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Kate Helen Downey

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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  1. Having a Period & Getting Healthcare while Houseless 39:18
  2. Is There a Conspiracy to Keep Women in Pain? with Unladylike 1:02:25
  3. Guillotines, Axe Murders, and Menstrual Blood: A CRAMPED Halloween 11:49
  4. You Might Like: Pleasure People (produced by Kate!) 29:21
  5. Wulf Women: The Endo Surgeon Directory Built by a Patient Who Got Burned 56:00
  6. Rediscovered: The Rete Ovarii, Not So Vestigial After All! 36:28
  7. PCOS is now PMOS: Why Did It Take 20 Years of Debate To Get A Medically Accurate Name? 31:39
  8. Endo Excision Surgeon Dr. Iris Orbuch: Why She Can't Take Insurance 18:41
  9. Your Uterus Sends a Monthly Report. Someone's Finally Reading It! w/ Ridhi Tariyal 45:37
  10. The GYRL Lab is Doing The Viagra For Cramps Follow-Up Study! 34:46
  11. The Personal Finances of Period Pain w Tori Dunlap 47:47
  12. Are There Heavy Metals in Our Tampons, and Is That...OK? 10:38
  13. New Non-Invasive Tests for Endometriosis w Dr. Gail Busby 45:10
  14. FIBROIDS: Everything You Need To Know 44:58
  15. Unladylike: Where Does Perimenopause End and Capitalism Begin? 56:17
  16. The Impact of Endometriosis on Male Partners Study, w/ Comedian Jenny Zigrino 17:30
  17. The HER Agenda: Three Bills About Period Pain, w/ Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari 35:48
  18. What If My Healthiest Self Isn't My Thinnest Self? 46:05
  19. Melasma, Drugs That Delay Menopause, and Girl Gone Wild with Courtney Kocak 45:17
  20. Forgetting Everything I've Learned: Acupuncture, Fertility, and the Sunk Cost Fallacy 11:25
  21. The Pain Scale Is Useless and Everybody Knows It 43:33
  22. The Comorbidity Queen: EDS, POTS, Endo, Fibroids, Cysts, SIBO, Arthritis, and more! 47:55
  23. The Endo Attractiveness Study: Are You F**king Kidding Me?? 20:08
  24. Can Capitalism Fix What the Healthcare System Broke? One Endo App Founder Is Trying 38:15
  25. What Does Tinnitus Have To Do With Your Hormones? An Audiologist Explains 28:44
  26. Using AI To Help Get To A Diagnosis 52:17
  27. Your Period Blood Has a Weird Origin Story: Spiral Arteries, Uterine Milk, and Monkey Eyeballs 15:41
  28. PMDD, Intrusive Thoughts, Hormones & Medication: Riven's Diagnosis Story 18:51
  29. Sex Ed with DB: Testosterone, Pleasure, and the Libido Myth 57:48
  30. The Boner Pill That Might Cure Period Pain 24:02
  31. Taking No Shit From Her Endo Specialist: Daphne's Diagnosis Story 29:46
  32. How To Spot A Garbage Period Pain Study with Prof Jones-Rooy 17:02
  33. An Endometriosis Historian Breaks Down 2000 Years of Medical Misogyny 40:21
  34. Can Talking About Cramps Improve Your Sex Life? 50:27
  35. Period Pain in Fiction: Two Artists Who Turned Their Diagnosis Into Art 33:43
  36. Menstrual Leave Is Already Happening in More Places Than You Think 11:09
  37. Endometriosis, Hysterectomies, and Rebellious Ovaries: A Trans Comedian's Surgery Saga 40:12
  38. Has Period Pain Education Gotten Better for Teens? We Asked a High Schooler 36:53
  39. Sasheer Zamata Doesn't Want To Ride a Horse on her Period 36:19
  40. Diet, Exercise, and Period Pain: What You Might Be Missing 44:27
  41. Is Period Pain All In Our Heads? A Pain Psychologist Explains What's Actually Happening 15:26
  42. The State of Period Pain Research and Treatment in 2025: A Year in Review 21:59
  43. Could Your Menstrual Cup Diagnose Endometriosis? Scientists Are Working On It 11:50
  44. Recurring UTIs, BV, and Yeast Infections: The Vaginal Microbiome 43:27
  45. Patient Advocacy Actually Changed OB-GYN Education - How Tight Lipped Did It 26:14
  46. Why It's So Hard to Talk About Period Pain & How to Start 8:50
  47. Pelvic Floor PT for Period Pain & Why You're Probably Peeing Wrong 27:54
  48. Endometriosis Excision Surgery: What the Day of Surgery and 6-Week Recovery Actually Look Like 28:36
  49. I Got Endo Surgery: The Imaging Results & Costs 27:09
  50. What Actually Happens to Your Body When You Go Off Hormonal Birth Control 46:48