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Many of us associate soup with comfort and cooler weather. However, soup is not immune to society's determination to gender everything. We dig into the history, the marketing and the arguments about why this is in this classic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Fairy tales are as old as time, moralistic stories that have influenced our understanding of the world, and not always for the better. Amanda Leduc's 2020 novel Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space explores the power of fairy tales and their historically probl ... Show More

Super Producer Reema joins us for a very special get-to-know you happy hour! We ask hard-hitting questions about trees and Sex and the City.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Most people know Wonder Woman as an embodiment of truth and justice, but don't know much about the comic's earlier years or its creator. Marston lived an unconventional life, and in many ways, Wonder Woman was an expression of that life.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-ch ... Show More

She was forged in the fires of the suffragist movement, and beneath her abbreviated costume beats the heart of a lion. Fighting for truth, equality, and justice, "By the Spear of Athena and the Thunderbolts of Jove!" - it's Wonder Woman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me ... Show More

After her creator died, Wonder Woman strayed quite a bit from where she began. She had her wings clipped by the censors in the 1950s, and lost her powers entirely in the 1960s. It took Gloria Steinem, Ms. Magazine, and the 1970s to bring Wonder Woman back to her feminist roots. L ... Show More

On this episode of Our American Stories, the comic book superhero is an American invention. Here to tell the story is WWII historian Jeffrey Johnson, the author of Super-History: Comic Book Superheroes and American Society. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/don ... Show More

For the final installment in the Wonder Women series, Diane von Fürstenberg—the woman behind the iconic fashion line—welcomes Katie and Brian to her company's Manhattan headquarters for a conversation about her full and colorful life. They discuss her wide-ranging philanthropy, h ... Show More

Greg Jenner and his guests Dr Corin Throsby and comic Cariad Lloyd discuss the life and legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft. As a successful ghostwriter, an advocate of human rights and witty book critic, we look into how Mary Wollstonecraft navigated a tumultuous 'Reign of Terror' in ... Show More

The guys are officially comic book heroes as of the July 7 release of The New Day: Power of Positivity, and we're talking to writers Austin Walker and Evan Narcisse about the creation of the comic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choi ... Show More

Episode 80: The guys are officially comic book heroes as of the July 7 release of The New Day: Power of Positivity, and we're talking to writers Austin Walker and Evan Narcisse about the creation of the comic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Ron Burgundy and Gloria Steinem talk feminism.Credits:Ron Burgundy: Host, Writer, Executive ProducerCarolina Barlow: Co-Host, Writer, and Producer.Producers: Whitney Hodack, Jack O'Brien, Miles Gray, and Nick StumpfExecutive Producer: Mike FarahConsulting Producer: Andrew SteeleC ... Show More