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Informed Dissent
Episode 32: Revisiting the HHS report, with co-author Alex Byrne
Alex Byrne is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT and the author of the book Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions. Last week, Alex revealed in a Washington Post op-ed that he was one of the nine co-authors of the anonymous HHS report on pediatric gender medicine. He is married to the evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven.CORRECTIONS: UPenn is restoring titles and records and issuing apologies to female athletes. Not Penn State. And it’s Title IX, not Title X.* HHS report* Executive Order 14187* “In Defense of Tran...
2025-07-05
1h 41
Informed Dissent
Episode 30: Unpacking the Skrmetti decision, with special guest Leor Sapir
Today we’re joined by very good friend of the pod, Leor Sapir!Leor Sapir is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston College and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University. Since joining MI, Sapir has become a widely recognized thought leader on topics related to pediatric gender medicine, education policy, and culture. Sapir is a regular contributor to City Journal, and he has co-authored amicus briefs for lawsuits on parental rights in education and is lead author of an important le...
2025-06-21
1h 29
Informed Dissent
Episode 26: It's a problem-problem
Today we answer some listeners’ questions and then discuss Jonathan Cowan’s op-ed for Politico. And Eliza comes out!* CMS investigates GAC hospitals* breast cancer study* Kansas lawsuit* CA sports rules changes* Democratic Arizona senator’s comments about sports* Politico op-ed* Leor Sapir’s thread about the op-ed* goblincore* cottagecore* Furry event at UC Irvine* The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity* Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* Balatro* The Exti...
2025-05-31
1h 12
Informed Dissent
Episode 12: The Babies Are in Charge
After discussing some recent developments in Kansas and Colorado (including a proposed law that would prohibit deadnaming dead people), we delve into last night’s event at Vermont’s Middlebury College. There, Manhattan Institute fellow Leor Sapir and the activist Brianna Wu debated the question, “What is the right public policy approach to transgender medicine?” The debate had everything—Leor’s smarts, Brianna’s obfuscations, some sort of wind instrument, and some very angry nonbinary people.* The debate* WaPo’s coverage of the Kansas ban on pediatric sex-trait modification* Colorado detrans bill of rights* C...
2025-02-22
1h 03
Undercurrents
Leor Sapir: Gender medicine has suffered a crushing defeat
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily is joined by Leor Sapir to discuss whether Trump’s new executive order ushered in the end of gender medicine. Sapir explains how the ideology came to dominate federal policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-02-03
35 min
City Journal Audio
The Fight Against Gender Medicine
Leor Sapir joins John Hirschauer to discuss his article from the Winter issue, “Gender Medicine on the Ropes,” and the growing legal and cultural opposition to sex-change medical procedures for young people.
2025-01-31
24 min
RealClearPolitics Podcast
Trump to Send Criminal Migrants to Guantanamo Bay
Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and presidential historian Tevi Troy discuss Trump's Guantanamo Bay announcement and the politics of sending criminal illegal aliens to a migrant detention facility in Cuba. They also talk about Google's decision to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps, and the influence of Tech Titans on the Trump administration. Plus, the upcoming DNC chair election, the leading candidates, and the future of the DNC. Then finally, Tom chats with Manhattan Institute Fellow Leor Sapir about President Trump's transgender order.
2025-01-31
45 min
City Journal Audio
The Fight Against Gender Medicine
Leor Sapir joins John Hirschauer to discuss his article from the Winter issue, “Gender Medicine on the Ropes,” and the growing legal and cultural opposition to sex-change medical procedures for young people.
2025-01-29
24 min
American Thought Leaders
Why Europe Is Putting the Brakes on Gender Interventions: Leor Sapir
“The UK has now banned puberty blockers—probably will ban cross-sex hormones too, is my prediction, in the next few years,” said Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.He has been following the massive increase in children identifying as transgender and undergoing what’s known as “gender-affirming care” treatment—from puberty blockers to double mastectomies.“[The World Professional Association for Transgender Health] commissioned systematic evidence reviews as part of the process of developing [Standards of Care Version 8]. When it found out that the evidence reviews, specifically for minors, were unimpressive and did not get them the res...
