Believe it or not, Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt (and their kitchen knife) entered the public consciousness 25 years ago last week.
And this week, former UConn athlete Sue Bird and her girlfriend, Megan Rapinoe, became the first same-sex couple to appear on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's The Body Issue.
And finally, a look at Naomi Alderman's Women's Prize for Fiction-winning novel, The Power -- and it’s the first book The Nose has ever covered.
Other possible topics include:
- The meaning of BDE, or Big Dick Energy, explained
- World Cup's Female Reporters Make History While Enduring Harassment
- The Trouble With Johnny Depp
- After John Oliver's Jokes About Xi Jinping, China Blocks HBO Website
- Sean Spicer Is Testing Out a New Job: TV Talk Show Host
- SWOVERALLS 2.0
- Gardner Achieves Rare Feat -- 10 Consecutive Years In Pinstripes
- 'Black Panther' Reigns at Saturn Awards, 'Better Call Saul' and 'Twin Peaks' Top TV Field
GUESTS:
- Rebecca Castellani - Scholar of modern literature
- Rand Richards Cooper - A contributing editor at Commonweal; writes the "In Our Midst" column for Hartford magazine
- Kate Rushin - A poet whose "The Bridge Poem" is featured in The Atlantic
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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
