In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg became an icon for women who wanted to move from middle management at a tech company into upper management at a tech company. Today, Peter and Michael examine the contents of her bestselling book, survey the wreckage of corporate feminism and ask whether women will finally find liberation in the Metaverse. Where to find us: Peter's ... Show More
Apr 16
CROSSOVER EVENT: Tim Ferriss’s "The 4-Hour Body"
Peter went on Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase, to revisit a biohacking diet book for the boys.Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:The 4-Hour BodyDoes Glycemic Index Matter for Weigh ... Show More
1h 8m
Dec 2019
Claire Wasserman: Proud Feminist Helping Women Get Paid
It’s not difficult for most women to think of a time in their careers when they wanted to ask for more money but didn’t – or maybe they did and were denied a raise or a higher starting salary on questionable grounds at best. Enter Claire Wasserman, whose company, Ladies Get Paid, ... Show More
35m 32s
Aug 2017
Marxist Feminism: The Struggle Against Capitalist Patriarchal Hegemony
Raechel Anne Jolie is an educator, an activist, a yogi, a Media Studies PhD, a vegan, a podcaster, and a writer. Her writing has been featured in Bitch Magazine, The Daily Dot, The Huffington Post, (and more), and she's been interviewed as an expert in her field for Rolling Stone ... Show More
1h 1m
Apr 2023
Proletarian Feminism and its Discontents
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/yungz0rn">Tai Lee</a> joins Breht to discuss the recent split from AF3IRM, radical feminism, critique as a form of solidarity, the necessity of struggle within organizations, sexual harrassment and abuse in the labor movement, liberal opportunism, ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2022
Hollywood’s (Still) Embarrassing Gender Gap
Hollywood has a reputation for being a fairly progressive industry, but when it comes to gender equality, there is still plenty of work to do. Matt is joined by CNBC's senior media & tech correspondent Julia Boorstin to talk about her new book, ‘When Women Lead,’ and discuss the ... Show More
32m 24s
Jan 2021
Equality, Equity, and the Death of Feminism [E198]
Equality and Equity sound the same--but they function in diametric opposition, one has fuel feminism, the other has destroyed it. In this episode we look through how we are in the middle of a cultural shift in the destructive of equality of opportunity for equality of outcome at ... Show More
41m 55s
Aug 2020
Systemic Oppression of Gender Pay Gap, Three levels of abstraction, and multi-variable analysis (Part 4) [E163]
In this episode we field a question from the audience from Episode 160 on Social Justice.With that question we cover:Are women systemically oppressed by the tyrannically patriarchy? Who REALLY makes more money--men or women?Three Levels of Abstraction: object, experience and conc ... Show More
46m 4s