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In January 2019, while working in London, Jonathan Hirons’s life suddenly changed. He remembers sitting in a business meeting with colleagues discussing a work project when he “began to feel strange”. Jonathan soon found that he couldn’t make changes to the document he was working on, and he began to struggle to find the words to speak. Fortunately, realising something was very wrong, his colleagues acted quickly and called an ambulance. Jonathan was rushed to University College Hospital, wh ...
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Lobster Brain is all about how lobsters rewire their brains, and how you can too. Lisa Morton and Danny Donachie delve into conversations with highly successful people from sport, business and culture, to get insight into how their minds work. Hear how each guest's brain is wired and has rewired with the challenges they’ve overcome; the successes they've experienced, and what advice can they offer. Why Lobster Brain? Lobsters fight to find out who’s going to be top lobster. Every time a lobs ...
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Tim Manns presents a five-minute journey in sound around some of Devon’s most beautiful and iconic locations. Close your eyes and feel yourself transported to the West Country.
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A podcast by the Gender Dysphoria Alliance. Join us for a compassionate yet heterodox approach to the question of trans.
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Wondering what is happening in the world? Me, too. Let's go into it together. Sit back, relax, and let's delve into the unknown. I will tackle many esoteric subjects, including, but not limited to: Freemasonry, The Occult, communism, the Illuminati, secret societies, Mystery Babylon, the Testament of Solomon, lost books of the Holy Bible such as Jasher and Enoch, sorcery, pharmekia, cursed objects, hidden knowledge, shadow government, mind control, MK Ultra, The Protocols of Zion, endless di ...
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On the tip of my tongue: Series 1 Episode 6 - What we have learned so far...
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Send us a Text Message. Reflecting on the Journey: Uncovering the Themes of Aphasia Awareness In the final episode of Series 1 of 'On the Tip of My Tongue,' hosts Rob Edwards and Jonathan Hirons review the key themes and insights from their podcast series dedicated to raising awareness about aphasia. They discuss the stigmatization and misunderstan…
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On the tip of my tongue: Series 1 Episode 5 - Brain Health with Dr Trevor Powell
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Send us a Text Message. Intertwined Health: Neuropsychology, Brain Health, and Insights from Dr. Trevor Powell In this episode of 'On the Tip of My Tongue,' Dr. Trevor Powell, a consultant clinical neuropsychologist, discusses the interconnectedness of physical and mental health, emphasizing how psychological processes influence physical conditions…
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On the tip of my tongue : Series 1 Episode 4 - Carers with Ann Hirons
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Send us a Text Message. Caring for Loved Ones with Aphasia: A Personal Journey with Ann In this episode of the 'On the Tip of My Tongue' podcast, we welcome Ann, Jon's wife, to discuss her experience caring for a partner with aphasia following his stroke. Ann shares her professional background in psychology and addiction therapy within the NHS, whi…
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On the tip of my tongue: Series 1 Episode 3 - Caring and carers - Michael Shann
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Send us a Text Message. Supporting Carers: Insights and Initiatives from Carers UK In this episode, Michael Shann, head of carer support at Carers UK, discusses his 12.5-year journey with the charity, highlighting its mission to improve the lives of carers. He provides an in-depth overview of the services offered, including a helpline, online and i…
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On the tip of my tongue: Series 1 Episode 2 - Living with Aphasia and Charities
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Send us a Text Message. Understanding Aphasia: A Deep Dive into the Hidden Disability In this episode of the 'On the Tip of My Tongue' podcast, hosts Rob Edwards and Jonathan Hirons discuss aphasia, a little-known yet common condition affecting language and communication due to brain injury. They chat with Barbara Chalk, a retired speech and langua…
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On the tip of my tongue: Series 1 Episode 1 - Living with Aphasia
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Send us a Text Message. Understanding Aphasia: Personal Journeys and Insights In this episode of 'On the Tip of My Tongue,' hosts Rob Edwards and Jonathan Hirons delve into the challenges and experiences of living with aphasia, a language disorder caused by brain injury. Jonathan shares his personal journey following a stroke, highlighting the stru…
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Gender Ideologies - with Helen Pluckrose
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Helen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator, addressing current affairs from a liberal humanist perspective. Her particular focus is current Critical Social Justice (woke) scholarship and activism. Helen took part in the Grievance Studies Affair (along with Peter Bogossian and James Lindsay) which submitted shoddy, ridiculous…
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Trouble with Gender - with Alex Byrne
