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How old is Cori? Will the NYT podcast The Protocol change minds? Is there any competence in the Trump administration? Why is Nina's cat pooping on the floor? These questions and more are asked, but not entirely answered, as we move in and out of the fetal position, name-drop various GC power players, and read aloud comments from another podcast's subreddit.Important note: Cori is COMPLETELY WRONG about last week's timeline: Nina wrote about her cat 2 days after we recorded last time. Is his muddled thinking a symptom of estrogen withdrawal, or turning 50? SO MANY QUESTIONSLinks:Pussy Whipped (Nina's blog): https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/06/07/pussy-whipped/Informed Dissent analysis of The Protocol: Part 1 Part 2: Missing from NYT's podcast THE PROTOCOL (Glenna Goldis on X): https://x.com/glennagoldis/status/1930969733748113531Elliot Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_PageKinnon MacKinnon https://www.yorku.ca/positivechange/2022/06/24/kinnon-mackinnon/Dude Looks Like A Lady (Aerosmith):The comments we read from the Blocked & reported subReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1l1971t/comment/mwmctet/Credit Is Due (The Attribution Song): Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

The Young Generation (Cori) reaches out to the Old Generation (Nina) and exhibits patience while pretending to listen to geezer tales of things that go wrong with body parts and the SSDI Blue Book. Then we get into the hip, happenin', swingin' NOW with the latest news on gay martyrs, fake martyrs, and trans martyrs. Nina consents to Cori's exposition on immigration, and somehow gets stuck comparing illiberal policy to her Junior High school cafeteria. Plus: tribal identities, Cori's synagogue, lenses, spicy food, organ recitals, Title VII, cooling sheets, and a surprisingly out-of-character bathroom joke.Cori and Nina may not be equals, but they are co-hosts, which is about as close as we can get in this life.LinksSSDI Blue Book: https://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/AdultListings.htmhttps://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/05/31/illustrating-the-ssdi-blue-book/Jonathan Joss: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jonathan-joss-killing-police-records-neighbor-dispute-rcna210670Matthew Shepard: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/26/the-truth-behind-americas-most-famous-gay-hate-murder-matthew-shepard Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori is almost 50, and Nina is 57 going on 80. We discuss bronchiectasis, health hazards, witchcraft, hypertonic saline, nebulizers, oxygen monitors, IQ tests, lifesaving gender-denying healthcare, pulmonology, and being a delicate flower. Cori gives a speech, doesn't quit his job, and asks: at what age did we become adults? Why was he kicked out of his mom's house at age 17? How do you pronounce ‘syncytial'? Covid may have taken decades off Nina's life, but this episode will take less than an hour off yours.Links:Cori's speech: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1920583202114027686Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/respiratory-syncytial-virus/symptoms-causes/syc-20353098Nina's illness art: https://blog.ninapaley.com/category/crohns/Maryn Cadell - The Pope Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

After several conversations about antidepressants, the Dorx welcome back pediatrician Dr. Julia Mason, who prescribes Selective Seretonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) to young people. Do we even know what these drugs do to developing brains? How do antidepressants compare with “gender-affirming care”? Does Barlean's Fish Oil really taste like lemon custard? We also talk about myelnation, the distress of youth, the parasympathetic nervous system, neurotransmitters, immunosuppression, social costs and benefits of treatments, wildly swinging trends in medicine, unintended consequences, public schools, and the over-diagnoses of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Medical institutions have a lot to answer for, but at least we have Nampons for nosebleeds.Links:Nampons: https://nampons.com/SEGM: https://segm.org/about_usFeminist blogger with Crohn's Disease: https://cannabisrefugeeesq.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/cannabis-refugee-esq/Nina on Prozac: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/02/08/back-on-zac/myelination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyelinationBarlean's Fish Oil https://www.barleans.com/collections/fish-oils/products/seriously-delicious-omega-3-fish-oil-lemon-cremeListening to Prozac: https://www.peterdkramer.com/new-pageThe Noonday Demon: https://andrewsolomon.com/books/the-noonday-demon/Xeno's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes#Dichotomy_paradoxJulia Mason on the Chain of Trust in Medicine:Hunter in a Farmer's World by Thom Hartmann: https://www.hunterinafarmersworld.com/NYT: Have We Been Thinking About ADHD All Wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250413&instance_id=152482&nl=the-morning®i_id=58030095&segment_id=195907&user_id=a173f8835e89df3e22af711782032be9Jamie Reed also recommends Nampons: https://x.com/JamieWhistleOur 2023 Julia Mason interview: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-105-pediatric-disenchantment-with-julia-mason-md/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori is a hard-working corporate employee who dutifully contributes to America's tax base. Nina is a low-income artist with Crohn's Disease whose medical expenses make her a net parasite, despite also paying taxes. After a surprise performance of improvised music by soda-can virtuoso Cori, we discuss tariffs, security, Medicaid, FICA, “maxing out contributions,” Incidence of Taxation, employment benefits, monetary incentives, distortions, the Tragedy of the Commons, suckers, rationalizations, population collapse/explosion, and episodic disability. Is art, work? How hard is it to be poor? Can air be privatized? Like Life itself, our tax/benefits system isn't fair, and it cannot go on forever. So a big Thank You to all American taxpayers who support unproductive, under-productive, post-productive, and ill members of society like your show-notes writer.Links:Leta Boylan testimonyTerminator 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/Tragedy of the Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commonsThe Economist on more people claiming entitlements: https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/04/02/the-tyranny-of-tiktokkers-who-turn-up Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori travels from statehouse to statehouse to testify against the worst excesses of gender ideology, while Nina gets sick for a month and loses her voice and relevance. Cori shares news from New Hampshire, where heterodox Democrat Jonah Wheeler is subject to a struggle session; Nina shares about watching television and playing Lexulous. Our lives couldn't be more different, but we come back together to argue about AI art, neurodivergence, diagnosis skepticism, the attention economy, and ice cream. Our new slogan is “Bring Back Retardation!” and we're doing our part.LinksJonah Wheeler breaks ranks with Democrats: https://x.com/Sidewalk_Steve/status/1902818393373413728Jonah Wheeler struggle/listening session:Cones ice cream (closed): https://www.yelp.com/biz/cones-artisanal-ice-cream-new-yorkWinter, a trans kid: https://x.com/LGBCourage/status/1899180045870010722Yarden Silveira: https://www.city-journal.org/article/yarden-silveira-death-transgender-surgery-complications?utm_source=virtuous&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cjdailyAsh Hall: https://www.aclutx.org/en/biographies/ash-hallOvarit shutting down: https://ovarit.com/o/Announcements/676340/ovarit-is-closingSeverance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/Autism self-diagnosis: https://x.com/buttonslives/status/1906851869106082120B******t Jobs by David Graeber: https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/david-graeber-b******t-jobs-a-theory-1.pdfepisodic disability: https://episodicdisabilities.ca/home.phpYou Be Illin' - RUN DMC: Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Following up on our June 2021 episode What If We Win? the Dorx ask whether we have won the gender wars yet. While discussing weak arguments, bad journalism, wrong pronouns, diversity of tactics, tolerance, metallurgy, the responsibility of power, and Cori's “boys,” still more questions arise: Why are people who know better still referring to men as women? Who coddles the coddlers? Is a Liberal's true authentic self an Authoritarian? How do you pronounce “Maori”? Listen to this episode for answers, and remember to STAY MARGINAL!Links:What If We Win? Heterodorx June 2021 episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-21-what-if-we-win/Blocked & reported Zizians episode: https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-247-the-zizians-reign-ofInformed Dissent podcast on Brianna Wu: https://informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/p/episode-12-the-babies-are-in-chargeNina's Tweet about pronouns: https://x.com/ninapaley/status/1893348769053254076Conservative NZ church hakka disrupts Pride parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOjP-L8acU8&ab_channel=AllBlacksRumspringa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumspringa Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori suddenly pivots to surprise Nina with an unexpected interview about her lifelong mental health affliction and the medication she takes to manage it. What is the difference between grief and depression? Should you “feel your feelings” when your feelings are broken? What is serotonin? Which is a better theory of the brain: etchings or bike gears? We know very little about brains, which raises another question: can we talk to an SSRI expert?This is actually a pretty good discussion about depression and antidepressants, which is why we made it its own episode (the previous half is Episode 163: Cori's Boobs Break The Internet.)Link:Back on ‘Zac by Nina: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/02/08/back-on-zac/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

