Exulansic Returns: Sex, Gender, and I Am Jazz
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Exulansic returns to the podcast
1:15 – Content suppression and a TikTok ban
2:51 – Reacting to I Am Jazz and a viral clip
5:34 – What the Cass Review found
6:11 – Are puberty blockers really reversible?
8:53 – Dog breeding and selection pressures
10:03 – Why not let kids go through puberty?
11:26 – Puberty, the brain, and IQ
13:27 – Hormones, sexual function, and dementia risk
16:07 – Speech pathology and activism
16:52 – How testosterone changes a woman's voice
18:41 – Bottom growth and compartment pressure
20:48 – Allegations against a White House activist
22:17 – Phalloplasty and why puberty matters for boys
25:00 – Nerve grafts and lost sensation
26:52 – Top surgery scars and the "holy trans rites"
29:07 – Breast acceptance and running from a changing body
31:23 – The risks of chest binding
34:20 – How trans identity affects lesbian and gay dating
36:27 – Same-sex attraction and redefining homosexuality
39:24 – Black Mirror's Striking Vipers episode
42:04 – Working as a speech-language pathologist
43:02 – Recovering speech after a stroke
44:24 – Bruce Willis and primary progressive aphasia
46:23 – What causes aphasia and how it's treated
49:29 – How to protect your brain
51:42 – Oliver Sacks and strange brain injuries
55:48 – Capgras and Cotard delusions
58:52 – Can toddlers get brain injuries from falls?
1:01:16 – Wrap-up and where to find Exulansic
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Speech-language pathologist Exulansic returns to update Lou on I Am Jazz's waking nightmare, what the Cass Review found, whether puberty blockers are really reversible, and why we're changing sex traits if sex isn't gender.
We also get into autoandrophilia, the struggles of having "a rooster and a WAP," how testosterone changes a woman's voice, phalloplasty and lost sensation, the risks of chest binding, why you should leave your breasts alone, how trans identity affects gay and lesbian dating, Black Mirror's Striking Vipers, Bruce Willis and aphasia, Oliver Sacks, and Capgras and Cotard delusions.