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Alex Byrne is a professor of Philosophy at MIT. A few years ago he started working on philosophical issues relating to sex and gender. And he just published a book on the topic called “Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions”. Pick up your copy here: http://www.alexbyrne.org/trouble-with-gender.html…
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It's Okay to be a Man - with NJada
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NJada is a detransitioned man who began social transition in 2013 at the age of 19, and HRT the following year. He ultimately detransitioned in 2015. Since then he has been gradually working through stages of self-acceptance. After taking a break from the whole topic of gender for a time, he began to get in touch with other detransitioners in late …
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The Shaman Brain - with Courtney Coulson
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Courtney Coulson is an Australian detransitioner and YouTuber exploring the real psychological and social motivations behind gender dysphoria. In this conversation, Courtney discusses a topic not nearly covered enough on this podcast, which is the role of online fandoms in Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria and motivating adolescent females to transition…
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Another Whistle Blown - with Tamara Pietzke
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Tamara Pietzke is a whistleblower from Washington State whose story was published by The Free Press last week. Tamara has a Masters in social work from the University of Washington. She's since worked with older adults, pregnant and postpartum women, the chronically mentally ill, those in inpatient centers, and she's spent the last six years doing …
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The New York Times ”Opinion” Piece & USPATH’s ”Medical” Conference - with Eliza Mondegreen
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Eliza Mondegreen researches online trans and detrans communities, where she explores the ways questions and doubts are handled. She also writes about gender medicine for Substack, UnHerd, and other outlets. We had Eliza back on the pod to discuss Friday's New York Times article on detranistioners (featuring Aaron K! and others) as well as her lates…
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Autogynephilosophy - with Ray Alex Williams
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Ray Alex Williams is a detrans philosopher who wrote a book on trans feminism and philosophy when he was still identifying as trans. After detransition, however, he started a YouTube channel to share his experiences and educate people on gender issues suppressed in mainstream discourse. Ray's YouTube - youtube.com/@RayAlexWilliams Ray's Twitter - t…
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Enabled and Embedded – with Helen Joyce
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Helen Joyce is author of “TRANS: When Ideology Meets Reality”, (recently reissued as “Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women’s Rights”). TRANS was published in July 2021 by OneWorld and has been in paperback since May 2022. A Times of London and Spectator book of the year, it is a UK and Amazon top ten bestseller. It received rave revi…
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Taking Stock at Tavistock - with Anastassis Spiliadis & Dr Anna Hutchinson
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Anastassis Spiliadis is a psychotherapist and psychologist based in London & Athens, working with individuals couples and families. He works clinically in private practice and as an Education Lead in the NHS. He has worked for many years with people of all ages affected by eating disorders, gender-related distress, relationship challenges and often…
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Exploring the Unexpected Penis - with Amanda Kovattana
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Amanda Kovattana is a biracial, tri-cultural writer who grew up in Bangkok, in a pre-industrialized Thailand before immigrating to California in 1968. She was born in England to an English mother and a Thai father and lived in England during their college years. As a gender non-conforming child, living in Thailand, she benefited from the “third gen…
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Backpedaling Pediatrics - with Dr Julia Mason
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Dr. Julia Mason is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois and completed residency training in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Mason has a busy pediatrics practice; in the past several years she's encountered increasing numbers of gender dysp…
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The Denton Report - with Jamie Reed
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This episode is a little different, in that it started as an informal conversation between Aaron Kimberly, Aaron Terrell and our friend Jamie Reed from the LGBT Courage Coalition. We’re weren’t entirely sure it would become a podcast episode, so it might be a little more disorganized than even we are known for. In this recording, we’re discussing a…
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Managing Dysphoria without Transition - with Anna
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Anna is a Boston-based musician that has lived with gender incongruence her whole life. After trying medical transition, she decided to move away from this treatment approach for her condition, even after seeing some benefits. Regardless of her approach moving forward, she seeks to reestablish a new relationship with what it means to be a female bo…