More than what you ever needed to know about Cori's breasts! Are they real? Are they implants? Are they gynecomastia? Whatever you call them (Cori calls them “the Boys”) they never fail to upset certain people on Twitter. Plus: Cori's sweater, Cori's scarf, Cori's weight, Cori's latest testimony at the Indiana Statehouse, Cori's political opponents, and — as if that weren't enough — Cori's conversion to Judaism!We broke this episode in two because Part Two is about something completely different.Links:KJK goes after Cori: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1889852099518955762Cori's testimony: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1889695879658938488Sia Liilii: https://nevadawolfpack.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/sia-liilii/11631Chris Daley, Indiana ACLU: https://www.aclu-in.org/en/biographies/chris-daley Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

A founding editor of online magazine Queer Majority, Rio Veradonir advocates “an inclusive vision of queerness grounded in the liberal value of universal human rights, rather than identity politics.” We discuss liberalism, anti-liberalism, the gay press, extremism in media, neo-marxism, critical social justice, legitimate vs made-up oppression, population politics, the right to hurt yourself, the distribution of mens' IQs, and, most importantly, pegging. Nina argues against surrogacy, Cori shares his podcast goals, and both admire Veradonir's use of the word “orthopraxy.” We also use the word “retarded” because Heterodorx is a free speech zone. Liberty for all!Links:Queer Majority: https://www.queermajority.com/Rio Veradonir: https://www.queermajority.com/about-the-editor-sub/about-the-editor-rvCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay: https://cynicaltheories.com/The Baby Boon by Elinor Burkett: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Baby-Boon/Elinor-Burkett/9780743242646Nina's Sex-Positive Memoirs: https://4w.pub/sex-pos-memoirs/Kaynes-Hayek Rap Battle:The Economist: https://www.economist.com/San Francisco Sex Information: https://www.sfsi.org/Andrea Dworkin on The Sexual Revolution: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2019/08/23/andrea-dworkin-on-the-sexual-revolution/Wilfred Reilly: https://www.queermajority.com/contributors-1/wilfred-reillyDaniel Quasar: https://designsbydanielquasar.com/pages/freelance-and-commissions/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori and Nina endure 2 hours of neo-religious propaganda so you don't have to. Instead, you must endure 20 minutes of Nina attempting to recall plot points while Cori complains how long it's taking. Are the characters flat, or nuanced? Is the movie merely terrible, or does it have cult classic potential? Is the director cleverer than we give him credit for? How much can the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences humiliate itself? Cori eventually talks himself into giving two thumbs up for “The Room of 2024” while Nina is just glad it's over.Links:Emilia Pérez: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20221436/Vaginoplasty song: The Room: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368226/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_2“Oh hi Mark”: Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori and Nina take turns reading aloud Trump's Executive Order 14168: Defending Women from Gender Identity Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, commenting on every section. You won't get a deeper analysis than ours, although you must endure Cori's over-dramatic reading voice and the hosts' occasional bickering.Links:Executive Order 14168: Defending Women from Gender Identity Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/TERFle Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Island Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Remember the Free and Open Internet? Tech journalist Bryan Lunduke does, and isn't afraid to write about its demise one institutional capture at a time. We discuss having our hearts broken by our beloved Internet Archive; the Wikipedia Foundation's shady dealings; the Electronic Frontier Foundation's championing “the right for little children to look at porn on the internet”; and Mozilla's “Feminist decolonial lgbtqia+ climate justice using AI event in Zambia.” Like any good journalists, we ask the tough questions: How do you get your name forbidden by ChatGPT? Who is more banned from conferences, Lunduke or Paley? Are we gonna have a free and open internet, or not? (Answer: not.) Whether you love nerds or merely are one, this entertaining episode will have you wanting to get offline more than ever.Links:The Lunduke Journal: Lunduke.comChatGPT Can Not Say “Bryan Lunduke”: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/chatgpt-can-not-say-bryan-lundukeThe Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/Our Kiwi Farms/Josh Moon episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-107-how-the-internet-lost-its-backbone-with-joshua-moon/Cori's Kiwi Farms article: https://corinnacohn.substack.com/p/the-world-should-not-need-kiwi-farmsLarry Sanger Speaks Out: https://christopherrufo.com/p/larry-sanger-speaks-outWomen in tech: https://mimiandeunice.com/2018/11/07/women-in-tech/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Cori and Nina “deform” a flag and it goes viral for a few seconds, thanks to the outrage of self-diagnosed autists. But hysterical online denunciations aren't what they used to be, especially when you identify as an A*****e, as Nina now does to treat her kindness dysphoria. Many questions arise about Cori: how human is he? Will he sue his “healthcare providers”? Would he have died sooner if he hadn't transed? Will he convert to Judaism? In sadder news, we mourn the passing of Cori's cat, Harley. May his cute and fluffy memory be a blessing.Links:Pride Restored pins: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/pride-restored-pin/Thank you for driving sales! https://x.com/sarahkahncept/status/1879229899476746749Hahahaha: https://x.com/LostTelly/status/1879664783991230550Helen Joyce and Jo CAMPBELL (who we embarrassingly misidentified as Jo Bartosch, sorry!): https://x.com/rorybowman/status/1879586791474512040Judge Vacates Biden's Title IX Rule: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/01/09/federal-judge-throws-out-bidens-title-ix-overhaulI Am An A*****e by Nina: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/01/16/i-am-an-a*****e/Nina's recent drawings: https://blog.ninapaley.com/category/100-drawings/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Lawyer and unyielding bicyclist Glenna Goldis knows the law, knows how to write, and knows women are female (ask her how!). After she describes her fancy road bike, and Nina lists her many recumbents, we move on to The US vs Skrmetti (also discussed here). Plus: cocaine, harm reduction, biker bars, the ACLU, propaganda, men in women's prisons, “improper housing,” cults, academics, clergy, saviors, honor court, gay marriage, SOGI, judge trainings, and the nascent Gender Critical Law Society. Goldis reminds us, “the people who fall for a scam are the people who are targeted for a scam,” and asks the important question: will Kara Dansky “flip” for Cori? Tune in and don't find out!LinksGlenna's substack: https://badfacts.substack.com/Glenna on X: https://x.com/unyieldingbicycWho's Who in US vs Skrmetti: https://badfacts.substack.com/p/whos-who-in-us-v-skrmettiRebecca Tuvel/Hypatia: https://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/05/25/open-letter-hypatia-controversy/Easy Racers: https://easyracers.com/GCCAN (now defunct): https://x.com/officialgccanWoLF: https://womensliberationfront.org/staff-and-boardAlison Bechdel: https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/about/Andrea Dworkin, “Abortion” from Right Wing Women: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2019/08/23/andrea-dworkin-on-the-sexual-revolution/“Lesbians” in tech: https://mimiandeunice.com/2018/11/07/women-in-tech/US v Skrmetti with Judge TERF: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/judging-us-v-skrmetti-with-judge-891Gender Critical Law Society survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8Z0ZmL4JEmObumuUQzM-AzhbQ2UP_FNZijYVQEjSxGU0WlA/viewform Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) is a family disease, affecting not only “trans kids” but parents and siblings too. Therapist, coach, consultant, and educator Stephanie Winn returns to Heterodorx to illuminate some of the hazards parents and other family members navigate: victimhood as identity, drama triangles, destabilization, enabling secondary gain, estrangement, extreme defensiveness, exacerbating relationship difficulties, “game-able heuristics”, and the trifecta of social contagion. Cori and Nina talk a little about their own family difficulties, while Stephanie describes her course curriculum for parents.  In this life, there's no perfect parent. Indeed, there's no perfect person. But there are two perfect people: your co-hosts, Cori and Nina. Happy Holidays from Heterodorx! Links: PITT (Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans): https://www.pittparents.com/ ROGD Repair: https://course.rogdrepair.com/p/rogd-repair Stephanie's podcast, You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist: https://www.sometherapist.com/ Stephanie's "The Nature of the Beast of Gender Ideology" episode: https://youtu.be/RChLTmyepsY?si=R8YQV2OQMkG8PZs_ 2023 Ben Appel Heterodorx episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-103-doin-the-12-step-with-ben-appel/ 2022 Stephanie Winn episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-75-stephanie-winn-is-some-kind-of-therapist/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

