The Milo vs. Lena Edition
The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
Slate Podcasts
4.2 • 897 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2017
⏱️ 55 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Hanna Rosin, June Thomas, and Noreen Malone discuss Milo Yiannopoulos, HBO's Girls, and sexism claims at Uber.
Double X is brought to you by Blue Apron. Blue Apron’s meal kits are delivered right to your door, and make cooking at home easy. Get your first THREE meals FREE by going to BlueApron.com/DOUBLEX.
And by Lola. For feminine care products made of 100 percent organic cotton, so you know what you’re putting in your body, just visit mylola.com and enter code DOUBLEX when you subscribe to save 60 percent off your first order.
And by Lyft. Lyft is the app that gets you a ride in minutes for less than the cost of a cab. Right now, get three FREE rides up to 10 dollars each – when you enter promo code DOUBLEX in the ‘Payment’ section of the app.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.6 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.9 | Welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, February 23rd, the Milo versus Lina edition. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm Hannah Rosen, a host of NPR's Invisibilia. |
| 0:19.6 | In the New York studios, we have the June Thomas. |
| 0:22.9 | The elevated June Thomas. |
| 0:25.1 | JT. |
| 0:25.8 | Now, managing producer of Slate podcasts. |
| 0:29.1 | Are you our boss now? |
| 0:30.8 | Hannah, nobody would ever be your boss. |
| 0:33.2 | But I just want to point out at Slate, there's only one official JT, and that is our leader, Julia Turner. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm just like JT2 maybe, maybe even JT3, but not JT. |
| 0:46.0 | All right. |
| 0:46.9 | And the lowly Noreen Malone of New York Magazine. |
| 0:49.7 | Hello. |
| 0:50.3 | Hi, Noreen. |
| 0:51.3 | Just to build you back up, I got to say, I loved your Phoebe Waller Bridge profile. We've talked about her. She's the Fleabag lady, and I was really jealous that you got to hang out with her. She was really fun. And if people haven't seen Fleabag yet, please watch it. It's so good. You know, I saw a picture of her in the Star Wars movie, Fulton. I was like, what is Fleabag doing in The Netherlands? Which, of course, is, I guess, an awful insult to her, given that she, I'm sure, is a very, you know, versatile actress. But somehow she's so associated for me with that character that seems incongruous, but awesome. Yeah, it'll be cool to see. Is she going to be your friend now? That's really what I want to know. And then can she be our friend? We'll work on it. We'll work on it. All right. So our topics today, Milo Yanopoulos, right-wing provocateur, who reached his peak this week and then plummeted off. All in the same week, all in the same week. |
| 1:44.6 | Second is Girls is back for its last season. |
| 1:47.3 | We hope you've been watching. |
| 1:48.3 | We talk about the show and its legacy. |
| 1:51.0 | And finally, we talk about a former Uber employee's claims that the company is very sexist. |
| 1:58.3 | Then in our Slate Plus segment, we talk about whether the particular way that liberals |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.