Intact Again Podcast

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By: Starting Line and Openrds

The Intact Again Podcast is an oral history project where we share stories from people who have been circumcised and are working to restore what was taken from them. Our hope is to inspire each other with our collective stories of loss and recovery. New episodes are published the last week of each month. Find us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/starting-line/ https://www.reddit.com/user/openrds/

Cocktail Hour: Trans People Restore Too!
06/27/2025

Happy Pride Month y'all!

In this episode of the Intact Again Podcast Cocktail Hour, we re-introduce you to Allie from Episode 8: Intersectionalism: Where sex, gender, religion, identity and foreskin restoration come together.

Allie tells us more about her non-profit organization, the Genital Autonomy Collective, and how they are spreading the word about foreskin restoration.

Interested in learning more? Here are some links:

https://linktr.ee/AutonomyCollective

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When Trauma Is a Party: A Survivor’s Story of Forced Circumcision
#14
05/30/2025

In this gripping episode of the Intact Again podcast, Turkish Restorer recounts the trauma of being forcibly circumcised at the age of five during a lavish public ceremony in Turkey—an event celebrated by hundreds and immortalized on video. 

He speaks candidly about the cultural expectations that frame circumcision as a rite of passage and manhood, the humiliation of being objectified by family, and the long-term psychological scars left behind. 

Now living in Canada, he shares his personal journey of foreskin restoration, the emotional challenges of navigating identity, body image, and sexuality, and the profound loneliness that can accompany such a deeply personal act of healing. While he harbors no resentm...


Cocktail Hour: Sex & Masturbation with a Foreskin
04/22/2025

This cocktail hour, we talk about how sex and masturbation with a foreskin is different as your foreskin restoration journey progresses. You may learn way more about us than you intended as we talk openly about our sexual experiences at different Coverage Index levels.

Information about foreskin restoration:

https://www.restoringforeskin.org/

https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Basics_of_foreskin_restoration

https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskin_restoration/?rdt=45472

https://www.betterwithasweater.com/mission

Foreskin restoration devices: 

https://tlctugger.com/

https://foreskinrestore.com/d...


This Penis Business: Executive Director of Intact America shares her story
#13
04/01/2025

Just in time for the third annual Foreskin Day, today’s guest is the Executive Director of Intact America and she has written a book titled This Penis Business, which shares her story of how circumcision impacts her life and why she’s motivated to end the practice. It’s a fascinating and tragic story, but she’s hopeful for the future. Stay tuned to the end where she offers advice for how the restoration community can help end routine infant circumcision.

Links:

Intact America (www.IntactAmerica.org)

Skin in the Game (www.Skininth...


Cocktail Hour: Getting Your Restoration Journey Started
03/21/2025

Join us for our first Intact Again Podcast Cocktail Hour where we discuss all things Foreskin Restoration. In this first episode, we talk about getting your restoration journey started. What are the first steps, the missteps and the gains? We spill the T.  

For further information about the topics brought up during our conversation : 

Information about foreskin restoration:

https://www.restoringforeskin.org/

https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Basics_of_foreskin_restoration

https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskin_restoration/?rdt=45472

https://www.betterwithasweater.com/mission

Foreskin rest...


Deciding to Restore, Effects on His Family & Forming Community (Part 3)
#12
03/16/2025

Welcome back to Estimato’s re-story. This is the final episode and he shares with us how his techniques have saved lives, made it possible for him to have children, the sexual benefits of having a restored foreskin, and the history of the restoration movement. Stay to the end where Estimato give us advice for how to stay focused and achieve restoration for yourself.

Special note: We discuss suicide in this episode. If this subject is triggering to you, you may want to skip this episode.

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Estimato: Inventor of Manual Methods Shares His History of Restoration (Part 2 of 3)
#11
02/28/2025

In this second episode of Estimato’s restory, we learn how he took matters into his own hands literally by inventing manual methods after discovering tissue expansion from old National Geographic magazines. 

After solving his painful erection problem, he encounters an online community of restorers on the early internet and chooses to regrow his foreskin because he discovered others attempting to restore their foreskin in the proto Internet in the 1980s. Listen to the continuing saga of Estimato, the invention of manual methods!

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Estimato: Medical Malpractice Leads to Painful Erections (Part 1 of 3)
#10
02/14/2025

Estimato describes how the medical community dismissed his complaints of painful erections and how one doctor threatened to commit him to a mental institution.

Later after reading a National Geographic article about a tribe in Africa ritually stretched their skin to extraordinary lengths, he invented manual methods to stretch his penile skin until he no longer suffered painful erections. This led to him sharing his Manual Methods to a new and growing community of foreskin restorers on the world wide web.

We hope you enjoy hearing the first of three parts of Estimato’s re-story.

