How we dress, how we act and what we enjoy can all be affected by how the world sees us —specifically, how it sees us in terms of gender. What does gender mean, though? Why did everyone care so much when Harry Styles wore a dress on the cover of Vogue? Why don't we talk more about the LGBT+ people or the BIPOC behind gender non-conforming fashion?
Press play to hear from the co-chair of the Transgender Studies Research Center at the University of Arizona and an ASU student who has personal experience with straying from the binary.
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The Basketball Episode
March 3, 2026Join Alan Deutschendorf and Pratham Valluri on this episode of State Press Play. Alan talks to Pratham about the ASU men’s basketball season. In this episode, they dive into coach Bobby Hurley, senior guard Moe Odum and many other topics.
The Opportunity Episode
February 24, 2026Join Chloe Beery and Myah France on this episode of State Press Play. Chloe interviews graduate student Jazmin Goodwin about her expanding financial literacy opportunities for women through her company What the Fem Media. Myah spoke with first generation college student Suzanne Shupe about her experience at ASU.
The Science and Technology Episode
February 10, 2026Join Trent Ashdown and Kate Gore on this episode of State Press Play. Trent interviews Anupam Vivek, an aerospace engineer working at ClearCast, a new drone-based search and rescue startup. Kate talks to the ASU iGEM team about their work with biotechnology.
