The American Age

Season 3

Episodes

"They": Recap

Monday Jan 20, 2020

Monday Jan 20, 2020

107 – Concluding their conversation about gender expressions, the hosts reflect on what can be gained by being culturally tolerant and linguistically flexible. What are the concrete benefits of pronoun tolerance?

Monday Jan 13, 2020

106 – The hosts walk through the variety of terms for gender expression, and discuss their own responses to them. Given the variety of ways that it's possible to be a human being, why do new terms make us so uncomfortable?

Monday Jan 06, 2020

105 – The hosts agree there should be more room for alternative gender identities, but wonder what other options there might be besides new pronoun mashups. Is language what constrains us, or is it something more fundamental? Are our cultural imaginations the issue?

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