CIB has regrettably allowed the news of the week to turn us into insufferable but righteous cranks about almost everything, including the idiots mucking about with Roald Dahl’s words, the people calling the New York TImes to task for reporting on things they’d prefer they’d not, and plenty else. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Yeeting Yeats, and the XFL improves the kickoff
9:48 — Abe prematurely celebrating the death of a perfectly nice old man
11:48 — Roald Dahl’s works have been updated to better conform to the alleged preferences of the modern age
36:22 — A bunch of disingenuous liars signed their names to a letter accusing the NYT of transphobia
1:14:52 — A doctor insists that obesity is a result of one’s genetics, not the environment, by very clearly blaming the environment
1:28:44 — Wrap up! Marlowe, Deliverance, Years and Years, a fun new toy, Hogwarts Legacy, and The Last of Us

Relevant Linkage

USA Today: How XFL 2023 rule book is different from NFL and college football: What you need to know (need may vary")

NYT Opinion: Jimmy Carter’s Presidency Was Not What You Think

AP: Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship

NYT Opinion: The Long Shadow of ‘American Dirt’

Reason: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers

NYT: In an Era of Online Outrage, Do Sensitivity Readers Result in Better Books, or Censorship?

The letter sent to the New York Times by a group of concerned NYT contributors

NYT: When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know

NYT: The Battle Over Gender Therapy

NYT: They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost?

NYT Douthat: How to Make Sense of the New L.G.B.T.Q. Culture War

Jesse Singal: "Science Vs" Cited Seven Studies To Argue There’s No Controversy About Giving Puberty Blockers And Hormones To Trans Youth. Let’s Read Them.

BBC: NHS to close Tavistock child gender identity clinic

Daily Mail: More than 1,000 children were given puberty blockers at controversial Tavistock gender clinic 'in scandal compared to doping of East German athletes', new book claims

France24: Sweden puts brakes on treatments for trans minors

NYMag: Fight the Anti-Trans Backlash With Accountability, Not Silence

SEGM: One Year Since Finland Broke with WPATH "Standards of Care" — Finland prioritizes psychotherapy over hormones, and rejects surgeries for gender-dysphoric minors

Reuters: U.S. Republicans target transgender youth healthcare in legislative push

Reuters: A gender imbalance emerges among trans teens seeking treatment

Reuters: Exclusive: NHS drafts stricter oversight of trans youth care

Reuters: Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care

The Free Press: I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle. There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.

Fox News: UW declined to correct misleading info on puberty blocker study after fawning media coverage

WaPo: Missouri officials investigate transgender youth clinic

The Atlantic: AMERICA’S TEENAGE GIRLS ARE NOT OKAY

NPR: Parents raise concerns as Florida bans gender-affirming care for trans kids

NYT: Utah Bans Transition Care for Transgender Youth

Kansas Reflector: New bill would ban gender-affirming medication and surgery for Kansans under the age of 21

SCOTUS: 14th Amendment covers gender identity

NBC News: Younger, healthy people don't need another Covid booster, vaccine expert says

Bari Weiss’ Honestly Podcast: Will Ozempic Solve Obesity in America? A Debate

LA Times: Amid calls for a boycott, ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ controversy questions what it means to be a ‘Harry Potter’ fan

GameRant: Hogwarts Legacy Launch Sales Break 22-Year-Old Record, Demolish Elden Ring