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Gender Playground

Witch, Please Productions

A podcast dedicated to the joys of gender-affirming care for kids!Gender Playground is a show from Witch, Please Productions and is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you"re a caregiver, parent, family-member,chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you

kids & family parenting

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1:01:31

Building the Playground with Marcelle, Raimi, Reese...

Gender Playground ·

2025/08/07

In this final episode of Gender Playground Season Two, the GP team gives listeners a peek behind the curtain! Marcelle and Raimi are joined by Coach and Associate Producer, Reese Carr, for a conversation about the making of this podcast! We also tackle two additional voicemails we didn't get to in our other episodes and then, as always, end on some recommendations!And that's a wrap on Gender Playground Season Two! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with family and

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43:31

Why Our History Matters with Elio Colavito

Gender Playground ·

2025/07/31

In our penultimate episode of Season two, we are joined by friend of the pod, Elio Colavito (he/they)! Elio chats with Marcelle and Raimi about their doctoral research on the history of trans community-building and mutual aid. The group chat about the importance of being connected to community from the past into the present. In response to this week's listener voicemail, Marcelle, Raimi and Elio think through how to support kids when someone in their life comes out or transitions, including changing

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50:22

As Long As They Know They’re Loved with S. Bear Bergman

Gender Playground ·

2025/07/10

Join us on the playground with fellow ‘gender nerd’ and this week's guest, S. Bear Bergman (he/him). In this episode, we chat about Bear's new book, Special Topics In Being A Parent: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned About Parenting, Mostly the Hard Way, and answer a listener-submitted voicemail from Steph! We talk to Bear about the benefits of leading with personal experience rather than a position of expertise when it comes to parenting advice, and his desire to write a book about

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24:46

Imperfect Parenting and Loving Repair with Kai Cheng...

Gender Playground ·

2025/07/03

We are back with just as touching and insightful of a conversation in part II of our interview with Kai Cheng Thom (she/her). In this episode, we respond to listener voicemail, from Fig, seeking insight on how to support kids when they enter school and start facing broader societal pressures and gendered expectations. Marcelle, Raimi and Kai Cheng chat about the parental desire to fix problems and make a safe and easy world for kids, especially when the world and its problems feel big and

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33:06

Imperfect Parenting and Loving Repair with Kai Cheng...

Gender Playground ·

2025/06/27

“A late repair is always better than no repair. Awkward repair is always better than imaginary repair. And an imperfect repair is always better than one that isn't tried at all.”We are beyond excited, to share with you, our conversation with the brilliant and insightful Kai Cheng Thom. We loved this conversation so much that we felt we had to share the whole thing with you, so this is part 1 of 2! In this episode, we ask Kai Cheng how to address hurt or harm we may have caused a trans or gender

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43:09

Not Just One Good Conversation with Charlie James

Gender Playground ·

2025/06/12

In this episode, we are joined by comedian, podcaster, and author Charlie James. We begin with an unexpected (but charming) introduction to Pamphlet, Charlie’s cat, followed byCharlie’s very thoughtful answer to our silly question wheel. Charlie discusses his experience transitioning while building a comedy career in the public eye and then we turn our attention to a listener-submitted voicemail asking how to respond when a child comes out to you as trans. Raimi and Charlie consider the question,

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46:24

Proactive Kinship with Hannah McGregor

Gender Playground ·

2025/06/05

Welcome back to the playground! To kick off our second season, we are joined by close friend of the pod, and Marcelle’s Material Girls's co-host, Hannah McGregor! Marcelle and Raimi chat with Hannah about their experience as a Gay Auntie ™ and the “angry, monstrous, and free” inspiration that dinosaurs offer to kids — and kids at heart. The team then answers a voicemail from Nici in Germany and consider how one might approach giving gifts to friends’ children while respecting primary caretakers'

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40:51

Looking Forward to Trans Futures

Gender Playground ·

2024/07/04

As we wrap up this first season of Gender Playground, we are thinking about the future! In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi consider the importance of seeing trans adults living joyful, creative, and fulfilling lives. Marcelle tells Raimi how much they informed her own relationship to Billie's future. Raimi offers insight into the normalcy around parental worry, and offers some advice on how to relate to fear in a way that protects trans kids in your life. Together they offer some recommendations

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46:10

What's My Line Again?: Unpacking Social Scripts

Gender Playground ·

2024/06/20

How can we as caring adults respond when our children grow beyond our imagination? And how do we, as caring adults, deal with our emotions as we adjust our emotional investments? This week, Marcelle and Raimi work through these questions and discuss gender coded experiences and narratives that we as parents and guardians place on our children. You can find a compilation of resources, corresponding with each episode's topic on our webpage, at ohwitchplease.ca/gender-playground.If you enjoy this

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36:41

What Are You, New?

Gender Playground ·

2024/05/23

In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi look closely at the misconception that trans children are a new phenomenon. They discuss the emergence of terms like ‘transtrender’ or ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria,' and consider the long history of trans-ness in children. Then, Marcelle offers a historical and material analysis of the social constructs we have around children, and, with Raimi, considers the value of surfacing, exploring and honoring trans histories.If you enjoy this episode, please share it with

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44:56

Demystifying Detransition

Gender Playground ·

2024/05/09

In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi talk with special guest and associate producer of the pod, Reese, about detransition and retransition. Following the previous episode's conversation on transition and autonomy, Reese shares their experience with de/re-transition and the trio discuss the fears, guilt and shame that make up the political and social ‘boogeyman’ of detransition.If you enjoy this episode, please share it with family and friends! To learn how to sponsor an episode, head to

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29:55

What Are You Having?

Gender Playground ·

2024/03/14

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! New episodes dropping every two weeks.Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productions and is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you're a caregiver, parent, family-member,chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you!In this

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