EP148 - Political Downtime

EP148 - Political Downtime

From What The Trans!? by The What The Trans Group

February 5, 2026 · 1h 1m · Episode 148

About this episode

The hosts discuss recent political news, including the ban on conversion therapy and the actions of ICE, while reflecting on the importance of rest in difficult times.

This week, on a shorter-than-usual episode, Ashleigh and Flint take their collective feet off the accelerator and approach things in a more thoughtful way. But there is still some news talk! Including: CW: This episode contains a discussion around the actions of ICE, in the USA. There's no easy way of going over this. Closer to home, the Council of Europe has voted to ban conversion therapy, despite the best efforts of a certain anti-trans group... In fact that particular group had a double-whammy of deserved disappointment and we'll tell you all about it in Loser's Corner. Followed by a considered conversation about how, in these difficult times, are we to rest. Maybe there's ways of passing time that are in and of themselves radical. From the immortal Terry Pratchett: "It's not worth doing unless someone, somewhere would much rather you weren't doing it." References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep148

People in this episode

Hosts: Ashleigh, Flint

Topics covered

  • politics
  • conversion therapy
  • ICE actions
  • rest and radicalism
  • news

Keywords

  • politics
  • conversion therapy
  • ICE
  • Council of Europe
  • Terry Pratchett

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Council of Europe, anti-trans group

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