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 HR AGO

    Episode 188: The Trouble with Terffles

    After Nina “sings” the theme song to The Electric Company and Cori talks about his cats, we discuss last week’s news: gender-critical lawyer Glenna Goldis’s hiring by the FTC post-firing by NY State Attorney General Letitia James, and detransitioner Fox Varian’s $2M lawsuit victory. Living up to our promise of quality content, we look up things on the Internet while recording. Then it’s time to talk Terffles: artisanal chocolates handmade (not handmaiden!) by a canceled TERF witch but inclusive of everyone. Will the Urbana Farmer’s Market accept Nina’s delicious Amaretto Amarena Amazeballs? Plus: “The age of Free Software is ending,” DEI parasites, PaleGray Labs, team names for a cat Cute-Off, Cory’s real name, and more! Links: Glenna Goldis hired by FTC: https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hires-glenna-goldis-lawyer-fired-by-letitia-james Fox Varian $2M lawsuit: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/02/06/lawsuits-over-transgender-medicine-for-minors-could-be-huge Benjamin Ryan, journalist: http://www.benryan.net/ ASPS Statement: https://www.plasticsurgery.org/documents/health-policy/positions/2026-gender-surgery-children-adolescents.pdf AMA statement: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-02-06/american-medical-association-says-gender-surgeries-for-minors-should-wait The Banality of Stupid (2017): https://ninapaley.com/2017/03/23/the-banality-of-stupid/ Hannah Ahrendt: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/banality-of-evil Informed Dissent podcast: https://informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/ The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ Rhapsody in Blue Virtuoso tap dancing: Disabling Impairments cards: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/disabling-impairments/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    44 min

  2. 5 FEB

    Episode 187: Women Have Too Much Baggage

    Enjoy a full hour of Cori and Nina at their best: arguing about attribution, pretending the male co-host is the “designated feminist,” and snarking about various current events. Cori asserts women, old people, and the disabled shouldn’t be on airplanes, and Nina, who is all 3 of those things, does her part. We read aloud an inane comment on our last episode that calls us “a genocide-supporting podcast.” Plus: Jo Freeman, Peggy McIntosh, Max Blumenthal, “self-hating Jews”, ICE vs Border Patrol, Jo Freeman, civil disobedience, buffoonery, policing, a ladyfinger in the face of the pope, Jo Freeman, misogyny, misandry, and Jo Freeman. Finally, a Listener Challenge: write a one-paragraph Anglican sermon about misogyny. Please leave yours in the comments! Links: Jo Freeman: https://www.jofreeman.com/ Peggy McIntosh: https://www.wcwonline.org/Active-Researchers/peggy-mcintosh-phd Kim K’s Komment: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-186-whats-happening-in-iran/comment/206704453 The GrayZone: https://thegrayzone.com/ Max Blumenthal: https://thegrayzone.com/author/max-blumenthal/ Alex Pretti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti Renee Good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ren%C3%A9e_Good cat on trampoline video (is it AI or not?): Civil Disboedience: https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/uprising1313/files/2017/10/Civil-Disobedience-by-Henry-David-Thoreau.pdf Malcolm X: https://www.malcolmx.com/biography/ Dame Sarah Mulally: https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/about/sarah-mullally Ladyfingers: https://baranbakery.com/savoiardi-biscuits-homemade-lady-fingers/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 3m

  3. 28 JAN

    Episode 186: What's Happening In Iran? With Zartosht Soltani

    The Dorx try to understand recent events in the Area Formerly Known As Persia by interrogating animator-cartoonist-painter-comic book creator Zartosht Soltani, who grew up there before moving to New York City. What’s causing the uprisings? What outcomes are possible? What’s it like being jailed in Iran? Zartosht has personal experience with the latter, which he’s channeled into his new comic book DEEV. He also observes that America is becoming more like his former country in alarming ways. Plus: useful vs useless idiots, American vs Iranian communists, “only 3,000,” extremist families, nepotism, learning English in bars, and liberation through painting. Links: Zartosht Soltani: https://www.zartoshtsoltani.com/ Deev comic: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKQV4438 Useful Idiots: https://www.reddit.com/r/agedlikemilk/comments/1q3lnko/iranian_students_celebrate_the_victory_of_the/ Rita Panahi savages Whoopee Goldberg Jo Freeman essay on trashing: https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/trashing.htm Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 18m

  4. 24/12/2025

    Episode 185: GO BILLS!

    Hanukkah is over, but we still have plenty to say about candles, miracles, and commemorating atrocities. We offer our respective reviews of 2025, and Cori talks more about his joylessness, depression, and identifying with “victim groups.” Nina reports progress on her SSDI Blue Book playing card illustrations, including a transgender Jack (“LadyJack”) and Queen Prostate Cancer. Is Down Syndrome progressive? Does Cori “feel Jewish” yet? What should we watch on TV? Do we have any listeners left? Whatever the question, the answer is increasingly: GO BILLS! Links: True Blue Lou sung by Annette Hanshaw: Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjg22rey0lo Chuck Schumer: Go Bills! Rob Reiner murder: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/12/23/rob-reiner-wife-michele-death-certificates-memorial-service/87899544007/ The 12 Days of Christmas: https://www.almanac.com/what-are-12-days-christmas SF Hillel arson: https://sfdistrictattorney.org/man-charged-with-arson-in-connection-to-fire-at-san-francisco-hillel/ Jewish men attacked on NYC subway Cori’s pic on X in front of a giant menorah: Nina’s 2025 Year In review: https://ninapaley.com/2025/12/19/my-2025-year-in-review/ Nina’s SSDI Blue Book illustrations - Queens: https://spinster.xyz/@ninapaley/posts/B1W5HfREevhkTfdyt6 & Jacks: https://spinster.xyz/@ninapaley/posts/B1HQIvEmaTyLQwrNJI Pluribus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/ House of Lies: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1797404/?ref_=fn_t_1 Severance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/?ref_=fn_t_1 Naked Gun: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3402138/?ref_=fn_t_1 PHQ9: https://share.google/PO5J3OAtPMRCLGKVJ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 4m
  5. Episode 184: Alcophobia, or “Oh God Not This Again”

