Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing
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The first regretter to speak out publicly
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“I was diagnosed in 45 minutes, I’ve already been taking hormones, and I was fast tracked into surgery which I paid for myself, all my own money, ...
"You're ugly, you're ugly, your parents don't love you!"
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Listen to my exclusive interview with the fabulous Dame Katy Denise!
11 Apr 2026
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Dr Dame Katy Denise: My exclusive interview with the feminist icon
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A rare audio interview with Dame Katy (transcript below) in which she bears ALLWe’re backstage at DKD’s one womxn show, in the Barnsley British Re...
A marriage of convenience: Religious extremists and the left
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Yehudis Fletcher, 2026You can read my interview with Yehudis, published in Unherd, May 2025, here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...
Grooming Gangs: Fiona's Story
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We cover growing up in Bradford, how she met the men that would come to abuse her, and some of her early experiences.As Fiona says: The inquiry into g...
Fancy a Negroni?
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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My Negroni-making class
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lesbian Project Podcast This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebi...
Paddy O'Gorman
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Paddy about the horrors of men in women’s prisons (including the infamous and truly terrible case of Barbie Kardashian), the transition...
'Who decides if I'm a woman?'
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Contributors:James Barrett, consultant psychiatrist and lead clinician at the Charing Cross National Gender Identity ClinicJulie Bindel, feminist and ...
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour: My debate with Linda Riley, December 2018
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Riley (centre) with a couple of tranocities, Diva AwardsLinda Riley, 2018 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other sub...
The man that coined the term 'autogynephilia'
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm speaking with Ray Blanchard, a psychologist, sexologist, who coined the term autogynephilia to describe those men that identify as women...
I was a guest on 'Francis Foster Sorts Your Life Out' podcast
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Watch here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack....
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! DR DAME KATY DENISE SPEAKS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME!
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Katy Denise“A triumphant tale of transformation from a highly esteemed philanthropist, coworker, boss, and my personal hero” Lambrini Lil, AK...
Only a decade ago, this episode of Late Night Woman's Hour, on the topic of lesbian and gay identity did not even cause a stir!
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Those taking part in the debate were: Me. Zing Tsjeng, UK editor of Broadly (the only one to mention ‘transgender’, but just once). Very ‘queer...
Why are so many women fascinated with true crime?
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dig Up Your Mam, my latest podcast series. Listen to the podcast on this Substack, or the usual platforms This is a public episode. If you'd like to ...
Are the pronatalists right? Should we be increasing the birth rate?
26 May 2025
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https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/nandita-bajaj2 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access ...
Does Linda Riley, former owner of Diva Magazine, REALLY believe in gender ideology?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Riley (centre) with a couple of tranocities, Diva AwardsLinda Riley, 2018 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other sub...
Jamie Reed: Whistleblower supreme
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Reed, Free PressWashington University’s youth gender clinic in St. Louis, became overwhelmed by new patients and failed to provide them with m...
Live with Suzanne Moore
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you The Word Factory, Kristin Zebrowski, MPA, Larry Shell, Barb, Barbara Ratcliffe, and many others for tuning into my live video with Suzanne M...
Lesbians (and other feminists) speak out about women-only spaces in Vancouver
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the live event, which included speakers from the Lesbian Collective, Vancouver Rape Relief, and me. The audio runs for approximately one hou...
"Learn your history!" scream a load of trans activists outside of a feminist event on International Women's Day
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was informed, by a young man, that I am “an old white woman”, to which I responded that we all get old if we are lucky, and he would also one da...
Prostitution is Torture
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa FarleyExtreme violence and psychological abuse have been extensively documented and are pervasive in prostitution. Survivors of prostitution r...
Péter Ungár, Member of Parliament in Hungary for the oppositional Green Party
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Co-president of lehet más a politika (LMP), translated: ‘politics can be different’. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...
Faika El-Nagashi
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Faika El-Nagashi, Budapest, October 2024 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode...
Unfortunately, she was a nymphomaniac
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Smith, in Rome (where else?)Listen to Joan explain why and how she took on the incredible project of uncovering the true stories of twenty-three ...
"They told me my son was dead, that he had been hit by a train"
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Outside the WPATH conference. Five minutes after this photograph was taken, the organisers called the police on JuanaJuana and EricEricShow notes:WPAT...
John Boyne
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-boyne-why-i-support-trans-rights-but-reject-the-word-cis-1.3843005 This is a public episode. If you'd li...
