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.
Episodes
83 episodes
A Third Of Young Men Want Wives To Obey—We Ask WTF And What To Do Next
Welcome to season 5, episode 8 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! A recent global survey found that nearly a third of Gen Z men believe a wife should obey her husband. Not only that, but young men are more than twice as likely as baby boomers
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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37:35
She Quit at 16 and Came Back for Joy
What if the bravest way to win is to skate for joy instead of judgment? We sat down with hearts still buzzing after watching Alysa Liu light up the ice, and we followed that thread into a bigger conversation about self-worth, presence, and succ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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44:47
Becoming Self-Governed: Resist Coercion and Control to Claim Your Authority
Welcome to episode 6, season 5 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this latest episode, we dive into self-governance as a daily practice that blends inner sovereignty with community power, and we track how that intersects with money, autonomy, and...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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44:34
Why Is It So Hard To Say No?
What if the most loving thing you say this week is no? Welcome to Season 5 Episode 5!We unpack why so many women default to appeasement: early grooming to be pleasing, the fawn response as a learned safety strategy, and the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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49:47
Embracing a Pleasure-Led Life Without Apology
What if pleasure wasn’t a guilty whisper but a wise guide? We dive into a frank, tender conversation about how women can reclaim pleasure from the grip of productivity culture, sin narratives, and the “tiny treat” marketing trap. From basking i...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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32:17
Choosing Mutuality Over Metrics: Rethinking Wealth
Want to know why a bigger bank balance can calm your nervous system yet still leave you restless? We dig into the messy, honest truth: money absolutely fixes spreadsheet problems, while falling short on the deeper needs that make life feel rich...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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48:00
Is Patriarchy's Real Target...MEN?
Welcome to episode 2, season 5 of the woman Uncaged Podcast! In this week's episode, Laura and Linda explore the patriarchal system from a new angle, wondering aloud what might reveal itself if we look at men as the main objects of sub...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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50:31
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
The Cost of Denying Our Own Power
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