2025-01-19
47 min
Calmversations
s07e34 | US Law & "Gender Medicine" with Leor Sapir
Leor Sapir returns to talk about the current Supreme Court Case re: child transition, and how "rights" have defined and changed US Culture over the years. https://x.com/LeorSapir https://manhattan.institute/person/leor-sapir Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboycehttps://cash.app/$benjaminaboycehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce
2024-12-28
1h 24
The Rod & Greg Show
The Rod and Greg Show: What Will DOGE Do For America?; McConnell's Secret War on Trump
Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, December 13, 20244:20 pm: Dr. John Eastman, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, joins the show for a conversation about how the new Department of Government Efficiency can tackle the national debt.4:38 pm: Author and Wall Street Journal contributor Amity Shlaes joins the show to discuss her piece on what Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk can learn from Calvin Coolidge’s Budget Bureau when they start running the DOGE.5:05 pm: Christopher Bedford, Senior Editor for Politics at The Blaze, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece about Mitch McCo...
2024-12-14
1h 32
The Catholic Current
Is Transgender Surgery Child Abuse? (Dr. Michael Artigues) 12/12/24
We welcome Dr. Michael Artigues of the American College of Pediatricians to discuss the case being argued in the Supreme Court regarding so-called transgender medicine for children. What are the long term physical, emotional, and moral side effects of these interventions, and how can physicians genuinely care for children in pain? Show Notes SCOTUS Takes Up Case on Sex Changes for Minors — Here’s What You Need to Know ACPeds Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Supporting Tennessee’s Right to Protect Children From Harmful Transgender Interventions Brief of Amic...
2024-12-12
52 min
Do No Harm
Do No Harm S3 EP1 Part 2: Navigating the Voter Pulse on Pediatric Gender Medicine and DEI
Guests: Aaron Sibarium & Leor Sapir In Part 2 of the first episode of the Do No Harm Podcast, we continue to delve into the critical issues of so-called gender-affirming care and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and their significance to the electorate. How do these issues resonate with voters, and what sentiments do they evoke? We dissect the official positions of political campaigns, examining the messaging strategies they employ to justify their stances. The views expressed by guests on this podcast are the opinions of those guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of Do No Harm.
2024-09-17
28 min
Do No Harm
Do No Harm S3 EP1 Part 1: Navigating the Voter Pulse on Pediatric Gender Medicine and DEI
Guests: Aaron Sibarium & Leor Sapir In Season 3, Episode 1 of the Do No Harm Podcast, we delve into the critical issues of so-called gender-affirming care and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and their significance to the electorate. How do these issues resonate with voters, and what sentiments do they evoke? We dissect the official positions of political campaigns, examining the messaging strategies they employ to justify their stances. The views expressed by guests on this podcast are the opinions of those guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of Do No Harm.
2024-09-10
26 min
Underreported Stories
White Counselor Calls Minority Student UNEDUCATED For Denying Racism
Welcome back to Underreported Stories! Today, I have an EXCLUSIVE story about how a freshman advisor claimed that a young minority student was uneducated for denying that she had experienced racism after the student’s father perpetuated a racism hoax. A Latino political organization posted a Craigslist ad offering $1,000 to voters who will publicly endorse Kamala Harris. BIG NEWS🏥: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons became the first major medical association to break from the consensus that “gender-affirming care” for minors is a medical necessity. A former CNN anchor and current Democratic candidate reportedly evaded his taxes by claiming that his prima...
2024-08-14
22 min
The Texas Values Report
New Law in CA Banning Districts from Requiring School Staff to Disclose a Student's Gender Identity
#texasvaluesreport with special guest Dr. Leor Sapir, Fellow at @ManhattanInst , and host Jonathan Covey, Director of Policy, Texas Values Follow Dr. Leor Sapir on X @LeorSapir / Follow Manhattan Institute on X @ManhattanInst Learn more about Texas' law protecting children from harmful & irreversible gender modification procedures and surgeries StopChildGenderModification.com Read the Cass Report: https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/ Register for Texas Values 7th Annual Faith, Family, & Freedom Forum Sept. 13-14! https://register.txvalues.org/policyforum2024 Please sign our petition to show you support the Governor and Commissioner of Education mandating that Sex-Ed Opt-In continue next school year. The...
