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In Bed With The Right

In Bed With The Right

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research

Welcome to In Bed With the Right, the new podcast from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Hosts Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub welcome a range of scholars and critics to analyze right wing ideas about gender, sex and sexuality – and to plumb the ways in which these ideas persist in and shape our present moment.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best In Bed With The Right episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to In Bed With The Right for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite In Bed With The Right episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

In Bed With The Right - Episode 1: Gay Marriage with Moira and Adrian
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07/10/23 • 100 min

For their inaugural episode, Moira and Adrian delve into right-wing (ahem) contributions to the gay marriage debate. Ten years ago the Supreme Court decided Windsor v. US and Hollingsworth v. Perry, which together spelled the beginning of the end of the gay marriage debate (gay marriage would be established nationwide in Obergefell v. Hodges two years later). But did the issue really go away? How did the terms of the debate back then on the right influence today's moral panics, how do they motivate a far-right Supreme Court?
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In Bed With The Right - Episode 4: Fag Hag with Moira and Adrian
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08/07/23 • 79 min

Ever since the 1960s, the figure of the “fag hag” — a (mostly) straight woman hanging around gay men — has been a mainstay in and around queer spaces. As a woman who refused heterosexuality she aroused the ire of social conservatives, but also critiques from within the community. In this episode, Moira and Adrian investigate: why did conservatives hate the hag? How radical was this figure really? And is she still a thing?
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In Bed With The Right - Episode 5: Crisis of Masculinity
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08/24/23 • 74 min

Moira leads Adrian through the endless discourse about the "crisis of masculinity" -- where it comes from, what has motivated it in the past, and why we're having it again. Together, the two of them take a long tour de dudes: from Silicon Valley to Mike Pence's bedroom, from the Old West to Jordan Peterson's couch. What is the unique state of emergency that men find themselves in? Is it real? And why is it -- once again -- supposed to be feminism's fault?

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 6: Perverts, Creeps and Priests!
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09/11/23 • 106 min

It's Moira and Adrian's version of a classic Cher-song: Perverts, Creeps and Priests! This episode takes deep dives into three texts that illuminate contemporary "crisis-of-masculinity"-debates: those that invoke the Bible, those that invoke science, and those that invoke only their own proudly flaunted neuroses. Where are these right-wing discourses about masculinity in agreement, where are they in conflict? Everyone agrees men are in crisis -- who gets to decide what exactly the crisis is?

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 9: Marriage Boosters with Rebecca Traister
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11/15/23 • 61 min

Every few years, it seems, a set of academics and pundits discovers marriage as a panacea for a host of social ills — poverty, unhappiness, social cohesion, research assistants. Moira, Adrian and their guest, New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister, are less-than-excited to report it’s back and just as threadbare as ever. But this time — since this is the 2020s — with a dollop of “this is something the woke left doesn’t want us to talk about”. A long conversation about feminism, capitalism, anti-feminism, the neocons, data and vibes.

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 10: Nietzsche and his Heirs
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11/27/23 • 45 min

Moira and Adrian continue their earlier discussion of the thought and influence of Friedrich Nietzsche — morality and the critique of metaphysics, antisemitism and anti-feminism.

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 12: The Morehouse Man with Saida Grundy
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12/16/23 • 59 min

Founded in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, Morehouse College in Atlanta remains one of the most elite HBCUs. As Prof. Saida Grundy argues, the all-male college also sheds light on gender conservatism, Black masculinity and the politics of respectability.

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 33: The VP Debate

Episode 33: The VP Debate

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10/03/24 • 36 min

It's debate night in America, and you know what that means: MASCULINITY THUNDERDOME! In this special emergency episode, Moira and Adrian discuss the different styles of masculinity on display at the vice presidential debate. You can find Moira's article on this debate here.

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 13: The Cursties with Michael Hobbes
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12/22/23 • 92 min

2023 was a year rich in truly cursed discourses, In Bed With the Right has already analyzed many of them. In this episode — our first annual CURSTIES — your able hosts (with guest Michael Hobbes) analyze a few that have fallen through the cracks, and vote for the most cursed discourse of the year!

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In Bed With The Right - Episode 3: Susan Sontag with Merve Emre
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07/24/23 • 67 min

Susan Sontag (1933- 2004) was a writer, critic and activist, one who isn’t thought of (and didn’t think of herself) as conservative. In this episode, your hosts talk with Prof. Merve Emre to think through Sontag’s writing on gender and on the women’s movement. How do Sontag’s leeriness about identity and identification, her ambivalent attitudes to bodies, sex and beauty, and her elitism land in today’s political climate and landscape?

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FAQ

How many episodes does In Bed With The Right have?

In Bed With The Right currently has 49 episodes available.

What topics does In Bed With The Right cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Podcasts and Sexuality.

What is the most popular episode on In Bed With The Right?

The episode title 'Episode 2: Midge Decter with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on In Bed With The Right?

The average episode length on In Bed With The Right is 61 minutes.

How often are episodes of In Bed With The Right released?

Episodes of In Bed With The Right are typically released every 7 days, 6 hours.

When was the first episode of In Bed With The Right?

The first episode of In Bed With The Right was released on Jul 10, 2023.

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