28ish Days Later

BBC Radio 4

What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? In this award-winning podcast India Rakusen explores the whole bloody story, discovering facts that could change your life. Periods are just the beginning.

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29 episodes
Updated Mar 21, 2022

Episodes29

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Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty-Eight: New Power
India discusses how we can improve healthcare for women
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn
India examines how the cycle has been taught past and present.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty-Six: The Shock
How do you choose your menstrual products? India finds out how the industry is evolving.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty Five: Why 28 Days?
What's the normal length of a menstrual cycle? India finds out.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty Four: To Bleed or Not to Bleed
India considers hormonal contraception and asks if there's a physiological need to bleed.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty Three: Exercycle
India chats to Dr Stacy Sims about tailoring exercise and diet to the cycle.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty-Two: Love and the Cycle
India and her husband hear from a couple who schedule life around the cycle.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight
India goes for a moon dip to find out if the menstrual cycle and the moon are connected.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twenty: Chemical Disruption
India and guests investigate Hormone Chemical Disruptors.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Nineteen: Kenny
India meets Kenny Ethan Jones, the first trans man to front a period campaign.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Eighteen: Second Spring
India explores how we can better prepare for the symptoms of the perimenopause.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Seventeen: PMS
India and guests talk PMS and PMDD.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Sixteen: Oh Progesterone
India meets the Wednesday Adams of the hormones - progesterone.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Fifteen: Baby Steps
It's day 15 and for some it's the start of the two week wait.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Fourteen: Ovulation
It's time for the big O - ovulation.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Thirteen: Get It On
Oestrogen has peaked, and ovulation is around the corner.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Twelve: Hysteria
India explores how women in pain have been belittled and ignored through history.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Eleven: The Gap
India looks into the data gap and how it impacts women.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Ten: Tracking
India delves into the world of menstrual tracking apps.
Mar 21, 2022 · 14 min
Day Nine: Finding Power
India explores how your first period can shape how you feel about the rest.