Heterodorx

Corinna Cohn

“Based TERF and Tranny” Nina Paley and Cori Cohn talk about gender — and anything else they find interesting and/or horrifying — with warmth, sarcasm, respect, cutting intelligence, more sarcasm, and disarming honesty. heterodorx.substack.com

  1. 3 days ago

    Episode 200: What Not To Do If Your Son Is Dating A Tranny

    Cori is BACK and so is the Heterodorx podcast! We didn’t even realize this was our 200th episode when we discussed an “interesting” article on PITT (Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans) that got Cori’s gender-neutral underthings in a twist because he, too, was once the “girlfriend” of a young man whose parents blew up. We also wasted this most auspicious number on Microsexuality, Straight Fragility, the persistence of homophobia, social systems, Identified Patients, attraction to posts, and hot nights of Mario Kart followed by “satisfaction”. Plus: cats and health (of course!) and Ninas dream bike which she will actually be able to ride soon. Links: Nina’s dream bike: https://ninapaley.com/jackalope-in-progress/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

  2. 5 Jun

    Episode 196: The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Avocado Oil

    Heterodorx is on indefinite hiatus while one of us goes through some Life Stuff He Can’t Talk About. But here’s a recording from early April, released today, June 5. So much has already changed! For example, Nina’s favorite nutrition shake, Soylent, is no longer available. SAD! We also discuss vegans, vegetarians, having to eat meat when you don’t want it, a canceled (and then uncanceled) YouTuber, Spirit Island, house-moving helicopters and other Homo wner content, and greatly exaggerating reports of our death. Links: NinaPaley cancels the Vagina Museum: https://4w.pub/nina-paley-cancels-the-vagina-museum/ Spirit Island Archive: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxDPRFpq-C3zd9_DhKA-j5IWCpnABOcuYy FBoy Island: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/fboy-island/umc.cmc.6pvj6bxzk3vtisbuz0c8lg19f Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    Episode 196: The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Avocado Oil

  3. 24 Apr

    Episode 195: Natalists, Outliers, and MAID for Podcasters with Meghan Daum

    Writer, podcaster, teacher, thinker, public discourser, and friend of the pod’ Megan Daum joins the Dorx to discuss 80’s music trivia. After which we talk about natalism: pro, anti, soft anti-, demi-, and a-. How wrong was Paul Ehrlich? Is the Demographic Transition Theory true? How has our understanding of (over)population changed? Are people better off having kids? Who will wipe our butts when we get old? What wallpaper goes with suicide? Were we really that clever and interesting in our 20’s, or just cute? And most importantly, WHAT IF?? Links: The Unspeakeasy podcast: https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/ Unspeakeasy Retreats & Workshops: https://theunspeakeasy.com/ J. Geils Band: Centerfold Peter and the Wolf Unspekeasy Lionel Shriver interview: https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/p/lionel-shrivers-most-problematic Nina’s abandoned late 1990’s/early 2000 antinatalist documentary Thank You For Not Breeding: Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: https://www.meghandaum.com/selfish-shallow-self-absorbed Paul Ehrlich: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00939-5 Demographic Transition Theory: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11618374/ Virginia Abernethy - Population Politics: https://www.routledge.com/Population-Politics-The-Choices-That-Shape-Our-Future/Abernethy-Hardin/p/book/9780765806031 Deluded and Immature by Nina (contains all the things I wanted to say on this podcast but didn’t): https://ninapaley.com/2022/10/04/deluded-and-immature/ The Baby Boon by Elinor Burkett: https://archive.org/details/babyboonhowfamil0000burk Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

  4. 19 Apr

    Episode 194: Veganism and Apostates

    After talking about health as we always do because we’re old, we pivot to diet — specifically veganism. Cori, who has never cared about animal rights, gamely steel-mans an argument in favor, while Nina, whose bleeding heart has caused anemia and possibly brittle bones, fearfully argues against. Along the way we cover tribes, rituals, purity, CRISPR, evolution, Lierre Keith, lactose tolerance, lactation intolerance, the Bible, abattoirs, eggs, nuts, Jordan Peterson, cults, The Liberation Pledge, and how Nina accidentally killed a bat when she was 17. Since recording this on Passover 2026 (release delay 85% Cori’s fault) Nina worked through more of her apostasy, first writing The Law of Conservation of Evil and then Vegan Appreciation Day. She’s done now. Links: The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith: https://www.lierrekeith.com/book-ex_the-vegetarian-myth.php Soylent (Creamy Chocolate is the only good flavor): https://www.amazon.com/Soylent-Chocolate-Protein-Replacement-Bottles/dp/B08H6FB43L?th=1 Nina’s Fecebook solicitation: https://www.facebook.com/nina.paley/posts/pfbid0EcMpKSUVyGm6356iEw8VeJXzRJhSP5X3YyVZkDKrUAVrMrYC4oUR3fMriQ8vA2xtl Nina’s poll on Spinster: https://spinster.xyz/@ninapaley/posts/B4tQFS5G2srXYSm1Lc Nina’s poll on Twitter: Jordan Peterson’s Lion Diet: https://liondiet.com/the-diet-updated-march-2018/ The Liberation Pledge: https://veganfta.com/blog/2022/11/16/what-is-the-liberation-pledge-and-how-hard-is-it/ Vegan TERFFles (out of stock) (password: vegan): https://store.ninapaley.com/product/vegan-terffles/ Vegan Appreciation Day: https://ninapaley.com/2026/04/09/vegan-appreciation-day/ The Law of Conservation of Evil: https://ninapaley.com/2026/04/04/the-law-of-conservation-of-evil/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

