The Story Behind Women's Healthcare🩺 [with the Vocaster]

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The Story Behind Women's Healthcare🩺

CuratorAnna Stoecklein (she/her), producer and host of The Story of WomanWhy did you choose this theme?I am a nurse by background, but I have learned some of my biggest lessons about healthcare since leaving that field and entering the gender equity space. As Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women, puts it: “Medicine is every bit as social and cultural as it is scientific.”These are episodes that explore how culture, politics, and history have influenced today’s medical institutions, and what needs to change to finally achieve health equity.

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The Story of WomanWoman and Medicine Part 1: Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell WomenThe Story of Woman explores the "man’s world" through women’s perspectives; this episode contains an interview with Elinor Cleghorn about her book Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World. It explores medicine’s (male-dominated) history from the "wandering womb" of ancient Greece up until the present day to understand how this legacy currently manifests, and why women are often disbelieved about their own bodies and symptoms.

NatalTwo: Roots of the Black Birthing CrisisA podcast about having a baby while Black, this episode gets into the historical roots of modern obstetrics and gynecology, and how flaws in medical education and research contribute to the Black birthing crisis.

HormonalPMS Is Real. PMS Isn’t Real. How Culture Affects Our Premenstrual ExperienceA podcast about how hormones shape our world, this episode explores how the cultural perceptions around premenstrual syndrome (PMS) change how women experience menstruation.

The Lie That BindsEpisode 1: The Trojan HorseA six-part series exploring the history of how the anti-choice movement in the U.S. was built from scratch, this first episode digs into the roots of the movement and the early leaders of the Radical Right who tapped into segregationist racism to transform Evangelicals into a political coalition.

The ElectoretteThe Cancer Moonshot Initiative with Healthcare Activist, Laura PackardA podcast dedicated to elevating the voices and expertise of women, this conversation with a healthcare activist explores the intersection of healthcare and politics in the U.S.

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This week on our podcast...(Click on Anna to listen)Anna is sharing podcasts with us that explore how culture, politics, and history influence women's healthcare. She's on the show this week to tell us about her recommendations. ALSO: We tell you about this week's Spotlight pick, Pale Blue Pod, an astronomy podcast that aims to make learning about outer space a little less overwhelming. Subscribe

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PODCAST SPOTLIGHT:

Pale Blue PodPale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and comedian/science educator Corinne Caputo demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping).By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh, too scary!” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!”

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