Why Doesn't Media Talk About Period Pain?
If 51% of the population has a uterus, and 91% of menstruating people experience period pain, why do we literally never hear about it in the media we consume?? Whether its TV, film, podcasts (aside fr...
1 Apr 202542min
What Happened to Feminism and Body Literacy?
Kate talks to her mom about joining the Boston Women's Health Movement in the 1970s. Why was body literacy such a big part of feminism in the 70s, but when Kate became an active feminist in Boston in ...
25 Mar 202535min
Do I Have Medical Trauma?
Kate checks in with comedian and recent hysterectomy patient Max Gross, as well as therapist Suzanne Garrison to figure out - what is medical trauma, and do we have it? How does undiagnosed and untrea...
18 Mar 202541min
I Got a Diagnosis. Now What?
Kate sees a specialist and finally gets a diagnosis for the condition causing her severe period pain. But instead of relief and a clear treatment plan, she just has more questions. She interviews her ...
11 Mar 202538min
How Do I Balance My Hormones?
Kate gets sucked down a rabbit hole of "hormone balancing" content on TikTok, and wonders...this whole time, have her cramps just been due to a hormone imbalance? She talks with Alex Sujong Laughlin (...
4 Mar 202544min
Who’s Researching New Treatments for Period Pain?
Kate takes a field trip to Evanston, Illinois to visit the Gynecology Research Laboratory, where a team of doctors and researchers are doing groundbreaking studies to understand period pain and find n...
25 Feb 202536min
How Many People Have Severe Period Pain?
It seems like a simple question, right? How many other people out there are experiencing "death cramps"? It turns out...not so much. Kate brings on her sister Maeve, who also gets death cramps, to fig...
18 Feb 202539min
The ER: Why Isn't Period Pain Treated Like Other Kinds of Pain?
When you're in severe pain and can't figure out how to make it go away, you might seek help at an ER or Urgent Care. But if you're experiencing severe PERIOD pain, you may not get what you need.Kate a...
11 Feb 202540min
