Simon Chen (@simonbchen) is a medical pathologist whose family immigrated to Canada after witnessing the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Recently, he read an article in the New England Journal of Medicine by a white woman confessing her privilege and subtle acts of racism, and it eerily reminded him of the confession his grandfather wrote before being executed during China’s Cultural Revolution. We talk about the similarities between Mao’s movement and the radical strains of current progressivism, an...
Apr 10, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Claire Graham (@MRKHvoice on twitter) is a British woman who began speaking out about the misuses of the intersex community by the trans lobby in the UK and elsewhere. In this discussion, she speaks with me about the difference between the intersexes and how biology can be messy—but not as messy as the activists would have us believe. Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce
Apr 08, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Carey’s Advice for Dysphoric Teens: https://bit.ly/2VrTinU Carey Callahan is a therapist and counselor and communicator of powerful loving truths. You can follow her wit and wisdom on twitter @catt_bear and her blog at http://careycallahan.com Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce
Apr 06, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Sasha (@SashaLPC) is a licensed professional counselor working in Texas. She and is one of the main (if not only) therapists using a least-invasive-first, individualized approach to gender-questioning teens. In this conversation (being our second) we speak about the developmental importance of identity, and how it can often be confused with individuality—that is, being an authentic self. You can find more about her work at https://inspiredteentherapy.com Best way to contact me is on twitter @Ben...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 46
François Margolin is a French filmmaker and documentarian. His latest film, "Jihadists" documents the world of strident—and unapologetically violent—Islamist sects in Africa and the Middle East. I was able to view an advance screener and it's a very powerful and often unsettling look into various regions that have been overtaken by a very hard version of Sharia Law. Watch the film via these outlets: Trailer: https://www.JihadistsFilm.com Vimeo Digital Stream: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/jihadists...
Apr 03, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Alexander Adams (@AdamsArtist) is an art critic and artist located in the UK. His collection of essays, "Culture War" was recently published by Societas Imprint Academic (imprint-academic.com). His essays pull no punches and have been a stimulating read for me, for whom the political and the artistic have always been at odds. Pick up your copy online or by requesting it through your local bookseller: http://books.imprint.co.uk/book/?gcoi=71157100083870 Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce Suppor...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Dr. Ray Blanchard ( @BlanchardPhD ) is a titan among researchers into sexuality, and spent a large portion of his clinical career studying homosexuality, transsexuality, and other paraphilias. He worked at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto beginning in 1980 and became the Head of Clinical Sexology Services at the Centre until 2010. His typology of transsexualism, and the concept of "autogynephilia" greatly influenced the research of previous guest Michael Bailey. In this disc...
Mar 29, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Kalvin has been a youtuber since his early teens. He also transitioned from male to female during this time, but remained skeptical of gender ideology. In this interview, we talk about his life on and offline, and his views on the current state of trans discourse. Kalvin's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/kalvingarrah Support this podcast at: https://paypal.me/benjaminboyce
Mar 27, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Maritza Cummings is a detransitioned natal female who was a strong trans advocate in the early and mid 2000's within the medical field. Some years ago, she began doubting that transition was correct for her, but instead a way of avoiding other issues she was beset with, such as childhood trauma and some neurological hiccoughs. She is now detransitioned and is speaking out against the Gender Identity Industry on youtube and via blogging. She's a firebrand, and takes a very strong anti-transition ...
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Rhys (@RhysMcKavanagh) is a transman dwelling in the UK. In this interview we discuss the difficulties not only in being trans, but how that identity has become in itself a political act. Rhys' speaks about his engagement on social media, the need for more moderate voices, and how biology isn't something you can escape from—without unintentional (and very biological) consequences. Best way to contact me is on twitter @BenjaminABoyce Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce...
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Helen Pluckrose (@HPluckrose) speaks to me about how postmodernism wed itself to Marxist activism and became the Grievance Juggernaut we see today. Helen is the editor of aeromagazine.com and is one of three intellectuals (along with James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian) involved in "The Grievance Studies Scandal" (see Mike Nayna's ongoing documentary series here: https://bit.ly/2ueIKwl). Support this channel via: https://paypal.me/benjaminboyce
Mar 16, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Ben (@gnc_centric) is a young detransitioned woman living somewhere in that broad stretch of northern real estate that pretends it's not a subsidiary of the US. Just kidding, Canadians. She recently started a youtube channel that pulls no punches about her early experiences in the LGBT and Kink communities, her gender dysmorphia, transition and detransition: https://www.youtube.com/c/gnc-centric
Mar 14, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Sasha Ayad ( @SashaLPC ) is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with adolescents on issues around gender identity. She's been an outspoken critic of the affirmation-only gender therapy model that is pushed by trans activists. Her therapeutic approach is exploration-based, compassionate, and seeks out a more nuanced understanding of the client as a whole person. Find her on the web at www.inspiredteentherapy.com Support this channel via www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce...