AI Art Director, amateur comedian, band-aid specialist, DEI hire, and street researcher Chris Waites returns to Heterodorx — now with 10% more white! After disclosing some shattering news from 23&Me, Chris shares his expertise on AI generated visual art (please follow along on his Instagram page). Is AI art actually art? Does it threaten human art jobs? What are the differences between models such as Midjourney and DALL-E? Are there hot redheaded men? Is AI a tool, or a medium? Why can't AI imitate Nina's style? Can redheads have souls? Who produces more crap: humans or AI? What's the best way to write an AI visual prompt? Can a Pokemon consent? From Tumblr fursona artists to Google Gemini, the time of scarce content is over and a new era of head-spinning disorientation has begun. Bleeeep! Links: Chris's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/crswaites/ Our 2021 interview with Chris: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-18-a-black-band-aid-for-white-guilt-with-chris-waites/ Nina's $150 Drawings: https://blog.ninapaley.com/category/hundred-dollar-drawings/ Sarah Anderson vs AI: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/opinion/sarah-andersen-how-algorithim-took-my-work.html Preston Blair how-to-draw algorithms: https://animationresources.org/category/preston-blair/ Wim Wenders Until The End of the World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_the_End_of_the_World Chris Waites/Midjourney art for “Kick Out The Jams” https://www.instagram.com/p/DCXDmn3SFX5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Chris Waites/Midjourney art for “We're Not Going to Make It” https://www.instagram.com/p/DCXDCX4yUCw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Chris Waites/Midjourney art for The Presidents of the United States of America https://www.instagram.com/p/DCMkG1rPXm7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== “Bite Marks” by Suno AI & Cori Cohn: https://suno.com/song/fc8fe1ce-dd97-4846-88f1-66701f7e2721 Al Jaffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffee Don Martin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Martin_(cartoonist) Google Gemini advises “Please Die” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-chatbot-threatening-message-human-please-die/ Chris on fecebook: https://www.facebook.com/crswaites --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Retired MA High Court Justice & WoLF legal powerhouse Elspeth Cypher returns to Heterodorx to discuss US v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court case that could change the pediatric gender-industrial complex forever. Nina gives a “pedestrian viewpoint” of the hearing before superior legal minds Elspeth and Cori discuss  solicitor generals, attorney generals, constitutional chaos, differentiation, discrimination, Dobbs, Loving, quasi-suspect vs full suspect classification, the equal protection clause, differences between girls and boys, and sissy beer. Nina eventually gets to talk about her FEELINGS on suicidal ideation, the relentless annoyance of youthful distress, child abuse, un-adults, terrifying life processes, and the need to grow up and old. Then we hear Judge TERF's predictions of the outcome (coming Spring 2025), and Cori reminds everyone he TOLD YOU SO. Links: US v Skrmetti: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2024/23-477 US v Skrmetti Supreme Cour Oral Arguments (audio): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supreme-court-oral-arguments/id1734053538?i=1000679254238 Admiral Levine pressures WPATH: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/unsealed-court-documents-show-that Levine as drawn by Nina in the Gender Wars deck: https://www.heterodorx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/King_clubs.png “The Alabama case” Boe v. Marshall: https://www.alabamaag.gov/boe-v-marshall/ Don't Be A Lawyer (from Crazy Ex Girlfriend): https://youtu.be/Xs-UEqJ85KE?si=q89tFjRixG3bFKSH Cori TOLD YOU SO: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1670098583893291011 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Still on the path to conversion, Corinna updates us on his latest “Jew lessons” and why he kept the surname Cohn instead of anglicizing it to something like SparkleTree. We discuss the loss of oppression points for being Jewish; super-circumcision; antisemitism; and maybe visiting Israel someday. Meanwhile, Nina earns a subsistence wage sewing gloves, endures a Skyrizi On-Body Injector malfunction, talks to a robot, and looks like a grandma. Then we discuss Bluesky's authoritarian moderation policies. Is telling the truth masochistic? Do liars know they're lying? Are we losing a tranny, or gaining a Jew? Listen to this surprisingly wide-ranging episode to find out! Links: Poor audio quality and puns: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-151-fear-of-a-woke-bike-mechanic/ Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/jewish-literacy-revised-ed-joseph-telushkin?variant=32117445263394 Seder-Masochism: https://sedermasochism.com/download/ Cochin Jews of India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Jews Nina's Art Gloves: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/recovery-glovery/ Summer of Glove: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2024/10/28/summer-of-glove/ Crazy podcast full of commercials: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ir3Gp2SDjz2Gmo5ZxQftb Nina's Crohn's Disease treatment: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2024/03/02/my-last-hospital-administered-skyrizi-infusion/ Skyrizi On-Body Injector: https://www.skyrizi.com/skyrizi-complete/gastro/obi-support Bryan Lunduke: https://lunduke.com/ Cori's adventures on Bluesky: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1858381907714601083 MysticSymbolic: https://www.mysticsymbolic.art/ Jen Psaki lies on MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcKBpoooM5E It's Ma'am! https://youtu.be/EtqCgkOOjYc?si=iOZvAhM4YmpwjYl- --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Nina scrutinizes Cori's Jewish pedigree and flaunts her own, while Cori compares Nina to Hitler and Kamala Harris to baloney. Then we discuss last week's American presidential election! The suspense was killing us, but now we know who won (spoiler alert!) so we can stop compulsively checking our phones and breathe a sigh of relief and/or deranged terror. Cori reviews his history of voting Libertarian, dispenses advice for Democrats, bemoans his neighborhood Kroger, and warns, “all this hyperbole is literally gonna kill somebody." Shalom, TREFs and Trannies! Links: A Short History of the Jewish People by Raymond Scheindlin: https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/a-short-history-of-the-jewish-people-9780195139419?cc=us&lang=en& Seder-Masochism: https://sedermasochism.com/download/ tref: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tref haram: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haram Tables chairs and oaken chests (NOT cabinets): https://youtu.be/URWa0rbB1Kw?si=VAZnUZ7mv2rORo_v&t=136 Schadenfreude: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schadenfreude Handmaid's Tale uniforms: https://x.com/ninapaley/status/1854633563855208545 BRICS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS Nina's gloves: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2024/10/28/summer-of-glove/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Nina's social anxiety disorder impedes proper maintenance of her bicycles, while Corinna's anti-social disorder compels him to empty an entire canister of dad jokes into the podcast. Are pronouns passé? What is the word for lonely bereaved former cat owners? How much can you round up pi? Plus Nina announces a significant lifestyle change, and shares intimate details about Judge TERF. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review unless one of us isn't wearing a bra, and be sure to smash that “like” button! Epilogue: the one non-woke bike shop in Nina's town just got raided by federal agents for illegal firearms and explosives. I'm not kidding. Compelled pronouns or guns, those are your choices for bicycle repair in Champaign-Urbana. Links: Nina's 2022 blog post about gender and cycling: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2022/03/21/cycling-and-gender-intersect-in-meaningful-ways/ Byers Vacuum: http://www.byersvacuum.com/ Golden Harbour: https://www.goldenharboronline.com/ Our Judge TERF interview: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-145-queering-the-law-with-judge-terf/ Nevada Wolf Pack women's volleyball team boycotts San Jose: https://www.outkick.com/sports/unr-womens-volleyball-shared-stories-protect-womens-athletics Oskee-Wow-Wow Illinois! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Illiniwek Alma Otter: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2019/02/19/the-alma-otter/ Federal Agents Bust Urbana Bike Shop For Illegal Firearms and Explosives: https://www.wcia.com/video/urbana-man-indicted-after-federal-search-reveals-more-than-100-firearms-in-his-home/10153556/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

