Tested: The Choice

Tested: The Choice

Up next

Tested: Questions of a Physical Nature

Episode 2: We go back almost 100 years, to the beginning of women's inclusion in elite sports. It turns out that men had an odd variety of concerns about women athletes. Some doubted these athletes were even women at all. And their skepticism resulted in the first policies requir ...  Show more

Tested: Card-Carrying Females

Episode 3: We meet Kenyan sprinter Maximila Imali, who—like Christine Mboma—has been sidelined by DSD policies. She makes a different choice from Christine: to fight the regulations in court. And we learn about a previous fight, when scientists, athletes, and journalists spent th ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

The Hidden Victims of China's One-Child Policy
True Crime Reports

After her son was kidnapped in 1988, a mother spent 32 years looking for him. Never giving up, she put up over 100,000 flyers and travelled across the country. But little did she know, she wasn’t alone in this nightmare. As many as 200,000 children go missing in China every year, ...  Show more

Trump VS Black Journalist. Who Won? | Candace Ep 37
Candace

Donald Trump shakes up a panel hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists, The Sunday Times calls Hannah Neeleman a "Trad Wife," and the IDF court arrests soldiers accused of abusing Palestinian detainees. Seven Weeks Coffee Subscribe to Save 15% plus get an additio ...  Show more

The Weekend Intelligence: Black boxes (part one): Michael Kovrig on how he became a political hostage in China
Economist Podcasts

One evening, Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, grabbed a late dinner in Beijing with his partner. When they arrived back at his apartment, men in black were waiting for them. Mr Kovrig was pushed into a waiting SUV. Handcuffed and blindfolded, he was driven to a detenti ...  Show more

E89: Huang Yong
Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

This week Beth and Wendy discuss Huang Yong, a Chinese serial killer, convicted of murdering 17 teenage boys (although he is suspected of 25 murders) between September 2001-03. We begin with listener letters (5:19). We dive into the setting (11:06) the killers early life, and ...  Show more