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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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