What happens when a butch lesbian who's been on testosterone 18 years realizes she wants back into womanhood? Whatever it is, prepare for a tidal wave of masculinized women about to do the same. Can women accept women who look like men as their own? How many masculine visual cues (facial hair, baldness) can/will/should other women tolerate? Is this uncomfortable liminal situation the fault of (de)transitioners themselves, or is it everyone's problem now? Aaron Kimberly discusses her own experiences post-T, including: irreversibility, male-passing forever, the crisis narrative of detransitioners, homophobia fatigue, and insensitive urinal jokes. Plus: turbo-butches, pink bows, the abstract vs the practical, giggling vs belly laughs, tiny heads, symbolic gestures, metoidioplasty, mental health, bowing out of groups, lesbian fashion compliance, Vancouver weirdos, fuzzy Birkenstocks, and elusive but desperately needed NON-affirming healthcare. Links: Aaron Kimberly on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.kimberly Aaron Kimberly substack: https://aaronkimberly.substack.com/ Aaron Kimberly twitter: https://x.com/Aaron_GDAC Genspect Lisbon conference: https://genspect.org/the-bigger-picture-lisbon/ LGB Alliance: https://lgballiance.org.uk/conference/ LGBT Courage Coalition: https://www.lgbtcourage.org/ Aaron Kimberly playing the banjo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLbUOie5y7k&ab_channel=AaronKimberly Rainbow Connection: https://youtu.be/WS3Lkc6Gzlk?si=jNqw-7J2pLuiH5ya Aaron Webster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Webster “She Look Like A Man”: https://youtu.be/b7NrJqV7i2k?si=oRoJhbtkr2psUeN4 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

The Dorx experience a proliferation of Cories as behavioral scientist Cory Clark shares fascinating observations about victimhood strategies, punishment, tribes, norms, taboos, hyper-cautious conformity, the ambition of academics, scrutiny of unpopular papers, self-censorship, socially costly beliefs, tenure, reputational threats, and socially desirable empirical conclusions that turn out not to be true. Nina signals her victim status as a canceled artist while morally judging cowards; Cori (Cohn) notes how errors in academia spread through society; and Cory (Clark) confesses she is a confessor to many a guilty and frightened professor. It turns out everybody wants power and status, even scientists! Maybe your co-hosts are doing it wrong. Links: Cory Clark's website: https://www.coryjclark.com/ Adversarial Collaboration Project: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/adcollabproject/ Cory Clark's Twitter: https://x.com/ImHardcory Lisa Selin Davis on the Philly Trans Wellness Conference: https://www.broadview.news/p/fear-and-loathing-and-trans-joy-in Stereotype Threat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Speaking of depression, Cori admits his but Nina sounds so cynically resigned maybe she's depressed too. After discussing feline euphoria, free speech, hate speech, terrible presidential candidates, and men's clothing, Cori reveals his misadventures trying to get medical care from endocrinologists who prioritize “gender identity” over human health. Nina brags about her postmenopausal testosterone-producing cojones and insists women are more than “estrogen containers”. We're getting sick of talking about gender but no one will talk to us about AI, and if we continue insulting potential guests no one will talk to us at all. Is this the end of “content”? Listen and decide — but please don't tell us. Links: Nina's announces write-in candidacy on Twitter while wearing men's clothing: https://x.com/ninapaley/status/1838284192540491924/photo/2 Judge TERF episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-145-queering-the-law-with-judge-terf/ Will Malone (Endocrinologist) episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-63-ask-an-endocrinologist-with-dr-william-malone/ Women's volleyball teams refusing to play San Jose State: https://www.christianpost.com/news/womens-volleyball-teams-forfeit-against-sjsu-over-trans-player.html High school girls' volleyball player gets concussion from male player: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13693959/payton-mcnabb-volleyball-player-paralyzed-brain-damage-transgender.html Female athletes sue NCAA: https://www.iconswomen.com/take-on-the-ncaa/ Seder-Masochism (Nina's movie about Passover): https://sedermasochism.com/download/ Nina's weird art gloves apocalypseanimated.com mysticsymbolic.art --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Political commentator and contrarian (but don't call him that) Richard Hanania talks about his transition from callow supporter of Barack Obama through the fringes of Internet reactionary libertarianism and back to good old fashioned American conservatism, only to find that such a thing hardly exists any more. He tells us that Trump is bad, the Covid vaccine is good, and either extreme is prone to be wrong. Maybe the middle isn't all that bad? Hanania steps on a copyright landmine, makes cartoon quips, and advocates for cultural changes that would be recognizable to grey-heads like Nina and Corinna who grew up in the 70s and 80s. Is he sincere, or is this a ploy to outrage his audience and expand his social media reach? You decide. Links: Crying At Starbucks (AI song directed by Corinna): https://suno.com/song/5c8cc286-dc79-4e46-87e2-4c18dd06f8fb Richard Hanania's Newsletter: https://www.richardhanania.com/ Links to books, podcasts etc.: https://www.richardhanania.com/about on twitter: https://x.com/RichardHanania Please Don't Call Me “Heterodox”: https://www.richardhanania.com/p/please-dont-call-me-heterodox Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella: https://mises.org/library/book/against-intellectual-property This Land Is Mine: https://youtu.be/8tIdCsMufIY?si=YRDGf5mspFd9K60t --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Science Fiction author and journalist Jon Del Arroz was canceled before being canceled was cool (2016) and sued WorldCon for banning him in 2018. He discusses author communities, latinx armor, being both marginalized and having white privilege, crowdfunding for comics, Trump Derangement Syndrome, the twist of no twist, small presses, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Neil Gaiman, John Scalzi, the noncompliant majority, the swing of the political pendulum, alien pronouns, Revelation, bringing God's kingdom on earth, Christian nationalism, and abortion vans. Cori reminisces about when science fiction was more libertarian, and Nina asks: what about the weirdos?  Links: Jon's website: https://delarroz.com/ Jon's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jondelarroz Jon on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B01NBOZVCP Jon on Twitter: https://x.com/jondelarroz Agents of H.A.G.: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/agents-of-h-a-g-comic-book/ Compliance Comix: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/compliance-comix/ Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association: https://www.sfwa.org/ Marion Zimmer Bradley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Zimmer_Bradley Wikipedia article on the Sad Puppies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Puppies Hugo Award nominees (best novel) on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel John Scalzi: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/07/16/and-now-here-i-am-in-a-regency-dress/ Nina's outdated bio (2005): https://ninapaley.com/bio.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

