28ish Days Later podcast

28ish Days Later

What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? India Rakusen explores the whole bloody story, discovering facts that could change your life. Periods are just the beginning.

What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? India Rakusen explores the whole bloody story, discovering facts that could change your life. Periods are just the beginning.

 

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Day Twenty-Eight: New Power

Through this series we have demonstrated how inequalities in research and persistent myths... more

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Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn

India travels back to the Victorian Age to probe at the use of the vaginal speculum and co... more

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Day Twenty-Six: The Shock

India considers the role of the femcare industry in perpetuating menstrual stigma and sing... more

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Day Twenty Five: Why 28 Days?

How long is too long for a menstrual cycle? And what can be the causes of irregular period... more

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Day Twenty Four: To Bleed or Not to Bleed

Millions of women across the world take hormonal contraception either as birth control or ... more

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Day Twenty Three: Exercycle

India meets performance physiologist Dr Stacy Sims who offers key advice on how best to ta... more

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Day Twenty-Two: Love and the Cycle

India sits down with her husband Mark to talk about the cycle and their relationship. They... more

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Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight

We find India at the top of the cliffs of Folkestone in South East England to meet a group... more

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Day Twenty: Chemical Disruption

India meets with the founder and director of Chem Trust, Elizabeth Salter Green, and Shrut... more

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Day Nineteen: Kenny

India speaks with Kenny Ethan Jones, the first transgender man to front a period product c... more

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Day Eighteen: Second Spring

The perimenopause is a challenging time for many women but there is help and there are way... more

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Day Seventeen: PMS

India and Dr Anita Mitra discuss the causes and symptoms of Premenstrual Stress (PMS), and... more

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Day Sixteen: Oh Progesterone

We've entered the luteal phase and welcome a fascinating temporary organ into the reproduc... more

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Day Fifteen: Baby Steps

On day 15 of the cycle, India looks at fertility and the process of trying to conceive - a... more

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Day Fourteen: Ovulation

Oestrogen has peaked and ovulation is imminent. Professor Evelyn Telfer from the Universit... more

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Day Thirteen: Get It On

It’s day 13 of the cycle and India rides the first oestrogen wave and chats all things cer... more

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Day Twelve: Hysteria

Professor Richard Legro, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at Penn State College of Med... more

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Day Eleven: The Gap

India meets Emily Jacobs, an Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Un... more

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Day Ten: Tracking

The world of tracking apps has grown in the last decade, but where does all that data go? ... more

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Day Nine: Finding Power

This episode is all about the experiences across life that can shape how we view our cycle... more

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Day Eight: Hack it to Win it

For years the female body in athletic performance has gone understudied, until recently. I... more

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Day Seven: Oestrogen Rising

India introduces the series to oestrogen, the hormone of sass, sex and energy. Dr Jackie M... more

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Day Six: The Stories We're Told

Joined by Alec Mills, Chella Quint and Dr Camilla Rotsvik, India investigates the impact o... more

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Day Five: Blood and Bears

Ever heard of bears eating people who were on their period? Maybe sharks eating menstruati... more

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Day Four: Winter

India and the author of Period Power, Maisie Hill, discuss the best way to manage and inte... more

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Day Three: Pain And Prejudice

This episode of 28ish Days Later is about period pain and endometriosis. India also discus... more

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Day Two: The Flood

On day two of the period, India Rakusen carries us through the bleeding part of the period... more

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Day One: Power

India Rakusen journeys into the womb with Dr Dornu Lebari, and Dr Jackie Maybin. We peel b... more

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Welcome to 28ish Days Later

What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? India Rakusen explores the whole bloody... more

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