Harriet Wistrich: Sister in Law: Fighting for justice in a legal system designed by men
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Details of the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) here where you can also find details of future book events.What some of the reviewers have said:Inve...
Dr Pam Spurr
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pam Spurr is presently a BPS chartered academic, teaching and research psychologist. She started working in the media during her time at Guy’s/in t...
Maia: A desister and sister
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MaiaAt the age of 12, Maia discovered the idea of gender transition. As a young adult, she moved to the Middle East and embarked upon building a new l...
The woman banned from Newcastle United stadium for tweeting about gender ideology
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Linzi, with her granddad, at the beautiful game Linzi, a lesbian and a supporter of rights for same-sex attracted people, was the subject of a four-mo...
Debbie Hayton
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to the man who wanted to be a woman, had his penis removed, became a transactivist, rejected some gender ideology, and once wore a T-shirt with...
The man that coined the term 'autogynephilia'
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm speaking with Ray Blanchard, a psychologist, sexologist, who coined the term autogynephilia to describe those men that identify as women...
A fascinating conversation with Kenneth Zucker
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Zucker during his time at the GICDr Ken Zucker has an impressive CV. The editor of the prestigious journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, he too...
Toxic: Women, Fame and The Noughties
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Britney Spears in 2007Paris Hilton with activist Caroline Cole at a press conference outside the US Capitol Building on April 27, 2023 in Washington, ...
The art of misogyny
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2022 Sibyl was working for Cornerstones Literary Consultancy as one of their ‘Core Editors’. She had been working with them without issue...
I survived a serial killer
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Lea, senior lecturer in Art and former course leader at Masters degree The Long Shadow, written by George Kay, and based on Michael Bilton’s book...
Celebrating the life and work of Jalna Hanmer
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jalna Hanmer at the International Tribunal on Crimes against Women, March 4–8, 1976 in Brussels. The event was created with the intention to "make p...
Persecuted for believing in biology.
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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The nurse at risk of losing her license for believing in biological sex
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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"I was born a boy but raised as a girl"
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie OttowayIN 1986, Sophie Ottaway was born with a very rare condition which required immediate surgery.Cloacal exstrophy happens when the organs i...
"Russell Brand is a misogynist!" I talk with Rosie Duffield about the latest scandal involving abusive men
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie DuffieldWe talk the mess of the Labour Party; feminism and male violence; men being plonkers generally; and the dudebros on the Left (as opposed...
Sex Matters: A conversation with Maya Forstater
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maya Forstater (middle) and colleagues at the launch of the #RespectMySex campaign, 2022Since 2004, when trans activists first came after me, I and ma...
Do lesbians have penises?
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny and Cooper (he refuses to identify as a lesbian, but Jenny does)Jenny Watson runs weekly lesbian speed dating evenings in a London pub. Or at le...
'The army of the cancelled' are fighting back and WINNING
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Having worked for 15 years working for the Arts Council England, Denise felt she had no choice but to resign, following what a targeted campaign of bu...
Vaishnavi Sundar
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Vaishnavi about her film (currently in production) Behind the Looking GlassTeaser link:Crowdfunder: http://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_...
Cancelled by Leigh Folk Festival for...
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have a listen to their story, and also hear some of their gorgeous music This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscriber...
Julie Szego
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Szego was a star masthead writer at The Age newspaper in Australia, until, earlier this month, she was told that her services were no longer req...
Give Birth Like a Feminist
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to read more about Milli, here are some links:Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milli-Hill/e/B00RITKBBEHer story of being bullied:...
Tickle v Giggle (or is it Giggle v Tickle?)
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Roxanne Tickle Today I'm speaking with Sall Grover, an Australian businesswoman who is the co-founder of the female only networking app Giggle, and I ...
Martina Navratilova
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Martina has been a bit quiet lately as she has been focusing on health issues, but in recent days she has been back in the press, thanks to her commen...
My friend, the trans pornographer
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Umut Özkırımlı: Cancelled: The Left Way Back From Woke
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Umut Özkırıml This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.sub...
"Why did the anti-sexist man walk into a bar?"
30 Mar 2023
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The so-called 'sexual revolution' benefited men
18 Mar 2023
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Louise Perry This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substac...
Old Hags Revolt!
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Smith This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.subst...
"I am so proud to be a lesbian"
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Faika El-Nagashi addressing Austrian Parliament http://www.thelesbianproject.co.uk/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...
"Men need to be held accountable for violence against women"
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jalna Hanmer at FiLiA, 2021Jalna is a former professor of Women's Studies, who was responsible for bringing women's studies as a discipline in academi...