The Honorable Justice Elspeth B Cypher (Retired) left her appointment on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to become the most-interviewed yet least-heard Heterodorx guest. Cypher discusses the Biden administrations attempts to replace sex with gender in Title IX, and the efforts of 20+ states and Moms for Liberty to push back. We also cover women in Afghanistan, the Chevron Doctrine, federal money held over foster care, Tickle vs. Giggle, Tennessee vs Cardona, stays, staying stays, appeals, districts, the MA Supreme Court-to-TERF pipeline, faith in the judicial system, why pi does not equal 3 in Indiana, making unpopular decisions as a judge, retroactively transing Ruth “Theyder” Ginsburg, biological height, masculinity, fighting oppression with more oppression, flexibility vs functionality of law, hijacking compassion, and boobs. Cori gives Elspeth his Trans Blessing but doesn't have enough testosterone to give Nina his Andro-Blessing, proving once again there is no justice.  Links: The Alabama case Cori was talking about: https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202211707.2.pdf scold's bridle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scold%27s_bridle WoLF: https://womensliberationfront.org/ Chevron Doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council,_Inc. https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-chevron-doctrine-what-you-need-know Tickle vs. Giggle (Australia): https://quillette.com/2024/08/27/tickle-vs-giggle/ TN vs Cardona: https://adfmedia.org/case/state-tennessee-v-cardona Fight the Bears: https://indamidle.substack.com/p/fight-the-bears Email Judge TERF: elspeth@womensliberationfront.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

The Heteroducks quack about the bee stings, Covid spikes, and personal lockdowns that canceled their long-anticipated Portland trip. Then Cori “Ice Cream” Cohn pleads for nuance in considering 5-ARD males competing in women's sports categories. He argues it is solely the fault and responsibility of the International Olympic Committee, and our rage should be directed at these irresponsible, misogynistic, activist athletic organization hierarchs, not the athletes. Finally, IceCream attempts to define “Anti-Culture,” and Nina brings up demoralization and foreign agents. Remember: Bee mad at the IOC! Links: Portlandia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6IhNcnLwiw Airigami (no longer available): https://www.airgami.life/ Cori's alien sex toy: https://tinyurl.com/3mwj4yes Nina's bee-stung finger: https://x.com/ninapaley/status/1821193685255778487 Cori's tweet about 5-ARD athletes: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1819444488001278124 Demoralization (Yuri Bezmenov): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3EZCVj2XA Mania by Lionel Shriver: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/mania-lionel-shriver?variant=41080727437346 FBoy Island https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14825858/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Journalist, denominational mutt, and little-o orthodox Christian Brandon Showalter covers the “gender beat” at the Christian Post. He fills us in on how gender ideology is infiltrating churches, and answers: What is a Christian? What is gnosticism? How do denominations differ? What are human rights? What state has the worst drivers? (Maryland.) We also discuss the Nicene Creed, Reality's Last Stand, heresy, redemption, the flesh, self-idolatry, bioethics, the rise of the “nones”, evangelism, zealotry, sex scandals, martyrdom, persecution complexes, and how resistance to gender ideology is overcoming political divides. In the words of the world's most beloved un-killable zombie, you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:31). Links Brandon Showalter at the Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/by/brandon-showalter Brandon Showalter on Twitter: https://x.com/BrandonMShow Generation Indoctrination podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0voIUbVZu44iuZHtV3QIcm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBv_c__WF0jR0nl75FFNL68ryueQPTihu Deadname documentary: https://www.deadnamedocumentary.com/ Lesbian Julia Beck speaks at the Heritage Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l1DoUXAdH0&ab_channel=TheHeritageFoundation 2019 Heritage Foundation panel The Inequality of the Equality Act: Concerns from the Left: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMj9MOuRswc&t=0s&ab_channel=TheHeritageFoundation WRONG BODIES by Skirt Go Spinny: https://x.com/wrongbodies/status/1811125941541687316 Jesus Christ Superstar - Simon Zealotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMgCUcmJkI&ab_channel=MishaTsiklauri Facing East by Frederica Mathews-Green: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/facing-east-frederica-mathewes-green Owen Cyclops: https://owencyclops.com/about/ We Are Repaganizing by Louise Perry: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/10/we-are-repaganizing DOMINION by Tom Holland: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tom-holland/dominion/9780465093502/?lens=basic-books Pamela Paul NYT opinion piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/opinion/gender-affirming-care-cass-review.html Mary Daly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Daly John 8:31: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208%3A31-32&version=ESV --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Before White Guilt afflicted American liberals, the Russian intelligentsia set a precedent of their own. Famous professor of Russian literature Gary Saul Morson joins the Dorx to talk about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's literary masterpiece The Gulag Archipelago, which leads to so much more: the self-hatred of educated people; political orthodoxy; peer monitoring; doublethink; whether consciously telling falsehoods is lying; neurodivergence; literary appropriation; terrorism as a career path; the charisma of ruthlessness; and Nina's fetish for shoe polish. Solzhenitsyn saw the US heading in the same direction as Soviet Russia, and if you listen to this episode you might too. Links: Prof. Gary Saul Morson: https://slavic.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/morson-gary-saul.html The Masterpiece of Our Time: on The Gulag Archipelago at 50: https://newcriterion.com/article/the-masterpiece-of-our-time/ Morning After the Revolution by Nellie Bowles: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678113/morning-after-the-revolution-by-nellie-bowles/ The Age of White Guilt by Shelby Steele: https://www.cir-usa.org/2002/11/the-age-of-white-guilt-and-the-disappearance-of-the-black-individual/ Mosaic of Minds blog: https://mosaicofmindss.substack.com/ Living My Life by Emma Goldman: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-living-my-life The God That Failed: https://chinhnghia.com/the-god-that-failed.pdf Wonder Confronts Certainty by Gary Saul Morson: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674971806 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Proud Heterodork and super-smart lawyer Candice Jackson is so done dispensing with niceties. Returning 2 years after our first interview, she lays out how gender identity erases sex, skepticism of “third spaces,” obstacles in classifying gender ideology as a religion, what the Legislative and Executive branches of the US government are supposed to be doing, how modern modern “identity” is dissociated from the material world, the abuse and social contagion of suicide threats, the limits of compassion, and our collective need to return to reality and objectivity. Corinna is sarcastic as always, Nina milks our running gag about genocide-by-pronoun, and our discussion of the upcoming presidential election is already dated. Lots of interesting and provocative ideas in this one! Links: Candice Jackson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEJacksonLaw Our 2022 Candice Jackson interview: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-62-gender-government-and-law-with-candice-jackson/ Corinna addresses a father who transitioned his toddler: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1793276150271140212 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Libertarian Party candidate for US President Chase Oliver forced a runoff election in Georgia in 2022, is a former Democrat, loves guns, hates taxes, was disappointed in Obama, is the first openly gay presidential candidate on most ballots, is dyslexic and dysgraphic, likes audiobooks, would like to weaken the office of President, will be 39 in August, wants government out of education (and pretty much everything else), supports the harm reduction model of addition management, implies free market will solve everything, and sounds like a politician. Cori earnestly tries to convince Oliver of the problems of medicalizing “trans kids”; Nina pleads for protections for individuals and asks if Pacifism is a luxury belief; and our interview is briefly interrupted by a power outage.  This is the first in our series of Heterodorx Interviews With US Presidential Candidates. We're waiting for the Trump and Biden campaigns to get in touch so we can finish.  Links: Find Chase @chaseforliberty on all major social media platforms Chase Oliver website: https://www.votechaseoliver.com/ Chase Oliver 2024 Explained - Illustrate to Educate video: https://youtu.be/pGh2cYIPWsI?si=4xDXcoiqb6z4z_oI Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella: https://mises.org/library/book/against-intellectual-property Our Stephan Kinsella episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-10-i-p-everywhere-featuring-guest-heterodork-stephan-kinsella/ Nina's IndyGoGo canceling: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2023/01/06/indiegogo-cancels-agents-of-h-a-g/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Jules Louise was same-sex attracted, but more importantly she wanted to be a Good Person and “safe space for others” — so wound up married to a man. How did that happen? In this nuanced, heartfelt, and open conversation, Jules recalls her indoctrination into an ideology which destabilized her understanding of the world and herself, and her later emergence, along with that of her husband, detransitioned autogynephile Ray Alex Williams. We discuss Social Justice Camp, the Five Isms, hormones, polyamory, crossdressing vs dressing in crosses, internalized homophobia, Marxist Feminist analysis, the importance of material reality, phenomena, reconceptualizing vulnerability, and leaving the cult of gender for the cult of Taylor Swift. Plus: Cori correctly guesses the sex of a “they,” Nina is a cruel and horrible person who will never be invited to dinner at some people's houses, and a proposed TERF-Tranny Christmas in July!    Links: Our Ray Alex Williams episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-121-unblinded-by-the-light-with-ray-alex-williams/ Gender: A Wider Lens: https://www.widerlenspod.com/ Phenomena: https://youtu.be/Dnk0Be4a0aw?si=n-Q4Au7QE8_i1eqy Our Jamie Reed episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-126-mitigating-the-damage-with-jamie-reed/ Nina's Sex-Pozzie Memoirs: https://4w.pub/sex-pos-memoirs/ The Man Who Would Be Queen by Michael Bailey (free PDF): https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/JMichael-Bailey/TMWWBQ.pdf Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici: https://www.akpress.org/calibanandthewitch.html The Lesbian Heresy: a Feminist Perspective by Sheila Jeffreys: https://sheila-jeffreys.com/book/the-lesbian-heresy-a-feminist-perspective/ For more information about RISE on The Land for WOMEN, email Char at riseontheland2020s@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Cori and Nina visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and witness several miracles, including light tailwinds both directions of Nina's 168-mile bike trip, not having to play Spirit Island, and an epiphany or two while praying the rosary. Will Cori minister to the trannies? Is Nina distinguishable from a Sister of Providence? Have you heard the Good News about Reality? An impromptu recording we just made while catching up this afternoon. Oh yeah there were alpacas there! Link: Death Before Detransition: https://corinnacohn.substack.com/p/death-before-detransition-yes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Eli Steele's documentaries challenge narratives favored by guilty white liberals such as Nina before she got ejected from her own tribe. His latest, Killing America, connects the demise of honors classes and other merit incentives in US schools, with the rise of “liberation ideologies,” antisemitism, and the erasure of history. We discuss The Age of White Guilt by Eli's father, Shelby Steele; feminism; indulgences; fraudulent copyright claims; Hamas; Israel; sandworms; alternative film distribution; and Jews on Pluto. Born profoundly deaf, Steele has a “deaf accent” that may require extra attention to understand, but his ideas are unusually clear. Links: What killed Michael Brown: https://whatkilledmichaelbrown.com/ Killing America: https://x.com/Hebro_Steele/status/1776396571699294718?lang=en The Age of White Guilt: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2019/08/18/the-age-of-white-guilt-and-the-disappearance-of-the-black-individual-by-shelby-steele/ Sita Sings the Blues: https://www.sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html Man of Steele Productions: https://www.manofsteeleproductions.com/ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

