Born This Way?
Description
Today, the story of an idea. An idea that some people need, others reject, and one that will, ultimately, be hard to let go of.
Special Thanks to Carl Zimmer, Eric Turkheimer, Andrea Ganna, Chandler Burr, Jacques Balthazart, Sean Mckeithan, Joe Osmundson, Jennifer Brier, Daniel Levine-Spound, Maddie Sofia, Elie Mystal, Heather Radke
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by - Matt Kielty
Produced by - Matt Kielty
Original music and sound design contributed by - Matt Kielty
with mixing help from - Arianne Wack
Fact-checking by - Diane Kelly
EPISODE CITATIONS:
Videos:
Lisa Diamond - Born This Way, TEDx (https://zpr.io/WJedDGLVkTNF)
Books:
Joanna Wuest - Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement (https://zpr.io/rYPwyhNHtgXe)
Dean Hamer - The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior (https://zpr.io/3FuKZyu2bgwE)
Lisa Diamond - Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Desire and Love (https://zpr.io/cj3ZSLC2xccJ)
Edward Stein - The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientation (https://zpr.io/UQfdNtyE3RtQ)
Chandler Burr - A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation (https://zpr.io/GKUDhyfNacUf)
Jacques Balthazart - The Biology of Homosexuality (https://zpr.io/um6XMmpfkmQS)
Anne Fausto-Sterling - Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality (https://zpr.io/rWNrTYLeLZ3s)
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I learned about chirality, Fritz Haber and a myriad of other things from this podcast. It's sad what it has become. People obsessed with sexuality, gender identity, and any and every other boring ass topic imaginable. If this ever goes back to its former glory I'll be here for it. But this is just disappointing.
Thank goodness the shrieking Make America Gay Again losers (three elections and counting :3 lol) have no choice now that Trump confessed to TREASON and SURRENDERED (how embarrassing) but to admit that their only motive is....obedience. Yup. If they wanted a fiscal Republican it's not like they would have voted for Trump who raised the Federal Budget by the same percentage as Obama and doubled the deficit would they? Nothing left but obedience. How sad.