Citation Needed Podcast
A weekly podcast that provides a reality check for academia, discussing topics related to research, higher education, and scholarly life. The show aims to offer critical perspectives and insights for academics and those interested in the academic world.
Episodes
Woke “scholars” say childhood sexual innocence is a “colonial fiction” that must be dismantled
This week’s episode of Citation Needed is available exclusively for our paying supporters. Every other episode of the show is free, so you can always try those first and see if you enjoy what we do—but if you want access to every episode (double the content), you’ll need to become a supporter. Your subscription helps us keep exposing the wildest corners of academia and ensures we can keep producin
What ’puppygirls‘ know (and we wish we didn’t), with Eva Kurilova
This week’s episode is free, but remember—we paywall every other episode. That means next week’s is for supporters only. If you want access to double the content and don’t want to miss out, become a paying subscriber. Your support helps us keep exposing the most unhinged corners of academia.This week, Colin is joined by Canadian writer Eva Kurilova to tackle one of the strangest academic papers we
Decolonizing and indigenizing nursing with Amy Hamm
This week’s episode of Citation Needed is for supporters only—but don’t worry, next week’s will be free. We alternate between free and paywalled episodes every week, so if you want a taste of what you’re missing, be sure to tune in next week or check out our previous free episodes. And if you enjoy this show, please consider becoming a supporter—it help… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
A new paper by a ‘nonspeaking cyborg kraken’ says society is oppressive because most people speak and hear
This week’s episode of Citation Needed is free to everyone! Every other episode is for supporters only, so if you enjoy this one and want to tune in next week, be sure to subscribe. Your support helps us keep producing the show and exposing the ideological rot in academia.In our first segment, we dig into a brand-new paper on “ableism” by activist Alice Wong. Instead of research, the journal publi
‘Queer’ researcher says keeping records of child abuse is ‘settler-colonial violence’
This episode is supporters only. We paywall every other episode, which means next week’s episode is free—a perfect way to sample the show and decide if you want to subscribe to receive double the content. Your support helps us keep producing this content.For our first segment, we cover the latest Gordon Guyatt scandal. The “father of evidence-based medicine” tries to paint the Society for Evidence
This sociologist says “reverse discrimination” is a paranoid myth. Here’s why he’s wrong.
This episode is free! I (Colin) am flying solo this week—Brad is away on last-minute travel—but this episode will still cover two big stories.A reminder: we paywall every other episode, so when Brad returns next week, that one will be for supporters only. If you want access to next week’s show (and double our content every month), make sure to subscribe today!In the first segment, I break down a r
Cancer drugs and psychedelics convinced this man he’s a nonbinary grandmother named Leela
This week’s episode is for supporters only—but you can gain access to it, along with every episode moving forward, by becoming a supporter of Citation Needed. Supporters get double the content and help us keep devoting our time to exposing the worst pseudoscience and cultural absurdities out there. This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com
Top journal Nature wants to decolonize science and replace it with ‘Indigenous’ mysticism
This week’s episode is free, but remember—because we paywall every other episode, if you want access to next week’s episode, you’ll need to become a supporter. Being a supporter gives you twice the content and helps us devote our time to tackling these stories with the right mix of humor and serious analysis.In our first segment, we break down the controversy over the Minnesota Vikings adding two
New Fat Studies ‘research’ claims Ozempic is fueling oppression and fat genocide
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The paper “Black Anality” is what happens when academia disappears up its own…
This week’s episode is free! If you want access to every episode, please become a paying subscriber. Your support allows us to keep shining a light on the most absurd corners of academia.In our first segment, Colin takes us inside his new legal action against Cornell University for racial discrimination in hiring. He explains how newly uncovered internal emails reveal a secret search for a “divers
This ‘scholar’ believes fairy tales need to be queered to resist oppression and dismantle whiteness
In this supporter-only episode, we kick things off with a look at a sharp rebuttal by Jon Pike and Emma Hilton to a recent academic paper defending Caster Semenya’s eligibility to compete in the women’s category. We break down their clear, evidence-based response, which exposes the original paper’s scientific errors and ideological framing, and explains… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
This man lied about his identity and got awards for his deliberately terrible poems
New format alert! We’re changing how we monetize episodes. Instead of paywalling the second half of every show, we’re now paywalling every other episode in full. That means this week’s episode is completely free—but if you want access to any part of next week’s episode, you’ll need to become a supporter.In the first segment of this week’s episode, we break down the wild story of Aaron Barry, a whi
Activist researchers are scientifically testing how to indoctrinate your kids into gender ideology
In the first (free) segment of this week’s episode of Citation Needed, we break down the University of Pennsylvania’s stunning Title IX reversal over Lia Thomas. After a federal investigation, UPenn will now bar male athletes from women’s sports, restore records to displaced female swimmers, and adopt biology-based sex definitions. But instead of report… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
The dark pseudoscience the Trevor Project uses to target vulnerable teens
On this week’s episode of Citation Needed, we cover the Trevor Project’s dark slide into promoting pseudoscientific gender ideology under the guise of helping distressed LGBTQ youth. Once a lifeline for bullied gay teens, the Trevor Project now pushes ideas like “sex is a spectrum” and gender ideology as fact, priming confused kids for medicalization in… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
Justice Sotomayor’s emotional dissent was fueled by the trans ‘suicide myth.’ So we debunk it.