British-Palestinian writer and analyst John Aziz joins the Dorx to repeat his wacky, out-there thesis: Israelis are not going anywhere, Palestinians are not going anywhere, both groups have legitimate claims to the land, and both must forge a realistic future of peace. This is unfortunately controversial. Aziz emphasizes Israel is not Vietnam or Afghanistan; offers a definition of Zionism; critiques Israel's military actions; asserts violent video games can reduce street violence; and is gratifyingly impressed to learn Nina made the animated musical short This Land Is Mine. Plus tunnels, elevated highways, October 7th, Hamas, social contagion, identical tents, antisemitism, two goats on a land bridge, and more!  Links:  John Aziz on Twitter: https://x.com/aziz0nomics Andy the Antizionist Heterodorx episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-115-ask-an-anti-zionist-with-andy-the-anti-zionist/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Is the ⁠video game developer⁠, computer programmer, ⁠GamerGate⁠ veteran, and ⁠aspiring politician⁠ “based” for ⁠recent statements⁠ against antisemitism? To find out, the Dorx invited Wu for an interview that lasted 2-and-a-half hours and is therefore broken into two parts. PART TWO: An increasingly contentious discussion of Jesse Singal, journalistic standards, changing sex, allies, public policies that are cruel to trans people, identity, dehumanization, tolerance, prejudice, the N-word, swastika flags, fringe opinions, cognitive dissonance, cancellation, and the value of trans experience. It's a long listen, but we think this episode gives a definitive answer to the title question. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Is the video game developer, computer programmer, GamerGate veteran, and aspiring politician “based” for recent statements against antisemitism? To find out, the Dorx invited Wu for an interview that lasted 2-and-a-half hours and is therefore broken into two parts. PART ONE: A friendly conversation about eyebrows, makeup, Zionism, antisemitism, GamerGate, WPATH standards, trans civil rights, binary vs. nonbinary, philosophical questions, the TERF-Tranny Alliance, JK Rowling, holocaust denial, India Willoughby, illiberalism, Media Matters, and the Harry S Benjamin Standards of Care. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

It would take a butcher to butch up Corinna enough to satisfy those clamoring for his detransition. Fresh from the UnSpeakeasy retreat in Louisville, the Dorx also discuss the Kohein priestly caste, street work, rimshots, shock collars, and Pronoun Ripple ice cream. Is Cori a homunculus dressed in a woman suit? How many cavities does he have? Does wearing lumberjack clothes make you a lumberjack? Can we achieve peace in the Middle East by blocking traffic in the US? Listen to this exceptionally casual episode to find out the answers, most of which are “no”. Links: The Lumberjack Song: https://youtu.be/FshU58nI0Ts?si=vVwQniymDpk_udP4 The UnSpeakeasy: https://www.theunspeakeasy.com/retreats Belissa Cohen on Corinna Cohn: https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Corinna%22%20(from%3ABelissaCohen)&src=typed_query&f=live Camp Trans: https://afterellen.com/setting-the-record-straight-about-michfest/ Urbana IL citizens push for city resolution for ceasefire in Palestine: https://www.news-gazette.com/news/after-70-speakers-are-heard-from-urbana-aldermen-pass-revised-gaza-resolution-receive-standing-ovation/article_ad04334c-f8fe-567f-a038-04aa53cdfbc7.html This Land Is Mine: https://youtu.be/8tIdCsMufIY?si=SgipauO73mibAzKZ Seder-Masochism: https://sedermasochism.com/download/ Gender and Nina's local bike club: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2022/03/21/cycling-and-gender-intersect-in-meaningful-ways/ The Milgram Experiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Aaaron Kimberly, Alice Dreger, Alex Byrne, Holly Lawford-Smith debate: Is Sex Binary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoT_ayxjXpg&ab_channel=MITFreeSpeechAlliance For more information about RISE on The Land for WOMEN, email Char at riseontheland2020s@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

