What Next: The Olympics Meet the Culture Wars

Published: Aug. 8, 2024, 7 a.m.

How Imane Khelif and\xa0Lin Yu-Ting\u2014two women boxers fighting in the gender category they were assigned at birth\u2014became the targets of trans panic and subject to another round of \u201cbut is she woman enough?\u201d at the Olympics.\xa0\n\nGuest: Rose Eveleth, reporter and host of the podcast Tested, from NPR and CBC.\n\nWant more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking \u201cTry Free\u201d at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.\n\nPodcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices