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

The Bitchuation Room

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Comedy, News, Government, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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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 perks. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com. *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Find Francesca On: Substack: franifio.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.8	This is so often framed as like a question of,
0:55.7	is it fair to allow trans women to compete, right?
0:59.1	And never a question of, is it fair to exclude trans women?
1:01.9	Right.
1:02.0	I think even just the way we frame this is sort of wrong
1:05.0	and doesn't get at the fact that this is,
1:06.9	to me, sort of fundamentally a human rights issue.
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1:23.5	Francesca Fiorentini. Thank you so much for pressing play for jumping in, for joining me live.
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