For this week’s episode of Citation Needed, we begin with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, which upheld Tennessee’s law banning sex trait modification procedures for minors. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an emotional dissenting opinion, invoking the oft-repeated claim that these interventions are “lifesaving” and that denyi… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
A new paper titled "My pronouns are f*ck ICE" is beyond parody
In this episode of Citation Needed, we kick things off with the viral social media feud between Olympic legend Simone Biles and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines over a male athlete playing on a girls' softball team. We cover the controversy, break down some of the science Biles ignored, and highlight the media’s double standards on the issue of male… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
Male or female? Separating fact from fiction about Olympic boxer Imane Khelif
Activists still—somehow—claim that males who identify as women have no physical edge over female athletes, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. In this episode, we break down those undeniable advantages as laid out in a new review paper in the Journal of Applied Physiology.Then, we dive into the bizarre and revealing case of Olympic gold meda… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
Debunking the junk science behind the “only 1% regret gender surgeries” myth
Advocates for so-called “gender affirming care” often point to the statistic that only 1% of people go on to regret their transition surgeries. But is that actually true?Subscribe now: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com
"Biology is not binary!": Activists push pseudoscience after bombshell UK Supreme Court ruling
More biology denial from activist scientists and bizarre erotica published in a peer-reviewed journal. We break it down in this episode of Citation Needed.Become a supporter: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com
How DEI & Native American politics are turning archeology into a farce
Woke ideology combined with Biden-era “DEI” regulations is turning academic archaeology into a farce. For more, become a subscriber: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com
Yale researcher publishes bizarre paper claiming trans women (males) can get pregnant
Today, we cover a bizarre paper, “Transfeminist pregnancy: reproductive speculation, genre, and desire” from a Yale PhD candidate who argues that pregnancy is a “political” and “aesthetic” experience that biological males can also participate in. Yes, seriously. We break down this bizarre paper in the latest episode of the Citation Needed podcast. Plus… This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
This infamous feminist "research" is actually unhinged (and creepy!)
Did you know glaciers and icebergs are feminist, human-like, and… sexy?! Those were the bizarre conclusions “researchers” reached in a now-infamous paper that we break down in this episode of the Citation Needed podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.citationneededpodcast.com
This “gender fluid” therapist’s PhD “research” is beyond parody...
How is this real!? A university literally gave this “gender fluid” therapist a PhD in Clinical Psychology even though she explicitly rejects... Clinical Psychology. Brad Polumbo & Colin Wright break it down in this episode of the Citation Needed podcast.Plus, in the subscribers-only part of the podcast, Brad & Colin debunk an insane NPR article pushing … This is a free preview of a paid episode. T
Feminist scholar publishes her "cripple porn" as peer-reviewed "research"
Brad Polumbo & Colin Wright break down a truly wild bit of... erm, erotic, feminist "scholarship" in this episode of the Citation Needed podcast. Plus, after the paywall, they go over a study about “queer” tarott card reading and read a bizarre poem about transgender treatments that was published in a medical journal.Subscribe now and unlock the full show: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com/ Th
Feminists who married shrimp & an academic who says all babies are “queer”
In this pilot episode of the Citation Needed podcast, Brad Polumbo and Colin Wright dive into two crazy, published, peer-reviewed papers. First, they analyze a bizarre paper where feminists married shrimp and passed it off as research. Then, they examine a less funny and more disturbing paper where one academic tried to argue that babies—yes, babies—are all “queer.”Let us know what you think of th
Welcome to Citation Needed!
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new weekly podcast, Citation Needed, where we shine a light on the most unhinged corners of modern academic scholarship. Every Saturday, we dissect two pieces of supposedly “scholarly” work—whether published in peer-reviewed journals, doctoral dissertations, or popular media—and break down exactly where and how they go off the rails.The subjects we cover
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