Kal's Kitchen: this plant based chef may have found the alternative to salt:
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
London-based vegan chef Kalvinder (Kally) Chaggar has an enthusiasm for exotic ingredients and fascination with foods that boost the body’s immune s...
Anatomy of a Medical Scandal - a chat with Hannah Barnes
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Barnes This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substa...
Misgendering appears to be a hate crime
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking on a TV debate, Moutot said of trans-identified males in prison: “They will become women in prison, administratively speaking, and they wil...
Is surrogacy ever ethical and harmless?
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Tonje Gjevjo
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tonje Gjevjo and the group Hungry Hearts competing for Norway at the Eurovision Song contest, 2016 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss ...
Remember Cathy Boardman? Punished for encouraging critical thinking amongst her students:
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well, here is an update to her case, involving a women-only party, the dark art of lesbian shenanigans, a CANCELLED hooley, some complaints from a ver...
Germany: The brothel of Europe
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
German brothel during COVIDOne of the many multi-storey brothels in Munich This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib...
Hadley Freeman: Best selling author, columnist and feature writer for the Sunday Times
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hadley Freeman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.subst...
Abortion is criminalised in the UK. An interview with Emma Milne
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Milne, Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham University and author of Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicid...
The murders of Raneem and Khaola
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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The holiday home where men are banned:
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have a look at the website: http://www.hortonwhc.org.uk/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access ...
A speech by, and a conversation with Rachel Moran, Irish sex trade survivor & author of best selling memoir, Paid For: My journey through prostitution
17 Nov 2022
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James Esses
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Support James's CrowdJustice fund! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...
Labour Women's Declaration
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Labour Women's Declaration This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit julie...
Amy Hamm
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) launched an investigation into Amy in November, 2020, in response to public complaints about h...
Cathy Boardman: another inconvenient truth
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cathy Boardman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.subst...
Eddie Izzard is a man
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The trans train, driven by Stonewall, Mermaids and propaganda machines such as Pink News is derailing. Mermaids, drowning in scandal is truly on the r...
I won against Nottingham City Council
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My talk in the library car park This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ...
FiLiA 2022:
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke to FiLiA Spokeswoman and Trustee Raquel Rosario Sanchez about the forthcoming event, and why it is so important for feminists from around the...
Porn Robots - what's the problem?
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://kathleenrichardson.org/Kathleen completed her PhD at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her fieldwork was an inve...
Pragna Patel
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kiranjit Ahluwalia, free at last following a campaign led by Southall Black Sisters to overturn her murder conviction. Pragna Patel in the long, black...
The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EHMPhttps://emmahumphreys.org/category/ehmp/The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize has, since 1998, been awarding prizes to groups and individuals campaign...
Former Deputy Leader sues the Green Party
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can support Shahrar’s case here:https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/worthy-of-respect-in-a-political-party/Shahrar Ali This is a public episode. I...
Nina Power:
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do men want? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.su...
Big Fertility
03 Sep 2022
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Surrogacy Stories
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Surrogacy is big businessOn April 3rd 2020, the Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA) passed in the New York Legislature, meaning that commercial or “com...
A chat with Mickey Meji:
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey MejiA dirt road off Baden Powell Drive where prostituted women stand or sit under the tree for shade This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
Close down Sandyford Gender Clinic!
18 Aug 2022
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Sinead Watson This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substa...
Annie & Kate: Lesbians supreme
16 Aug 2022
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Annie & Kate This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substac...
Rosie Duffield:
11 Aug 2022
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Rosie Duffield MP This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.su...
Selina Todd
08 Aug 2022
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Selina Todd This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack...
John Worboys: The Black Cab Rapist
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Worboys: prolific sex offenderThe image of the black cab is as quintessentially London as that of the Houses of Parliament. When prolific sex off...
A chat with Richie (@TullipR)
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Yağmur Uygarkızi: Part 1
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yagmur is a 25-year-old feminist activist, born in Turkey, raised in France. She is co-founder of Radical Girlsss (https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org...
Gail Dines
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fighting the porn industry This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit julie...
Martina Navratilova
11 Jul 2022
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Copyright: Vogue This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.sub...
The Best Women:
26 Jun 2022
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Feminist campaigner Joan Smith This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit j...
The Best Women
21 Jun 2022
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Carole Hooven This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substa...
An interview with Ben Appel
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, in a fundamentalist Christian community called The Lamb of God. What began in the mid-1970s as a smal...