Chat In The Commons
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July 8, 2025
A chat about being single by choice. More and more women are opting out of not just marriage, but out of relationships with men altogether - and choosing new paths to economic independence, professional and personal fulfillment, and adventure - that does not include a man as part of the plan. Women are also connecting with each other across cultures and creating new, unconventional women’s communities at exponential rates - all while unsubscribing to patriarchal norms. In this hour we talk a
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July 8, 2025
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June 23, 2025
Finding The One | 8
A chat about dating. In part two of our series on the 4B movement, Elle and Natalie take a read on what is happening in dating culture, listening to a diverse cross-section of women to try to understand why a growing number of women are saying no to dating.
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Be a Good Girl | 7
A chat about coming of age in a man’s world. As Rebecca Solnit says, “It gets you even if it doesn’t get you. You have to think every day of your life as a girl and a young woman, if I wear this what will happen? If I go out, what will happen?” and girls and women are getting the message that “this…
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Mad Men | 6 Part 2
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I Do, or I Don't? | 5
A chat about marriage. In this first episode of our four-part series on 4B, the feminist movement from South Korea, Elle and Natalie dive into all things marriage. We explore why we marry, how women are faring within marriage...
About the Hosts
Elle Kamihira
Producer / Editor / Host
Elle Kamihira is a multi-genre producer, writer and creative director working in independent film, documentaries, animation, museum and environmental media installations, live events, theater and most recently, podcasting. She also produces and hosts the podcast Subject To Power.
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Grounded, thoughtful, and deeply needed
Chat in the Commons is one of those rare podcasts that feels both spacious and sharp - offering honest, grounded conversations about the real conditions shaping women’s lives today. Whether exploring the roots of coercive control or the tensions within feminist movements, Natalie and Elle ask the kinds of questions that invite thoughtful reflection.
Episode 4, Feminism-ish, is a great example - wide-ranging, clear-eyed, and rich with context. With clarity, nuance, and care, they’ve created a spa
- Lisa Kri
- April 22, 2025
Tools to define your experience and move forward with awareness and hope
This podcast is filled with invaluable information packed so sequentially into one hour. It’s like a college course and a survival guide for women. If only I knew this years ago. What a gift to have now. Thank you both so very much. It’s brilliant.
- Missy-mam
- April 10, 2025
Hope, Humor, & Peace
So well done. I feel like this is a place where I can find more people for my tribe. The use of social media to educate so many - including our young people - actually feels like a positive aspect of tech. I felt a sense of community as a listener and appreciate the candidness of this conversation. Love the humor and the dash of hope and how finding peace is actually a damn good idea. By the way - I love SUBJECT TO POWER also!
- Christine Marie Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW
- March 27, 2025