2024-07-25
26 min
City Journal Audio
Gender Medicine and Scientific Evidence
Leor Sapir joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the Biden administration’s policies on so-called gender-affirming care, the Department of Education’s redefining of Title IX to suggest that the law would ban discrimination based on gender identity, and other issues.
2024-07-24
22 min
City Journal Audio
Gender Medicine and Scientific Evidence
Leor Sapir joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the Biden administration’s policies on so-called gender-affirming care, the Department of Education’s redefining of Title IX to suggest that the law would ban discrimination based on gender identity, and other issues.
2024-07-24
22 min
Gender: A Wider Lens
Premium: The Weaponization of Female Empathy with Dr. Leor Sapir
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.widerlenspod.comExploring the parallels between the fervor surrounding gender medicine and the hysteria of recovered memory syndrome from the 1990s, both phenomena share a common anchor in the likely resistance of influential figures, like clinicians, therapists and even stake-holders like parents, to change their stance due to personal, reputational, or legal consequences. Read more from Leor about this in his City Journal article linked here:The New Onodas : As evidence mounts against their position, how long will...
2024-02-17
02 min
Gender: A Wider Lens
150 - The Consumerism of Gender-Affirming Care with Leor Sapir
Join Sasha and Stella in welcoming Leor Sapir back to the show. In addition to hearing his analysis of the recent New York Times piece by Pamela Paul on youth gender medicine and detransition, listen as they explore comparisons between gender medicine and consumer-driven cosmetic practices, bans on gender-affirming care in the United States, the fostering of narcissism, and parallels with the recovered memory craze from the 1990s.For links and resources relevant to this episode, access the full show notes at https://www.widerlenspod.com/p/episode-150Manhattan Institute - Leor Sapir...
2024-02-16
1h 06
The Ugly Truth Podcast
Gender Affirming Care
In our episode Healthy Living; An SSRI Epidemic; we discussed how anti-depressants are handed out like candy to teens. Anti depressants (SSRI’s) can potentially have nasty side effects long after stopping them. One of these is PSSD Post SSRI sexual dysfunction. This can cause Total loss of libido Genital numbness Emotional blunting For years or decades You think people are told this prior? These SSRI issues lead some to believe they not in the right body and that “gender treatment’ will fix it. But that’s not the case as we are seeing more and more are detran...
2024-02-13
28 min
The Daily Signal
Transgender Series Part 1: What Is Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria and Why Does It Matter?
Studies have suggested that the number of young people who identify as transgender has exploded in recent years. While activists claim that these people are just discovering a latent truth suppressed by society, some scientists have set out to question what lies behind a phenomenon they term "rapid-onset gender dysphoria."Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has worked with Lisa Littman, a doctor who first coined the term rapid-onset gender dysphoria and laid out her hypothesis in the medical journal PLOS One. Sapir joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to break down what ROGD is...
2024-02-07
36 min
City Journal Audio
Resisting Gender Ideology
Miriam Grossman joins Leor Sapir to discuss her book" Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness." The book is available in hard copy and audio editions, and more on Miriam’s work can be found at https://www.miriamgrossmanmd.com/.
2023-11-29
23 min
City Journal Audio
Resisting Gender Ideology
Miriam Grossman joins Leor Sapir to discuss her book Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist's Guide Out of the Madness. The book is available in hard copy and audio editions, and more on Miriam’s work can be found at https://www.miriamgrossmanmd.com/.
2023-11-29
23 min
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Leor Sapir On Transing Gender-Dysphoric Kids
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comLeor is a writer and researcher. He’s currently a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a frequent contributor to City Journal, particularly on issues of gender identity and public policy.For two clips of our convo — on the sudden skyrocketing of girls seeking transition, and how the medicalizing of trans kids destroys their ability to have orgasms in the future — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: Leor’s childhood bouncing between the US and a kibbutz in Israel...
