Writer Joan Gelfand’s life so far has been bookended by what she refers to as “strange moments.” As a teenager, she left New York City for the allure of the Berkeley Women’s Movement, a time when lesbians were forming their own radical community and forging a new way for American women to live. Now Joan […]

Two Strange Moments with Writer Joan Gelfand

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THIS RSS FEED SERVES RADIO-READY VERSIONS OF THE BABBLERY RADIO SHOW FROM 1/2026 ONWARDS. FOR THE PODCAST, VISIT https://babblery.com/feed/podcast/the-babblery/ The Babblery features conversations about who we are and how we got this way. Modern humans can seem like the ancients building the Biblical Tower of Babel, cursed by God/nature never to understand each other. As Visiting Translators at the Tower of Babble, our guests delve into their work, their research, and their own experiences to try to explain the bits they've learned about Earth's most perplexing species. Though we all speak different languages, here at The Babblery we aim to promote understanding, one conversation at a time.

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