves: Hi-Phi Nation.It is currently very difficult to get your gender legally changed in the U.K, That might change. In recent months, philosophers have been drafted into making complicated and contentious arguments about what it is to be a man, woman, or any other gender, in the service of advancing or blocking the movement for trans rights and recognition. In particular, it has exposed a conflict between trans-rights advocates and a certain wing of feminism, a conflict that in fact has its roots in America in the 1970s. On this episode, Hi-Phi Nation looks at the historical origins of this conflict by looking at a single event involving two women in the '70s, one of whom founded the gender-abolitionist wing of feminism; the other founded transgender studies. That event, and those ideas, help us to understand the stakes and contentiousness today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices