Podcast Episodes featuring Lindy West
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Rom-Coms with Lindy West
Unladylike - December 01, 2020 05:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings'Tis the season for romantic comedies. But are we "allowed" to love these very imperfect, yet formative films? Bestselling author, Shrill co-creator and Hallmark movie fan Lindy West helps us reconcile our problematic rom-com faves and ruins Love, Actually for good. Unladylike: A Field Guide to S...
Poptarts Episode 74: Shrill's Lindy West!
Poptarts - January 24, 2020 17:06 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 219 ratingsLindy West is an opinion writer for The New York Times and is the author of the bestselling memoir Shrill and the new book The Witches Are Coming which exposes all the misogyny that has come squealing to the surface of culture as a result of the #MeToo movement. She also executive produces and wr...
Lindy West, "The Witches Are Coming"
After Words - December 07, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 218 ratingsNew York Times contributing opinion writer Lindy West discusses the #metoo movement. She's interviewed by New York magazine writer at large and author Rebecca Traister.
Lindy West pens new book, with a warning: The Witches Are Coming
Speakers Forum - December 05, 2019 21:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsAuthor and humorist Lindy West reclaims the power
Hilarious Lindy West has more cutting things to say
Speakers Forum - December 05, 2019 21:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsAuthor and humorist Lindy West reclaims the power
Lindy West: The Witches Are Coming
Commonwealth Club of California Podcast - November 25, 2019 20:58 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 273 ratingsIn the age of #MeToo, where women are empowered to tell their truth rather than worry about the consequences of speaking out, there is hardly a better role model than best-selling author Lindy West. West first came to prominence as a young blogger with a no-holds-barred approach to topics such as...
Talking Volumes: Lindy West on 'The Witches Are Coming'
Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller - November 25, 2019 17:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 179 ratingsIf you have only experienced Lindy West’s writing online, you might think of her as an angry, contemptuous person. But as Kerri Miller and a Talking Volumes audience found out recently, she displays a surprising sense of optimism. “I think it’s really important to demonstrate that you ca...
Lindy West Seeks To Reclaim ‘Witches’
Think Out Loud - November 22, 2019 21:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 121 ratingsSeattle writer Lindy West’s new book aims to reclaim the word “witches.” The book is called “The Witches are Coming,” and explores misogyny, the #metoo movement, and what it’s like to grow up female in America. West’s 2016 memoir, “Shrill,” was made into a TV series filmed in Portland.
Lindy West, New York Times columnist and author
Sixth & I LIVE - November 18, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsFrom Lindy West, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Shrill, comes The Witches Are Coming, an incisive cultural critique that explains how patriarchy, intolerance, and misogyny are still alive and well. This program was held in partnership with Politics and Prose on November...
Lindy West: Live at Politics and Prose
Live at Politics and Prose - November 15, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 110 ratingsLindy West, New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Shrill, provides a brilliant and incisive look at how patriarchy, intolerance, and misogyny have conquered not just politics, but American culture itself in The Witches Are Coming. With her signature wit and in her uniquely incendiary...
Lindy West Takes On The Patriarchy
KERA's Think - November 14, 2019 21:12 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsLindy West made a name for herself with her critically acclaimed memoir “Shrill,” which was developed into a series for Hulu. The New York Times columnist joins host Krys Boyd about to talk about her follow-up, “The Witches Are Coming,” which looks the deep ways that misogyny and male p...
Lindy West Is Ready For a Witch Hunt
All Of It - November 07, 2019 15:57 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 435 ratingsLindy West, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, joins us to talk about her new essay collection, The Witches Are Coming, as well as adapting her 2016 memoir, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, into a comedy for Hulu.
"Milestones" with Lindy West, Dave Hill, and Pink Martini
Live Wire with Luke Burbank - August 02, 2019 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 295 ratingsCelebrating Live Wire’s 15th anniversary, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello give advice to their 15-year-old selves; writer and TV creator Lindy West explains why she is not the lead character in her Hulu series "Shrill;" comedian Dave Hill demonstrates how making mother ...
Samin Nosrat and Lindy West
City Arts & Lectures - June 23, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 314 ratingsSamin Nosrat and Lindy West join us this week to talk about how they developed their individual voices, the process of adapting their work for television, and how to make delicious food. Samin Nosrat is author of the cookbook “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” and the executive producer of the Ne...
“Shrill” Author Lindy West
Think Out Loud - March 27, 2019 19:57 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 121 ratingsLindy West doesn’t like euphemisms. Call her fat. Call her a feminist. Call her outspoken. Call her “Shrill,” the title of her book, which was just turned into a TV show on Hulu. We’ll listen back to our interview with her from 2016.
Lindy West And 'Shrill' | Dick Dale | Morgan Parker | Tommy Pico | Kathleen Collins and 'Losing Ground'
OPB's State of Wonder - March 23, 2019 01:40 - 50 minutesThis week, we’re trading in the familiar narratives for some new, previously-unheard ones: a plus-sized coming-of-age story, a pair of young poets of color and a lost classic of black female film making. Plus, a tribute to the late Dick Dale and a new weekly segment, replete with ideas for how to...
Shrill AF With Lindy West
Nerdette - March 22, 2019 05:01 - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsOh hey it's Lindy West! Lindy's the the executive producer of Shrill, a new Hulu series starring SNL's Aidy Bryant that's based on Lindy's 2016 novel of the same name. And we talk with Lindy about a few of the delightful scenes from the series (including an epic pool party), why Lindy left Twit...
Lindy West Flips TV’s Fat Tropes
Nerdette - March 22, 2019 05:01 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsOh hey it's Lindy West! Lindy's the the executive producer of Shrill, a new Hulu series starring SNL's Aidy Bryant that's based on Lindy's 2016 novel of the same name. And we talk with Lindy about a few of the delightful scenes from the series (including an epic pool party), why Lindy left Twit...
Amanpour: Anand Giridharadas, Mads Mikkelsen and Lindy West
Amanpour - January 18, 2019 17:42 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratingsAnand Giridharadas, the author of "Winners Take All" sits down with Christiane Amanpour in London to discuss Brexit and global leadership. Actor Mads Mikkelsen talks about his new film, "Arctic." Our Alicia Menendez talks to Lindy West about her campaign #ShoutYourAbortion. via Knit
Lindy West: On Loud Feminism
CIIS Public Programs - November 08, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 109 ratingsWriter and commentator Lindy West is joined in conversation by body positivity activist Jes Baker for a conversation on feminism, politics, and activism.
[REPOST] #99: How to Fight Diet Culture & Find Fat Acceptance with Lindy West, Author of "Shrill"
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison - August 06, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3K ratingsLindy West, author of the book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, shares how she became a fat-acceptance activist, the roles that feminism and body-positive imagery played in helping her reject diet culture, her experience of finding love in a larger body, how thin allies to the fat-acceptance mov...
Angela Garbes with Lindy West
Town Hall Seattle Science Series - July 02, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLike most first-time mothers, food and culture writer Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she first became pregnant. And like many mothers, she sought satisfactory answers to the scientific mysteries and cultural myths that surround motherhood. She joined us with a compilation of the wi...
Ep. 180: Dietland is Unapologetically Fat w/ Lindy West
Pop Rocket - June 27, 2018 21:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsThis week, Guy Branun, Margaret Wappler and Karen Tongson are joined by Lindy West, New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of the book Shrill to discuss the AMC show Dietlandand one of TV’s best fat characters ever: Plum Kettle. Lindy is all about is all about the UK show Grand...
Samantha Irby with Lindy West
Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series - April 19, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWriter Samantha Irby is known for her brazen wit and boldly honest feminist writing from her blog bitches gotta eat, as well as her book We Are Never Meeting In Real Life and her essay work contributing to Nasty Women, a collection of feminist essays on life in Trump’s America—and a discussion r...
Episode #360: Lindy West, Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, Alex Falcone, Stephen Green, and Moorea Masa & The Mood
Live Wire with Luke Burbank - April 13, 2018 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 295 ratingsLuke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello confess their guilty pleasures; New York Times columnist Lindy West reveals how she tried to entice Donald Trump into blocking her from Twitter; Sarah Gertrude Shapiro unpacks how her Lifetime series UnREAL was inspired by her own troubled exp...
Performative Eating and Fatness with Jessica Valenti and Lindy West
Eater's Digest - March 13, 2018 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 891 ratingsJessica Valenti, author of NYT best-seller Sex Object: A Memoir, and host of Eater video series Eating Out Loud, stops by to talk about food and feminism. Later, Jessica interviews NYT Columnist Lindy West about performative eating and fatness. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up f...
Lindy West Takes the Stage
Bay Area Book Festival Podcast - December 21, 2017 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIt’s not a pretty place, the Internet. Especially for an outspoken woman. Two years ago, Lindy West’s confrontation with a nasty troll showed the world how to fight back via technology. With her debut memoir, ‘Shrill,’ Lindy tells that tale and more, sharing her truths about #ShoutYourAbortion!,...
Lindy West / Nate Fernald
Baby Geniuses - September 18, 2017 16:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 947 ratingsHello babies! Maybe this is actually our five year anniversary show? I’m a little confused. Anyways, Emily celebrated a different anniversary recently by staying at the Disneyland hotel and accomplishing the impossible: eating the correct amount of edibles. Lisa recently watched The Craft (199...
Lindy West | Writer, Comedian, Activist
It's a Long Story - August 21, 2017 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsLindy West’s vibrant humour, refreshing candour and unapologetically trenchant attacks on body shamers and trolls have earned her the admiration of Lena Dunham, Ira Glass, and Caitlin Moran. What can each of us take away from the courage of someone who confronts rape jokes, the fat police, and a...
BONUS! Phoebe Robinson, Lindy West, Shane Bauer-Live at Clusterfest
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu - July 06, 2017 07:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratingsComing to you LIVE from San Francisco, it’s Politically Re-Active at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest! Joining your favorite hosts on stage are comedian and podcast queen Phoebe Robinson, the brilliantly witty writer (and This American Life favorite) Lindy West, and our favorite undercover investiga...
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