
Your Period Blood Has a Weird Origin Story: Spiral Arteries, Uterine Milk, and Monkey Eyeballs
PATREON-ONLY EPISODE TEASERJoin the CRAMPED Patreon (even at the free tier!) to listen to the full episode: https://patreon.com/crampedI started research for a totally normal episode about spiral arte...
8 Touko 15min

PMDD, Intrusive Thoughts, Hormones & Medication: Riven's Diagnosis Story
When Riven first got her period at age 10, the debilitating cramps weren't even the worst part. Instead, she felt completely out of control for the first day or two of her period, sometimes sobbing fo...
28 Huhti 18min

Sex Ed with DB: Testosterone, Pleasure, and the Libido Myth
Today we have a guest episode from another excellent science-based podcast: Sex Ed with DB! What even is testosterone -- and why do so many menopausal women swear by it? DB and her mom Dr. Rebecca Lev...
21 Huhti 57min

The Boner Pill That Might Cure Period Pain
We know Viagra (sildenafil citrate) as a treatment for...one specific male problem. But a 2013 study showed it could potentially be SHOCKINGLY effective for dysmenorrhea. So what happened in that stud...
14 Huhti 24min

Taking No Shit From Her Endo Specialist: Daphne's Diagnosis Story
You've heard MY diagnosis and treatment story - now I'm handing the mic over to other people who have been through the period pain fire and come out the other side. Daphne had been on birth control si...
8 Huhti 29min

How To Spot A Garbage Period Pain Study with Prof Jones-Rooy
PATREON-ONLY EPISODE TEASERJoin the CRAMPED Patreon (even at the free tier!) to listen to the full episode: https://patreon.com/crampedWe don't get very many studies on menstrual pain - so when we fin...
2 Huhti 17min

An Endometriosis Historian Breaks Down 2000 Years of Medical Misogyny
Endometriosis Historian & Professor of Medical Humanities Dr Maria Rovito comes on CRAMPED to talk 2000 years of endometriosis, wandering wombs, and hysteria. Her new book, Crippling Endometriosis: Fe...
24 Maalis 40min


















