{"podcast":{"title":"CRAMPED","slug":"cramped-7088693","podcast_index_feed_id":7088693,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/cramped","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/cramped","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/f9/a6/76/88/f9a67688-388c-4e46-9516-e9bc63a0e85d/fffd129ff7b20823061f5643817becf8b9fcbe210319d6dc8a11c4149d8337c1552cebbc1b6cbba374c8416218404f809d4a75271877186794acf29daa4fff31.jpeg","author":"Kate Downey","episode_count":42,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693"},"episode":{"title":"Can Talking About Cramps Improve Your Sex Life?","slug":"can-talking-about-cramps-improve-your-sex-life","published_at":"2026-03-17T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/can-talking-about-cramps-improve-your-sex-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8ef87874-b5ea-4ef8-8d5e-6872f581c3ca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8ef87874-b5ea-4ef8-8d5e-6872f581c3ca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Obviously we're big on communicating about your pain here at CRAMPED - we've covered the research that shows talking about your pain actually reduces your pain levels - but what about PLEASURE? Could improving our communication skills around our pain lead to better sex lives? Kate brings on sex communication experts Kels and Tess from Squirm, a company dedicated to helping you gain skills around talking about sex and pleasure. They get into the stigmas that keep both sexual pleasure and period pain from being out-in-the-open topics, the systems that keep it that way, and how to break free and shout both your pain AND your pleasure from whatever rooftop you want! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Obviously we're big on communicating about your pain here at CRAMPED - we've covered the research that shows talking about your pain actually reduces your…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3027,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cramped-7088693/episodes/can-talking-about-cramps-improve-your-sex-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cramped-7088693/can-talking-about-cramps-improve-your-sex-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}