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The old hippie soul, on Transsexual Unity - Guest: Marc
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Marc is a 40 year old, married transsexual man from Michigan. By day he’s a Senior Legal Processor at a Real Estate Law Firm. He and his wife also have an Etsy business, The Winking Owl Designs. Marc describes himself as an old hippie soul, an avid animal lover, music lover, cannabis connoisseur, and lover of all humans. He started speaking publicl…
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The Butch Lesbian to Gay Man Pipeline
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No guest this week. Instead Aaron T makes the case for why he believes so many butch lesbians become gay transmen after taking testosterone. This is a phenomena widely observed within FtM communities, but neither the people experiencing this sexuality change, nor the clinicians prescribing the hormones, seem to understand why it is happening. A lot…
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Henry Winter: Writing His Own Story
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Henry Winter is one of the country’s most prolific and experienced sports journalists, who captures the heart and soul of football. He’s the Chief Football Writer for The Times newspaper and has also written several books on the subject. In this final episode of Lobster Brain’s first series, Lisa and Danny hear from Henry about what it’s like to ha…
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Special Series - National Transgender Health Summit - Ep. 3 - APA
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Don't listen to this podcast. At least not here. Head over to YouTube https://youtu.be/UKQErjjStIk where you will find a transcript to accompany the often difficult to hear audio. In the third installment of our special series covering the 2023 National Transgender Health Summit, we bring you the recording of a task force from the American Psycholo…
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We brought Phil Illy back for the launch his book: Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex. Available today as a paperback, with the ebook and hardcover available on Tuesday, June 13th. Here is what our own Aaron Terrell had to say about Autoheterosexual, "Expertly researched yet entirely accessible to any layperson interested in this to…
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Sadhguru: Human Beings Are Possibilities Not Products
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Sadhguru has been named one of India's 50 most influential people and needs little introduction. His work has touched the lives of two billion people through transformational programs. An author, poet, visionary, internationally renowned speaker and bestselling author, Sadhguru has been an influential voice at major global forums including the Unit…
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Special Series - National Transgender Health Summit - Ep. 2 - Dr Karasic
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In this second episode of our special series on the National Trans Health Summit, we bring you into the room for a presentation by Dr Dan Karasic. Karasic is the lead author of the mental health chapter of WPATH’s Standards of Care 8, speaking here about working with patients with autism.We’re joined by two Bay area clinicians who attended the conf…
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Special Series - National Transgender Health Summit - Ep. 01 - Dr. Diane Ehrensaft
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Our guest this week is Dr. Diane Ehrensaft. Dr. Ehrensaft is director of mental health, and a founding member of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic. She is a developmental and clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’re kidding. Sort of. Aaron T recently attended the Annual Trans Health Sum…
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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill: Overcoming Doubt from the Playground to the Podium
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“I kept that tunnel vision and focused on the hurdles” Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is one of Great Britain's most successful athletes. She’s an Olympic champion and and three-times world champion heptathlete. She’s very clearly a Top Lobster! It wasn’t all plain sailing for Jess to get to that point though. In this wide-ranging conversation, Danny Dona…
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National Transgender Health Summit
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“Sophia” is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in San Francisco, CA. Her practice is dedicated to providing psychoanalytic psychotherapy to gender-dysphoric and trans-identified adolescents and young adults as well as detransitioners, and parent consultation. She, along with my co-host Aaron Terrel, recently attended the National Trans…
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Jordan Hames: Grateful For Discomfort
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“I've always put myself out of my comfort zone” Jordan Hames is a successful entrepreneur and influencer who works with brands like Tom Ford, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gucci and many more. Lisa and Danny discover that whilst Jordan has incredible ambition, drive and determination - he also practises gratitude and values balance in his life. Jordan explai…
