University of Manchester sociology professor Gary Younge joins us to talk about how societies operate based on assumptions and privileges granted to people based on their identities.
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Bulk And Beauty: The Evolution Of Women Bodybuilders
Petra Browne joins us to talk about her own journey into the world of competitive bodybuilding, why exceptional power must come with weight loss, and how traditional female roles still reign supreme in a boundary-breaking sport.
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A Mathematician’s Formula For Gender Equality
Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a math professor at the University of Sheffield, and she joins us to talk about taking mathematical concepts and applying them to an issue we’ve wrestled with throughout human history.
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A History Of Tomboys
Journalist Lisa Selin Davis joins us to talk about how tomboys have pushed our ideas about gender conformity.
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All She Wanted Was To Be A Single Black Mother
Nefertiti Austin joins us to talk about how America thinks of single, black motherhood.
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Mental Gymnastics: New Insights Into The Brain
This hour, experts on brain science join us to separate fact from fiction – and to better understand what we know about gender, creativity and how our brain is programmed to lead us home.
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Are Male and Female Brains Really So Different?
Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, joins us to talk about current studies on gender differences in the brain.
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Why Do We Care If A Boy Wears A Dress?
Writer Sarah Rich joins us to talk about why we should be teaching boys how to be nurturing, caring and other traits typically associated with femininity.
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Rethinking Gender Identity
Robin Marantz Henig joins us to talk about how scientists are adopting a more fluid understanding of gender and rethinking identity in the process.
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Uncovering Nudism In America
We’ll talk about how we think about nudity relates to how we perceive morality, sexuality, gender and other areas with Brian Hoffman, author of “Naked: A Cultural History of American Nudism.”
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Helping Transgender Youth Transition
We’ll talk about the challenges transgender kids face – and how they get through them – with Dr. Ximena Lopez, Medical Director for the GENder, Education and Care Interdisciplinary Support (GENECIS) program at Children’s Medical Center; and psychiatrist Dr. Meredith Chapman, who also works with the program.
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