Airplane Mode with Liz Plank

the strongest men i know are women. There is a feeling women have that is hard to explain to men because it is so ordinary to us. You move through the world aware of what men can do to you, but when you think about who has actually kept you safe from those men, it has mostly been women. Writing pieces like this is not easy, and writing about powerful people is not always safe. Every time I publish, I am putting my name, my livelihood and sometimes my legal safety behind my words.

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The Guardian gained access to an internal FBI memo, and I need you to understand that this is the most exciting FBI memo I’ve ever read in my life. According to the report, the FBI's Chicago field office warned law enforcement across the country that a small group of liberal women are creating dating profiles with a tradwife aesthetic, specifically to l…

This week on Boy Problems, Liz has some breaking news about an ex-boyfriend. Content warning for a brief discussion about SA. Liz talks through the discomfort of finding out someone you dated may have hurt another woman, and grapples with how to reckon with that as an ex. Plus, we flip the "is having a boyfriend embarrassing now" conversation on its head and asks, do we become embarrassing when we have a boyfriend? Grab your journal and alert your group chat, we have a lot to discuss.

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This week, Liz sits down with Recess Therapy creator and host Julian Shapiro-Barnum — a self-proclaimed "boy problem" — to hash out the messy, unspoken rules of flirting, trust, and why so many of us struggle to date without baggage.

David Farrier is back on the show with two VERY special guests - the adorable, adoptable frenchie bulldog he rescued at Griffith Park (🥹) and Liz’s Tall Green Flag!! This week, we discover that David — yes, THIS David — was the mutual friend who knew them BOTH and somehow never introduced them. David, respectfully: WHAT WERE YOU DOING???

If you've ever spent all of August grieving the end of summer instead of actually living it, this episode is for you. This week on Boy Problems, Liz is breaking down what she calls "end of summer syndrome" — and why we're NOT doing it this year. Liz shares the surprisingly simple, behavioral science-backed habits she used to make this her best (and longest-feeling) summer yet.

A man got duct-taped to his airplane seat, and honestly? Feminism is healing. This week, we’re getting into that, paying tribute to the icon Gloria Steinem, and revisiting her wildest undercover stunts, funniest quotes, and her theory that patriarchy is still a prison for men, it's just “cushy.” Plus: Phoebe Bridgers’ leg hair, why the queer Ultimatum is infinitely more watchable, what’s actually behind the orgasm gap, and our boy problem of the week: why do I only want men who are already taken?