Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?
Episodes
Season 4, #13: Professor Audrey Gaskins: Trying to Conceive: Diet, Supplements and Lifestyle - What Really Matters?
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Audrey Gaskins is Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She is an environmental and reproductiv...
Season 4, #12: Dr Julie Angel - Move more and dare to be creative in everything you do
03 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Angel is a movement coach, artist, award winning filmmaker and author. After completing the world's first parkour themed PhD, she continued to m...
Season 4, #11: Dr Nitu Bajekal - Finding Me in Menopause: why lifestyle matters
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nitu Bajekal is a gynaecologist with over 40 years experience in women’s health and is the author of Finding me in Menopause and co-author of Living...
Season 4, #10: Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson – The Womenkind Collective
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson – The Womenkind Collective; spilling the tea on taboos Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson are best frie...
Season 4, #9: Breeda Bermingham, Midlife Women Rock
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Breeda is a former Midwife and Community/Public Health Nurse who became interested in menopause in 2018 while completing a psychology degree. Realisin...
Season 4, #8: Jackie Lynch: Nutrition for a happy menopause
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
S4, #8. Jackie Lynch: Nutrition for a happy menopause Jackie Lynch is an award-winning nutritionist, menopause specialist, author, and workshop facili...
Season 4, #7: Amber Lort-Phillips: Feel good - your way
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Big Retreat Festival Amber is the founder of The Big Retreat Festival, a four-day wellbeing and adventure festival set in the Pembrokeshire Coast ...
Season 4, #6: Edele Andaya: Day Rave DJ: The Woman Behind the Decks
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Edele has been DJing for almost 20 years with an impressive resume to fit the bill. Her passion has always been Trance which she has played all over t...
Season 4, #5: Joe Baynham: Relax and Reset: Breath Work, Cold Plunges and Saunas
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is a breathwork teacher, Wim Hof Method Certified Instructor and assistant freediving coach. He is the founder of the Coggeshall Cold Water Dipper...
Season 4, #4: Petra Coveney: Yoga for women’s health
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Petra is a qualified Yoga Therapist, Senior Teacher and Trainer for the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance Professionals and Yoga Australia and h...
International Women’s Day Special: The Big Swim: Why women swim: Nicky Chisholm, Dr Heather Massey, Jo Moseley, Tash Sones and Professor Joyce Harper
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this International Women’s Day special, Joyce Harper is joined by Big Swim organiser Nicky Chisholm, cold-water physiology researcher Dr Heather ...
Season 4, #2: Dr Lauren Colenso-Semple: Sifting through social media misinformation about our health
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lauren is a researcher and science communicator specializing in female physiology, exercise, and nutrition, and a former seasoned fitness professi...
Season 4, #1: Professor Joyce Harper, Your Joyful Years: let’s make looking after your good health and happiness sexy
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode description: S4, #1: Professor Joyce Harper, Your Joyful Years: let’s make looking after your good health and happiness sexy Joyce is the ...
Season 3, #25 - by Professor David Nutt
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our Favourite Drug Professor David Nutt is a psychiatrist and the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in Imperial College London and ...
Season 3, Episode 24 - Professor Pauliina Damdimopoulou – How everyday chemicals affect our healt
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pauliina Damdimopoulou is a Professor of Reproductive Biology at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at the Karolinska Institute in Stockh...
Season 3, #23 - Dr Nerys Astbury Why We Gain: Understanding Obesity
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nerys is a human nutrition scientist with a strong interest in clinical trial methodology and evidence-based medicine. Nerys has worked at the Univers...
Season 3, #22: Professor Partha Kar: Understanding diabetes
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Partha is the National Specialty Advisor on Diabetes with NHS England and co-author of the national Diabetes GIRFT report. He has been a Consultant in...
Season 3, #21 Amanda Thebe World Menopause Day Special: Navigating the Wild West of Menopause.
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating the Wild West of Menopause Amanda Thebe is a Fitness and Women’s Health Expert. She is the author of the Amazon best-selling book, Menopo...
Season 3, #Episode 20 Professor Neil Gittoes: Understanding osteoporosis
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Neil Gittoes is Consultant Endocrinologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology at the Univer...
Season 3, #E19: Dr Sarah McKay - Understanding dementia and Alzheimer’s
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist and science communicator and runs The Neuroscience Academy – which provides online training in brain health and a...
Season 3, #E18 Dr Nerina Ramlakhan: Reclaiming joy
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nerina is a physiologist, Sleep Expert, Author & keynote speaker, who is dedicated to helping people and organisations to thrive, sleep more deepl...