What happens when an inquisitive, naturally hopeful, critical-thinking civics-oriented teacher educator gets a position in an Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education? She gets fired for not being "the right kind of Black person", and then speaks out about it while developing better alternatives for schools. Dr. tabia lee joins the Dorx to discuss travel, authenticity, finding pride in America, critical Social Justice, racial affinity groups, “white oppressors,” DEI gangsters, infighting, bad journalism, calling in vs. calling out, emotional reasoning, pronouns, sparklefun, purple hair, and living in a dystopian science-fiction timeline. Listeners will also be treated to optimism, good humor, and multiple Hollywood-style false endings! Links: Tabia Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/11Drtlee11 DEI College Director Fired for Not Being ‘Right Kind of Black Person': https://www.newsweek.com/dei-college-director-fired-not-being-right-kind-black-person-1813481 Free Black Thought: https://freeblackthought.com/voices/dr-tabia-lee Do No Harm: https://donoharmmedicine.org/ Dr. t lee Educational Consultancy: http://www.drtlee.solutions/services.html Coalition for Empowered Education: https://empowered-ed.org/about-us/ Paolo Freire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire ELIZA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA For more information about RISE on The Land for WOMEN, email Char at riseontheland2020s@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Beth Bourne is a lifelong Democrat, mother of an estranged trans-identified daughter, and model of courage in the belly of the beast that is the Golden State. After years of receiving slow and inattentive medical service, she told Kaiser Permanente she identified as non-binary and suddenly had speedy access to attention, validation, and any “gender-affirming care” their zealous trans-identified doctors could dream up: cross-sex hormones, double mastectomy, nipple grafts, body contouring, total hysterectomy, phalloplasty, and more! All at rock-bottom co-pays and fast-tracked by cooperative “therapists.” It's the stuff of nightmares, and that's before getting into her loss of friends, demonization by the local press, and a restraining order from her kid's school. From Davis to Redwood City to trans/human-trafficker "sanctuary city” Sacramento, Beth's story is as inspiring as it is harrowing. Links: “I Pretended to be ‘Nonbinary' To Expose A Medical Scandal at Kaiser Permanente”: https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/i-pretended-to-be-nonbinary-to-expose Beth Bourne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bourne_beth2345 DIAG: Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender: https://www.di-ag.org/ Moms for Liberty: https://www.momsforliberty.org/ For more information about RISE on The Land for WOMEN, email Char at riseontheland2020s@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Independent Scientist and emerging public intellectual J.D. Haltigan left academia for a life of forced leisure and blue-collar employment, but he'd rather pursue his passion for psychological research at an institution. He joins the Dorx to discuss Covid masking, psychopathology, bike helmets, denial of death, the neurotic anxious failure to develop identity, attachment theory, gender and co-morbid mental illness, the perversion of the caregiving instinct, limit-setting, ideological capture, Social-Emotional Learning as a proxy for parenting, mama bears, religion, pseudoreligion, the narcissism of “rescuers”, and the upcoming detransition contagion. Did we miss anything? Hopefully this episode will provide listeners with enough structure to construct a coherent narrative of life; if not, well, go outside and touch grass. Links: J.D. on twitter: https://twitter.com/JDHaltigan J.D.'s substack: https://www.jdhaltigan.com/ J.D. Haltigan on The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker: https://www.jdhaltigan.com/p/reflections-on-beckers-the-denial?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf Lionel Shriver writes about Corrie Cohn: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/children-need-protection-from-adult-madness/ Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716567/bad-therapy-by-abigail-shrier/ For more information about RISE on The Land for WOMEN, email Char at riseontheland2020s@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Cyd Zeigler started OutSports in 1999, gradually shifting focus from “pro sports from a gay men's fandom angle” to all things LGBTQ++, including trans athletes. He joins the Dorx to argue for inclusion of male trans athletes in female categories. From chess to football, Zeigler believes every sport can and should be treated differently; that sex categories open up opportunities; and that both sides point to Title IX as the reason they're right. Nina pushes back on safety; Corinna introduces the idea of locus of control; and everyone agrees more data is needed. Despite an unfortunate technical error that ends the game early (that's what happens when your tech support is an alpaca), Zeigler remains sportsmanlike throughout. Links: Outsports: https://www.outsports.com/ Renee Richards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Richards Nancy Hogshead-Makar: https://championwomen.org/meet-nancy-hogshead-makar/ Colin Wright explains sex categories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4WV9xv62f4&ab_channel=Genspect rainbow hockey tape ban: https://www.outsports.com/2023/10/24/23930391/nhl-reverses-pride-tape-ban-players-gay-lgbtq/ Colin Kaepernick kneeling: https://apnews.com/article/f9bbe38b748072531b07713736409181 Megan Rapinoe kneeling: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2663982-megan-rapinoe-kneels-during-national-anthem-before-usa-vs-thailand ICONS Women In Sports conference 2023: https://www.iconswomen.com/2023-international-womens-sports-summit/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

After Nina welcomes self-described autoandrophile and pervert advocate Aaron “The Contraaron” Terrell with a deliberate misgendering, the two adult human females discuss male sexuality while actual male Corinna mostly bites his tongue. Topics include Terrell's surprising shift from hetero- to homosexuality on exogenous testosterone, pretty privilege, internet porn, eating disorders, autogynephobia, fertility signals, sexual dimorphism, pseudo-attraction, political religion, autism, twitter kerfuffles, and enforcement of the purity of the word “lesbian.” Terrell not only has the most lesbian cred of the three (female with a female partner) but also the most testosterone! This episode offers more than enough to offend everyone. Links: Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elegationvain I enjoy Being a Girl (an autogynephile anthem): https://youtu.be/LtQBrShqgls?si=G5-KicuUvKxmlEzf&t=42 Jamie Reed episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-126-mitigating-the-damage-with-jamie-reed/ Joe Burgo on Autogynephilia as Psychic Retreat: https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/sympathy-for-the-devil-autogynephilia J Michael Bailey episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-53-autogynephilia-michael-bailey/ Transparency podcast: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

