Unbreaking Media: Presented by The Conversationalist

About Unbreaking Media: Presented by The Conversationalist

The Conversationalist is a podcast brought to you by The Anti-Nihilist Foundation, a 501(c)3 and publisher of conversationalist.org. Hosted by founder Anna Lind-Guzik, the podcast features candid conversations with folks working on the front lines of the issues we care about, and audio adaptations of some of our favorite stories from the site, read by the authors themselves. We're truly independent, nonprofit media—no overlords, no corporate agenda, just stories that matter. This is journalism as conversation. This is storytelling as resistance. These are feminist stories and global perspectives, with zero BS. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts.

Publisher

The Conversationalist, Anna Lind-Guzik

Category

government · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Mar 2022

Latest episode

27 May 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 50 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 May 2026

   "The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns" (w/ Anna Lind-Guzik)

   For our season finale, our founder and podcast host Anna Lind-Guzik reads "The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns", an essay reflecting on her experience as a first-time expectant mother, and the surprising surge of hopefulness she experienced while pregnant with her daughter.

2. 

   19 May 2026

   Food as a Form of Care (w/ Alicia Kennedy and Bettina Makalintal)

   Conversationalist Contributing Editor Kovie Biakolo sits down with food writers Alicia Kennedy ("On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites") and Bettina Makalintal (Senior Reporter at Eater.com) for a conversation on the ways we express care through food.

3. 

   12 May 2026

   "Who Throws a Shoe, Honestly?" (w/ Gina Mei)

   Conversationalist Executive Editor Gina Mei reads "Who Throws a Shoe, Honestly?", an op-ed from our Soapbox column on why throwing shoes as a form of protest is due to make a comeback.

Inside a recent episode

Everything You Need to Know About Perimenopause (w/ Dr. Sophia Yen)

Published 7 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And my waist came back and my cholesterol was fine. So you may have to educate your doctor. So if your doctor's like, estrogen causes breast cancer, tell them no. In the WHI, which is the study they're referring to, in the estrogen-only arm, breast cancer went down and death from breast cancer went down. In the combined estrogen-progesterone and with this WAC progesterone that we no longer use for HRT, there was a slight increase. increased risk in breast cancer. And if they want a source for that, there's an entire book on that called Estrogen Matters written by Dr. Blooming. And so now the whole thing is shared decision making. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

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