    12/12/2025

    Episode 184: Alcophobia, or “Oh God Not This Again”

    After learning about Nina’s inability to whistle and Cori’s interest in Sharia Enthusiast meetups, the Dorx return to the tired old subjects of gender and online drama. That stupid blue dress comes up again, while a cancellation mob forms on “our side”, at least as bad as the old cancellation mobs on “their side” that got “us” here in the first place. Will it ever end? (No.) How do you say ‘b******t’ in French? (‘Connerie,’ according to Google Translate.) What is the #1 most common stupid mistake young people make? (Tell us in the comments!) Plus: incinerated balls, personality-disordered cliques, shopping at Aldi, the virtue of self-awareness, and George & Ira Gershwin. Fascinatin’! Links: Nina juggles Cori’s phantom balls: https://x.com/ayeshadequeiroz/status/1995916753050988751 Phil Illy at the Genspect conference: https://shannonthrace.substack.com/p/genspect-and-agpgate Nina’s Mimi & Eunice comic strip repost: https://x.com/ninapaley/status/1995499736955261412 Sex is Real, People are Weird: https://store.ninapaley.com/product/terf-tranny-alliance-pin/ Cori calls out callouts: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1995729240877080773 Our Brianna Wu episodes: https://heterodorx.com/podcast/episodes-134-135-is-brianna-wu-based/ The Art Coop (potential site of TERF-n-TrannyCon): https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-terf-battle-in-urbana-averted/article_cdf7ecd4-2e0d-5759-84b7-fbbe653de2a5.html The music of George & Ira Gershwin Fascinating Rhythm Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min

  6. 28/11/2025

    Episode 183: Podcasting from Purgatory

    Cori is acutely depressed, so we discuss his inner world, psychic bodies, primal wounds, and spiritual maladies. We also answer some Listener Questions: is it OK to be tired of TERFing? What are our favorite cat memories? What is Cori’s latest forecast for the future? It’s a far cry from our energetic gender days, but we’re still surviving, which is sometimes the best we can hope for. Links: Cori interviews Nina when she was depressed: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-164-ninas-brain-breaks-itself Tish Hyman at Minnesota prison protest: https://x.com/listen2tish/status/1990310036703478079 Wieiner vs Hyman: Erin Reed, LOLcow: https://kiwifarms.st/threads/erin-reed-anthony-reed-ii-erininthemorn-erininthemorning-erininthenight-_supernovasky_-beholderseye-realitybias-anonymousrabbit.112364/page-888#post-22970899 Sita Sings the Blues: https://sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html Seder Masochism: https://sedermasochism.com/download/ Apocalypse Animated: https://apocalypseanimated.com/ Nina’s SSDI Blue Book illustrations-in-progress: https://ninapaley.com/2025/11/28/ssdi-blue-book-cards-in-progress/ This Land Is Mine: Nina’s store: https://store.ninapaley.com/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 16m

  7. 13/11/2025

    Episode 182: Hayek's Road To Serfdom

    You begged us to stop talking about gender, and start talking about economics. So by popular demand we just made up, the Dorx discuss F.A. Hayek’s The Road To Serfdom for an hour. Collectivism! Individualism! Planned economies! Marx! Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism! Power! Competition! If that doesn’t thrill you or make you fall asleep, we also mention fleas and liquid crystals. Although we answer your not-actually-existent pleas to talk economics, we failed to answer your Listener Questions. Next time, my little turtledoves! Feel free to leave more in the comments. Links: The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46585 Condensed Reader’s Digest version: https://cdn.mises.org/Road%20to%20serfdom.pdf F.A. Hayek: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Hayek.html Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 15m
  8. Episode 181: College Republicans and Chloe Cole

    27/10/2025

    Episode 181: College Republicans and Chloe Cole

    Cori enters the ranks of the Truly Old by discussing his fascinating medical problems, including depression, vasovagal response, blood tests, and his severely impaired endocrine system. Nina attends a Chloe Cole talk hosted by ISU College Republicans and hears chants for free hormones outside and Christian prayers inside. Is finding Jesus really the solution? Is Cori depressed, or supernatural? Will our podcasts be retarded forever? Plus: Low-Dose Naltrexone, Nina’s body temperature, Christian Nationalism, and KITTENS! Links: Chloe Cole ISU talk: https://www.videtteonline.com/news/campus/illinois-state-university-college-republicans-host-anti-trans-activist-chloe-cole/article_a2391090-fb6d-4ee2-ad01-97f942a062ed.html Ben Appel — Cis White Gay: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cis-White-Gay/Ben-Appel/9781637586280 Young Republicans leaked chat: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146 Our interview with Katie Herzog: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-176-katie-herzog-drinks-her Herzog’s Drink Your Way Sober: https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    44 min
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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

Information

  • Creator
    Corinna Cohn
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    192
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Corinna Cohn
  • Show Website
    Heterodorx

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