Join Laura and Adrian as they talk with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal about her newest book, Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory,... more

Sarah Manguso joins Laura to talk about her newest book, Liars. Telling the blistering story of a marriage as it... more

Jessica Calarco joins Laura and Adrian to unpack her newly released book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Social... more

Author and self-described "soccer mom Simone de Beauvoir" Lyz Lenz makes a triumphant return to the pod to discuss her new... more

After a stunning revelation about a life-changing moment THE Dr. Roxane Gay offered Laura, Adrian and Laura join acclaimed memoirist... more

Laura interviews novelist Lydia Kiesling about her second novel Mobility. Related discussion topics also include the astrology of The Sopranos... more

Laura and Adrian embark on their new series: feminism and the horror genre. We dedicate the first episode of this... more

This episode is basically a PSA: if you’re not watching the Australian feminist crime show Deadloch, then Laura, Adrian and... more

Midge Decter (1927-2022) has often been called the "grandmother of neoconservatism" -- hers was in some ways a pretty classic... more

Join us for the first episode of the all-new show In Bed With The Right. For their inaugural episode, Moira... more

Get a sneak peek at the upcoming, all-new show In Bed With the Right hosted by Moira Donegan and TFP's... more

After a few months of absence, your trusty co-hosts return to tell you about new projects, new episodes, and new... more

Join us for the glorious return of friend of the pod Dr. Anthony C. Ocampo as we talk about his... more

Judith Butler joins Laura and Adrian for the final episode in our series on moral panic. Judith Butler is a... more

Join Laura and Adrian as they talk to journalist and author Melissa Gira Grant in the latest installment of our... more

Laura and Adrian are joined by Liat Kaplan, who in the early 2010s as a teenager started the popular Tumblr... more

Join us as we continue mythbusting through moral panics with our fantastic guest Jules Gill-Peterson. Adrian, Laura, and Jules discuss... more

Join Adrian and friend of the pod Michael Hobbes for the second half of their conversation on Moral Panic Mythbusting.Michael... more

Join Adrian and friend of the pod Michael Hobbes in part one of Moral Panic Mythbusting.Michael Hobbes is a journalist... more

Vauhini Vara joins TFP to discuss her debut novel The Immortal King Rao. Vauhini was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, as... more

Angela Garbes is the author of Like a Mother, an NPR Best Book of the Year and finalist for the... more

Nell McShane Wulfhart is a frequent contributor to the New York Times travel section and wrote the column “Carry On”... more

Ry Russo-Young is an award-winning film director whose work includes the movies Before I Fall and The Sun is Also... more

Melissa Febos is the critically acclaimed author of Whipsmart, Abandon Me, and Girlhood. She joins Laura and Adrian for a... more

Taylor Harris is the author of the affecting memoir This Boy We Made, which details her family’s journey through the... more

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of the award-winning book The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir. Alex... more

Friend of the podcast Moira Donegan is an opinion columnist for Guardian US who longtime TFP fans will remember from... more

Jeanette Winterson CBE is the author of 27 influential feminist texts, including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Sexing The... more

Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed are the hosts of the podcast YOU ARE GOOD (formerly WHY ARE DADS), the film... more

Meera Menon is the director of two feature films: EQUITY (2016), starring Anna Gunn as a high-powered Wall Street broker,... more