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Beyond Gender

Stella O'Malley, Mia Hughes, Bret Alderman

What’s really going on with gender—and how does it connect to wider cultural shifts? Psychotherapist Stella O’Malley, researcher Mia Hughes, and psychologist Bret Alderman explore how debates around gender, identity, psychology, and medicine open up bigger questions about culture, society, and mental health. With guests ranging from doctors and therapists to parents and detransitioners, they offer honest, thoughtful discussions—no jargon, no ideology.

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  • weekly
  • Avg 1 hr 9 min
  • English

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  • Thursday · 1 hr 7 min

    She Went UNDERCOVER in Youth Gender Clinics | Róisín Michaux

    We are joined by Róisín Michaux, an Irish journalist living in Brussels.Róisín describes going undercover with a fictitious distressed, autistic teenage girl, and her investigations into how Irish youths access gender medicalisation, including clinics in Madrid that will perform mastectomies on minors.

  • August 20 · 1 hr 11 min

    Journalism & Corruption with Nick Wallis

    Journalist Nick Wallace discusses the UK's Post Office scandal that led to over 700 wrongful prosecutions, and the incredible story of how this scandal came to be exposed. Nick draws parallels to 'gender medicine' and institutional failure, the erosion of trust and the dangers that brings.

  • August 13 · 1 hr 23 min

    He Thought He Won the Battle Against Gay Conversion Therapy - But He's Fighting Again

    Canadian writer Peter Gajdics provides his retrospective view of the appalling treatment he received in the ‘90s from a (now known as) notoriously abusive psychiatrist who trained under Arthur Janov. Midway through this process, a darker reality slowly dawned on him. The psychiatrist was trying to rid him of his homosexuality. In his pursuit of justice, he was later confronted with a trojan horse in conversion therapy bills.

  • July 30 · 1 hr 11 min

    Deanne Jade

    Deanne Jade is a psychologist and founder of the National Centre for Eating Disorders. In this podcast episode, we discuss the ‘golden thread’ between eating disorders, self-harm and gender dysphoria as socially reinforced behaviours that persist despite harm. Deanne highlights the complexity of these disorders - and the people experiencing them - which requires thorough and gradual assessment.

  • July 23 · 1 hr

    Dr Jon Mills

    Dr Jon Mills is a Canadian philosopher-psychoanalyst, teacher and author. In this Beyond Gender episode, Jon discusses being targeted by a cancel campaign, where he has been labelled a racist and white supremacist, and blacklisted from a psychoanalytic organisation, which prompted his edited book, “Woke: A Critique of Social Justice Ideology.”

  • July 16 · 1 hr 7 min

    Malcolm Clark

    The bonkers and bizarre world of apotemnophilia & its connection with trans, the darker side of life, and were there ever autogynephilic Vikings?

  • July 9 · 1 hr 19 min

    Dr. Michael Gurian

    Dr. Michael Gurian is a marriage & family counsellor, author, and co-founder of The Gurian Institute.

  • July 2 · 1 hr 11 min

    Alex Byrne & Moti Gorin

    In this Beyond Gender episode, Mia interviews philosophers Alex Byrne (MIT) and Moti Gorin (Colorado State) about their paper "Trans Kids and 'Making Up People'," using Ian Hacking’s ideas about “making up people” and the looping effect to make their argument.

  • June 25 · 1 hr 14 min

    Michael Kerr

    Michael Kerr is a detransitioned man from Scotland who has created Detransition Pathway UK, a peer-to-peer support organisation to support others through the process of detransitioning.

  • June 18 · 58 min

    Dr Louise Irvine

    Dr Louise Irvine is a UK-based General Practitioner, GP trainer and Co-Chair of the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG). CAN-SG has a conference in London on 5th and 6th July: "Rethinking Youth Gender Medicine"

  • June 11 · 57 min

    Melissa Skinner

    Melissa is the mother of Jonni Skinner, who shares the shocking account which led her to feelings of shame - to sadness - to anger. She was told by social worker Sara Wiener - amongst other pseudoscientific methods of persuasion - that her 13 year old son must go down this path or else he will commit suicide. Melissa was sent to a sex shop to buy a silicone body suit for her son, before the doctors whom she trusted put Jonni on a cocktail of oestrogen and spironolactone before later adding puberty blockers. She details Jonni’s serious health issues which were caused by the negligent treatment, denied by the doctors who were supposed to help.

  • June 4 · 1 hr 17 min

    Jon Kay

    Jon Kay is a Canadian editor, writer and podcaster for Quillette.

  • May 28 · 1 hr 6 min

    Dr Kris Kaliebe

    Dr. Kristopher Kaliebe is is a Professor of Psychiatry at University of South Florida. He is certified in psychiatry, child adolescent, and forensic psychiatry.

  • May 21 · 1 hr 10 min

    Dr Anders Sørensen

    Dr Anders Sørensen is a clinical psychologist and author of 'Crossing Zero: The Art and Science of Coming Off — and Staying off — Psychiatric Drugs.'

  • May 14 · 1 hr 10 min

    Pear Joseph

    Pear Joseph is a gender non-conforming gay man who works with the LGB Courage Coalition.

  • May 7 · 1 hr 8 min

    Ellie Lee

    Ellie Lee is a Professor of Family and Parenting Research at the University of Kent and Director of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies.

  • April 30 · 1 hr 4 min

    Dr. Craig Wiener

    In this episode, Dr. Craig Wiener joins the podcast to discuss the growing trend of protectionism in Western societies, fueled by the medicalization of psychology and the drive to safeguard individuals against perceived harms. Dr. Wiener shares his extensive experience as a therapist and the philosophy behind his work, including his book 'Backyard Politics,' which examines the dichotomy between protectors and promoters. The conversation delves into how diagnoses like ADHD and gender dysphoria can act as thought-stopping mechanisms, preventing deeper analysis and self-improvement, and the potential societal consequences of over-protectionism. The discussion also addresses the roles of parenting, traditional psychology, and the need for balanced approaches to foster self-reliance and resilience in individuals. http://www.craigwiener.com/

  • April 23 · 1 hr 2 min

    Joseph Figliolia

    Joe Figliolia is a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute.In this podcast episode Joe discusses his report on the Texas Medical Association (TMA) as a case study in how medical societies adopt positions on paediatric gender 'medicine' without independently evaluating evidence, instead deferring to a small set of associations in a “citation cartel.” He describes how this area has been captured and how he has come across many flaws and contradictions in the policies he’s studied. https://manhattan.institute/person/joseph-figliolia

  • April 16 · 1 hr 32 min

    Gurwinder Bhogal

    Gurwinder Bhogal is a writer with a background in tech. In this episode, Gurwinder explores with us the addictive design of social media and its effects, drawing parallels to casino design. He also discusses his personal interactions with Luigi Mangione and provides some philosophical wisdom on how to navigate life in the digital age.

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