Female-focused Health & Well-being

Female-Focused Health & Well-Beingđź©ş Podcast Recommendations

March 05, 2023

Curator

Becky Lamb-Pritchard (she/her), head of marketing at This is Distorted

Why did you choose this theme?

Fewer than one-third of the most successful podcasts worldwide are hosted by women, and we have stuff we want to talk about!A lot of what we learn about health and well-being is primarily through a male lens (shocking, right!?) This has resulted in a lack of education about female health, and in some cases, incorrect diagnoses.

PODCAST PICKS:Click on the podcast art to listen đź‘‚

Rhiannon Lambert: Food Truths, Pre & Post Pregnancy Nutrition and Fuel For Perimenopause

Featuring one of the U.K.'s leading nutritionists, Rhiannon Lambert, this episode focuses on nutrition for females.

Women's Health UnpluggedYour Hormones After 40. What Stage Are You In?This episode is geared towards those approaching 40 or already in the 40-60 age range. It explains how the hormones behave through each of the transition stages of menopause, and the effects those changes might have on a person. 

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

How Hormones Can Directly Impact Our ADHD

EarBuds curator Becky picked this episode because it's an insightful one for women who have ADHD. It covers different stages of the cycle, how to advocate for yourself if you have ADHD, how hormones can affect ADHD, and much more. 

Wellness Women RadioMenstrual FluThis episode explains how the menstrual cycle can exacerbate health conditions and cause menstrual flu, complex interactions between the immune and endocrine systems that causes affect the immune system. 

Brown Women HealthSexual Education for South Asians ft Bushra Mollick | Sexual Health Mini-SeriesIn this episode, guest Bushra Mollick, an expert in providing culturally sensitive sexual education, talks about her work in breaking down the sex stigma in the South Asian community.

Power TripTatiana Maslany stars as a chronically ill (and chronically sarcastic) woman who acquires magical abilities via a black-market kidney donation. Now, she can command anyone to do her bidding. The city is her playground and dating is a riot… that is, until she falls in love for real. 

COMMUNITY:

🎤This week in Podcast The Newsletter: K-Pop Dreaming technically traces the origins of K-pop from its origins to its global popularity today, but more specifically, it’s about the host, Vivian Yoon, who finally is able to fangirl over a kind of music she's been secretly loving for years. đź¤–A sci-fi podcast is launching SaveGarbageIsland.org “so humans will have somewhere to live after the AI Takeover.” The sci-fi comedy Human B-Gon predicts a future where robots capture stray humans and dump them onto Garbage Island.🎵Maed in India is India's first indie music podcast that showcases the best independent music from around the country. The fourth annual Ladies Special will be released on March 6. The Ladies Special (much like the Mumbai Local train it's named after) will bring you names and faces you may have never heard of, but their stories and music will captivate you.

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SPOTLIGHT:

FOGO: Fear of Going Outside

is a nature show — by the most reluctant host ever.

Most nature shows are hosted by reckless white men, but avid indoorswoman Ivy Le is an Asian mom with severe allergies. Last season, Ivy conquered camping. She’s back, braving the outdoors, to go hunting â€” or die trying!

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