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Your host, Meghan Murphy, explores feminist perspectives on everything from pop culture to politics, from hot-off-the-press news stories to cultural trends. If it's happening to women, we're talking about it. Through interviews and discussion, Meghan brings you fresh, powerful, radical voices from t…

Meghan Murphy


    • Sep 13, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 76 EPISODES

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    Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Marxist who was cancelled for speaking out against gender identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023


    Helen Joyce on how Labour changed its stance on gender identity, why women's bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt Walsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder of Sex Matters, Helen Joyce, about new political developments in the UK around gender identity legislation, why women's bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt Walsh

    Jennifer Bilek on the true roots of the transgender movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023


    In this episode, I speak with Jennifer Bilek about the millionaires funding the transgender movement and what they aim to accomplish

    Jill Ovens resigned from New Zealand's Labour Party to start the Women's Rights Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023


    Why are dangerous men still being housed in women's prisons?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023


    Pornhub was hosting videos of minors and trafficking victims — what's next?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023


    The truth about OnlyFans, with Alix Aharon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Alix Aharon about the realities behind platforms like OnlyFans and porn in the internet age.

    Are trans rights human rights? Robert Wintemute on the trans rights debate and how we got here

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023


    Trans activists stopped Prof. Robert Wintemute's talk, but started an international conversation.

    Scottish women face a bigger fight as gender self-ID bill passes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023


    Scottish women suffered major blow in December when the SNP government passed a bill that will allow anyone to get a gender recognition certificate through self-declaration without a diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” or doctor's assessment. They will need only to claim to have been “living as a different gender” for three months. Teenagers will become…

    Marissa Darlingh was fired as a school counselor for speaking out against gender identity ideology

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022


    Marissa Darlingh is suing the Milwaukee Public School District after she was fired from her job as a school counselor for speaking out against gender identity ideology in schools at a rally.

    Maryam Namazie on the women's revolution in Iran

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Maryam Namazie, feminist, secularist, and human rights activist, about the uprisings she calls a "women's revolution" in Iran.

    Sall Grover wanted to create a female-only app — she didn't know that would make her a target

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder and CEO of Giggle, a female-only social network and app

    Beyond Fantasy — Benji Nolot exposes the dark truth about porn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with the producer of a new documentary series looking at the disturbing truth about the pornography billions watch around the world.

    Do feminists need to pick a side? Katy Worley on political purity and Standing for Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Katy Worley, also known as DJ Lippy, about the argument that feminists must only ally with the left, not the right.

    The Business of Birth Control

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Abby Epstein and Holly Grigg-Spall about the profit motive compromising the pill and women's health, and why women need to think more critically about hormonal birth control.

    Are gun rights women's rights? Antonia Okafor Cover offers a feminist argument for gun ownership

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022


    Most feminists don’t think as guns as a means to empower women — rather, we tend to see them as a danger. Antonia Okafor Cover, the founder and president of EMPOWERED, an American non-profit, sees things differently. Antonia is the National Director of Women’s Outreach and a national spokesperson for Gun Owners of America. She…

    Julie Jaman was banned from her pool for telling a man to leave the change room, but she's not backing down

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Julie Jaman, the 80-year-old woman who was banned from her community pool for asking a man to leave the woman's change room.

    Louise Perry thinks sexual liberation didn't liberate women at all

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Louise Perry, author of "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution," about how modern sexual and relationship norms hurt women.

    Christina Ellingsen is facing prison time for saying that men can't be women

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Norwegian feminist Christina Ellingsen, who is being investigated under hate crime charges for saying that men can't be lesbians or mothers.

    Katherine Deves on Australian politics, modern feminism, and why she stood up for girls' and women's sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speak with Katherine Deves, the co-founder of Save Women's Sports Australasia, who ran as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Warringah in 2022.

    Mary Lou Singleton on Roe v. Wade, the abortion debate, and how we got here

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Mary Lou Singleton, a midwife and nurse practioner, about the flaws in the abortion debate and the implications of overturning Roe v. Wade.

    Maya Forstater on her Employment Tribunal win, #respectmysex, and JK Rowling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022


    On the podcast, Meghan Murphy speaks with Maya Forstater, co-founder of Sex Matters and the 'Respect my sex if you want my X' campaign.

    Does Twitter hate women? Holly Lawford-Smith on ‘Gender-Critical Feminism,' hate speech, and the future of Twitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Holly Lawford-Smith about social media censorship and her new book, "Gender-Critical Feminism."

    Feminists in Quebec are fighting to curb surrogacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022


    Surrogacy has become a relatively mainstream practice. Celebrities and those with means treat surrogacy as a harmless option to aid women who cannot or do not wish to carry their own babies or to allow gay couples to have children. Few seem to consider the impact on mother and baby. A new surrogacy bill in…

    Andrea Heinz worked as an escort, a dominatrix, and a brothel owner in Edmonton — now she educates people about prostitution and ‘sex work ideology'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022


    The stories of those who exited prostitution tend to be wildly different than those still working in the industry and identifying as “sex workers.” And what men tend to believe about those working in prostitution tends to align with that “sex worker” narrative as well — that some women just really enjoy prostitution, that it…

    Child marriage in Mexico persists, despite legislative changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Elvira Pablo of Girls Not Brides about child marriage in Mexico.

