Citation Needed Podcast

In this supporter-only episode, we kick things off with a look at a sharp rebuttal by Jon Pike and Emma Hilton to a recent academic paper defending Caster Semenya’s eligibility to compete in the women’s category. We break down their clear, evidence-based response, which exposes the original paper’s scientific errors and ideological framing, and explains… This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

New format alert! We’re changing how we monetize episodes. Instead of paywalling the second half of every show, we’re now paywalling every other episode in full. That means this week’s episode is completely free—but if you want access to any part of next week’s episode, you’ll need to become a supporter.In the first segment of this week’s episode, we break down the wild story of Aaron Barry, a white Canadian who posed as a gender-fluid Nigerian poet—and several other made-up identities—to publish 47 intentionally terrible poems across dozens of indie magazines. His hoax reveals how identity politics in the indie lit world can override even the most basic standards, as long as the author checks enough diversity boxes.Plus, in the second segment, we unpack a new Finnish study that complicates the narrative that trans-identifying youth are merely victims of bullying. The data show that non-binary adolescents, in particular, are more likely to be bullies than to be bullied—flipping the usual story and raising uncomfortable questions about performative victimhood and power dynamics in today’s schools. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

A recent decision at the University of Pennsylvania has sparked a discussion on banning male athletes from women's sports, affecting many female competitors. The podcast critiques misleading media narratives about transgender athletes and the biological differences that impact performance. They challenge the effectiveness of hormone therapy in leveling the playing field. Additionally, the conversation touches on the mental health implications for all athletes involved and the political ramifications of the ongoing debate over trans athlete participation.

On this week’s episode of Citation Needed, we cover the Trevor Project’s dark slide into promoting pseudoscientific gender ideology under the guise of helping distressed LGBTQ youth. Once a lifeline for bullied gay teens, the Trevor Project now pushes ideas like “sex is a spectrum” and gender ideology as fact, priming confused kids for medicalization in… This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

For this week’s episode of Citation Needed, we begin with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, which upheld Tennessee’s law banning sex trait modification procedures for minors. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an emotional dissenting opinion, invoking the oft-repeated claim that these interventions are “lifesaving” and that denyi… This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

In this episode of Citation Needed, we kick things off with the viral social media feud between Olympic legend Simone Biles and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines over a male athlete playing on a girls' softball team. We cover the controversy, break down some of the science Biles ignored, and highlight the media’s double standards on the issue of male… This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

Activists still—somehow—claim that males who identify as women have no physical edge over female athletes, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. In this episode, we break down those undeniable advantages as laid out in a new review paper in the Journal of Applied Physiology.Then, we dive into the bizarre and revealing case of Olympic gold meda… This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

Advocates for so-called “gender affirming care” often point to the statistic that only 1% of people go on to regret their transition surgeries. But is that actually true?Subscribe now: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

More biology denial from activist scientists and bizarre erotica published in a peer-reviewed journal. We break it down in this episode of Citation Needed.Become a supporter: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com

Woke ideology combined with Biden-era “DEI” regulations is turning academic archaeology into a farce. For more, become a subscriber: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com