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168: The Science of Male Birth Control

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4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Birth control pills currently only exist for females - but why is that? This week we discuss contraception for cis men & delve into the sexism that this research is steeped in...

Rowan's video: The Problem With "Google is Free" Activism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUwkCfT3vU 

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References & Further Reading
  1. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-pill/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-the-pill
  2. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/
  3. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/male-pill/
  4. https://news.sky.com/story/amp/contraceptive-pill-for-males-is-99-effective-in-preventing-pregnancy-12573228
  5. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2022/march/non-hormonal-pill-could-soon-expand-mens-birth-control-options.html
  6. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2313115-male-contraceptive-pill-is-safe-and-effective-in-tests-in-mice/amp/
  7. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4237-male-contraceptive-trial-has-100-success/
  8. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-pill/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-the-pill
  9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2940206/#__ffn_sectitle

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird and wonderful stories from the science world.

0:12.9

I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Jamp, and Luke Cutford.

0:16.4

Welcome back.

0:17.1

Howdy, welcome back. Howdy, welcome back.

0:30.5

This week we're talking about baby blockers and sperm stoppers.

0:33.8

But first, we've got a little Spotify update.

0:34.4

Ooh.

0:38.1

How many followers do you think we have on Spotify now? I forgot what we had last, was it 33,000 last time?

0:40.5

It was about 30,000 in the low 30,000s, yeah.

0:43.6

Hmm, okay.

0:44.7

I reckon we are about not quite at 35 yet.

0:48.0

34.5.

0:49.4

Oh, very, yes, very close.

0:51.5

34,670.

0:53.9

Oh, so close. Bloody bloody incredible very well done we've also got

0:59.4

close to a million people that have started listening to the podcast that's insane i say a million

1:04.4

people almost a million starts and almost three quarters of a million streams so that's like

1:09.5

people fully listening through and being

1:11.3

like, yeah, I like that. Wow. So cool. Fifty-five thousand listeners, which means that there are some of you

1:16.0

that are listening that aren't yet following us. How dare you doing? Why are you doing that? We're

1:20.9

about the top 50 science podcast in the UK. You should definitely be following us. Why aren't you following us?

1:25.8

But also, we've asked that question.

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