Mar 12, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Sean Lindsey (@RrTiste) is a transman and lover of Irish proverbs. In this interview he speaks about his cautious process of transition in the mid-90's, and the problems with the voices that have taken hold of the trans narrative. This is part of a series on Sexuality, Gender and Transition: https://bit.ly/2XzrgIH Support for this podcast can be given through https://paypal.me/benjaminboyce
Mar 09, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Lee Jussim (@PsychRabble) is a professor of Social Psychology at Rutgers University. He also identifies as a rabble rouser. His main focus in the social sciences is to get them consistently outputting high quality research. He is a firebrand and this conversation was fun as hell. Read his thoughts on psychology and the state of science at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rabble-rouser Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Jamie Shupe (@NotableDesister) entered the national spotlight when, in 2016, he legally changed his gender to "non-binary." In this interview, he speaks about that court case and his entry into and exit out of being a trans woman. You can find his writing (including excerpts from his autobiography) at https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com
Mar 05, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) is an evolutionary biologist and humanist who realized, somewhere along the road to professorship, that he was constantly putting off the moment he would speak up for science and against the anti-rational movements in the media—both social and mainstream. In this interview we talk about things that make webs and live in nests, and what they might tell us about human social interaction. This was one damn fine conversation—because SCIENCE.
Mar 03, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Dr. Michael Bailey is a professor of psychology and researcher of sexuality at Northwestern University. In this interview he shares his extensive research in paraphiliac (atypical sexualities), specifically those which inform some transgender experiences. We also speak about Gender Dysphoria and the current surge in young women identifying as trans during pubescence. Find his writings on the matter at 4thwavenow.com: https://bit.ly/2ARoUtN
Mar 02, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Helena (@lacroicsz) is the third member of The Pique Resilience Project that I've had the honor of interviewing. In this discussion, she speaks about her experience of dysphoria and how interactions online (via Tumblr and Reddit) influenced her transition—and how she realized that an ideology was boxing her into a life that brought more frustration than joy. Connect with The Pique Resilience Project on twitter at @PiqueResProject and on youtube at http://youtube.com/c/piqueresilienceproject...
Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Cory Clark (@ImHardcory) is a social psychologist and experimental philosopher focusing on free will and bias—and that's pretty much what we discuss in this interview. She runs a podcast with Bo Winegard (another psych prof) called Psyphilopod, found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8mHb9VLBbrlvzRRwwGgL5w
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Discussing mass hysteria, rights of passage, and the meaning of transformation with Jungian Analyst Lisa Marchiano (@LisaMarchiano). Lisa is a prolific author at thejungsoul.com, and runs a weekly podcast at thisjungianlife.com Articles on teen transition: https://quillette.com/2018/03/01/transgenderism-social-construction-diagnosis/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332925.2017.1350804
Feb 24, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Chiara (@chiaracanaan) is a founding member of The Pique Resilience Project a collective of young women focused on providing guidance and advice to gender questioning teens and their parents. Check out there channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmGEMjyAwk6R1lTmG_JjLUA
Feb 22, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Rachel Fulton Brown (@RFultonBrown) is a Medieval Scholar who writes on the Catholic contemplative tradition, focusing on the divine feminine. In this interview we explore what Mary represents in the journey of spiritual progress.
Feb 16, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 25
This is the first of two discussions between Dr. Jane Clare Jones (@janeclarejones) and myself. You can find her writing at janeclarejones.com
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 24
BJ Campbell is an engineer and data nerd. His essays on gun control and media manipulation can be found at: https://medium.com/handwaving-freakoutery
Feb 09, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Professor John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john) teaches Cognitive Science, Mindfulness, and Buddhism at the University of Toronto. He's producing a series of lectures titled "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" charting the development of thinking technologies (narrative, writing, democracy, etc), and their influence on our development as selves and as a species—and how at this point in history we are struggling to make collective and individual meaning. Check out his work at https://www.youtube.com/use...
Feb 06, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Excerpted from "A Resistance of Letters", this short story details the vicissitudes of two unemployed lovers in early 2000's Portland, Oregon.
Feb 06, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Alexander Adams is an artist and art critic who splits his time between Britain and Germany. In this interview we speak about the encroachment of identity politics into the art world, and its significance on the aesthetic project. More from Adam: http://www.thejackdaw.co.uk http://www.alexanderadamsart.wordpress.com http://www.alexanderadams.art
Feb 03, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Loir Leser (@YouTuberLaw) is a tech lawyer and the host of the YoutuberLaw youtube channel. In the past he has been answering many legal questions about the state of digital rights, free speech, and deplatforming. When Patreon banned Carl Benjamin, and then Paypal cut off business with the Patreon competitor SubscribeStar, Lior decided it was time to act. He is now pursuing an Anti-Trust Complaint with the FTC against PayPal, and has found himself in the center of an emergent digital rights move...
Jan 24, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Dr. Jane Clare Jones, a UK feminist scholar, and I speak about what feminism is trying to tell society about the treatment of women. Her essays can be found at https://janeclarejones.com, and she can be followed on twitter @janeclarejones.
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 18
