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Helen Joyce Podcast Interviews - MegaThread

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UtopiaPlanitia · 20/04/2026 16:45

I tend to binge podcasts that feature Helen as a guest and these are two recent YouTube interviews I've found:

I thought it might be an idea to have a thread in which we collect in one place links to podcasts that feature 'La Joyce'. She does so many interviews that I often miss some, it could be useful to have a crowdsourced list.

If you like the idea, please feel free to add links (from any podcast service) to the thread.

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https://youtu.be/xx1ftsQdIWA?si=DIibAlY8EzlBwhOL

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Spronkles42 · 08/07/2026 18:20

UtopiaPlanitia · 08/07/2026 14:43

Does it abridge Jordan?? 😉 He does have a tendency to get caught up in explaining something in psychological terms and forgetting to talk to his interviewees 😂

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In this case it was a solid conversation and Helen was on great form.

The daily wire had to take a very careful line on their YouTube edit because their previous Helen Joyce video was taken down from YouTube. I think they were to conservative (pun intended) the edit.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 08/07/2026 14:43

Spronkles42 · 07/07/2026 20:41

There is an abridged version here:

Its a shame its heavily edited and so short.

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Does it abridge Jordan?? 😉 He does have a tendency to get caught up in explaining something in psychological terms and forgetting to talk to his interviewees 😂

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Spronkles42 · 07/07/2026 20:41

RobinEllacotStrike · 06/07/2026 13:38

Helen Joyce & Jordan Petersen is worth a listen. The video got removed by YT:

open.spotify.com/episode/0AgnjaxYfqbZiaAcZIxKlL?si=105a22bbdb0b4693

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WLHOnqRFqCIcdqBotZ6ey?si=ab2441a00e234946

There is an abridged version here:

Its a shame its heavily edited and so short.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 07/07/2026 15:41

Really in depth and interesting discussion between Helen and Dennis Kavanagh from the Gay Mens' Network re the Govt's new Conversion Practices Bill:

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FarriersGirl · 07/07/2026 12:15

I watched the Durham Union one yesterday. Helen comes across so clearly. I was stuck by how most of the questions came from young men rather than women though.

trainedopossum · 06/07/2026 14:02

Not to derail but I thought I remembered HJ laying out a great argument against the case-by-case nonsense (using the example of a boxer who’s rubbish at punching) and wanted to relisten but can’t find it. Can anyone identify the podcast?

Rollstar · 06/07/2026 10:30

BeKindWisely · 23/06/2026 07:54

Just wanted to say thanks for this one!
Yes. A great one to share with the curious

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I'm really glad you liked it too. Your username is very apt!

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Rollstar · 23/04/2026 22:59

I return to this one every now and again.
Refreshing to hear someone from the other side challenging Helen whilst engaging sincerely. Not as much of a deep dive as some of her other interviews maybe, but very accessible and watchable and a good one to share with people new to the issues.

Melody, the interviewer is likeable. She’s young and kind and doing her best to put forward arguments and not say heretical things but you can watch her being won over in real time by Helen’s logic, clarity and warmth.

Just wanted to say thanks for this one!
Yes. A great one to share with the curious

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UtopiaPlanitia · 23/06/2026 00:24

This interview has a focus on the situation in Ireland:

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fabricstash · 24/04/2026 10:51

2021x · 24/04/2026 01:06

I also have enjoyed her podcasts. I have listened to the Richard Dawkins one a couple of times. I think she is excellent at bringing her understanding and world experience together to tell a great story.

She recently "interviewed" Maya Forstater about how Sex Matters got started and it was very good and helped Maya come across as a completely relateable and incredibly clever all in one go.

I would also recommend reading Terf Island by Fiona. It follows 4 influential women including Maya and the rise of resistance

Arsewype · 24/04/2026 08:12

Here a few more from Helen;

This is an interview with the Free Speech Union, it really needs to be watched rather than listened to as some of the questions just come up on screen.

