{"podcast":{"title":"The Ethical Frontier","slug":"the-ethical-frontier-6723630","podcast_index_feed_id":6723630,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e94a01fc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://chenphilosophy.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39039415/39039415-1719326529397-3545b8127000a.jpg","author":"Jason Chen","episode_count":97,"summary":"Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T06:21:22.727423+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630"},"episode":{"title":"#76 - What Makes You Male or Female? | Tomas Bogardus","slug":"76-what-makes-you-male-or-female-tomas-bogardus","published_at":"2025-09-28T12:36:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630/76-what-makes-you-male-or-female-tomas-bogardus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theethicalfrontier/episodes/76---What-Makes-You-Male-or-Female---Tomas-Bogardus-e38qc2q","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e94a01fc/podcast/play/108916250/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-28%2F408278332-44100-2-b8119fcebe1f3.mp3","summary":"You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Tomas Bogardus is a Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/tbogardus/ Book: https://www.routledge.com/The-Nature-of-the-Sexes-Why-Biology-Matters/Bogardus/p/book/9781041029533 Summary:In this interview, we discuss Bogardus' new book on the nature of the sexes. He argues that the sexes are particular kinds of functions—activated higher-order functions—of entire organisms, coded in master programs specifying the development, organization, and maintenance of components themselves programmed to produce (and transport, etc.) some type of anisogamous gamete, e.g. sperm or ova. Other topics discussed include biological functions and whether humans can change their sex.","meta_description":"You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Tomas Bogardus is a Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University. Website: https…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3786,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ethical-frontier-6723630/episodes/76-what-makes-you-male-or-female-tomas-bogardus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630/76-what-makes-you-male-or-female-tomas-bogardus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}