Gaymes
Only a handful of mainstream video games feature gay characters. Bob talks with Samantha Leigh Allen, a transgender writer and academic, about some of the commercially successful games to include LBGT...
View ArticleBroad Questions
The push for a female libido pill reveals misunderstandings about female sexuality. Plus: Jorge Ramos' confrontation with the GOP front-runner; a guide to parsing stock market coverage; and an...
View ArticleThe Little Pink Pill
Last week, Flibanserin -- or "Addyi" -- became the first FDA-approved drug aimed at treating sexual dysfunction in women, quickly picking up the nickname: "the female Viagra." But that's not quite...
View ArticleAriel Levy on sexual revolutions
This week in the magazine, Ariel Levy writes about Wilhelm Reich, the creator of the orgone box, and some of the sexual revolutions that preceded him. Here Blake Eskin talks with Levy about Reich's...
View ArticleAriel Levy on sexual revolutions
This week in the magazine, Ariel Levy writes about Wilhelm Reich, the creator of the orgone box, and some of the sexual revolutions that preceded him. Here Blake Eskin talks with Levy about Reich's...
View ArticleNew Book Takes on Teens and the Culture of Sex
Sociologist Amy Schalet was born in the United States, but she grew up in the Netherlands. When she returned to U.S. for college, she was surprised to learn that most of her American-reared peers had...
View ArticleJohn Irving on New England, Sexuality, and 'In One Person'
In 1978, author John Irving rocketed to stardom with a sweeping, complex novel called "The World According to Garp." It featured several characters unfamiliar to most Americans, including Roberta...
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The Idiosyncratic Ida C. Craddock: A Sexy Ghost Story
As historian Leigh Schmidt tells it in his bursting-at-the-seams biography Heaven's Bride, the story of Ida C. Craddock begins with the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Now, there was a lot to do at the...
View ArticleThe Body Politic
Naomi Wolf, author of the best-selling The Beauty Myth and Vagina: A New Biography, looks at the physiology of women's sexuality and consciousness.
View ArticleContext and a T.V. Show: Unsafe Sex on "Girls"
This interview originally aired live on March 20, 2013. An edited version was re-aired on August 9, 2013 as part of a special episode of The Brian Lehrer Show. The depiction of unprotected sex on HBO's...
View ArticleMicropolis: Gay Marriage, Bollywood Version
To understand just how much America -- and it's ideas about gay rights and other issues -- continue to influence the rest of the world, it's worth watching a movie called English Vinglish, a Bollywood...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Sexual Freedom
In her private practice & research, Leslie Bell, Berkeley-based sociologist and psychotherapist specializing in women's development and sexuality, finds that 20-something women have more...
View ArticleDOMA in Court; Mayoral Race Update; Value of Cooperation
Yesterday the Supreme Court shifted its focus from Proposition 8 to the Defense of Marriage Act. Slate's Emily Bazelon provides analysis of the arguments for and against its constitutionality and takes...
View ArticleThe Bumpy Road to Monogamy
Ophira Eisenberg, host of NPR's Ask Me Another and the author of Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, tells her particular story of sexual adventure and settling down in her memoir.
View ArticleMICROPOLIS: 'All in the Family' and the Search for a More Perfect Union
Actress Jean Stapleton, who played the iconic role of Edith Bunker on TV's 'All in the Family,' died on Saturday, at the age of 90. For this latest episode of Micropolis, WNYC's Arun Venugopal examines...
View Article[Unedited] Joy Ladin with Krista Tippett
Gender defines us from the moment we’re born. But how is that related to the lifelong work of being at home in ourselves? We explore this question through her story of transition from male to female --...
View ArticleJoy Ladin — Gender and the Syntax of Being: Identity and Transition
Gender defines us from the moment we’re born. But how is that related to the lifelong work of being at home in ourselves? We explore this question through her story of transition from male to female --...
View ArticleBattling Homophobia at East Side Community School
At East Side Community School homophobia isn’t tolerated. Kids say that teasing and bullying are rare and when it does happen, teachers and fellow students get involved to stop it. The school has an...
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