# CRAMPED Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693.md RSS feed: https://rss.art19.com/cramped Official site: https://art19.com/shows/cramped Author: Kate Downey Episodes: 42 ## Resource One nerd’s quest to find out why we know next to nothing about period pain. Tired of suffering from "death cramps" with no diagnosis for 20 years, Kate Downey has to look for her own answers. She interviews top doctors and researchers, and delves into topics from Greek history to sitcoms 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. Season 1 launches weekly episodes starting February 2025. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cramped-7088693 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693.md ## Episodes - [Using AI To Help Get To A Diagnosis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/using-ai-to-help-get-to-a-diagnosis) — 2026-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 - [Your Period Blood Has a Weird Origin Story: Spiral Arteries, Uterine Milk, and Monkey Eyeballs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/your-period-blood-has-a-weird-origin-story-spiral-arteries-uterine-milk-and-monkey-eyeballs) — 2026-05-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [PMDD, Intrusive Thoughts, Hormones & Medication: Riven's Diagnosis Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/pmdd-intrusive-thoughts-hormones-medication-riven-s-diagnosis-story) — 2026-04-28T07:00:00+00:00 - [Sex Ed with DB: Testosterone, Pleasure, and the Libido Myth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/sex-ed-with-db-testosterone-pleasure-and-the-libido-myth) — 2026-04-21T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Boner Pill That Might Cure Period Pain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/the-boner-pill-that-might-cure-period-pain) — 2026-04-14T07:00:00+00:00 - [Taking No Shit From Her Endo Specialist: Daphne's Diagnosis Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/taking-no-shit-from-her-endo-specialist-daphne-s-diagnosis-story) — 2026-04-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [How To Spot A Garbage Period Pain Study with Prof Jones-Rooy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/how-to-spot-a-garbage-period-pain-study-with-prof-jones-rooy) — 2026-04-02T07:00:00+00:00 - [An Endometriosis Historian Breaks Down 2000 Years of Medical Misogyny](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/an-endometriosis-historian-breaks-down-2000-years-of-medical-misogyny) — 2026-03-24T07:00:00+00:00 - [Can Talking About Cramps Improve Your Sex Life?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/can-talking-about-cramps-improve-your-sex-life) — 2026-03-17T07:00:00+00:00 - [Period Pain in Fiction: Two Artists Who Turned Their Diagnosis Into Art](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/period-pain-in-fiction-two-artists-who-turned-their-diagnosis-into-art) — 2026-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 - [Menstrual Leave Is Already Happening in More Places Than You Think](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/menstrual-leave-is-already-happening-in-more-places-than-you-think) — 2026-03-03T08:00:00+00:00 - [Endometriosis, Hysterectomies, and Rebellious Ovaries: A Trans Comedian's Surgery Saga](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/endometriosis-hysterectomies-and-rebellious-ovaries-a-trans-comedian-s-surgery-saga) — 2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00 - [Has Period Pain Education Gotten Better for Teens? We Asked a High Schooler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/has-period-pain-education-gotten-better-for-teens-we-asked-a-high-schooler) — 2026-02-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [Sasheer Zamata Doesn't Want To Ride a Horse on her Period](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/sasheer-zamata-doesn-t-want-to-ride-a-horse-on-her-period) — 2026-02-03T08:00:00+00:00 - [Diet, Exercise, and Period Pain: What You Might Be Missing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/diet-exercise-and-period-pain-what-you-might-be-missing) — 2026-01-27T08:00:00+00:00 - [Is Period Pain All In Our Heads? A Pain Psychologist Explains What's Actually Happening](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/is-period-pain-all-in-our-heads-a-pain-psychologist-explains-what-s-actually-happening) — 2026-01-13T08:00:00+00:00 - [The State of Period Pain Research and Treatment in 2025: A Year in Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/the-state-of-period-pain-research-and-treatment-in-2025-a-year-in-review) — 2025-12-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [Could Your Menstrual Cup Diagnose Endometriosis? Scientists Are Working On It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/could-your-menstrual-cup-diagnose-endometriosis-scientists-are-working-on-it) — 2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00 - [Recurring UTIs, BV, and Yeast Infections: What Your Vaginal Microbiome Has to Do With All of It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/recurring-utis-bv-and-yeast-infections-what-your-vaginal-microbiome-has-to-do-with-all-of-it) — 2025-10-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [Patient Advocacy Actually Changed OB-GYN Education - How Tight Lipped Did It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/patient-advocacy-actually-changed-ob-gyn-education-how-tight-lipped-did-it) — 2025-09-30T18:00:00+00:00 - [Why It's So Hard to Talk About Period Pain & How to Start](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/why-it-s-so-hard-to-talk-about-period-pain-how-to-start) — 2025-09-16T13:00:00+00:00 - [Pelvic Floor PT for Period Pain & Why You're Probably Peeing Wrong](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/pelvic-floor-pt-for-period-pain-why-you-re-probably-peeing-wrong) — 2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00 - [Endometriosis Excision Surgery: What the Day of Surgery and 6-Week Recovery Actually Look Like](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/endometriosis-excision-surgery-what-the-day-of-surgery-and-6-week-recovery-actually-look-like) — 2025-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 - [I Got Endo Surgery: The Imaging Results & Costs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/i-got-endo-surgery-the-imaging-results-costs) — 2025-07-29T10:00:00+00:00 - [What Actually Happens to Your Body When You Go Off Hormonal Birth Control](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/what-actually-happens-to-your-body-when-you-go-off-hormonal-birth-control) — 2025-07-22T10:30:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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