2023-09-29
50 min
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Vivek Ramaswamy On What Makes America Great
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comVivek is an entrepreneur and a Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential race. He founded a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, after working as an investment partner at a hedge fund. He’s also the author of Woke, Inc. and Nation of Victims. I’ll get ahead of you guys and confess that I liked him in our chat, and decided I wasn’t going to repeat the now-familiar trope of trying to get him to denounce Trump. See what you think, but I learn...
2023-09-22
32 min
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Freddie DeBoer On The Left Eating Itself
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comFreddie is a writer and academic. He’s been a prolific freelancer at publications such as the NYT, the WaPo, Harper’s, The Guardian, Politico, and The Daily Dish. His first book was The Cult of Smart (reviewed on the Dish as “Bell Curve leftism”), and his new book is How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement. You should also follow his writing on Substack.For two clips of our convo — on the hypocrisy of helicopter parents on the left, and t...
2023-09-15
47 min
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Sohrab Ahmari On The "Tyrannical" Free Market
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comSohrab is a founder and editor of Compact: A Radical American Journal, and he’s a contributing editor at The American Conservative. He spent nearly a decade at News Corp. — as the op-ed editor of the New York Post and as a columnist and editor with the WSJ opinion pages in New York and London. His first appearance on the Dishcast addressed what he sees as “the failures of liberalism.” This time, we debate his new book, Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Cr...
2023-09-08
42 min
Gender: A Wider Lens
128 - As Weird as a Chicken Crying: AAP Statement on Pediatric Gender Transition with Dr. Julia Mason
“We are making strong recommendations based on weak evidence,” a statement from practicing pediatrician, Dr. Julia Mason, about the basis of gender affirming care, which is the model of care currently backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).In this episode, Dr. Mason sits down with Sasha & Stella to discuss her relentless efforts towards charging the AAP to pursue a systematic review of the evidence behind gender affirming care. They discuss the series of events leading up to the AAP’s most recent article reaffirming their commitment to the affirmation model as laid out in the AAP’s...
2023-08-25
57 min
Year Zero with Wesley Yang
"It's possible to criticize and raise questions about pediatric gender medicine today in a way that was not possible even six months ago. We have definitely turned a corner."
Year Zero is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Leor Sapir is a scholar at the Manhattan Institute who has become a leading figure in the ongoing effort to bring accountability to a medical field that has run off the rails. In this episode of the Year Zero podcast, which was recorded in July, we discuss the fast evolving state of the legislative bans on child sex trait modification procedures and the wider project to bring an...
2023-08-19
2h 43
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Michael Moynihan On Orwell And Conspiracies
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comMoynihan is one-third of The Fifth Column — the sharp, hilarious podcast he does with Kmele Foster and Matt Welch. He was previously the cultural news editor for The Daily Beast, a senior editor at Reason, and a correspondent and managing editor of Vice.It’s a fun summer chat with an old friend. We recorded the episode a few weeks ago, on July 24. For two clips — on the conspiracy theories of RFK Jr., and the deepening rift within the Israel...
2023-08-11
55 min
Manhattan Insights
The Gender Identity Divide
Gender identity has quickly emerged as one of the most contentious topics in American cultural politics. However, the roots of this conflict can be traced back to a series of seemingly unrelated decisions made by overlooked political, legal, and educational actors years ago. Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Reihan Salam to discuss the institutional origins of this intense cultural battle. Follow Leor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeorSapir Related readings: https://www.wsj.com/articles/medical-journals-false-consensus-on-gender-affirming-care-sex-change-procedure-transgender-f10cd52b https://www.city-journal.org/article/are-gender-ideology-debates-depolarizing https://thehill...
2023-08-09
1h 08
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Josh Barro On Defending Biden
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comJosh is an old friend, and a business and political journalist. He has worked for Business Insider, the NYT, and New York magazine. He currently runs his own substack called Very Serious, and he cohosts a legal podcast called Serious Trouble, also on Substack.We talk Biden — Josh’s political hero. You can listen right away in the audio player above (or on the right side of the player, click “Listen On” to add the Dishcast feed to your favorite...
