Zohran’s Wins & How Sports Have Always Policed Gender w/Franchesca Ramsey & Michael Waters (Ep 328)

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of trans athlete conversations, historical parallels in gender testing, and political moves by Zohran Mamdani.

How does allowing the right to dominate the conversation around trans athletes put us all in danger? And how does the Olympics new "gender testing" have historical parallels to the Nazi doctors in the 1936 Olympics games? We discuss with author and historian Michael Waters. Plus after just 100 days, Zohran is ready to tax the rich and talk democratic socialism, so of course he's got the right people triggered. We discuss Z's big moves and what's standing in his way with comedian and podcast host Franchesca Ramsey. And who is the bigger AI shill: Reese Witherspoon or Peter Thiel? The answer might surprise you. Featuring: Franchesca Ramsey, podcast host and comedian (16:40)https://www.youtube.com/user/chescaleighhttps://www.instagram.com/chescaleigh/ Michael Waters, author (1:03:44)https://www.michaelwaters.com/about Buy Michael's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-other-olympians-fascism-queerness-and-the-making-of-modern-sports-michael-waters/98c09fdcc1f0d561 *** Rock the pod on your bod. Get a brand new “Abolish ICE” t-shirt and a brand new mug at: www.bitchuationroom.com. *** Support the show becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get NEW exclusive…

People in this episode

Host: Francesca Fiorentini

Guests: Franchesca Ramsey, Michael Waters

Topics covered

• trans athletes
• gender testing
• democratic socialism
• tax the rich
• AI shills
• Olympics history

Keywords

• trans athletes
• gender testing
• democratic socialism
• Zohran Mamdani
• Michael Waters
• Franchesca Ramsey
• AI
• Olympics
• Nazi doctors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Olympics, Abolish ICE, Patreon, YouTube, Twitch, Substack

Products: Abolish ICE t-shirt, mug

Books & works: The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

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