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“We're explorers. We’re on quest.” Do successful people have the same things in common? Can you learn confidence and have self belief? And what’s the relationship between success and happiness? Danny Donachie and Lisa Morton share some of the key lessons they’ve learnt from speaking to highly successful people. You’ll discover that top lobsters fee…
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When Dad Became Joan - with Cath Lloyd
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Cath Lloyd is the daughter of male to female trans parent. In 1987 her Dad suddenly announced that he was going to undergo gender reassignment treatment. This was a total shock to the whole family, except for her Mum who had known about her Dad's gender dysphoria for 10 years. There were no warning signs. Once Cath finally got through her bereaveme…
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Sexology in Samoa - with Dr Paul Vasey
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Dr Paul L. Vasey is Professor and Board of Governors Research Chair in Culture, Organization and Society at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. His research has focused on understanding the development, evolution and psychobiology of gender diversity and sexual orientation. He has studied female homosexual behavior in Japanese monkeys …
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The Autism Connection - with Christina Buttons
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Christina is an independent journalist who writes about gender, pseudoscience, mental health, autism and critical thinking. She advocates for early autism screening and education and a model of transition care that prioritizes thorough, individualized assessments that explore gender-related distress. https://buttonslives.substack.com/p/how-autistic…
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Willie Donachie: Breaking The Chains Of Trauma
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What does it take to forgive? Willie Donachie is a footballer who had a distinguished career playing for Manchester City; Burnley, Oldham Athletic, Portland Timbers and the Scottish national team. He’s been a coach and a manager for many years. He also happens to be - Danny’s dad! Willie reflects on his roots, upbringing and relationship with his o…
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Soft spoken. Soft hearts - with Julia Malott
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Julia Malott is a transgender woman in Ontario, Canada. After running as a candidate for her 2022 school board trustee election, she has been active in school boards across Ontario. Julia holds herself as a voice against illiberal ideologies and seeks to bridge conversations about sex and gender in a way that brings about workable solutions for eve…
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The sound a whistle makes - with Jamie Reed
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Jamie Reed is a self described Queer woman and mom of 5. She holds a Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management and previously worked as a case manager at the Washington University School of Medicine's paediatric transgender centre at St Louis Children's Hospital. She left the position in November of 2022 due to concerns that they were harm…
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Phil Neville: From A Soldier To A General
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“Get the simple things right, day in day out” What does it take to work at the highest level in sport, for years? Phil Nevile has been a footballer at Manchester United and then Captain of Everton. He’s been Head Coach for the Lionesses and he’s currently Head Coach at Inter Miami. You could say he’s part of a modern-day sporting dynasty, with brot…
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Internalizing/externalizing GNC - With Zander Keig
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Zander Keig is an award winning clinical social worker and a female to male transsexual of Mexican heritage. His advocacy work involves serving as Welcome Ministry Board President, Transgender American Veterans Association Board Director of the Community & Fellowship Committee, Advisory Board member, and Senior Fellow for the Foundation Against Int…
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Biet Simkin: Don't Just Sit There!
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Biet Simkin is a musician, spiritual guide and bestselling author. Thousands of people attend her meditation events and she works with some of the most leading lights in Hollywood. Biet came to this success via trauma, loss and addiction. Her mother died when she was very young. Her Dad, who was a shaman, taught her to meditate, but as Biet says, s…
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A Serenity Prayer for TRAs - With Laura Hobbs
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Laura Hobbs is a self described "Gay-GP", a play on Autogynephilia (AGP) with a meta attraction to men. Having once been a controversial and radical trans activist, she has learned that self awareness and acceptance, not the activist narrative, has greatly improved her overall mental health. Laura’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLGOwg…
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The Eunuch Makers - with Eliza Mondegreen
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Eliza is a graduate student researching online trans and detrans communities, with a focus on how these communities influence attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about gender and expectations and intentions toward transition and/or detransition. She attended the WPATH SOC 8 launch conference in September 2022 and describes her some of her observation…
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