E378. Gender Affirming Care On Trial - Benjamin Ryan

E378. Gender Affirming Care On Trial - Benjamin Ryan

Author: Conversations with people from all walks of life. February 19, 2026 Duration: 1:17:50
Independent journalist Benjamin Ryan was the only reporter who sat through all three weeks of the first-ever gender surgery malpractice trial. He and Bridget discuss the chilling testimony of a mother who was browbeaten until she consented to her daughter’s mastectomy, a 15-year-old’s 11-month sprint from questioning her gender to surgery, and why the psychologist was an “enabler” instead of a measured professional. They cover the judge who tried to scare Ryan off reporting, why detransitione...

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E388. What the Internet Did to Girls | Freya India - Walk-Ins Welcome [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:22
Bridget Phetasy sits down with Freya India, British writer and author of Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything, to dig into why Gen Z women are struggling in ways previous generations didn't. They dis…