Bonus Episode! Sarah and Mike on "The Feminist Present" Podcast
Sarah and Mike tell Laura and Adrian about how we met, how we research and what we would say to Jessica Simpson if we ever met her.Follow the The Feminist Present here: gender.stanford.edu/podcastSupp...
16 Juli 202055min
Deep Dive Week 2: Nancy Grace v. The Defense
This week, Nancy Grace makes her case against defense attorneys in general and Scott Peterson’s lawyer in particular. Digressions include Batman, tough on crime mixtapes and the Iraq War. After two an...
13 Juli 202055min
Koko The Gorilla
“It’s interesting that we became enthusiastic about ASL in the process of teaching it to a population that couldn’t benefit from it.” Mike tells Sarah about a very special ape and the very problemati...
6 Juli 20201h 20min
Courtney Love
Special guest Candace Opper tells Mike and Sarah how a grunge star became the protagonist in one of America's most persistent conspiracy theories. Digressions include Neil Young, protest songs and the...
29 Juni 20201h 16min
"The Prom Mom"
“The criminal justice system should treat everyone like a white teenage girl whose future it’s concerned about disrupting.” Sarah tells Mike about Melissa Drexler, the New Jersey teenager who (accor...
25 Juni 202054min
Deep Dive: Nancy Grace's "Objection!" (Week 1)
Sarah tells Mike how a superhero’s genesis was a supervillain’s origin story all along. In our new deep dive, we tackle Nancy Grace’s “Objection!” and debate how defendants should behave at trial, why...
18 Juni 202043min
The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Bronco Chase
On June 17, 1994, the world screeched to a halt so 95 million Americans could watch a white SUV crawl through L.A. Today, we finally talk about the infamous Bronco chase, the men inside the car and th...
17 Juni 20201h 5min
Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (The Conclusion!)
“You really shouldn’t date people who go in thinking, ’This person has good bones but they’re a fixer-upper.’” This week, we complete our Jessica Simpson book club with the appearance of a new man w...
8 Juni 20201h 12min
