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Shannon Kessler, a candidate for California Assemble District 30, describes how a simple 'Save Girls' Sports' shirt turned a League of Women Voters event into a struggle session, with a crowd circling her, shouting "shame".

How does a regular person help pass two first-in-the-nation laws? Texas mother and policy advocate Liz walks us through how she did exactly that in 2025: holding insurance companies accountable for the consequences of sex rejecting procedures, and requiring sex accuracy in electronic health records. A pragmatic conversation about playing the long game , choosing winable battles and how ordinary people can actually move legislation.

Christy Hammer, a professor of sociology, education, and gender studies describes how answering a student's direct question "how many sexes are there?", set off a cancellation campaign that went viral and changed her life.

A Ukrainian mother, Ellie, shares the devastating story of losing custody of her daughter after refusing to affirm her daughter's "trans" identity. Follow the path from psychiatric intervention and online grooming to California's "unicorn home" foster system.

Rachel Rooney, an award winning UK children's poet, describes how writing the body positive picture book 'My Body is Me' led to public attacks and blacklisting.

Dr. Katie Alcock is a UK developmental psychologist, senior lecturer at Lancaster University, and a former Girl's Guide leader. She explains how young children often believe that changing clothes changes who one is and why this matters in relation to children's susceptiblity to "gender ideology" in schools.

Part 2 of 2 Tatiana & Jane discuss the trial.

Tatiana, a longtime leftie activist, artist, and free spirited Canadian woman, recounts a violent assault in which a man broke her nose for simply holding a sign. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode recorded before the trial. Part 2 follows the trial.

We are back! After an unexpected break, Jane & Judee catch up on life and dive into the latest absurdities in the "can men be women?" debate. We discuss campus philosophy emails to SCOTUS "TERF superbowl" , a cancelled library debate, Dylvan Mulvaney, democrats dodging a basic question and the Tremaine Carroll case that noone in California media wants to touch.

Elle, a former prosecutor and advocate for women facing domestic violence, describes how her daughter's experience with a male student in a girl's dorm pushed her into the fight to protect women's spaces.

S, a Canadian bisexual woman, former inmate and nationally ranked athlete, traces her journey from 2010's Tumbler to practicing BDSM & prostitution, to prison , to women's rights advocate.

Arielle, a wife, mother, and self-described “total normie,” recounts how her child’s 1st grade curriculum in a Bay Area school centered Jazz Jennings as the model of integrity. We discuss parental pushback, the cult-like spread of gender ideology in schools, and how ordinary families are waking up.

A New York nurse practitioner and single mom recounts her teen son's abrupt adoption of a 'trans' identity and the turmoil at home. Then, in an almost surreal twist, she encounters a man in the women's locker room at a Korean spa, leading her to getting kicked out for objecting.

You know her, you love her: TERFluencer MaryCate Delvey joins us for a behind-the-scenes chat as sharp and fearless as her timeline. How did she peak? What inspired her first video? We get into it.

High school senior Elliott pulls back the curtain on Gen Z’s encounter with gender ideology through media, school, and peers. From a “just be nice” middle schooler to an unapologetic “ultra-terf” senior, this back-to-school episode is a roller coaster.