The Cut Podcast

Tim Hammond discusses his online harm survey where men have gone to describe the harm that they feel from their circumcisions.

This is the Q&A session that followed Eli's presentation.

Eli Ungar-Sargon talks about his experience travelling across North America with his film, Cut.

Mark Reiss, Executive Director of Doctors Opposing Circumcision, discusses the state of the alternative Brit Shalom ceremony in the United States.

Philosopher Brian Earp asks the question: Can the religious beliefs of parents justifythe nonconsensual cutting of their child's genitals.

Anthropologist Franco Viviani reflects on genital cutting practicies and their anthropological motivations. 

Morten Frisch discusses his groundbreaking study on the effects of male circumcision on male and female sexual dysfunction.

Listen as Pediatrician and medical researcher Robert Van Howe demolishes the American Academy of Pediatrics latest position paper on male circumcision.

Dutch Ethicist Gert van Dijk discusses religious freedom and physical integrity.

Frederick Hodges sets the record straight about ancient Egyptian phallic rituals.

This is a recording of the Skype Q&A that took place after a screening of Cut at the first annual Victoria Foreskin Pride event in Canada.

In this episode of the Cut Podcast, Eli sits down with sexologist Winston Wilde to talk about a range of issues related to circumcision and sexuality.

This is a recording of the Introduction and Q&A from the Las Vegas stop of the Cut Tour 2011. The screening took place at the Marjorie Barrick Museum at the University of Nevada Las Vegas at Travis Wisdom's Cutting Culture conference.

Kathya Delaguila, Brendon Marotta, and Michelle Jacobs Hinman, discuss their personal experiences with male circumcision.

Gillian E. Longley presents a detailed analysis of the medical ethics involved in neonatal male circumcision.

John V. Geisheker eviscerates the African RCT's in this penetrating look at the methodological flaws and misleading results of the African studies.

Travis Wisdom introduces his Cutting Culture conference and Marilyn Fayre Milos presents her overview of male circumcision. 

This is a recording of the discussion that occurred around the screening of Cut at Dr. Leanna Wolfe's Sex and Culture series in Van Nuys, CA.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Monterey, CA screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Marina Branch Library.

This is a recording of the panel discussion and Q&A from the San Francisco screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center.

In this episode, I sit down with David Wilton of www.circumcisionandhiv.com to discuss the issue of circumcision and HIV-AIDS. After a fairly extensive discussion of the African Randomized Control Trials and their aftermath, we shift gears and talk about the legal battle that was fought this summer over the ballot initiative in San Francisco. 

This is a recording of the panel discussion and Q&A from the Portland, Oregon screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Central Lutheran Church.

This is a recording of the panel discussion and Q&A from the Vancouver, British Columbia screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Roundhouse Community Center.

In this special episode of the Cut Podcast, I sit down with Glen Callender to talk about the importance of foreskin to male sexual experience. We talk about its contribution to both heterosexual and homosexual sex.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Seattle, WA screening. There was a panel discussion with John Geisheker of Doctors Opposing Circumcision followed by Q&A. The screening took place at the Grand Illusion Cinema.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Boulder Colorado screening of Cut. On the panel were Dr. Karin Susskind, Yehudis Fishman, and Miriam Pollack. The screening took place at the Boulder Jewish Community Center.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Minneapolis screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Maple Grove Hennepin County Library.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Chicago screening of Cut. The screening took place at Evanston Public Library.

In this episode, I sit down with University of Chicago professor Richard Shweder to discuss the practice of male circumcision from the perspective of cultural pluralism and his article, “Shouting at the Hebrews.” 

This is a recording of the discussion that followed a special screening of Cut at Mark Osadjan's Biology of Gender Class at the University of Chicago. Dan Strandjord, the local resident and intactivist who arranged this special screening, provided the introductory remarks and my father, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon, joined me in the Q&A. Also in attendance were Ron Low and Professor Richard A. Shweder.

In this episode, I sit down with Rabbi Asher Lopatin to discuss the practice of Brit Milah. We discuss its significance in Jewish law and the religious consequences of not circumcising a Jewish boy.

This is a recording of a conversation that was held at the house of Carol Elkin.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Pittsburgh screening of Cut. The screening took place at Carnegie Mellon University.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Toronto screening of Cut. The screening took place at St. Paul's on Bloor Street.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Montreal screening of Cut. On the panel were Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Bulua and Registered Nurse Maurene White. The screening took place at the Greene Center.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Syracuse screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Palace Theater.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Boston screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Jamaica Plain Cohousing.

In this episode, I sit down with psychologist Ronald Goldman Ph.D to discuss the psychological consequences of circumcision for the individual, the parents, and the practitioners. We end the discussion with a look at the special psychological implications in the Jewish community of refusing to circumcise.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the NYC screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Museum of Motherhood on 84th Street.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Philadelphia, PA  screening of Cut. The screening took place at the First Unitarian Church.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Baltimore, MD  screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Pratt Central Library.

This is a recording of the panel discussion and Q&A from the Washington DC  screening of Cut. Ryan McAllister and Rabbi Binyamin Biber  joined Eli in a panel discussion which was followed by Q&A.The screening took place at Georgetown University.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Charleston, WV  screening of Cut. The screening took place at Taylor Books on Capitol Street.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Chapel Hill, NC screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Women's Birth and Wellness Center. 

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Charleston, SC screening of Cut. The screening took place at the James Family Chiropractic Practice. 

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Atlanta, GA screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Birth Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. 

In this episode, David Llewellyn joins us to discuss circumcision and U.S. law. After covering a number of basic legal issues, we talk about the recent events in San Francisco.

In this episode, Aubrey Taylor joins us to discuss her experience as a heterosexual woman of the difference between intact and circumcised sex. For more on Aubrey's thoughts check out her YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/whatuneverknew

This is a recording of the Q&A from the St. Louis, MO screening of Cut. The screening took place at the Birth Connections Community Center.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Columbia, MO screening of Cut. The screening took place in the KOPN Community Radio Studios.

This is a recording of the Q&A from the Lawrence Kansas screening of Cut. The screening took place in the Alderson Auditorium on the University of Kansas campus.