On July 1st, WLRN's Danielle Whitaker spoke with author Abigail Shrier about Shrier's career and newly released book called Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.

Abigail Shrier is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal. She holds an A.B. from Columbia College, where she received the Euretta J. Kellett Fellowship; a B. Phil, from the University of Oxford; and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Shrier interviewed almost 200 trans-identified teenagers, trans activists, doctors and parents for her book.

In this interview, you will hear Ms. Shrier talk about her writing career and what inspired her to do research on the topic of transgenderism and how it is impacting teenage girls in our society.