EPISODE 4 | All Things Re-Considered: NPR Standards, Rachel Levine, Trump, & Diversity Training Bans

NPR Standards, Rachel Levine, & the Diversity Training Ban. Topics include NPR vs. Public Radio, Trump trigger warning, cultivating fragility, holding powerful people accountable, not holding Rachel Levine accountable, ideology vs. science, divisive training, and much more.

Journalist Gina Gambony joins us for Morning Sedition and we hear from former listeners about their departure from NPR and public radio.

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Show Segments
0:00 Intro
1:26 "I Stopped Listening to NPR When..."
13:27 "Morning Sedition" | Gina Gambony
19:49 NPR Story 1: NPR's advice on dealing with "trauma" from Trump
24:53 NPR Story 2: Rachel Levine / Anti-LGBT bills
47:30 NPR Story 3: Suspended Diversity Training due to Trump EO
1:01:08 End

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Further Reading

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People/dp/1471195201/
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Justice-John-Rawls/dp/0674000781/
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay https://a.co/d/8PGPXS5
TRANS: When Ideology Meets Reality by Helen Joyce
https://www.amazon.com/Trans-When-Ideology-Meets-Reality/dp/0861540492/
Legitimation Crisis by Jurgen Habermas
https://www.amazon.com/Legitimation-Crisis-Juergen-Habermas/dp/0807015210/
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/168451228X/
The End of Gender: Debunking Myths About Sex and Identity in Our Society by Debra Soh https://www.amazon.com/End-Gender-Debunking-Identity-Society/dp/1982132523/
Updated recommendations for hormone therapy for gender dysphoria in young people (Sweden) https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/om-socialstyrelsen/pressrum/press/uppdaterade-rekommendationer-for-hormonbehandling-vid-konsdysfori-hos-unga/
Medical treatment methods for dysphoria
(Finland) https://palveluvalikoima.fi/documents/1237350/22895008/Summary_minors_en+(1).pdf/fa2054c5-8c35-8492-59d6-b3de1c00de49/Summary_minors_en+(1).pdf?t=1631773838474
Finland deviates from WPATH https://segm.org/Finland_deviates_from_WPATH_prioritizing_psychotherapy_no_surgery_for_minors
England ends gender affirming care https://segm.org/England-ends-gender-affirming-care
NHS: Transgender phase https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/23/children-who-think-transgender-just-going-phase-says-nhs/
Evidence for puberty blockers use very low https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56601386
Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2046221?src=recsys
Puberty Blockers and Suicidality in Adolescents Suffering from Gender Dysphoria https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8169497/
Deficiencies in Scientific Evidence for Medical Management of Gender Dysphoria https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0024363919873762
Detransition-Related Needs and Support https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00918369.2021.1919479
The mental health establishment is failing trans kids https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/
Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/
Articles Critical of the IAT and Implicit Bias https://osf.io/74whk/

Show Credits
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Creative Direction by Gina Gambony
Shot and Edited by Travis Brown (@The Signal Productions)
Motion Graphics by Gav Patel
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