Happy First Friday! It's time for this month's book club pick for You Gotta Read This!

This month we're reading The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb. It's a heartbreaking novel about love, addiction, and perseverance. Just out this spring, it's a strong contender for a 2025 Kathy Award! :)

You can find it in our Bookshop, along with all the other books we've ever recommended on the show. It's a great way to support local bookstores, and we get a small commission for all books purchased through the site.

Let us know what you think. Send in your reactions, questions, recommendations and delights to [email protected]. Find us on Instagram @yougottatrythispodcast.

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This episode was edited by Belle Battista.

TW: Domestic violence, sexual assault. This episode contains some profanity.

Welcome to back to You Gotta Try This! This is the final episode in our latest series, Waking Up to the Patriarchy. Thisseason, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In the finale, we’ll explore how patriarchy harms women: through design that overlooks us, through medical research that has excluded us, through marriage expectations that drain us, andthrough norms that perpetuate domestic violence and sexual assault.

Check out our Bookshop to find Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez, as well as all the books we’ve mentioned thus far on the podcast.

Find us on Instagram at Yougottatrythispodcast. Watch our story for videos and posts that will help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight.

Tell us what stuck with you!  Send in your experiences, questions and delights to [email protected].

If this episode stirred something in you, don’t keep it to yourself!

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Thanks to Belle Battista for editing and production support. And thanks to you for listening.

Happy First Friday! It's time for this month's book club pick for You Gotta Read This!

This month we're reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. As we come to the end of the Waking Up to the Patriarchy series on the main show, this book brings the real plight of women and girls into the light. It’s been called “a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.”

You can find it in our Bookshop, along with all the other books we've ever recommended on the show. It's a great way to support local bookstores, and we get a small commission for all books purchased through the site.

Let us know what you think. Send in your reactions, questions, recommendations and delights to [email protected]. Find us on Instagram @yougottatrythispodcast.

Remember to follow the show, and leave us a rating and a review.

This episode was edited by Belle Battista.

TW: This episode touches on violence and abuse (23-28:20).

Hello everyone and welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our latest series on You Gotta Try This! In today's episode, you'll hear a conversation with Katherine and Laura about the binary of masculinity and femininity, and the way our culture creates hierarchies that limit everyone's humanity.

Find us on Instagram at yougottatrythispodcast. Watch our story for videos and posts to help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight.

Make sure you're following the show, and please leave us a rating and review. Share it with a friend who might want to talk about it with you.

Tell us what stuck with you! Send in your questions, experiences, and delights to [email protected].

Thanks to Laura for sharing her experience, and to Belle Battista for editing the show. Thanks for listening!

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our current series on You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society.

In this episode, we tackle patriarchy in the church space. I have two brilliant guests who'll share about liberation theology, the intersection of race and gender, and their own experiences navigating faith spaces that have limited their gifts.

Check out our Bookshop to find Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass ,and all the books we’ve mentioned thus far on the podcast.  

Find us on Instagram at Yougottatrythispodcast. Watch our story for videos and posts that will help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight. 

Tell us what stuck with you!  Send in your experiences, questions and delights to [email protected].

If this episode stirred something in you, don’t keep it to yourself!

·       Follow the show so you don’t miss what’s next

·       Leave a review (it really helps!)

·       Share it with someone who needs to hear it

Thanks to all my guests for sharing theirexperience, and to Belle Battista for editing and production support. And thanks to you for listening!

(This episode contains some profanity.)

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our current series on You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society.

In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation I had with Matt, Jonathan, and Aaron, three of my college friends. They’ll share about their experiences with fatherhood and partnership and about the messages they heard in childhood about what it means to be a man.

Check out our Bookshop to find all the books we’ve mentioned thus far on the podcast.

Find us on Instagram at Yougottatrythispodcast. That’s where you’ll find the video Matt mentioned of his daughter singing. Watch our story for videos and posts that will help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight.

Tell us what stuck with you!  Send in your experiences, questions and delights to [email protected].

If this episode stirred something in you, don’t keep it to yourself!

·       Follow the show so you don’t miss what’s next

·       Leave a review (it really helps!)

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Thanks to all my guests for sharing their experience, and to Belle Battista for editing and production support. And thanks to you for listening!

On the first Friday of every month, I choose a new book for ourbook group, You Gotta Read This!

This month we are reading The Power by Naomi Alderman. It’s an electrifying novel about what happens when the gendered power structure flips on its head almost overnight.

You can find it in our Bookshop, along with all the other bookswe've ever recommended on the show. (We get a small commission for all books you purchase through the site.)

Let us know what you think! Send in your reactions, questions,recommendations and delights to [email protected]. Find us on Instagram @yougottatrythispodcast.

Remember to follow the show, and leave us a rating and review.

This episode was edited by Belle Battista.

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society.

In this episode, we're talking about women's sports. There's so much to say about intersectionality, equal pay, and how sexism plays out in the coverage. I'm delighted to have my friend Jamie with me to delve into this. You can find more from her on her podcast, Excavate.

Check out our Bookshop to find all the books we’ve mentioned thus far on the podcast.

Find us on Instagram at yougottatrythispodcast . Watch our story for videos and posts that will help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight.

Tell us what stuck with you!  Send in your experiences, questions and delights to [email protected].

Thanks again to my guest, Jamie Donne, and to my editor, Belle Battista.

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society.

In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with my friend Kayleigh in which we talk about gendered classroom dynamics, dress codes, and new child leave. We'll also explore some historical milestones for women's equality.

Check out our Bookshop to find all the books we’ve mentioned thus far on the podcast.

Find us on Instagram at Yougottatrythispodcast. Watch our story for videos and posts that will help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight.

Tell us what stuck with you!  Send in your experiences, questions and delights to [email protected].

This episode was edited by Belle Battista.

(This episode mentions sexuality.)

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on You Gotta Try This! This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society.

In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with my friend Emily in which we talk about the matriarchy, periods, and how thepatriarchy impacts medical outcomes in maternal health.

To learn more about the menstrual cycle, check out28ish Days Later, a fantastic podcast by the BBC that walks through the cycle day by day.

In today’s episode we mentioned The Blood Book, What If We Get It Right, and Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Check out our Bookshop tofind all the books we’ve mentioned thus far on the podcast.

Find us on Instagram at Yougottatrythispodcast. Watch our story for videos and posts that will help you start to see the patriarchy hiding in plain sight.

Tell us what stuck with you!  Send in your experiences, questions and delights to [email protected].

If this episode stirred something in you, don’t keep it to yourself!

·       Follow the show so you don’t miss what’s next

·       Leave a review (it really helps!)

·       Share it with someone who needs to hear it

Thanks to my guest Emily for sharing her experience, and to Belle Battista for editing and production support. And thanks to you for listening.