Under the Hood
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Parenting Under Quarantine
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rainbow Rosenbloom is a Waldorf educator and the founder of Live Education!, where he consults on and creates engaging curriculum for children of all ...
Birth in the Time of Covid-19
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with a special episode to help you navigate pregnancy, labor, and postpartum in the middle of the current pandemic. Midwife Aleks and Exe...
A Lookback at Under the Hood Season 2
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From pelvic floor health to the mythology of birth stories to abortion doulas, we covered a whole gamut of topics in season 2. Listen in as the Under ...
The State of Women's Health
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There is no better guest than Aviva Romm, physician, midwife, herbalist, and author as our final interview of season 2. Listen in as Aleks, Patti, an...
Postpartum Story: The Fourth Trimester Up Close
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Producer Chelsea and her husband David share an intimate conversation between them about the months following the birth of their daughter. O...
The Fourth Trimester
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Postpartum health expert Kimberly Johnson has laid out a system of support to help new mothers take care of themselves following birth. Under the Hood...
Everything You Didn't Know About Your Lymphatic System
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lymphedema Therapist Lisa Levitt Gainsley describes the body's Lymphatic System as the great recycling system, helping to clean out the waste product...
Birth as a Rite of Passage
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The process of giving birth, with its challenges and joys, can be compared to a microcosm of life itself. In this episode with Dr. Britta Bushnell,...
Katya Mosely: Acupuncture and Pregnancy
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How does Chinese medicine and acupuncture view and treat the pregnant body? We are back with part II of our conversation with Spirit Gate Acupuncture ...
Katya Mosely: Loss & Motherhood
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of Spirit Gate Acupuncture and Wellness, Katya Mosely has built her career on caring for the body and spirit of mothers during all stages of p...
Nutrition During Pregnancy: A Midwife's Perspective
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in as our very own host, Midwife Aleksandra Evanguelidi, talks about what you should be eating during pregnancy. From proteins to fats to raw...
The Power of Storytelling
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Documentary filmmaker Clancy McCarty has traveled around the world on behalf of Every Mother Counts, and organization working to make pregnancy and c...
Abortion Stories: Anonymous, Mother of 1
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So often, abortions are spoken about in the context of "unwanted" pregnancies. In this episode, our storyteller terminated a very much wanted pregnanc...
Abortion Stories: Solange, Age 23, Abortion Access Activist
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Solange, who experienced an unwanted pregnancy while studying, was directed to mental health services rather than an appropriate abortion provider. Sh...
Abortion Stories: Catalina, Age 30
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite living in NYC and making a comfortable living, Catalina still struggled with the process of finding a compassionate abortion provider. This is...
Abortion Stories: Aleks, Midwife & Mother of 1
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Under The Hood Co-Host Aleks tells the story of an unwanted pregnancy in her early 20's that challenged her long-held pro-life beliefs. This is episod...
Abortion Stories: Terri, Age 56
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Terri was 15 when she chose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Listen in as she shares her story for the very first time in Episode 1 of our abortion...
Introducing: Abortion Stories
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are introducing a special series here on Under The Hood. Next week, we will be publishing 5 episodes, each of a woman telling the story of her abor...
Radical Empathy
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UTH sits down with Molly Gaebe, an abortion doula and abortion access activist. She talks about her work assisting women through the abortion process ...
Aleks on The World Needs a Witch
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in as Under The Hood co-host Aleks makes a guest appearance on The World Needs a Witch, a podcast about mysticism, activism and how wild women...
Thom Knoles II: Mothers Elevating Consciousness
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can women have a self-empowering birth experience? Vedic Meditation master Thom Knoles discussed empowerment around the birth and labor and explai...
Thom Knoles Part I: Stress and Pregnancy
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Vedic meditation master Thom Knoles discusses stress, ways to combat it, and the effect that it can have during pregnancy. Whether you are a mother, p...
Motherhood and Identity
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How does becoming a mother change your identity? How can you deal with the guilt that can arise when making space for yourself after childbirth? Liste...
Pelvic Floor Breathing Exercise
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in as Heather guides you in identifying the muscles surrounding your pelvic floor and how to synchronize your breath.
