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Episode 36: When 'Social Justice' Dictates Medicine, with Dr. Lauren Schwartz

from Informed Dissent · host Ben Appel and Corinna Cohn

Today, Corinna and Ben speak with the psychiatrist Dr. Lauren Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz is a senior fellow with Do No Harm, the lead author of a 2025 paper on the health risks of estrogen use in males, and the coauthor of a chapter in Lawrence Krauss’s new anthology, The War on Science (“Gender-Affirming Care: The Abandonment of Medical and Academic Standards”).* Arkansas ban stands* Air Force reneges on retirement benefits* DoE investigates Kansas* “Emerging and accumulating safety signals for the use of estrogenamong transgender women”* The War on Science This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

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