S18 Ep21: Justine van der Leun - Unreasonable Women

About this episode

Justine van der Leun discusses her upcoming book 'Unreasonable Women' and her work as a journalist and podcaster.

Justine, who wrote and hosted the Believe Her podcast, returns to the show to discuss her latest work. Justine is an award-winning independent journalist and author. Her latest book, Unreasonable Women , will be published in June 2026 by Ecco. Justine’s prior books include We Are Not Such Things , and her features have been published in the New York Review of Books , New York Magazine , Harper’s , the Guardian , VQR , and TheNew Republic , among others. Justine is also the host and co-producer of the investigative podcast Believe Her . She has been honored with the James Aronson Award, the Sigma Delta Chi Award, the Gracie Award, the iHeart Radio Award, the Mike Berger Award, and the Ambie Award. Justine has received grants from the Pulitzer Center, Type Investigations, the International Women’s Media Foundation, and the Robert B. Silvers Foundation, and fellowships from New America, the Emerson Collective, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Logan Nonfiction Program, Type Media, and PEN America. Unreasonable Women releases on June 2nd. Please consider pre-ordering the book HERE The majority of the funding of our work comes directly from listeners, through our Patreon community…

People in this episode

Guest: Justine van der Leun

Topics covered

• journalism
• true crime
• women's issues
• book release
• podcasting
• awards

Keywords

• Justine van der Leun
• Unreasonable Women
• Believe Her
• journalism
• true crime
• book release
• awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Believe Her, New York Review of Books, New York Magazine, Harper’s, the Guardian, VQR, The New Republic, Pulitzer Center, Type Investigations, International Women’s Media Foundation

Products: Unreasonable Women

Books & works: We Are Not Such Things

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