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CRAMPED

by Kate Helen Downey

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  • You Might Like: Pleasure People (produced by Kate!)

    October 22, 2026 · 29 min

    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…

  • Introducing Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

    October 22, 2026 · 2 min

    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…

  • Wulf Women: The Endo Surgeon Directory Built by a Patient Who Got Burned

    October 20, 2026 · 56 min

    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…

  • Rediscovered: The Rete Ovarii, Not So Vestigial After All!

    October 13, 2026 · 36 min

    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…

  • PCOS is now PMOS: Why Did It Take 20 Years of Debate To Get A Medically Accurate Name?

    October 6, 2026 · 32 min

    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…

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  • Endo Excision Surgeon Dr. Iris Orbuch: Why She Can't Take Insurance

    September 29, 2026 · 19 min

    Join the Patreon (even at the free tier) to listen to the full episode! https://www.patreon.com/CRAMPED Why do so few endometriosis excision surgeons take insurance? In this 2024 interview with leading endo excision surgeon Dr. Iris Kerin…

  • Your Uterus Sends a Monthly Report. Someone's Finally Reading It! w/ Ridhi Tariyal

    September 22, 2026 · 46 min

    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…

  • The GYRL Lab is Doing The Viagra For Cramps Follow-Up Study!

    September 15, 2026 · 35 min

    In 2013 a Penn State study found that Viagra was extremely effective for period pain. But the sample size was too small, and requests for funding to continue the study were denied. 13 years later, our friends at the GYRL lab in Evanston…

  • The Personal Finances of Period Pain w Tori Dunlap

    September 8, 2026 · 48 min

    One thing I've learned in the last 23 years of severe period pain - it's EXPENSIVE! Between the medications and devices to manage the pain, lost wages from extra sick days, and doctors and procedures that aren't covered by insurance, the…

  • Are There Heavy Metals in Our Tampons, and Is That...OK?

    August 27, 2026 · 11 min

    Join the Patreon (even at the free tier) to listen to the full episode! https://www.patreon.com/CRAMPED Back in 2024, there were a ton of headlines about heavy metals being found in tampons. So...what happened with that? ARE there heavy…

  • New Non-Invasive Tests for Endometriosis w Dr. Gail Busby

    August 18, 2026 · 45 min

    Huge news for anyone with painful periods who's ever thought "I wonder if I have endometriosis??" - now you can either spit in a tube, or stick some electrode pads on your belly, and know within a few minutes or days, with a high degree of…

  • FIBROIDS: Everything You Need To Know

    August 11, 2026 · 45 min

    I don't want to freak you out, but between 70-90% of people with uteruses WILL get fibroids at some point in their menstruating years. So what do we need to know?? Dr. Soyini Hawkins, gynecologist, minimally invasive surgeon, and founder…

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About the show

Tired of suffering from "death cramps" for 20 years, Kate Helen Downey has to find her own answers. She interviews top doctors and researchers, and delves into topics from period poops to endometriosis surgery to TikTok wellness scams, all to figure out why menstrual pain is so often dismissed and untreated. What she finds will change how you think about your own body and the medical system. Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus.