Noel King

Are you at all sympathetic to the argument that you guys had your turn for centuries, the attention, the prizes, the accolades, and now doors have been opened to women and they're putting out really good stuff. So we're just leveling the playing field out.

Ross Barkin. His novel is The Glass Century. You can find links to some of the novels we discussed today in our show notes. You really should read Rejection. Miles Bryan produced today's episode. Amin El-Sadi edited. Patrick Boyd and Brandon McFarland engineered. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

Ross Barkin. His novel is The Glass Century. You can find links to some of the novels we discussed today in our show notes. You really should read Rejection. Miles Bryan produced today's episode. Amin El-Sadi edited. Patrick Boyd and Brandon McFarland engineered. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

Ross Barkin. His novel is The Glass Century. You can find links to some of the novels we discussed today in our show notes. You really should read Rejection. Miles Bryan produced today's episode. Amin El-Sadi edited. Patrick Boyd and Brandon McFarland engineered. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth came into his job promising a war on wokeness and weakness in the U.S. military.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth came into his job promising a war on wokeness and weakness in the U.S. military.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth came into his job promising a war on wokeness and weakness in the U.S. military.

Hegseth has taken aim at women. He's challenged the idea that women should serve in combat roles, as they have for 10 years now. He's danced around whether women make the military less lethal, including at his Senate confirmation hearing.

Hegseth has taken aim at women. He's challenged the idea that women should serve in combat roles, as they have for 10 years now. He's danced around whether women make the military less lethal, including at his Senate confirmation hearing.

Hegseth has taken aim at women. He's challenged the idea that women should serve in combat roles, as they have for 10 years now. He's danced around whether women make the military less lethal, including at his Senate confirmation hearing.

Next month, he's updating the Army fitness test to make it more difficult and to make the standards the same for men and women. Coming up on Today Explained, the war over women warfighters.

Next month, he's updating the Army fitness test to make it more difficult and to make the standards the same for men and women. Coming up on Today Explained, the war over women warfighters.

Next month, he's updating the Army fitness test to make it more difficult and to make the standards the same for men and women. Coming up on Today Explained, the war over women warfighters.

I'm Noelle King. Sana Kurt is an investigative reporter at The War Horse. This is a national nonprofit newsroom that covers the military and veterans. Sana recently wrote a piece titled, Women Have Served in Combat Roles for a Decade. The Pentagon is Reopening the Debate.

I'm Noelle King. Sana Kurt is an investigative reporter at The War Horse. This is a national nonprofit newsroom that covers the military and veterans. Sana recently wrote a piece titled, Women Have Served in Combat Roles for a Decade. The Pentagon is Reopening the Debate.

I'm Noelle King. Sana Kurt is an investigative reporter at The War Horse. This is a national nonprofit newsroom that covers the military and veterans. Sana recently wrote a piece titled, Women Have Served in Combat Roles for a Decade. The Pentagon is Reopening the Debate.

What are the physical fitness standards that he's referring to? What does he mean?

What are the physical fitness standards that he's referring to? What does he mean?

What are the physical fitness standards that he's referring to? What does he mean?

Okay, so the standards for the Army are going to change. What were they and what are they changing to?