Woman Uncaged
In these unfiltered conversations, Linda Katz and Laura Gates-Lupton explore the delights and dilemmas of the modern day feminist. They dive into women's relationship to power, the obstacles that stand in the way of liberation, and creating a life of our own choosing.
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Episodes
76 episodes
Backlash and Bravery: The Attack on Feminism
Welcome to the 5th season of Woman Uncaged! In episode one, we dive into the erasure of older women and why that loss matters for everyone. When women who know their minds disappear from view, men lose models for growth, relationships flatten, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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47:20
Staying Radically Human in this AI/Automated World
Welcome to the 75th episode of Woman Uncaged, which is also our season four finale. In this episode we’re naming something a lot of us can feel in our bones: the world is speeding up, getting more convenient, more automated and some...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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50:10
Has Self-Care Become the New Impossible Beauty Standard?
Welcome to episode 15, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode we discuss self-care...but maybe not in the way that you would think.Self-care has become an unquestioned mandate for women. In some ways, of course it ...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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47:51
The Power of One Word to Shape a Year
Welcome to episode 14, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast, we dive into one of our favorite end-of-year rituals: choosing a Word of the Year. As we record in December, we’re both deep...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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35:21
Power Denied is Power Projected
Welcome to episode 13, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! When we deny our own power, we project it outward...onto our spouses, other people, and even institutions. In this episode, we share how we see this phenomenon in ourselv...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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46:47
Slow Uncaging for Long-Lasting Change
Welcome to Episode 12 of Season 4!In this episode, we unpack a truth we’ve both lived over and over again: real, lasting change is rarely quick, and the pressure to deliver (or receive) instant transformation can actually get in the way ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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48:28
Singular Focus: Necessary or Vestige of the Patriarchy?
Welcome to Episode 11 of Season 4!In this week's episode, we explore the sought-after idea of "singular focus" and how that applies in our lives, our work, and our activism in support of the causes that matter to us. Singular focus is of...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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47:42
When You Don’t Know What’s Next
Welcome to Episode 10 of Season 4! In this Halloween episode of The Woman Uncaged Podcast, we explore the concept of liminal space: those in-between times when something has ended but the next chapter hasn’t yet revealed...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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48:15
Unbranding Ourselves: Uncaging from Commodity Culture
Welcome to episode 9, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today, Laura and Linda explore the modern phenomenon of treating ourselves like a brand. What do we gain from it, and what do we stand to lose?In the age of online businesses a...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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48:25
Instinct, Power, and Embracing Your Inner Wild
Welcome to episode 8, season 4! In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we ask: what does it really mean to be wild? We bust the myth that wildness is about chaos or running barefoot through the woods—it’s actually something intr...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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49:11
Our Quest for the Fresh in a World Gone Stale
Welcome to episode 7, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today, Laura and Linda dive into their quest for what feels new and fresh, with a healthy side of ranting about what has started to taste very stale. In this world that is...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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51:28
Uncaging the Creature Within
Welcome to episode 6, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode, we dive into the juicy, messy, and deeply human truth of what it means to remember our creatureliness. We’ve noticed how often our culture talks about bod...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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46:34
No More Codependence: Uncaged Relationships
Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast, Season 4, Episode 5! In this episode, we dive into a question that so many of us wrestle with but rarely have clear models for: what does a healthy relationship actually look like?We ta...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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50:18
Moving Beyond the Carrot and the Stick
Welcome to episode 4, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In today's episode we dive into how to move beyond the carrot and the stick in our relationships with ourselves, with how we raise children, how we train dogs, and how we ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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50:15
The Stranger in the Mirror: Uncaging Your True Self
Welcome to Season 4, Episode 3 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! What happens when you realize that the life you’ve built—and even the relationships you’ve nurtured—don’t actually reflect who you are? In this conversation, we dive into how ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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46:02
Uncaging Cronehood: Redefining Aging for Ourselves
Welcome to episode 2 of season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode Laura and Linda dive into uncaged cronehood, that developmental stage in a woman's life that occurs between midlife and elderhood. Often misunderstood, pathologized,...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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47:26
Unworking the Dream: Freedom in a Post-Job World
In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we explore the radical idea of a post-job world. Inspired by the rise of AI and automation, we unpack what it could mean—socially, economically, emotionally—to live in a world where traditional jobs ar...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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49:04
Matriarchy: The Ultimate Uncaging?
Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 17!In this episode, we ask a bold and rarely explored question: What would life be like if we lived in a matriarchy? We dive into what that word really means,...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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39:49
Are you mothering your man?
Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 16!For those of us in heterosexual relationships, it can be very easy to get into the habit of mothering our men. It's not only socially acceptable, it's applauded! In this ep...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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46:15
From Stuffed Closets to Starved Souls: Why Consumption Can’t Fill the Void
Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 15! We’ve all reached for something shiny—on a shelf, in a cart, online—hoping it might soothe a deeper ache. In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we explore the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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49:18
The Delicious Pull of an Erotic Life
Welcome to episode 14 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! Today's episode was inspired by Tamara of Museguided's recent substack on erotic decisions (found here: https://museguided.substack.com/p/erotic-decisions). In this ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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43:04
Revved Up & Rattled: Nervous System Wisdom for Uncaged Women
Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 13! How does nervous system regulation relate to being uncaged? That's what we're talking about today.We discuss:the badge of honor busyness can be
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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37:06
Collaboration: The Key to Dismantling Patriarchy?
Welcome to episode 12 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast.In this week's episode, we chat about:- The NBC article about how female bonobo monkeys fend off male aggression that inspired this episode- How patriarc...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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47:43