The C-Word
Hosted by Alissa and Lena · Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett
4.2from 503 ratings
- 69
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 503
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About The C-Word
With every episode, Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett take you on a historical deep dive into the life of a woman society dismissed by calling her mad, sad, or just plain bad: Lindsay Lohan, Judy Garland, Winona Ryder, Mariah Carey, Lil Kim and many more. Join them for a rich, hilarious, and heartbreaking look into exactly what it means when we call a woman “crazy.”The C-Word was originally published behind a paywall from 2019 - 2022. This is the first time it’s being released to all major podcast platforms.
- Publisher
- Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 28 Jul 2025
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 69 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Belle Gibson
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Maila Nurmi AKA Vampira
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lindsay Lohan, Part 2
Inside a recent episode
Belle Gibson
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] For your fecal transplant. Oh, I thought you meant for dinner. Like look around this table right now. I'm taking Dina. I'm taking Dina's too. She's young and vital. Dina's young and vital and she's glowing. And like I'd take yours, Alyssa. I don't think any of you should take mine. So anyway, back to Belle. So she's pitched this book. and penguin goes for it they fall for it hook line and sinker she gets her book deal she gets a food stylist oh she gets 132 500 advance that's a big advance it's pretty good penguin thinks she's incredible they're like you are incredible like you're incredible they thought she was so incredible they never even bothered to fact check a claim she made about her alternative treatments good So this is kind of a sub lesson in the story about the frantic push to commodify exceptional people and especially exceptional young people. […]
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- 503 ratings
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Alissa and Lena host the show. Published by Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett.
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