Has Period Pain Education Gotten Better for Teens? We Asked a High Schooler
What's it like to get period pain in middle or high school today? It's been 20 YEARS since my own pretty abysmal menstrual health education, and I wondered - has it gotten better? Has the internet hel...
11 Feb 36min
Sasheer Zamata Doesn't Want To Ride a Horse on her Period
Sasheer Zamata (SNL, Agatha All Along, Ghosts) hangs out for a little 2 person "clam bake" to tell the story of her period pain and fibroids, how she changed her approach to healthcare, and what it's ...
3 Feb 36min
Diet, Exercise, and Period Pain: What You Might Be Missing
Have you ever sought help for your period pain and been told "just lose some weight", or "exercise more", or "just cut out [insert any food group here]"? We know that diet and exercise is important, a...
27 Jan 44min
Is Period Pain All In Our Heads? A Pain Psychologist Explains What's Actually Happening
Dr. Laura Payne, the best-named clinical & research psychologist studying menstrual pain, joins us to talk about how our brains process the sensations of pain. Are there psychological interventions th...
13 Jan 15min
The State of Period Pain Research and Treatment in 2025: A Year in Review
In our last episode of 2025, Kate looks back on 2025 and attempts to answer the question "Are crampers better off in 2025?" We take a tour through SUPER FUN stuff that impacts people with period pain ...
11 Dec 202521min
Could Your Menstrual Cup Diagnose Endometriosis? Scientists Are Working On It
You know how many diseases are diagnosed or monitored by drawing blood from a vein in your arm and running tests on it? Would those tests still work if you ran them on menstrual blood? It's not THAT c...
4 Nov 202511min
Recurring UTIs, BV, and Yeast Infections: The Vaginal Microbiome
Kate brings on a friend for a Case Study episode all about recurring UTIs and the vaginal microbiome. They take a microbiome test and talk to a health provider to understand how whats living in their ...
21 Okt 202543min
Patient Advocacy Actually Changed OB-GYN Education - How Tight Lipped Did It
Everybody's always telling us patient advocacy is the way to solve systemic issues in women's healthcare - ok so what exactly IS patient advocacy? What does it look like? HOW does it get us better car...
30 Sep 202526min