All About the Pelvic Floor
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever sneezed, laughed too hard, or jumped on a trampoline and had a bit of pee come out? Guess what: It's all related to your pelvic floor. T...
The Indomitable Ricki Lake
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patti and Aleks are sitting down with our favorite advocate for choice, Ricki Lake. You may know Lake from her years as a television host, but her tru...
The Smart Tampon
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are speaking with Ridhi Tariyal, a scientist, innovator, and crusader for women's health. The company she co founded, Nextgen Jane, creat...
The Case for Birth Workers
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are speaking to Katy Kozhimannil an expert in public health policy and its impact on pregnancy and childbirth. She has advocated tireles...
WMN Gather!
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! And what better way to launch our second season than with the lovely Paula Mallis, founder of WMN Space - a conscious space for women to g...
Rosé Roundtable - On The Fence
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our roundtable is back for a chat about what it means to be 'on the fence' in choosing whether or not to have a child. Many of us are waiting longer a...
Rosé Roundtable - The Sex Ed Edition
12 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS! This is our first installment of a new series on Under the Hood that we're calling the Rosé Roundtable. We're taking the topics we've covered ...
A Look Back At Under The Hood Season 1
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We did it! Season One of Under the Hood is complete. We're taking a quick break to celebrate and of course tape new episodes for Season Two. But we wa...
Like A Mother: Angela Garbes
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Patti and Aleks are getting reverently irreverent in a special LIVE recording with Angela Garbes, author of the must read book "Like a Mothe...
The Myth of Control
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Britta Bushnell holds a doctorate in mythological studies and studies the ways we wrap ourselves in stories and myth to understand who we are. She...
Don't Bleep Birth!
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
G-strings. Guts and gore. A patient cut open on an operating table. All were acceptable in the eyes of Instagram, Facebook, and their millions of user...
Closing The Pleasure Gap
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Patti and Aleks sit down with CEO and Co-Founder of Dame Products, Alex Fine, to talk about the relationship between meditation and masturbation, pack...
Ask the Midwife: Conception Control
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Patti and Chelsea sit down with Aleks to get a midwife's perspective on some of the topics we've been taking Under the Hood. We're talking "conception...
Man-Doula
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're sitting down with the Dude-la himself, Dr. Elliot Berlin and talking about more than just cracking backs. Dr. Berlin has made a name for himself...
Something biological happened... Mary Beth's story
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of our Story Episodes, we sat down with Mary Beth LaRue to talk about the unplanned, but beautiful outcome, of her struggle with inferti...
Conscious Conception
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to "feed your fertility?" And how exactly does acupuncture and Chinese Medicine relate to getting pregnant? This week we sat down wi...
Puberty Party
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What would the world look like if we taught girls about how their bodies work from a young age? Celebrated their transition from girlhood into womanho...
The Fifth Vital Sign
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What you should know about your hormonal cycle, why it should be considered a fifth vital sign, and the implications of teaching women and girls not t...
VAGINA!
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Carrie Jones is functional medicine women's health and hormone doctor who talks with us this week about basic vaginal health, the anatomy of the v...
"Why are we doing this? She could have pushed." Desiree's Story
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Desiree. She is 34 weeks pregnant and every day she doesn't give birth is a risk. Desiree has placenta percreta, a life-threaten...
#ListentoBlackWomen
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Black mothers in the U.S. die at three to four times the rate of white mothers. Kim Durdin is fighting to change that. She is the co-founder of the n...
The Pill, Part Two
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with Holly Grigg-Spall, author of Sweetening The Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control. In this episode...
The Pill, Part One
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shrinking ovaries, "withdrawal bleeds" instead of periods, and all the symptoms and side effects your doctor never told you about hormonal birth contr...
The Big O
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Orgasms, your clitoris and the other things that you didn't hear about in sex ed class. Patti and Aleks have a no-holds barred conversation with Emma...
Let's Go
14 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Under the Hood is pulling back the curtain and unpacking the mystery around womanHOOD, sisterHOOD, motherHOOD. Join Patti and Aleks as they take a dee...