Season 3, #E17: Debbie Robinson: The Yoga Junkie – Sound baths – vibrations for wellness
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Debbie is a spiritual coach, certified grief recovery specialist, teacher of multiple Yoga lineages, menopause coach and much more. She is a certified...
Season 3 #E16 Lou Featherstone: Lu in Luland’s self-love revolution baby
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can I say about this woman? Lu in Luland, AKA Lou Featherstone is a 50-something mom on a mission to help women of all ages unlock their potentia...
Season 3 #E15: Harrison Ward - From Addiction to Adventure: The Fell Foodie’s Recipe for Joy
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Harrison Ward, otherwise known as the Fell Foodie, the mountains are his solace, his gym and his kitchen. Harrison began suffering from depression...
Season 3 #E14: Dr Sophie Messager – 'The beat of your own drum': drumming for women’s health
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Messager did a PhD in Biology on the physiology of Reproduction in France. Then in the 90s, she moved to the UK, fell in love, started a family...
Season 3 #E13: Julia Hollander – Why We Sing
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Hollander is a singing therapist, teacher and performer. Julia’s first career in theatre took her all over the world. She founded the contempo...
Season 3 #E12: Di Westaway - Wild women on top: trekking for your health
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Di Westaway turned her midlife crisis into a fantastic story of adventures and helping other women. Di is the Founder and Chief Adventure Chick at Wil...
Season 3 #E11: Deborah Ives – Solo traveller and adventure maker
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah has always loved to travel, which for 20 years she did with her husband. When she found herself unexpectedly divorced 15 years ago, she decide...
Season 3 #E10: Lucy Ward - What Catherine the Great did with her body
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Ward is a writer and journalist. Growing up near Manchester, she studied Early and Middle English at Oxford University, before becoming a journal...
Season 3 #E9 Dr Lucy Havard – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: the First Female Doctor
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy has always had a passion for medicine and history and through her career, she has spent time studying both. First Lucy studied medicine at Univer...
Season 3, #E8: Clare Mulley: The Stories of Wartime Heroines
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clare Mulley is an award-winning public historian, author and broadcaster, primarily focused on female experience during the Second World War. Clare’...
Season 3 #E7 Glenn Stout: Trudy Ederle: Young women and the sea
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Stout is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant, served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception, ...
Season 3 #E6: Professor Helen O’Connell: The clitoris: The great unknown
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Helen O'Connell is a leading researcher in the area of female pelvic anatomy and was the first woman to complete training as a urologist in ...
Season 3, #E5: Dr Pippa Sangster: Understanding the penis and testicles
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pippa is a consultant urologist at University College London Hospital (UCLH) and is the lead for the male infertility service. A urologist is a medica...
Season 3 #E4: Dr Anita Mitra, the Gynae Geek: Understanding the womb, fallopian tubes and ovaries
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Anita Mitra is a renowned Dr in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is also known as The Gynae Geek on social media. With over 160k followers on Instagr...
Season 3 #E3: Dr Tasha Gandamihardja: Understanding breasts
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tasha is a highly-respected consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at The Holly Private Hospital and also practices for the NHS in Chelmsford. Her s...
Season 3 #E2: Dr Aziza Sesay: Understanding the vagina, vulva and cervix
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Aziza Sesay is a GP, GP educator, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Host, Speaker and a well-regarded health content creator. Aziza is particular...
S3 #E1 Professor Joyce Harper: Nurturing your good health and happiness
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joyce shares that her podcast is now listened to in over 90 countries. She reflects on the highlights from 2024, including the launch...
S2 #E27: Sheree Hargreaves: Life of POI – Primary ovarian insufficiency
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sheree Hargreaves is a campaigner to improve awareness of primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). At just 15 years old, Sheree was diagnosed with POI, wh...
S2 #E26: Professor Helena Teede: Understanding polycystic ovary syndrome
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PCOS Professor Teede is the Director of Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation, Monash University and an Endocrinologist at Monash Health. S...
S2 #E25 Professor Ertan Saridogan: Understanding endometriosis
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ertan is a Professor at University College London and a consultant in reproductive medicine and minimal access surgery at University College London Ho...
S2 #E24 Dr Jackie Maybin: Understanding your menstrual cycle and period
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jackie Maybin is a Reader and Consultant Gynaecologist at the Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. She ru...
S2 #E23: Eleanor Mills: Much more to come
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor is the former Editorial Director of The Sunday Times and one of Britain’s most high profile commentators. In March of 2021 she launched an o...
S2 #E22 Bukky Ayoade: Your Vibrant Midlife
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bukky is the Principal Consultant at Vibrant Midlife Wellness Practice. She helps motivate women in midlife to overcome the disruption of hormone chao...
