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On this week’s DoubleXGabfest, Invisibilia co-host Hanna Rosin, New York magazine’s Noreen Malone, and managing producer of Slate podcasts June Thomas discuss the rise and sudden fall of Milo Yiannopoulos. They also discuss the final season of Girls and wrap up by discussing the latest accusations of sexism at Uber with BuzzFeed News writer Nitasha Tiku.
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Other items discussed in the show:
- The video that started Milo’s downfall
- “What We’ll Tolerate, and What We Won’t,” by Nathan J. Robinson in Current Affairs
- Girls
- The New York Times’ Modern Love column
- “Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow on ‘Girls,’ ‘Geeks’ and Trolls,” by Philip Galanes in the New York Times
- “Reflecting on One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber,” by Susan J. Fowler
- “Why Uber May Never Reform Itself,” by Daniel Gross in Slate
DoubleX recommendations:
Noreen: Private Citizens, by Tony Tulathimutte, and Big Little Lies on HBO.
Hanna: Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari, and the podcast Waking Up, with Sam Harris.
June: Barbara Hale as Della Street in Perry Mason.
This podcast was produced by Veralyn Williams. Our intern is Daniel Schroeder.
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