Introducing Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

My friend and neighbor Emptea joins me for a conversation about menstruating while living outside the housing system, being visibly gender nonconforming in a gynecologist’s office, and getting an IUD removed by a provider you can tell doesn't like you. Along the way, we talk about the experiences that cracked our assumptions about how the world works, and what it means to take care of each other when institutions aren’t doing it. As always, it's a pretty short walk from talking about periods and healthcare to talking about capitalism and exploitative systems that aren't built for our benefit. Turns out...they're all connected! CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedGet in touch with Emptea for organizing or to support their mutual aid efforts at [email protected] you to Magic Wand for sponsoring CRAMPED this month! Visit magicwandoriginal.com to find where to buy. Legendary power since 1968!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The more we learn about period pain, the less sense it makes that it's so under-researched and under-treated. Am I paranoid or is it almost...suspicious? I invited Cristen Conger of the Unladylike and Conspiracy, She Wrote podcasts to help me pull this thread. Who was in charge of our pain in the Middle Ages and the colonial era, and why did our care providers change? Why was menstrual pain seen as in important issue to address in the 1930s and 40s, and then dropped? Why were amphetamines first tested for dysmenorrhea?? And is there a shadowy cabal plotting to keep our uteruses hurting? CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedListen to Unladylike: https://www.unladylike.co/episodes and Conspiracy, She Wrote: https://www.conspiracyshewrote.com/Thank you to Magic Wand for sponsoring CRAMPED this month! Visit magicwandoriginal.com to find where to buy. Legendary power since 1968!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join the Patreon (even at the free tier) to listen to the full episode! https://www.patreon.com/CRAMPEDDid Lizzie Borden get away with murdering her father and stepmother in 1892 partly because Victorian investigators were too squeamish about menstrual blood to examine a bucket of bloody rags found in her basement? This Halloween episode traces the surprisingly rich history of menstrual blood and crime, from French Revolution prisoners faking pregnancies to escape the guillotine to the current state of forensic science on distinguishing period blood from murder blood, which is more complicated than you might hope.CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Thank you to Magic Wand for sponsoring CRAMPED this month! Visit magicwandoriginal.com to find where to buy. Legendary power since 1968! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This whole year, I've been secretly working on a 6-episode audio series about the Magic Wand Study - and now it's out!I teamed up with DB from Sex Ed with DB, and CRAMPED Season 1's sound designer Kelly, to make this deep dive into Magic Wand's 1000-person IRB-approved pleasure study, one of the biggest studies ever done on pleasure in people with vulvas.Here's episode 1 for your aural pleasure - head over to the Pleasure People feed to listen to episode 2 (out now as well!) and subscribe to listen to whole series. About Pleasure People: Pleasure People is the series that uncovers the science of pleasure through real research and the people who lived it. A thousand people. Three weeks. One question science rarely asks outright: what does daily pleasure actually do for you?In this 6-part limited audio series, hosted by veteran sex educator Danielle Bezalel, Pleasure People follows eight participants of a first-of-its-kind intervention study that tracked pleasure's impact on sleep, stress, relationship satisfaction, and so much more. You'll hear directly from these participants about what it was like to have pleasure assigned and the lasting impact the study had on their lives. The findings will surprise you.Danielle is joined by Magic Wand study lead researcher Dr. Candice Hargons and legendary sex researcher Emily Nagoski, Ph.D. to unpack the layered effect pleasure has on quality of life, and why self-pleasure has gotten such a bad rap. Listen to Episode 2 & the rest of the series here: https://pod.link/6819871177Check out the Magic Wand Study here: https://magicwandstudy.com/Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Deb's story sounds like a lot of crampers' stories: she was on birth control, started having pain and GI issues, and sought answers from her doctor. Despite doing her research, she ended up getting a surgery that not only didn't help...it made her pain and other symptoms worse. After finally getting the help she needed, she created a resource to empower endo patients to choose an experienced excision specialist - the Wulf Women directory. Wulf Women website: https://wulfwomen.com/Deb's IG: https://www.instagram.com/wulfwomen/Deb's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wulfwomenJoin the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedCRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Want to participate in endometriosis research AND get paid to send your tampons in the mail?? Join the NextGen Jane study at https://www.nextgenjane.com/clinical-studies to get up to $500 over the course of the study, and tell them CRAMPED sent you!