S2 #E21 Dr Stella Duffy, OBE: What is it like to be postmenopausal?
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stella Duffy has written seventeen novels. Her last novel, Lullaby Beach was published by Virago in February 2021.She has also written and devised fou...
S2 #E20 Rachel Peru: Liberté - Free to Be
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel is a silver haired curve model, body confidence activist, midlife influencer, and the woman behind Liberte Free to Be. She began a new career a...
S2 #E19 Kate Codrington: Second Spring
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Codrington is a pioneering, pro-ageing activist, author, menstrual health menopause mentor, speaker, workshop facilitator, artist, yoga Nidra gui...
SE, #E18 Jody Day: Childlessness
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of the series on Motherhood and is coming out just before World Childless Week. https://worldchildlessweek.net/ Jody Day is the f...
S2 #E17 Dr Zeynep Gurtin: Motherhood over 40
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Zeynep Gurtin is a Lecturer in Women’s Health at the Institute for Women’s Health at UCL and an Authority Member at the Human Fertilisation and...
S2, #E16: Dr Lucy van de Wiel: Freezing fertility: is egg freezing the answer?
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy van de Wiel was a Research Associate in the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambri...
S2 #E15 Mel Johnson: Solo motherhood
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mel is a solo mother and has used her experience to help others on this journey. She can be found on social media @the_stork_and_i and is The Solo Par...
S2 #E14 Professor Tim Childs: How to get pregnant naturally and with assisted conception
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim is Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford. Tim s...
S2 #E13 Athena Lamnisos: Making the 5 (yes, FIVE) gynaecological cancers more visible
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Athena Lamnisos is CEO of the leading women’s health charity, The Eve Appeal which is focused education about the five gynaecological cancers and th...
S2 #E12 Susan Saunders: How to age well
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Saunders is a health coach helping women over 50 reduce dementia risk and optimise brain health with science-backed habits. She's the author of ...
S2 #E11 Mel Berry: Her Spirit – Getting women fit and healthy
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mel Berry is co-founder of Her Spirit with her friend Holly Woodford. Mel is an experienced triathlon and swimming coach and leads the swimming coachi...
S2 #E10 Laura Spoelstra: Mental health: more than just a buzz word
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Spoelstra has been involved in the fertility sector as an expert in donation issues for almost 15 years. During that time, she was involved in v...
S2 #E9 Dr Tessa Copp: Is women’s health tech empowerment or exploitation?
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the University of Sydney School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the psychosocial impacts of disea...
S2 #E8 Dame Lesley Regan: The women’s health strategy
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Lesley Regan is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, London. Having graduated from the Royal Free H...
S2 #E7 Lavina Mehta, MBE: The Feel Good Fix
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lavina Mehta, MBE, is an award winning personal trainer, wellness coach, mum of 3, was awarded an MBE in 2020 for her work in health and fitness over ...
S2 #E6 Prof Mike Tipton: Cold water swimming: benefits and dangers
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Tipton, MBE, PhD, MSc, FTPS is Professor of Human & Applied Physiology, In the Extreme Environments Laboratory, School of Sport Health & ...
S2 #E5 Dr Philippa Kaye: A better world for women
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philippa is a GP, author, journalist and mother. She is a Londoner and only moved away for three years while studying at Downing College Cambridge, be...
S2 #E4 Dr Neil Stanley: How to sleep well
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Neil Stanley started working on sleep when he was 16 – working at the neurosciences division of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine in Farnbor...
S2 #E3 Dr Naomi Sutton: The Sex Clinic
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Naomi Sutton graduated from Sheffield Medical School in 2003 and has been working as a Consultant Physician for the NHS at Rotherham Sexual Health Ser...
S2 #E2 Baz Moffat, The Female Body Bible
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Baz, together with Dr Bella Smith and Dr Emma Ross, has set up the Well HQ to ensure we have a future where no woman lacks knowledge and understanding...
S2 #E1 Professor Joyce Harper - Why we need to teach everyone about reproductive health
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to season 2 of Why didn’t anyone tell me this? This podcast is about health education with an emphasis on reproductive health. We do not cov...
S1 #E26 Clare Fone: Exercise is just movement with purpose. Guidance from a lifestyle chartered physio, the experts in physical activity management.
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clare is an holistic, lifestyle chartered physiotherapist, motivational health and fitness speaker, having qualified from Guys Hospital in 1984 with d...
S1 #E25 Dr Nicky Keay: Exercise 4 Woman’s Health
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nicky studied medicine at the University of Cambridge. She was part of the international medical team that developed an anti-doping test for growth ho...