When Things need to get done, it's people like Ellen Daehnick who do them. Daehnick recently retired from her high-powered career to become a full-time “Unpaid Gender Crank”, focusing on legislation. She describes her first time testifying to the Colorado state legislature against CO House Bill 1071, which welcomes felons to change their legal names as long as they claim a trans identity. More of this remarkable hearing, described as “bananas” by audio editor Lisa Jones, can be found here. We discuss how to prepare for effective testimony, why female politicians support policies that harm women, selective empathy, toxic femininity, class, chiggers, and appeals to emotion vs facts. “Deadnaming,” “misgendering” and “mentioning the criminal record of an individual” may be verboten in the Colorado Statehouse, but the real genocide is the friends we made along the way.  Ellen Daehnick on twitter: https://twitter.com/edaehnick Daehnick's email: genderwatchco@gmail.com Audio Recap of CO HB 24-1071 "The Felon Name-Change Bill" by Lisa Jones: https://www.thatlisajones.com/new-kinda-colorado-crazy/ Colorado House Bill 24-1071: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1071 Christina Goeke kicked out of Colorado Statehouse: https://twitter.com/goeke_christina/status/1752490704020881694 Tiara/Duane Kelley: https://www.thepublica.com/transgender-drag-queen-who-inspired-bill-to-make-name-changes-easier-for-trans-felons-in-colorado-has-lengthy-criminal-record/ DIAG: Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender: https://www.di-ag.org/ Corinna's talk “Political Organizing in America” at Genspect Denver 2023: https://youtu.be/5VpOhM7PXco?si=gTOu9FtmarVgKLLF Nina's Quilt Suite: https://www.airbnb.com/h/quiltsuite Illinois HB 4876: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4876&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152735&SessionID=112&GA=103 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Last year, case manager Jamie Reed blew the whistle on the gender clinic that had employed her for almost four years. Today, she faces an even more frightening challenge: being a guest on the Heterodorx podcast. Jamie's impeccable lefty credentials never prepared her for Corinna's relentless sarcasm, let alone what she witnessed in the medical system: clueless endocrinologists, children making lifelong decisions about their fertility, untreated eating disorders, ignored red flags, young patients entering sex work, TikTok tics, medical harms, repeated “never events,” and the medical abandonment of detransitioners. We also discuss the personal and professional costs borne by whistleblowers, double standards in the press, alpacas (again), and Corinna's geriatric cat. Jamie reminds us, “we are all broken"; Corinna reminds us, “give your gay money to Jamie.” Links: Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamieWhistle “I Thought I was Saving Trans Kids. Now I'm Blowing the Whistle.” Jamie Reed's Free Press story: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduces new gender policies: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/danielle-smith-1.7101595 Washington State whistleblower Tamara Pietzke: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-was-fired-after-blowing-the-whistle https://www.thefp.com/p/i-refused-to-approve-all-teen-gender-transitions LGBT Courage Coalition: https://www.lgbtcourage.org/ LGBT Courage Coalition Substack substack: https://lgbtcouragecoalition.substack.com/ Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond: https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Canada is not merely America's Hat; it's also home to Eva Kurilova and Lois Cardinal, a TERF-Tranny duo rivaling the Heterodorx in both hardliner contempt and world domination. We discuss womanface, tribal identities, the sterilization of First Nations youth, aging, Feminized Eunuch Males (FEMs), Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), do-it-yourself genocide, “tru trans”, matching costumes, coerced speech, pronouns, Tide suppositories, and dubious hygiene tips. Who is the fairest handmaiden/pet troon of them all? Listen and find out! Links: Eva Kurilova's Substack: https://www.evakurilova.com/ Eva on twitter: https://twitter.com/eva_kurilova Lois on twitter: https://twitter.com/duchess_elle Reduxx: https://reduxx.info/author/evak/ The Distance: https://www.thedistancemag.com/ Gender Dissent: https://www.genderdissent.com/ Spinster: spinster.xyz TERF-Tranny Alliance: https://www.heterodorx.com/terftrannyalliance/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Corinna and Nina rant and complain about the current “Gender Critical” online discourse. What is a lesbian? Is Corinna gay, or homosexual? Is DARVO a floor wax, or a dessert topping? Although we perpetuate the problem by talking about it, by the end we propose a solution. You'll hear lots of misgendering, talk of Nina's sex-pozzie San Francisco days (again, sorry), and references to IQ points. You won't hear our usual intro and outro, because Nina had to edit this one while Corinna left town and couldn't send the files.  Links: “Stella O'Malley on Lesbians”: https://twitter.com/iseult/status/1756099230236573970 The Lesbian Heresy by Sheila Jeffreys: https://archive.org/details/lesbianheresyfem0000jeff Sex is real, people are weird: https://www.heterodorx.com/terftrannyalliance/ Our die-in meme: https://twitter.com/ninapaley/status/1757068677910831464 Andrew Doyle: Reflections on the Online Mob: https://andrewdoyle.substack.com/p/reflections-on-the-online-mob Nina tries to school a teacher about pronouns: https://twitter.com/ninapaley/status/1750896492930339257 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

Filmmaker and former pediatric nurse Jennifer Lahl's latest short documentary, The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood, focuses on male detransitioners. We discuss film distribution, the festival circuit, crowdfunding, straight-to-online, subtitles (“How do you say ‘chopped off his penis' in Spanish?”), the obsolescence of DVDs, Jennifer's ex-boyfriend from her nursing school days, “trans healthcare”, the Crying Chicken Lady who says children should be driving, and Corinna's search for teen alpacahood. Lahl alleges this is her last film (we don't believe her) so watch it online for free right now. Links: The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network: https://cbc-network.org/ The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood https://youtu.be/AaiicS2HXW4?si=3CKcnEQIovXsHlQm The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters https://youtu.be/910JVOJSM2I?si=KE4_kz_a1iWc9EY3 Trans Mission: What's the Rush to Reassign Gender? https://youtu.be/rUeqEoARKOA?si=zdPYT_4V-T-JF3e4 Jennifer Lahl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniferLahl Heterodorx's Ray Alex Williams episode: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-121-unblinded-by-the-light-with-ray-alex-williams/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

After Corinna complains about an obnoxious and possibly libelous article in the Washington Post, the Dorx welcome legal scholar, philosopher, vegan, and animal rights activist Dr. Gary Francione. We discuss Equality Claims vs Belief Claims, old-school transsexuals, admitting you're wrong, Andrea Dworkin, nonviolence, intersectionality, and the principles of a liberal pluralistic society. Can we police fetishes? Who's Afraid of Kathleen Stock? Why are vegans extra crazy? Does Corinna really not want to be a Good Person? What is “harm”? Despite Corinna disparaging young people going vegan, and Nina swearing a lot about Crohn's disease, Dr. Francione offers a banquet of (plant-based) food for thought. Links Gary Francione's website: https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/ Gary Francione's essay on the Trans Rights Issue: https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-trans-rights-issue-equality-claims-and-belief-claims/ Julie Bindel: The Unforgivable Transing of Andrea Dworkin https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/the-unforgivable-transing-of-andrea Why Veganism Matters: The Moral Value of Animals by Gary Francione https://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-veganism-matters/9780231199612 Nina's Gender Wars playing cards: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/gender-wars-playing-cards/ How Do I Go Vegan https://www.howdoigovegan.com/ Nina and Corinna will be guests at the Unspeakeasy retreat in Louisville, KY April 9-10! It's for women only, even though Corinna isn't one! Sign up and ask what organizer/host Meghan Daum was thinking: https://www.theunspeakeasy.com/2024-unspeakeasy-retreats --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support

For 8 years, Ray Alex Williams claimed to be a woman, zealously promoting transgender ideology, ingesting spirolactone and exogenous estrogen, doing "a lot of twitter activism,” and writing a book about trans philosophy. In May 2023 he socially and medically detransitioned, issuing public apologies shortly thereafter. How did “Rachel Anne Williams” — who just a few years ago was so “unhinged” he made Grace Lavery “readable” in comparison — become the lucid, humble, reality-based man we hear in this interview? Listen up, because his story is jam-packed with insights.  Links: Ray Alex Williams on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams/ Ray Alex Williams on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RayAlexWilliams Rachel Anne Williams takes on Kathleen Stock in 2019: https://www.peaktrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ThreadReader_0_transphilosophr_1132859653006680064-1.pdf Commentary on Rachel Anne Williams taking on Kathleen Stock in 2019: https://www.peaktrans.org/a-response-to-a-response-to-doing-better-in-arguments-about-sex-gender-and-trans-rights/#more-7728 Ray Alex Williams apologizes in 2023: https://twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams/status/1735629670618399092 Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics by Rachel Anne Williams (before detransitioning to Ray Alex Williams): https://www.amazon.com/Transgressive-Trans-Gender-Feminism-Politics/dp/1785926470 Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cultish-amanda-montell Rob Henderson on Luxury Beliefs: https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support