The World and Everything In It 12.24.25 Washington Wednesday on medical authority and gender ideology, Christmas news from around the world, and the story of Christmas from the moon
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Dec 24, 2025 Hunter Baker, a political scientist and provost at North Greenville University, dives into the contentious issues surrounding medical authority and gender ideology. He discusses the implications of recent policy rollbacks and the ethical considerations of medical treatments for minors. Meanwhile, Janie B. Cheaney reflects on the significance of Christ's two advents, contrasting His first coming with the promise of the second. The podcast also takes listeners on a global tour of festive Christmas celebrations, including a heartwarming lunar Christmas Eve story from Apollo 8.
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Medical Consensus Is Now Political
- HHS action challenges who defines medical consensus on transgender care in Washington.
- Hunter Baker says the pause creates time to reconsider radical interventions on developing bodies.
Pause Before Irreversible Care For Minors
- Avoid rushing into irreversible treatments for minors when evidence is thin and bodies are still developing.
- Use the current policy pause to gather better data and reflect on ethical limits for research involving children.
Treatment Debates Cross Medicine Into Politics
- Hunter Baker argues transgender treatments moved beyond medicine into social and political realms.
- He compares radical sex-change interventions to extreme body alterations driven by psychological impulses.