  5. 1 Apr

    Episode 193: Ex X; X, Why?

    After obligatory discussion of the weather and other old people stuff, Cori lulls Nina to sleep with tales of AI: training software developers to use Claude Code, how one set of commands yielded 20 results, and other top-tier content. Then he relates his entire social media history from college onwards, culminating in his decision to leave X 2 weeks ago. Nina recalls her incarcerations in Fecebook Jail but can’t remember what funny intro she was gonna use this week. Plus: ramen shivs, Twitter fights, the algorithm and the app, titration, vegan Terffles, and more! Links: XX-XY Athletic Wear: https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/ Sora AI generated cat videos: Sora: https://sora.chatgpt.com/ Grok Imagine: https://grok.com/imagine Anheiser-Busch Superbowl ad: Lierre Keith’s The Vegetarian Myth: https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Myth-Food-Justice-Sustainability/dp/1604860804 Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

  6. 18 Mar

    Episode 191: Iran So Far Away

    Nina is a Certified Food Handler, Cori is a Certified Ball Handler, and “bureaucracy just hasn’t been done right yet”. We helplessly learn about learned helplessness and why our episodes are so few and far between. Plus anomia (anomic aphasia), lesbian comedians, Robby Hoffman, rumination, and Iran. Why is the Islamic regime firing on its neighbors? Is this the beginning of World War 3? Is Nina emerging from cancellation? Why is Cori boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning NYC? If you can make it through all the distracting cat antics, you might hear some answers! Links: Iran So Far Away: Food Handler Certification: https://aaafoodhandler.com/illinois/food-handler-card/ Disabling Impairments cards: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/disabling-impairments/ Discount card sets: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/playing-cards-double-decker/ Local non-woke bike shop: https://bakersbikes.com/ Robby Hoffman “No Backsies!” Janet McNamera: Not Smart Enough: Our Zartosht Soltani interview: Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

  7. 6 Mar

    Episode 190: The Thaw

    Nina gets invited to an animation festival for the first time in years, turning her world upside-down. Then we discuss the Great Mail-Order Terffles Experiment, which by the time of this writing (2 weeks after our recording, because Cori’s depression delays his editing even more than usual) has successfully concluded. Next we talk about the mounting list of trans mass shooters, and the desire of wikipedia editors to suppress it. Also guns, Reddit, aspirational truthiness, New York City, bike helmets, memory loss, and of course CATS and HEALTH ISSUES. Czech it out! Links: Wikipedia editors try to suppress a list of Trans Mass Shooters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_March_3#Category:Mass_shootings_by_transgender_individuals I’ve Got A Little List: Trans Rhode Island shooter: https://www.aol.com/articles/rhode-island-shooter-revealed-divorced-145701661.html Paranoid American interviews Nina about AI: Terffles: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/terffles/ (password: yum) Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

  8. 25 Feb

    Episode 189: (Potential) Panic at the Farmer's Market!

    Nina weighs the pros and cons of offering her delicious chocolate Terffles at the local Farmer’s Market, while Cori is motivated by lulz. Is it a chocolate thing, or a gender thing? Which wins: love, humor, or domination? Can Cori work on the Sabbath? How can 2 things be true?? Plus: social climate change, Tranndies, just another trans male mass murderer, sex-denying journalists, cats, and the weather. We recorded this over 10 days ago, and since then Nina launched and completed this brief Terffles-by-Mail experiment: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/terffles/(Link password: “yum”)That batch are literally in the mail now, making their way to their USA destinations. Links: Istanbul (Not Constantinople): Too Darn Hot: Art Coop “No TERFs” sign: https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-terf-battle-in-urbana-averted/article_cdf7ecd4-2e0d-5759-84b7-fbbe653de2a5.html Men’s Pocky: https://candycritic.org/pockyformen.htm Carole Hooven calls out journalists lying about murderer’s sex: Pusslims: https://x.com/_Islamicat Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

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“Based TERF and Tranny” Nina Paley and Cori Cohn talk about gender — and anything else they find interesting and/or horrifying — with warmth, sarcasm, respect, cutting intelligence, more sarcasm, and disarming honesty. heterodorx.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Corinna Cohn
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    203
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Corinna Cohn
  • Show Website
    Heterodorx

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