How to Be a Girl | |
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Presentation | |
Hosted by | Marlo Mack [1] |
Genre | |
Language | American English |
Updates | Monthly |
Length | 10-30 Minutes |
Production | |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 19 + Bonus Episodes |
Publication | |
Original release | June 7, 2014 – present |
Provider | KUOW-FM [6] |
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Website | www |
How to Be a Girl is a podcast about what it means to be a girl and what it is like to raise a transgender child.
The podcast is about Marlo Mack raising her 13-year-old transgender daughter. [7] Mack is a single mom living in Seattle. [8] The show has had Jazz Jennings as a guest. [9] Marlo Mack wrote a piece in The New York Times about the podcast, which says that Marlo Mack is a pseudonym. [10]
In 2015, The Atlantic included episode seven "The Facts" on their list of "The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015". [11] In 2016, The Guardian and The Atlantic called the podcast one of "The 50 best podcasts of 2016". [12] [13] In 2017, Time listed the podcast as one of "The 50 Best Podcasts Right Now". [2] [14]
Award | Date | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Peabody Awards | 2016 | Best Podcast | Nominated | [15] [16] |
Webby Awards | 2017 | Best Writing | Won | [17] [18] |
British Podcast Awards | 2017 | International Award | gold | [19] |
Marlo Mack has adapted How to be a Girl into a memoir that is available as an audiobook. [20] [21]