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Join Heather Binning who hosts this week’s special guests Louise Irvine, co-chair of the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender and Terry Patterson from Thoughtful Therapists.

Louise and Terry explain why there are enormous concerns from sector experts regarding the ethical grounds and outcomes competence of the UK puberty blockers trial called ‘Pathway’, a medical trial which will involve around 220 children under the age of 16.

We hear explanation of the scrutiny stages that UK clinical trials must successfully pass through in order to be granted approval, as well as questioning how this safety net has failed

Useful Links ...

Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender: https://can-sg.org

Open Letter from CAN-SG: https://can-sg.org/2025/12/18/open-letter-to-wes-streeting-on-the-pathways-puberty-blockers-trial/

Thoughtful Therapists: https://www.thoughtfultherapists.org

National Institute for Health and Care Research: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR167530

Health Research Authority: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/pathways-trial/

Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency

Commission on Human Medicines: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/commission-on-human-medicines

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Claire Lonergan hosts this week’s guests, Jo Bartosch and Rob Jessel, co-authors of 'Pornocracy', a research rich expose of the neurological shifts caused by porn use, the normalisation of violent sexualised behaviour fed to our youth and the dystopian potential for A.I. to destroy the value of what it is to be human.

Jo is a journalist who has written for the Telegraph, The Times, Unherd, Mail to name just a few national papers. Jo is also Assistant editor at The Critic.

Rob Jessel is a communications consultant for the campaigning sector and co-founder of Fair Cop. He is Director of Campaign for Fair Procurement.

Useful Links:
Internet Watch Foundation: https://www.iwf.org.uk

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Elaine Miller is a pelvic health physiotherapist or as Elaine prefers, a 'fanny physio', who campaigns on women's health issues.

Elaine frequently uses comedy as a public health tool, successfully connecting to target female audiences and highlighting serious conditions affecting female bodies that rarely receive the attention, and never the funding, needed to ensure women's quality of life is improved.


Useful Links:

Get A Grip: https://venusenvyxx.substack.com/p/get-a-grip-my-feminist-fanny-fundraiser

The Jean Hailes Foundation: https://www.jeanhailes.org.au

Let’s Get Elected: Email dangerousfemalesxx@gmail.com, X @letsgetelected

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Hosted by Mary Howden of the Women’s Rights Network, this week’s special guest is Ash Regan, an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament and fierce advocate for women’s rights.

Ash’s Prostitution Bill seeks to criminalise the purchase of sex and provide support to help women exit prostitution. Ash describes prostitution as ”… a system of commercial sexual exploitation that targets the vulnerable”.

Ash takes us through the excruciatingly slow process of attempting to get her bill considered, likening it to ”… trying to push treacle uphill …”

We also hear how Ash Regan spectacularly resigned in order to vote against the Gender Recognition Reform bill.

Among her continued work to protect and remove barriers to sex class equality, Ash has rigourously defended the Cass review and submitted a motion in parliament which called for surrogacy to be banned in Scotland.

Useful Links:

Proposed Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/proposals-for-bills/proposed-prostitution-offences-and-support-scotland-bill

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A fascinating interview hosted by Claire Loneragan of the Women’s Rights Network with this week’s special guest, Jo Brew, a founding member of Women’s Declaration International (WDI), an international network of volunteer women dedicated to preserving female sex-based rights throughout the world.

Jo takes us through her intriguing journey of feminist advocacy from her Cambridge university days, feminist magazine publishing, working in European academia and with Women in Development Europe, to the creation of WDI.

We hear extensively about the structure and work of WDI, with its international country contacts and weekly guest contributors. Jo touches on how geopolitical shifts distinctly promote or push back against gender ideology cuture and the disturbing cementation into EU policies a generation ago, by powerfully positioned ideologues in Brussels.

Jo Brew is a political commentator, podcaster and author with bestselling titles including Big Sister is Watching You! and, A New Operating System for Patriarchy … also, an enthusiastic gardener!


Useful links:

WDI website: https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en

WDI Statement on wars: https://womensdeclaration.com/documents/480/WDI_Statement_on_Wars.pdf

Feminist Question Time and, Radical Feminist perspectives: https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/webinars

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Cathy Larkman of the Women’s Rights Network is joined by Graham Linehan direct from the USA for a no holes barred discussion about the cowardice of an entertainment industry that’s refused to condemn the abuse of children and vulnerable young people in a captured UK.

Graham talks frankly about the betrayal of advocate voices such as his, made possible by the pernicious embedding of manic cancellation of those speaking the uncomfortable truth about the harms of gender ideology, a men’s sexual rights movement.

Now residing in America, Graham explains why creative freedom to produce and perform comedic content comes far easier now he and his fellow writers are no longer constrained by the madness of gender cult worshipping.

Please be advised there are a few sweary bits!

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Join us for a thoughtful yet entertaining interview with the greatly loved James Dreyfus; internationally acclaimed star of stage & screen, ex-husband of Julie Bindel (artistic license applied) and keeper of the legendary Hobbes.

James speaks candidly about the sharp contradiction between the reality of homosexuality and the parasitical nature of trans ideology, as well as the immense impact for both aspiring and established actors due to a captured arts sector.

We do hope James has now fully recovered from his cold.

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Sam Wright is a Senior Community Midwife and WRN Derbyshire & Staffordshire member. She is a powerful advocate for women as they go through their pregnancy and birthing journey.

Sam begins with the history of midwives and takes us through the ages. She explains the meaning of the word "midwife" as being "with women" throughout their pregnancy. How midwives have been historically persecuted as witches, and in more modern times are marginalised and erased with the increasing medicalisation of pregnancy.

She discusses how because of this women are losing trust in the medical profession and midwives. How the gender neutral language and the erasure of female specific words like "woman", "mother", "breastfeeding", have all impacted on women, including women whose first language is not English, who have no understanding of terms such as "birthing person".

She goes on to discuss how midwives are impacted by the rise in commercial surrogacy in the UK and beyond, and what is really going on in the murky world of commissioning parents and baby manufacturing using women as the factory unit.

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