Revisiting Episode One
Whether you've been with us from the start or you're only discovering us now, we thought it would be good to revisit old episodes - starting with Episode 1
Our First Episode: Where It All Began
In this episode, we introduced ourselves — Stella O’Malley and Sasha Ayad — and shared what brought us together: our growing concerns about the rapidly changing landscape around gender, and our deep desire to bring nuance, honesty, and psychological depth back into the conversation.
🎧 Watch or listen to Episode 1 here:
We talked about:
Our professional backgrounds in psychotherapy and how our clinical work shaped our perspectives
Why we felt compelled to launch the podcast
The importance of safeguarding, critical thinking, and open dialogue in working with gender-questioning youth
And why the “wider lens” matters so much
If you're new to Gender: A Wider Lens, this episode is the perfect place to start. And if you've been following us for a while, you might enjoy revisiting this conversation — it’s a time capsule of sorts, capturing the questions and challenges that inspired us to begin this journey.
Since that very first episode, we've had hundreds of conversations with clinicians, detransitioners, researchers, parents, journalists, and more. But it all began here.
Thanks for being part of this community. There's more to come — and if you’ve enjoyed the journey so far, we’d love it if you shared the podcast with someone who might benefit from a wider lens.
Warmly,
Stella & Sasha