I like this one because the interviewer brings up a few sort of push backs and criticisms, but Helen calmy dismantles them with logic and reason beautifully.

And these are two interviews from Stephie Winn’s podcast - she is a licenced therapist in the US.

The first one is actually Helen being the interviewer so she doesn’t talk that much, but it’s still an in interesting listen - there is a lot about young trans people, who Stephanie previously worked with, and they discuss how affirmation only goes against therapeutic principles and the damage it can do.

The second one is more focused on the change in UK law to ban conversion therapy and why it’s not what it seems:

2021x · 24/04/2026 01:06

I also have enjoyed her podcasts. I have listened to the Richard Dawkins one a couple of times. I think she is excellent at bringing her understanding and world experience together to tell a great story.

She recently "interviewed" Maya Forstater about how Sex Matters got started and it was very good and helped Maya come across as a completely relateable and incredibly clever all in one go.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 24/04/2026 00:53

fabricstash · 23/04/2026 22:28

This is a podcast from a while ago but I really enjoy the podcaster and he has a lot of sex realists on
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-michael-shermer-show/id1352860989?i=1000568911121

Oh I like that podcast, how did I manage to miss Helen being a guest 🤦‍♀️

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Rollstar · 24/04/2026 00:05

Just to add - I don’t think, deep down, Melody is a true believer. More immersed in a culture where GC views are simplified and misrepresented as bigotry.
She comes across as mildly combative at first and is then surprised and disarmed by Helen’s reasonableness. She was expecting something quite different I think.

Rollstar · 23/04/2026 22:59

I return to this one every now and again.
Refreshing to hear someone from the other side challenging Helen whilst engaging sincerely. Not as much of a deep dive as some of her other interviews maybe, but very accessible and watchable and a good one to share with people new to the issues.

Melody, the interviewer is likeable. She’s young and kind and doing her best to put forward arguments and not say heretical things but you can watch her being won over in real time by Helen’s logic, clarity and warmth.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 23/04/2026 18:31

This was an interesting conversation recorded last year after the SC judgement, it covers a wide range of issues within the topic:

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BettyBooper · 23/04/2026 16:06

And this one with Richard Dawkins from a couple of years ago. Haven't listened to it yet so don't know the content. Going to have a listen now....

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PhilOPastry62 · 23/04/2026 15:50

This is a great idea for a thread. I could listen to Helen Joyce forever. She's so clear and incisive, and also comes across as warm and compassionate. A real class act! Here's my contribution, on the impact of gender ideology on children. No-one says it quite like Helen.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 23/04/2026 15:16

Datun · 23/04/2026 15:02

I'm sure it's a very interesting interview. He seems like a thoughtful man.

But I can't help laughing when he's discussing about gender and what it means and how you shouldn't be constrained by it, and I'm already I don't know how far in, and he's just done all the talking.

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Coleman is so deliberate in his speaking that I tend to listen to him on 1.5 speed 😆

I had the same issue when Helen was interviewed by Jordan Peterson - he'd ask her questions and then answer them himself or get excited by something she said and start explaining it in depth.

Julia HB (and other TalkTV hosts) have a similar problem, they talk for a living and continue to do it even throughout interviews - drives me bonkers sometimes lol

Some people just don't realise that they hog conversations and it makes them interviewers of frustrating quality.

As a podcast and radio guest, Helen has the patience of a saint 🤯

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Datun · 23/04/2026 15:02

UtopiaPlanitia · 22/04/2026 14:52

This is an older interview with Coleman Hughes but I came across it because it was re-posted recently. It's interesting to see Helen discussing this with a young American, to hear a perspective on this issue that isn't from UK & Europe and is from someone young enough to have been raised with Genderism in his education system:

I'm sure it's a very interesting interview. He seems like a thoughtful man.

But I can't help laughing when he's discussing about gender and what it means and how you shouldn't be constrained by it, and I'm already I don't know how far in, and he's just done all the talking.