S1 #E24 Claire Dale: Physical intelligence
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claire is a renowned leadership development professional, performance coach and author with over 21 years’ experience as a facilitator, thought lead...
S1 #E21 Dr Elina Berglund Scherwitzl: The power of big data in women's health
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl is the co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles, the women’s health company that developed the world’s first birth contr...
S1 #E23 Rachel Lankester: Magnificent Midlife
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Lankester is the author of Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond, and host of the Magnificent Midlife podcast....
S1 #E22 Mr Vikram Talaulikar : A clinicians perspective on current menopause treatment
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Vikram Talaulikar is an associate specialist at the reproductive medicine unit in University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and hon...
S1 #E19 Sian Richardson: The Bluetits Chill Swimmers
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sian lives at Pencarnan where her family have been for over 100 years. She runs a campsite above the clifftop and all of her five children, and grandc...
S1 #E20 Isaac Manyonda, Menopause and HRT - medicalising a natural transition or addressing a vast unmet need in women’s health!?
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Isaac has recently retired from being a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologists at St George's University Hospital in London. Where he specialised ...
S1 #E18 Prof Susan Davis: Making sense of the Menopause
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the definitions of perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. Susan, being an endocrinologist, which is someone who stud...
S1 #E17 Dr Karin Hammarberg: Fertility: telling it as it is
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Karin is a senior research fellow in the school of public health and preventative medicine in Monash University. She is a registered nurse, and has wo...
S1 #E16 David Wood: Abolition of Aging
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#16: David Wood: Abolition of Aging David spent 25 years as a trailblazing pioneer of the mobile computing and smartphone industries. He envisioned wh...
S1 #E15 Dr Nighat Arif: The Knowledge Your Guide to Female Health - From Menstruation to the Menopause
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nighat is a GP specialising in women's health, family planning and menopause care with over 15 years of experience in the NHS and she runs her own pri...
S1 #E14 Dr Liz O’Riordan: Under The Knife – Life Lessons From The Operating Theatre
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liz O’Riordan is an international speaker, broadcaster and award-winning co-author of ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered ...
S1 #E13 Toby Trice; Racing for fertility
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Toby began Karting with Russ Mead to help him overcome depression, give him a new focus and a chance to escape from dealing with fertility issues. In ...
S1 #E12 Dr Shema Tariq: Mothering against the odds: surviving infertility, baby loss & postnatal depression
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shema is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL’s Institute for Global Health and Honorary Consultant HIV Physician at Mortimer Market Centre. Her research...
S1 #E11 Dr Jen Gunter: From the vagina bible to the menopause manifesto
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jen Gunter: From the vagina bible to the menopause manifesto Jen works as an OB/GYN and a pain medicine physician. Her approach is based on evidenc...
S1 #E10 Siobhan Daniels: Pro-age campaigner and Retirement Rebel
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Siobhan Daniels is an Author, Pro-age Campaigner and Retirement Rebel. At 60 she retired from the BBC after 30 years working as a presenter, reporter ...
S1 #E9 Dr Marieke Bigg: This won’t hurt: how medicine fails women
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marieke Bigg writes about bodies and culture. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, where she studied the technological trans...
S1 #E8 Dr Heather Massey: A dip into nature; swimming outdoors
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heather is a senior lecturer within the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science. She has been a member of the Extreme Environments Laboratory sin...
S1 #E7 Professor Mats Brännström: Transplanting wombs
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mats Brännström is an internationally renowned specialist in reproductive medicine and fertility. He has extensive expertise in women’s ...
S1 #E6 Karen Newby, The Natural Menopause Method
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Karen talks about the importance of getting nutrition right at all stages of our lives, from the menstrual cycle to the menopause. Sh...
S1 #E5 Jo Moseley: The Joy of Post Menopause
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jo talks about how she became the first woman to paddleboard from Liverpool to Goole, picking up litter and fundraising and how that f...
S1 #E4 Hannah Vaughan Jones: Finding Your Identity
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist, broadcaster & global moderator Hannah Vaughan Jones is an Emmy-nominated British journalist. She has hosted prime time shows for CNN a...
S1 #E3 Dr Annice Mukherjee: Your Essential Menopause Toolkit
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Annice will tell us about her career as an endocrinologist, who is someone who specializes in diagnosing and treating health condition...
S1 #E2 Jessica Hepburn: Turning Life into an Adventure
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Hepburn is an award-winning author, arts producer and adventure activist. In 2022 she became the first woman in the world to complete the 'Sea...
S1 #E1 Prof Joyce Harper: This is Me
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Professor Joyce Harper will be interviewing guests to discuss all things health related and debunking some of the many myths around ou...