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In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss recent developments in the politics of sex and marriage.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• Republicans have both been sounding alarms about pedophilia and attempting to relax age-of-consent laws. Natalia referred to historian Clayton Howard’s book, The Closet and the Cul-de-Sac: The Politics of Sexual Privacy in Northern California and Niki referenced Andrew Sullivan’s 1995 book, Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality. Neil and Natalia drew on Frank Bruni’s New York Times opinion piece.

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia recommended Anne-Helen Petersen’s Bustle article, “Britney Falls in Love.”
• Neil discussed Rebecca Mead’s New Yorker article, “Could Leopards Be Paid for Their Spots.”
• Niki shared Taylor Lorenz’ Washington Post article, “Internet ‘algospeak’ is changing our language in real time, ‘nip nops’ to ‘le dollar bean’.”