Ranked #1
You Might Actually Be In Love With Your Best Friend
You Might Actually Be In Love With Your Best Friend
Desire, commitment, passion — these are all words that often make up a romantic relationship. But what if you feel a str... Read more
10 Feb 2021
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26mins
Ranked #2
Are You Actually Kinky?
Are You Actually Kinky?
Celebrities like Armie Hammer and Marilyn Manson have tried to deny allegations of abuse by excusing their behavior as j... Read more
17 Feb 2021
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25mins
Ranked #3
I Love You I Love You I Love You
I Love You I Love You I Love You
Marriage: Why do we bother? Our theory is that it all comes down to a good story--so this week, we've got two couples wi... Read more
16 Apr 2019
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42mins
Ranked #4
Everyone Is Getting Divorced
Everyone Is Getting Divorced
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is perhaps best known for her profiles of celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Tonya Harding, and Jon... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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38mins
Ranked #5
Your Driver is Here
Your Driver is Here
When Alison called a Lyft after a night out with friends, she was looking for a quick ride home. Instead, she was driven... Read more
15 Oct 2019
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48mins
Ranked #6
Can You Be Ambitious and Happy?
Can You Be Ambitious and Happy?
This week, we take a look at ambition: the internal force that wakes you up at 2:30 am full of ideas, that makes you wan... Read more
5 Mar 2019
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35mins
Ranked #7
How Sarah Koenig Gets It Done
How Sarah Koenig Gets It Done
Sarah Koenig is the host and co-creator of Serial, the show that made podcasts a cultural phenomenon. After three season... Read more
15 Jan 2019
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30mins
Ranked #8
What Is Sex?
What Is Sex?
This week, we return to the dawn of sexual knowledge--a time when the first stirrings of horniness were paired with a to... Read more
2 Apr 2019
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37mins
Ranked #9
Beat Around the Bush: On Pubes
Beat Around the Bush: On Pubes
This week, an investigation: what's going on with pubic hair these days? From basic maintenance to celebrity grooming tr... Read more
27 Nov 2018
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39mins
Ranked #10
Eva Chen Has a Magic Wand
Eva Chen Has a Magic Wand
Eva Chen is Instagram's resident queen of fashion... but she's also a life-long Babysitters Club obsessive who just publ... Read more
22 Oct 2019
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29mins
Ranked #11
Family Money
Family Money
On this week’s show, Stacey Abrams tells us how she wound up $200,000 in debt, and Abigail Disney explains why no one sh... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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43mins
Ranked #12
AAHH IT’S THE ANXIETY EPISODE AHHHH
AAHH IT’S THE ANXIETY EPISODE AHHHH
An episode all about anxiety—from panicky thought-spirals to private self-soothing techniques. Featuring Aparna Nancherl... Read more
3 Sep 2019
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32mins
Ranked #13
Bad Sex, Good Sex, Book Sex: Fiction That Makes Sense of How We Bone
Bad Sex, Good Sex, Book Sex: Fiction That Makes Sense of How We Bone
Two different eras of sexual tumult, two very different blockbuster stories about sex. This week, we discuss books and b... Read more
22 Jan 2019
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32mins
Ranked #14
Motherhood: "You Can't Back Out"
Motherhood: "You Can't Back Out"
This week, stories about motherhood, and the bullshit that comes your way: a woman whose marriage crumbled during her se... Read more
20 Nov 2018
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37mins
Ranked #15
I Want To Put My Mouth on That
I Want To Put My Mouth on That
The spring thaw is here... or is it? The Cut staff tries to figure out what it means to be horny in 2019. (The answer in... Read more
21 May 2019
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30mins
Ranked #16
Call Your Mom
Call Your Mom
When you see "Mom" in your missed calls, do you start to sweat? Does a voicemail that starts "Hi, sweetie, it's me, so s... Read more
14 May 2019
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37mins
Ranked #17
Selling Out
Selling Out
Author Curtis Sittenfeld talks about what it means to sell out -- from short stories on Chipotle cups to brand-written t... Read more
23 Apr 2019
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44mins
Ranked #18
We Went to Elizabeth Warren's House
We Went to Elizabeth Warren's House
Elizabeth Warren has spent most of her career as a teacher. Before she faced off with a stage full of opponents for the ... Read more
6 Aug 2019
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34mins
Ranked #19
Don't Tell Alison Roman To Chill
Don't Tell Alison Roman To Chill
Alison Roman is a cookbook author, New York Times and Bon Appetit columnist, and the brain behind The Cookies and The St... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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30mins
Ranked #20
Everybody Must Get Stoned
Everybody Must Get Stoned
How are we feeling about weed? On this week's show, we talk to Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld of HBO's High Maintenanc... Read more
12 Feb 2019
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33mins