2023-08-04
49 min
Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
Episode 211- A Deep Dive into Transgenderism, Transsexualism, and the Ethics of Pediatric Care. With Leor Sapir
How do we navigate the controversial and sensitive topic of transgenderism and pediatric gender medicine? Today, we're joined by Leor Sapir, a PhD holder in Political Science, who shares his insights from years of analyzing the legal, policy, and evidence-based landscape surrounding gender affirming care. We'll explore the medicalization of young people, the concept of the transgender child, and the ethical considerations of these treatments. We discuss the contentious issue of informed consent in gender affirming medicine and how, in reality, parents are the ones providing consent. Taking a closer look at the transgender child, we question the validity...
2023-06-09
1h 02
Calmversations
s05e79 | How US Law Enforces Transgenderism, with Leor Sapir
Leor Sapir is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute focusing on Gender in American policy at the state and federal level. In this calmvo we discuss how special interests groups interact with the courts to shape public values, and how the gender issue won't be solved without serious longterm strategy. Follow Leor at https://twitter.com/LeorSapir Find Leor at https://manhattan.institute/person/leor-sapir Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://w...
2023-05-16
1h 59
The Josh Hammer Show
Transgenderism in America: A Great Medical Scandal (Feat: Leor Sapir)
Leor Sapir, researcher and fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Josh to discuss the origins of the transgender movement in America, how it has been weaponized, and how it has mushroomed into the biggest medical scandal our country has seen in a generation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2023-05-02
49 min
The Catholic Current
“Gender Affirming Care” And Other Lies (Dr. Leor Sapir) 1/11/23
We welcome back Dr. Leor Sapir of the Manhattan Institute and City Journal to discuss the pernicious misnomer of "gender affirming care". How did that euphemism for mutilation creep into modern language, and why is the European medical model differing from what is being done in America? The Distortions in Jack Turban’s Psychology Today Article on ‘Gender Affirming Care’ WPATH Finally Acknowledges Europe’s Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care "Gender-Affirming Care" and the Placebo Effect | City Journal Twitter Thread on Misleading Dutch Studies Twitter Thread on the "Sex-As-Spectrum" Thesis Read...
2023-01-11
52 min
Gender: A Wider Lens
TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #4 EP 88 - Gender: Philosophy, Institutions, and Policy with Leor Sapir
This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown! If you’ve ever asked yourself: how is this happening? How are so many institutions completely captured by contemporary gender beliefs? How are medical bodies, educational institutions, and courts operating in ways that seem crazy? Well, then you really need to listen to this insightful and clarifying discussion with Leor Sapir. Leor is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A driven researcher with a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston College, Dr. Sapir previously completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the...
2023-01-06
1h 12
You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist
34. Paved with Good Intentions: How Human Rights Got Hijacked, with Leor Sapir
Society is divided over how to conceptualize “human rights,” particularly when it comes to transgender medicalization and school policies. Political scientist Leor Sapir is uniquely qualified to help us understand how we got here. He explains how the laudable legacy of the civil rights movement shaped Americans’ vulnerability to deceptive narratives about “social justice;” how the Office of Civil Rights’ attempts to address bullying in schools led to the erosion of Title IX protections for girls; and how the American Civil Liberties Union turned against its own mission. This comprehensive deep-dive then shifts from politics to philosophy and psycholog...
2022-12-05
1h 57
Parents Unite
Gender, Culture, School, and the Law Q & A
Q & A with Colin Wright, Dr. Leor Sapir, and Robert Eitel, Moderated by Joanna Williams
2022-11-16
1h 08
Parents Unite
The Medicalization Of Gender Nonconformity
Leor Sapir at the Parents Unite Diversity Of Thought In K-12 Education Conference
2022-11-16
24 min
The Liz Wheeler Show
Researchers LIE About Puberty Blockers ft. Leor Sapir
The Left has launched a full-fledged campaign to turn gender-affirming care into a mainstream idea, placing children into a pipeline of socially transitioning, taking puberty blockers, and eventually surgically transitioning. But what these kids (and parents) don’t know is that this model is based on lies. Leor Sapir joins Liz to expose the fraudulent studies used by medial “experts” and doctors to push this dangerous agenda and provide the objective truth needed to debunk the lies.To see more of Leor’s work, follow him on Twitter at @LeorSapir or visit City Journal: https://www.city-journal.org/cont...