    Milli Hill on the Positive Birth Movement and how she was banished from her own community

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021


    Milli Hill is a freelance journalist and author The Positive Birth Book, Give Birth like a Feminist, and a new book for preteens, My Period. She founded the Positive Birth Movement in 2012 and ran it until recently, when she was “cancelled” for defending woman-centered language when talking about pregnancy and birth. In this episode,…

    Natasha Chart on her new book, ‘Practical Politics for Bold Women'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021


    One of the most common questions I receive from women is, “How can I take action?” So many women are concerned about the legislation and ideology being embraced by politicians, the media, and institutions, yet feel helpless to make a difference.  A new book, Practical Politics for Bold Women, is for women who want to…

    PODCAST: The Famous Artist Birdy Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with The Famous Artist Birdy Rose, a UK-based artist from Essex who has been subject to an ongoing slander campaign on account of her advocacy for women and women's rights. Find her online @artistbirdyrose.  

    PODCAST: Carol Dansereau is fighting gender identity ideology in schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021


    While kids once would learn about their changing bodies, puberty, sex, and reproduction as part of “sex ed,” what is now being taught in schools has changed suddenly and rapidly, without consultation with parents or consideration for the impact on kids. Today, students are no longer learning about sex, but about “gender” and “gender identity.”…

    PODCAST: Men are being housed in women's prisons and the Canadian government doesn't care

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021


    Meghan Murphy speaks with Alia Pierini and Heather Mason about the impact of allowing males to be transferred to female prisons in Canada.

    PODCAST: Jess de Wahls can't be cancelled

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021


    On June 17, Britain's Royal Academy of Arts published a post on Instagram, saying: “Thank you to all those for bringing an item in the RA Shop by an artist expressing transphobic views to our attention. We were unaware of the artist’s stated views, and their work will not be stocked in the future. We…

    PODCAST: Trans Mission — an interview with Jennifer Lahl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021


    The transitioning of kids is ever more common these days, despite growing concerns about physical, mental, and social impacts of encouraging youth to identify as the opposite sex. A new documentary film, Trans Mission, explores the background, messaging, and consequences of transitioning kids, through conversations with doctors, experts, parents, educators, and detransitioners. In this episode,…

    PODCAST: Beth Stelzer is on a mission to save women’s sports

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021


    Meghan Murphy speaks with Beth Stelzer, founder of Save Women's Sports.

    PODCAST: Donna Hughes was denounced by her university for questioning gender identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021


    Meghan Murphy speaks with Donna Hughes, a Professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in the Gender and Women's Studies Department who was recently denounced for writing critically about gender identity ideology.

    PODCAST: The limitations of social media feminism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Jessica Megarry about feminist organizing online and women's experiences on social media.

    PODCAST: Courtney Piper on Women Picket DC

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021


    On January 20 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Biden’s order chooses to interpret sex broadly as “sexual orientation and gender identity” but does not make any provisions for the physical category of sex, meaning that women and girls may…

    PODCAST: Will President Joe Biden’s executive order erase women’s rights?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021


    Last month, on inauguration day, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Women across the United States and around the world reacted with anger. This meant, they feared, the erasure of women’s sex-based rights. But the language and impacts of the order…

    PODCAST: Phyllis Chesler on Aileen Wuornos, America’s ‘first female serial killer’

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021


    Meghan Murphy speaks with Phyllis Chesler about her new book, Requiem for a Female Serial Killer.

    PODCAST: Keira Bell fights the unethical prescribing of hormone blockers to minors in the UK

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 49:15


    Meghan Murphy speaks with Keira Bell, the 23-year-old detransitioner who is suing the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, arguing minors cannot consent to puberty blockers.

    PODCAST: Helen Joyce on doing journalism in the gender identity era

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 64:25


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with journalist Helen Joyce about what she's learned covering the gender identity trend and its impact on girls.

    PODCAST: The Transsexual Empire revisited — Janice Raymond on transgenderism, yesterday and today

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 70:02


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Janice Raymond about her book, The Transsexual Empire, and what has happened since, in terms of the conflict between transgenderism and feminism.

    PODCAST: The Women’s Human Rights Campaign launches in the US, fighting to save women’s sex-based rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020


    Meghan Murphy speaks with Katherine Acosta and Lauren Levey about the aims of WHRC USA and the problem posed to women by the Equality Act (H.R. 5).

    PODCAST: Daphna Morell and Luba Fein on the feminist movement in Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Daphna Morell and Luba Fein about the Israeli feminist movement.

    PODCAST: Susan Hawthorne — In defense of separatism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 44:33


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Susan Hawthorne about her book, "In Defense of Separatism."

    PODCAST: Prof Kathleen Lowrey didn’t hide her views on gender identity ideology, and was punished for it

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 62:24


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Kathleen Lowrey, who was dismissed from her position as associate chair of undergraduate programs for the department of anthropology at the University of Alberta due to her views on gender identity and sex.

    PODCAST: Stella Perrett on why free speech and satire should matter to feminists

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 61:17


    Stella Perrett was a political cartoonist for the UK’s only socialist daily newspaper, The Morning Star, from 2015 to 2020. She had published cartoons criticizing capitalism, the police, Brexit, the American president, and more. It…

    PODCAST: Women as ‘breeders’ — Renate Klein on the harms of surrogacy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 64:42


    In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Renate Klein about the harms of surrogacy.

    PODCAST: A global feminist perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic is needed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 52:12


    The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone. But imagine if you were impoverished, a migrant, or living in close quarters with no way to socially isolate. What if you were a prostituted woman? A…

    PODCAST: Michelle Mara on the truth about the decriminalized sex trade in New Zealand

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 129:29


    PODCAST: Indian filmmaker Vaishnavi Sundar made a film about sexual harassment, then got cancelled by liberal feminists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 48:16


    Last month, a scheduled screening of Vaishnavi Sundar’s film, But What Was She Wearing? was abruptly cancelled. Vaishnavi was told, a week before the screening, that the event was cancelled because of her “transphobic” views.…

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