The Waves: Penis Politics
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šļø 2 November 2023
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Summary
On this weekās episode of The Waves, the next presidential election is one year away and we are entering a storm of macho man politics. Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth is joined by NPR politics reporter Danielle Kurtzleben to talk about why men keep talking about their manly-men bonafides, how that affects women trying to be in politics, and more.Ā
More From Danielle and Mentioned in the Episode:Ā
- All the Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Gave Birth by Danielle KurtzlebenĀ
- The Race I Will Watch Most Closely in 2024 (Besides President) by Danielle KurtzlebenĀ
- A Professional Lady Correspondent Stares Down Motherhood by Danielle KurtzlebenĀ
- Male Democratic Candidates Will Have To Answer Gender Role Questions In 2020 Race by Danielle KurtzlebenĀ
- How 2022 Became the Year of Over-the-Top Masculinity in Politics by Bill DonahueĀ
In Slate Plus: A check-in on new mom Danielle and whether she has in fact become a āmomā or just a person with a kid.
If you liked this episode, check out: Are āCool Momsā A Menace?Ā
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Waves Slates podcast about gender, feminism, and politicking. |
| 0:10.6 | Every episode you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing we can't get off our |
| 0:14.3 | minds. |
| 0:15.3 | And today you've got me, Shayna Roth, a senior producer here at Slate. |
| 0:18.9 | Later in the show, I'll be joined by NPR Politics reporter Danielle Kurt Slavin to talk |
| 0:23.2 | about a little election that's coming up way too quickly. |
| 0:29.1 | In June of 2022, the Washington Post Bill Donahue claimed that 2022 was the year of over |
| 0:36.0 | the top masculinity in politics. |
| 0:38.9 | He opened the piece by saying, quote, if you look at the campaign ads for this year's |
| 0:43.2 | Senate races, the message is clear. |
| 0:46.4 | Men live in Missouri, in the heart of America, on the Ruby Red Plains, where the pickups |
| 0:51.0 | are large and the flags fly high, end quote. |
| 0:54.7 | And he pointed to quite a few races. |
| 0:56.6 | He pointed to former Missouri governor and then Republican Senate candidate Eric Griton's |
| 1:01.4 | posting a video of himself at a shooting range with Donald Trump Jr., then there was Senate |
| 1:19.9 | candidate Jim Laman from Arizona, who had a Super Bowl ad where he literally puts himself |
| 1:25.7 | in the old West in like a showdown against people that are supposed to be Joe Biden, Nancy |
| 1:31.2 | Pelosi, and somebody named Shifty Kelly, and I'm not 100% sure who that was supposed |
| 1:35.1 | to be. |
| 1:36.1 | It's a DC game. |
| 1:38.1 | Only if it isn't big Jim Laman. |
| 1:47.1 | We're trying to be a pusher out. |
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