2022-11-13
38 min
"Tapp" into the Truth
FBI Continues to Bully Pro-Life Protesters & Dr. Carole Lieberman Drops In
FBI agents conducted yet another raid of a pro-life activist's home, this time in Tennessee. Paul Vaughn, one of 11 pro-life activists charged with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for engaging in a protest at an abortion clinic in March 2021. The Department of Justice accused the defendants of blocking access at the Carafem abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. I had a conversation about Ye (a.k.a. Kanye) West with Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., better known as America's Psychiatrist. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania added majors last month relating to diversity, equity...
2022-10-12
2h 02
FBI Continues to Bully Pro-Life Protesters & Dr. Carole Lieberman Drops In
FBI agents conducted yet another raid of a pro-life activist's home, this time in Tennessee. Paul Vaughn, one of 11 pro-life activists charged with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for engaging in a protest at an abortion clinic in March 2021. The Department of Justice accused the defendants of blocking access at the Carafem abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. I had a conversation about Ye (a.k.a. Kanye) West with Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., better known as America's Psychiatrist. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania added majors last month relating to diversity, equity...
2022-10-12
2h 03
Savage Minds
Leor Sapir
Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses two of his articles on the gender debate—“The ‘T’ Piggybacking on the ‘LGB’” and “Transgender Confusions”—covering the policies around public policy, law, and Supreme Court rulings. Beginning with issues such as “bathroom bill” and prisons, Sapir criticises the central tenet of this movement: no debate. Claiming that we are in the throes of a “public mania,” Sapir goes through many of the contradictions within the trans movement’s arguments such as the claim that the only proper determinant of being a man or a woman is gender, not sex. Noting how the gender move...
2022-10-09
1h 59
Gender: A Wider Lens
88 - Gender: Philosophy, Institutions, and Policy with Leor Sapir
If you’ve ever asked yourself: how is this happening? How are so many institutions completely captured by contemporary gender beliefs? How are medical bodies, educational institutions, and courts operating in ways that seem crazy? Well, then you really need to listen to this insightful and clarifying discussion with Leor Sapir. Leor is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A driven researcher with a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston College, Dr. Sapir previously completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University. His academic work, including his dissertation on the...
2022-09-23
1h 11
Institutionalized
Transgender Issues and the Civil Rights State with Leor Sapir
This week we are joined by Leor Sapir to discuss how civil rights regulations affect how schools and other institutions are required to treat gender and sex.Recommendations: F*ck, That’s DeliciousObi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+The Transformation of Title IX: Regulating Gender Equality in Education
2022-08-17
1h 00
Dennis Prager Podcasts
The Dennis Prager Show Taking a Mile
Should women withhold sex from men until Roe v Wade is restored? That’s the newest fad rant from the feminist Left. Have men ever made such a threat?... Dennis talks to Jeffrey Barke, doctor of internal medicine, practicing in Orange County, CA. He has been an outspoken critic of vaccine mandates. Topic today: Covid vaccine for little kids. The Left is never satisfied with a “compromise.” They always want more. As pointed out in a very perceptive short Tik Tok video, we went from safe, legal and rare to allowing an abortion til the moment of birth… Dennis talks to L...
2022-06-27
1h 07
The Catholic Current
Transgenderism and the Law (Dr. Leor Sapir) 03/21/22
We are joined by Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Dr. Leor Sapir to discuss transgenderism within recent legal rulings. What is the effect of the rulings, and why is this seeming to occur more in America than in other countries? Transgender Confusions Misguided Affirmations Staying in Their Lane
2022-03-21
51 min
City Journal Audio
The Gender-Identity Debate
New MI adjunct fellow Leor Sapir joins Brian Anderson to discuss the national debate over gender identity, the contradictions at the heart of transgender activism, and the reasons that America remains an outlier on the subject.
2022-03-11
23 min
City Journal Audio
The Gender-Identity Debate
New MI adjunct fellow Leor Sapir joins Brian Anderson to discuss the national debate over gender identity, the contradictions at the heart of maximalist transgender activism, and the reasons that America remains an outlier on the subject.
2022-03-11
23 min