Some thoughts...
Polly Curtis is the journalist undertaking this task. I don't think I've come across her before, but a quick Google says she's an ex guardian writer. The podcast is by Tortoise, which have held debates before on this subject, so they aren't ones to shy away from the topic.
Below are some quotes from the intro of the first episode.
"It's a row that is playing out in social media timelines, on newspaper front pages ,in schools, within families. It's a nuclear level toxic row where the battle lines have been drawn and history is still being decided, and I'm going to explain as fairly as I can how we got here."
"In this story, definitions really matter."
"Is the Tavistock a lifeline that is helping some of the most marginalised and vulnerable young people at a crucial moment in their lives, or are we witnessing one of the biggest medical scandals in nhshistory unfold…?"
"It's such a toxic debate that people stay away, journalist's swerve it, politicians dodge the question if they can. It's become shrouded in self censorship and a fear of saying the wrong thing. I need to put that fear to one side and try to respectfully and carefully show how this all happened."
"Medical transition means a lifetime of medical treatment, a cost that many feel is worth it, but we don't actually know the true costs. The evidence on the long-term effects is limited. This is where the row starts. Are the benefits worth those unknown risks, and are the roller coaster teenage years the right ones to make these decisions?"
From the intro, Polly seems to grasp what this "row" is all about, so I'm going into this hopeful.