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Maybe you've heard - if you've got ovaries, you've got a whole new organ! Well, "new" as in "recognized by science for the first time since the 1800s". It's been in there, doing stuff, this whole time. So what's the deal with the Rete Ovarii? What's it doing in there? Why did this organ get "mysteriously orphaned" after its discovery? And how do you minimize coffee jitters when dissecting a fetal mouse's ovary with tweezers and a microscope? I ask all these questions and more to Dilara Anbarci, PhD post-doc and author of the research paper that's going viral. Rediscovering the Rete Ovarii - Dilara's paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10659334/Dilara's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somethingaboutdilara/Dilara's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dilaraphd?lang=enJoin the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedCRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Want to participate in endometriosis research AND get paid to send your tampons in the mail?? Join the NextGen Jane study at https://www.nextgenjane.com/clinical-studies to get up to $500 over the course of the study, and tell them CRAMPED sent you!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kelly Ripa has a podcast called Let's Talk Off Camera! It dives deep into Kelly's life, candidly discussing her marriage, family, career, and how she manages to juggle it all in the public eye. I hope you check it out and that you enjoy it as much as we do.

You probably saw the news: the condition formerly known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is now Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovary Syndrome (PMOS). So...what does that mean exactly? Why did the name need to be changed? And why did it take 20 years to actually make it happen? Dr. Helena Teede, the Director of the Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation in Australia, has been leading this effort. She gives us the lowdown on why PCOS was a medically inaccurate name, how the name of a condition can make it harder to diagnose patients, and how she lead 22,000 people worldwide in a collaborative process to re-name a condition that hundreds of millions of people experience. More info on PMOS at: https://www.askpmos.org/Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedCRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Want to participate in endometriosis research AND get paid to send your tampons in the mail?? Join the NextGen Jane study at https://www.nextgenjane.com/clinical-studies to get up to $500 over the course of the study, and tell them CRAMPED sent you!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join the Patreon (even at the free tier) to listen to the full episode! https://www.patreon.com/CRAMPEDWhy do so few endometriosis excision surgeons take insurance? In this 2024 interview with leading endo excision surgeon Dr. Iris Kerin Orbuch, we get a transparent look into the finances behind a surgical practice, and what's causing insurance companies to undervalue an extremely complicated and skilled surgery. Dr. Orbuch also opens up about why she went 16 years with endometriosis symptoms and pain before getting diagnosed and treated FOR THE DISEASE SHE WORKED ON EVERY DAY! CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Want to participate in endometriosis research AND get paid to send your tampons in the mail?? Join the NextGen Jane study at https://www.nextgenjane.com/clinical-studies to get up to $500 over the course of the study, and tell them CRAMPED sent you! Thank you to Beducated for sponsoring CRAMPED! Take the Beducated Quiz: https://beduc.at/pd2637-crampedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I talk to co-founder and CEO Ridhi Tariyal about the information in menstrual effluent that's missing from a regular blood draw, and how NextGen Jane is using it to come at endometriosis from both ends: a non-invasive diagnostic using a tampon, and the hunt for new drug targets to help treat it. We also talk about rats chewing through menstrual cups, the "menstrual defense" for murder, and how our periods are the key to understanding immune system dysfunction. She blew my mind with menstrual science!Oh, and NextGen Jane will pay you to send them your tampons, and they're looking for multiple categories of participants:Sign up for the NextGen Jane studies: https://www.nextgenjane.com/clinical-studiesOr email the team at [email protected] episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/crampedThank you to Beducated for sponsoring CRAMPED! Take the Beducated Quiz: https://beduc.at/pd2637-crampedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.