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This season on Working we're talking to people whose jobs touch on all aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob Brogan sits down with Christina Cauterucci, a staff writer at Slate whose beat encompasses gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ issues. She talks about how she found her way to journalism, why women and queer journalists gravitate towards those topics, how she deals with online trolls and more. 

Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, political risk consultant Anna Szymanski, and CEO of Skift, Rafat Ali discuss:Airbnb and overtourismLow-cost airlinesThe travel industryIn Slate Plus: How businesses rely on tourismCheck out other Panoply podcasts at panoply.fm.Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter:@felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @JHWeissmannProduction by Daniel Schroeder and June Thomas

On The Gist, Mike is down with feminism but argues that woke should be Merriam-Webster’s word of the year instead. In the interview, Anjelah Johnson was living off grocery store gift cards in L.A. before a new thing called YouTube launched her comedy career. Someone uploaded a video of her stand-up routine to the site in 2007; it quickly racked up millions of views and landed Anjelah an agent. Johnson’s fourth comedy special, Mahalo & Goodnight, is on EPIX, Apple Music, and Spotify. In the Spiel, we should be taking a closer look at New York City’s latest crime, rape, and murder statistics.

Veralyn Williams has the rundown on her top three favorite episodes to produce this year. 1) Slate Represent: Dear White People Music Supervisor Morgan Rhodes2) The Double X Gabfest: Woke Men Versus Sexual Harassers Edition3) Family Ghosts: A Spirit of Vengeance

Dana Stevens and Rachel Syme spoil Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, and discuss all the clothes, tensions, and mushrooms that make up this film.

On The Gist, Mike says goodbye to Roy Moore yet again, after an Alabama judge rejected Moore’s lawsuit to contest his opponent’s Senate win. In the interview, Dan Ariely tells us “how we misthink money and how to spend smarter.” That’s the subtitle of his book on the ways we value the wrong things and fail to think long term. Ariely is the co-author, with Jeff Kreisler, of Dollars and Sense. In the Spiel, Mike looks back on the worst op-eds of 2017.

Virginia Heffernan chats with Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter for the Washington Post, about how Washington failed to handle Kremlin trolls.

Veralyn Williams has the rundown: Suicide bombing in Kabul, Erica Garner fights for her life, UK government micromanages Prince Harry's wedding guest list.

Celebrating a year that couldn’t end quickly enough with some of our favorite segments. Academy Award-winner Thelma Schoonmaker, who has edited every Martin Scorsese movie for the nearly four decades, talks with Kurt about editing Scorsese’s latest film, “Silence,” and some classic scenes she edited in movies including “Raging Bull” and “Goodfellas.”  Yewande Omotoso’s joins Kurt to talk about her new novel, “The Woman Next Door,” which explores racial tension in post-apartheid South Africa. And “The Godfather: Part III” is a movie everyone loves to hate, but critic Ted Gioia believes the film is actually a masterpiece. 

David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson dig in, dissect and debate listener-generated conundrums with special performances from They Might Be Giants.Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus.Twitter: @SlateGabfestFacebook: facebook.com/GabfestEmail: gabfest@slate.comShow notes at slate.com/gabfest

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss how many performances of Bye Bye Birdie is too many, what's normal around divorced families holidays, and how to potty train without ruining your child. 

On the Billboard Hot 100, two  can be the loneliest number. While having a No. 1 song can define an artist’s career, there’s far less glory in finishing one spot shy  of the top slot. Yet some No. 2 hits have gone on to become classics. This month, Chris Molanphy looks at three songs that still loom large in our culture: “Shop Around” by the Miracles; “We Got the Beat” by the Go-Gos; and “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson. 

León Krauze y su panel de periodistas regulares en El Gabfest recuerdan el 2017 y las noticias que más ignoramos, pero que importan mucho para el año que viene. Para Leon Krauze, lo que mas recordará del 2017 es como los Estados Unidos bajo Donald Trump se ha retirado del escenario mundial. Janet Rodriguez de Univision explica lo importante que es la fiebre de la criptomoneda que esta revolucionando los mercados en todo el mundo. Para su colega Fernando Pizarro, es importante recordar la devastación del Huracán Maria en Puerto Rico, que siempre ha tenido una situación política controvertida. Dori Toribio de Canal Cuatro también quiere que no se nos olviden todos los lugares que sufrieron desastres naturales en el 2017, y que no subestimemos los sentimientos populistas que rodean el mundo actualmente. Y desde Noticieros Televisa, Ariel Moutsatsos nos dice que deberíamos prestarle más atención al papel de los presidentes mexicanos que trabajaban para la C.I.A. en los años de John F. Kennedy.En el primer episodio del año 2018, el panel contestará preguntas de oyentes sobre la política, la economía, el fútbol, y más para prepararse juntos para un año nuevo. Escríbannos por email y Twitter con sus preguntas!

On the Billboard Hot 100, two  can be the loneliest number. While having a No. 1 song can define an artist’s career, there’s far less glory in finishing one spot shy  of the top slot. Yet some No. 2 hits have gone on to become classics. This month, Chris Molanphy looks at three songs that still loom large in our culture: “Shop Around” by the Miracles; “We Got the Beat” by the Go-Gos; and “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson. 

This week, Hanna Rosin, Noreen Malone, June Thomas tackle your “is it sexist?” questions in the holiday call-in show.