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Aussie finds life’s mission after learning about circumcision and the hope of foreskin restoration
#9
12/27/2024

Our next guest on the Intact Again Podcast shares how he and his wife learned about the negative impacts of circumcision and the possibility of foreskin restoration. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away before Tim was able to restore his foreskin, but he has since made it his life’s mission to achieve that goal and to end routine neonatal circumcision worldwide. Brace yourselves, this episode is emotional.

Learn how the Darbon Institute advocates for everyone’s right to bodily integrity and autonomy, and works toward a future where no child is subjected to geni...


Intersectionalism: Where sex, gender, religion, identity and foreskin restoration come together
#8
12/07/2024

Allie is a 27-year-old transfeminine woman who, despite being intersex, was assigned male at birth and experienced penile circumcision as a result. She began restoring her foreskin as a teenager. Allie shares her story of growing up in a neglectful, emotionally and sexually abusive environment dominated by Catholicism, Judaism and the Muslim faith. She explains how her trans identity and experiences interact with foreskin restoration and gendered child genital cutting, and offers support to others through her non-profit organization, the Genital Autonomy Collective. This episode expands everything you thought you knew about sex and gender identity, who can be...


Intact Again News Brief | December 2024
12/01/2024

In this first episode of the Intact Again News Brief series, we interview Zac at Stealth Retainers to learn what he has planned for 2025 and share a book review that could be helpful for anyone who’s struggling to stay focused on their restoration efforts.

Stealth Retainers Website

Stealth Retainers on Facebook

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

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Accidental Foreskin Restoration: Jewish man goes from CI-3 to CI-07 before he even realized foreskin restoration existed
#7
11/01/2024

Joe Wolfe is a 28-year-old Jewish man from rural New England shares his story of learning about circumcision as a teenager and using masturbation techniques to unwittingly go from CI-3 to CI-7 before he even learned foreskin restoration existed. Since learning about foreskin restoration he has increased his coverage to almost CI 8 and encourages everyone to use masturbation as a manual tugging technique. 

He also does a deep dive in the historical origins of circumcision and how he learned Judaism was not the originator of the custom. In fact its origins go much further back than most r...


Between Two Worlds: 26-year-old weaves between Vietnamese and American cultures while pursuing full coverage
#6
10/14/2024

Mr. T is a 26-year-old bi-racial man living in the Upper Midwest where most boys are cut at birth. He discusses with us how coming from both a cutting culture on his mom’s side (American) and a non-cutting culture on his father’s side (Vietnamese) has led to complex feelings about the cultural aspects of circumcision and consent.  He’s also diagnosed with autism, which means for him, circumcision and restoration also has complex physical and emotional repercussions. 

After watching a video on Vice six months ago that talked about foreskin restoration, he began restoring immediately.  Starting of...


Scientist uses skills and experience to build Foregestalt device
#5
09/13/2024

Our next guest is a chemist by trade. Axel utilized his training and experience to develop the Foregestalt foreskin restoration device and has been shipping his product from Italy to men all over the world seeking to restore their foreskins. In this episode, we find out how he learned about foreskin restoration, what led him to create his own device, and what advice he has for others who may be thinking about creating a device.

https://foregestalt.com

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Jack was circumcised at 13; fully restored by 35
#4
08/28/2024

Jack was circumcised at age 13 when his pediatrician suggested it as a way to heal adhesions. It took another few years to fully appreciate what he lost. But once he did understand the value of a foreskin, he began looking for ways to get it back. Now at age 35, Jack is a CI-8 and shares with us in this episode what a restored foreskin feels like compared to the original equipment.

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From CI-0 and angry to CI-7 and feeling whole again
#3
08/09/2024

In this episode of the Intact Again Podcast, we dive into the life of Otto. Growing up in a conservative, rural area of California, he became curious about the differences between his body and his intact friend’s. This curiosity led him to discover the world of foreskin restoration through early foreskin restoration promotors, Marilyn Milos and Wayne Griffiths. Through trial, error, and determination, he has made significant progress in his restoration journey, reaching a CI-7.

Along the way, he has learned much about the history and techniques of circumcision and restoration, becoming a knowledgeable advocate for re...


Reclaiming What Was Taken: Rafik's Foreskin Restoration Journey (Part 2)
#2
07/20/2024

In Part 2 of Rafik's story, he shares experiences seeking help from a urologist and reasons why he is restoring his foreskin today. He discusses how he has navigated intersecting cultures and struggles to reclaim control over his body.

Rafik is currently at CI-2 and is using devices to gain skin. He describes the emotional and physical challenges he faces in that journey.

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Rafik's Restoration: A Journey Through Anger and Healing (Part 1)
#1
06/22/2024

In this episode of the Intact Again podcast, Rafik shares his emotional and physical journey of foreskin restoration. Coming from an Arabic background but growing up in the Netherlands, Rafik talks about grappling with depression and unprocessed rage stemming from being circumcised. The discussion delves into the difficulties and mental health challenges of restoration while also addressing cultural influences and the struggle to stick with the process. Rafik’s story offers an inspiring yet raw look at the complexities involved in reclaiming one’s body and sense of self.

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