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

    2026/10/22 | 29 mins.
    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/6819871177
    Check out the Magic Wand Study here: https://magicwandstudy.com/

    Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped
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    Wulf Women: The Endo Surgeon Directory Built by a Patient Who Got Burned

    2026/10/20 | 56 mins.
    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/@wulfwomen

    Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped
    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!

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    Rediscovered: The Rete Ovarii, Not So Vestigial After All!

    2026/10/13 | 36 mins.
    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=en

    Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped
    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!
    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    Introducing Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

    2026/10/13 | 1 mins.
    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.
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    PCOS is now PMOS: Why Did It Take 20 Years of Debate To Get A Medically Accurate Name?

    2026/10/06 | 31 mins.
    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/cramped

    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!
    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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About CRAMPED
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.
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