Hormonal
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Who you gonna call? Mythbusters!
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This season on Hormonal we've learned a lot about birth control. From the origin of the pill, to how side effects can be beneficial, to the history an...
Risky business: Birth Control during COVID-19
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended healthcare systems around the world, especially reproductive healthcare. People who relied on face-to-face visits wi...
Bringing sexy back
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing quite brings your fertility front and center like a pregnancy. Whether a pregnancy ends in a baby or not, it causes big changes to your body. ...
Happy Birthday, birth control!
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The birth control pill, which many of us just call "the pill," officially turns 60 years old this year. Instead of just breaking out the cake and cand...
Reproductive choice & reproductive justice
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inequality is all around us and manifests in tricky ways. When it comes to healthcare in particular, for many of us, reproductive care is a large part...
The many sides of side effects
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most people take birth control because they want to avoid getting pregnant. As many of us find out after starting the pill, the shot or getting a devi...
The ABC: Abortion & Birth Control
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You probably know and love someone who's had an abortion, or maybe you've had one yourself. Despite the fact that one in four people capable of gettin...
Hot or not? Birth control & sex drive
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A big reason why a lot of people start taking hormonal birth control is simple: they're having sex, and they don't want to risk a pregnancy. But, this...
Coming Soon: Hormonal Season 2
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've been hard at work on the latest season of Hormonal, and this time, we're looking at Birth Control. We're excited to share this trailer for our n...
A Sneak Peek at Season 2
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we work hard on Season 2 of the Hormonal podcast, we're dropping into your feed with a special request, and a small behind the scenes interview wit...
We Are All Hormonal
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has hormones. But for some reason only one gender is seen as the "hormonal" one. How can we reclaim this term? And how can we explore the pow...
How Food Affects PMS
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us appreciate the work that food does to nourish our bodies. On a macro level, things like proteins help repair muscles and carbohydrates give...
How Pollutants Influence Our Hormones
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Your endocrine system relies on balance. An increase or a drop in one hormone can trigger a drop or rise in another. So changes in your environment, l...
Acne Isn't Just For Teens
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the effects that hormones have on the body are internal. But there's definitely one way that fluctuating hormones are visible to us: acne. ...
Hothouse Orchids and Dandelions
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 1982, Jane Fonda put out her first exercise video. That VHS tape helped spark an exercise craze. But the exercise craze also made a lot of people s...
What Makes a Woman in Women's Sports?
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When women first began competing in elite sports, an important question cropped up: who exactly is a woman? Fears that men would simply plop on a wig ...
PMS Is Real. PMS Isn't Real.
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fact: Right before your period, your hormones and body can change. Myth: you're automatically going to turn into a weepy, emotional, and irrational B*...
Grains of Salt: Hormone History in the Modern Age
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hormones were only discovered about a hundred years ago. But since then, they've taken on a lot of significance, both in science and in western cultur...
Coming Soon: Hormonal
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
About Hormonal Hormones affect everyone and everything: from our skin, to stress, to sports. But for most of us, they're still a mystery. Even the way...