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Welcome to the Double XGGGFest for Thursday, August 10th. The Mr. Clean is Totally Sexy Edition. I'm June Thomas, the managing producer of Slate Podcasts. And as usual, I'm joined by Noreen Malone of New York Magazine. Hey, Noreen. Hi, June. How are you? I'm very well. Thank you. Hannah Rosen is on a much-deserved vacation, but we're very excited to have a very special guest this week, Latifah Liles, an expert on women in work and former director of the Women's Bureau at the Labor Department under President Obama. What an august guest. She's joining us from Washington, D.C. Hi, Latifah. Hi, how are you? Thanks. Thanks for

having me. Oh, we're very happy. Very excited. This week we'll be discussing one Google

employee's 10-page manifesto explaining why diversity efforts are discriminatory to men and why women

are just biologically unsuited to tech careers and leadership roles.

And the responses it drew. We'll talk about the new freeform series, The Bold Type, set at a

women's magazine, not completely unlike cosmopolitan. And we'll close with a discussion of Charlie

X, CX's, boys, and its self-conscious use of the female gays.

And then in our Slate Plus segment we'll discuss the short statement published in the latest

issue of Wired Magazine. It offered thanks to various women from sandwich makers to senior

editors and it might have gone unremarked upon if that issue had contained any feature

stories written by women at all.

We'll ask, was that issue of Wired Magazine sexist? If you're not yet a Slate Plus member,

you can start your free two-week trial by visiting slate.com slash XX plus for all that content and more.

And actually, before we get going, we have a special request. Our next episode will be a call-in show.

Usually on our Slate Plus segments, we answer the question is such a thing sexist. And on August 24th, we'll have a whole show full of those questions. Only they'll be from you, our listeners.

Please share your Is It Sexist Conundrums and your, could this possibly be sexist brain teasers, by calling 929-266-8195.

That's 929-266-8195 and leaving a message with your question.

We can't use all of them, but if we choose yours, we will use your voice, so be prepared for international fame and no fortune whatsoever.

We'll be taping somewhere around August 18th, so call as soon as you can.

And again, that's 929-266-8195.

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