The Story of The Kinsey Reports [Something Interesting #50]

Alex Bemish
May 5
1 min read

I've been listening more to the Conflicted episodes about Alfred Kinsey and find it all very fascinating and well worth a listen. Kinsey and his work is pretty well-known but also still rather controversial, given how a Google search provides a lot of conflicting opinions on both his work and himself as a person (the vitriol from religious groups probably would've satisfied and confirm his hardcore atheism). I don't have a particularly strong stance on all this other than appreciating his opening the door to better sex education. If you want to know more, I recommend checking out the podcast episodes below. I've also provided a few other links and videos (including the currently-running Crash Course: Sex Education co-created with his Kinsey Institute) if you want to know more without trudging through hyper-opinionated hit pieces.