28ish Days Later

By BBC Radio 4

What's 28ish Days Later about?

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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28ish Days Later episodes:

03.21.2022
Day Twenty-Eight: New Power
Through this series we have demonstrated how inequalities in research and persistent myths about women's bodies have led to inequalities in healthcare. In this episode, India talks to someone who has the power to influence change. Dame Professor Lesley Regan...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn
India travels back to the Victorian Age to probe at the use of the vaginal speculum and considers its link to menstrual shame and embarrassment, particularly in education. India then meets Chella Quint, founder of the Period Positive Movement, and...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty-Six: The Shock
India considers the role of the femcare industry in perpetuating menstrual stigma and single use products with Chris Bobel, an Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Co-Editor of the Critical Guide...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty Five: Why 28 Days?
How long is too long for a menstrual cycle? And what can be the causes of irregular periods? India talks to Dr Anita Mitra and Dr Dornu Lebari about what's 'normal' as well as the hormonal imbalance that arises from...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty Four: To Bleed or Not to Bleed
Millions of women across the world take hormonal contraception either as birth control or to help with problem periods - but do we know how much they might be affecting our brains? In this episode India asks Dr Jackie...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty Three: Exercycle
India meets performance physiologist Dr Stacy Sims who offers key advice on how best to tailor your eating and exercise routine to certain points of your cycle whether you’re a regular cycling women, experiencing the menopause or on hormonal contraception....
03.21.2022
Day Twenty-Two: Love and the Cycle
India sits down with her husband Mark to talk about the cycle and their relationship. They also meet a couple - Bill and Amy - who tailor their life based around Amy’s cycle. India and Mark try to decide if...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight
We find India at the top of the cliffs of Folkestone in South East England to meet a group of women who swim under the light of the full moon. Meanwhile. on the other side of the world in...
03.21.2022
Day Twenty: Chemical Disruption
India meets with the founder and director of Chem Trust, Elizabeth Salter Green, and Shruthi Mahalingaiah Assistant who is a Professor of Environmental Reproductive and Women's Health at the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, to discuss the...
03.21.2022
Day Nineteen: Kenny
India speaks with Kenny Ethan Jones, the first transgender man to front a period product campaign. They talk about Kenny’s experience with menstruation, and transitioning. As well as Kenny's work as an activist, and his journey to peace. ...
03.21.2022
Day Eighteen: Second Spring
The perimenopause is a challenging time for many women but there is help and there are ways you can prepare. In this episode, India sits down with her mum to discuss her own transition to menopause. And we...
03.21.2022
Day Seventeen: PMS
India and Dr Anita Mitra discuss the causes and symptoms of Premenstrual Stress (PMS), and Maisie Hill offers up advice for PMS in the autumn season of the cycle. We also hear from two women who live with Premenstrual...
03.21.2022
Day Sixteen: Oh Progesterone
We've entered the luteal phase and welcome a fascinating temporary organ into the reproductive system. It only lasts 14 days and it's one big job is to pump out progesterone. India also finds out what progesterone is doing to our...
03.21.2022
Day Fifteen: Baby Steps
On day 15 of the cycle, India looks at fertility and the process of trying to conceive - and explores the tragic reality that not all pregnancies are successful. Dr Dornu Lebari takes us through a fertility consultation, and discusses...
03.21.2022
Day Fourteen: Ovulation
Oestrogen has peaked and ovulation is imminent. Professor Evelyn Telfer from the University of Edinburgh discusses the formation and release of eggs, as well as key new research into whether women can make new eggs. Credits: Presented by India...
03.21.2022
Day Thirteen: Get It On
It’s day 13 of the cycle and India rides the first oestrogen wave and chats all things cervical mucus with the Gynae Geek Dr Anita Mitra from its texture to its many functions. Maisie Hill, author of Period Power, also...
03.21.2022
Day Twelve: Hysteria
Professor Richard Legro, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, tells his story of attempting to test the effectiveness of sildenafil (aka Viagra) to treat period pain. Ultimately unsuccessful - but not because...
03.21.2022
Day Eleven: The Gap
India meets Emily Jacobs, an Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at University of California Santa Barbara, to discuss sex bias within medical science. Emily shares with India her extensive research into hormones and the brain. Credits: Presented...
03.21.2022
Day Ten: Tracking
The world of tracking apps has grown in the last decade, but where does all that data go? India speaks to the Chief Medical Officer of Clue, Dr Lynae Brayboy about the importance of tracking periods, and the link between...
03.21.2022
Day Nine: Finding Power
This episode is all about the experiences across life that can shape how we view our cycle - particularly our first bleed. India is joined by author and creatrix Lisa Lister who tells a story of empowerment. Along the...
03.21.2022
Day Eight: Hack it to Win it
For years the female body in athletic performance has gone understudied, until recently. India meets Richard Burden from the English Institute of Sport who is researching the effect of hormones on female performance whilst also building key technology in...
03.21.2022
Day Seven: Oestrogen Rising
India introduces the series to oestrogen, the hormone of sass, sex and energy. Dr Jackie Maybin explains the role of oestrogen in preparing the body for ovulation and Dr. Sarah Hill explains her research on the effect of oestrogen on...
03.21.2022
Day Six: The Stories We're Told
Joined by Alec Mills, Chella Quint and Dr Camilla Rotsvik, India investigates the impact of images on the way women feel about their periods. From menstrual shame to scented tampons, India assesses the images that have appeared across 100...
03.21.2022
Day Five: Blood and Bears
Ever heard of bears eating people who were on their period? Maybe sharks eating menstruating swimmers? These sort of myths are everywhere. India is joined by Caroline Byrd who’s job was lost due to a myth of blood and bears....
03.21.2022
Day Four: Winter
India and the author of Period Power, Maisie Hill, discuss the best way to manage and interact with your cycle. Specifically looking at the bleed, or rather the season ‘winter’, Maisie offers advice, tips and tricks on how to unlock...
03.21.2022
Day Three: Pain And Prejudice
This episode of 28ish Days Later is about period pain and endometriosis. India also discusses period poo’s and prostaglandins with Dr Katy Vincent. India also meets Phoebe who lives with endometriosis and Dr Andrew Horne who researches the...
03.21.2022
Day Two: The Flood
On day two of the period, India Rakusen carries us through the bleeding part of the period from the hormones, to the reason we bleed and the stigma surrounding it with Dr Jackie Maybin. India also meets a retired police...
03.21.2022
Day One: Power
India Rakusen journeys into the womb with Dr Dornu Lebari and Dr Jackie Maybin. We peel back the layers and meet the fallopian tubes, ovaries, cervix and the endometrium. India is also joined by Dr Elinor Cleghorn to discuss...
03.15.2022
Welcome to 28ish Days Later
What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? India Rakusen explores the whole bloody story, discovering facts that could change your life. Periods are just the beginning. In this intimate, bold and taboo-busting series, we follow the menstrual...

What's 28ish Days Later about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

28ish Days Later episodes:

Day Twenty-Eight: New Power

Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn

Day Twenty-Six: The Shock

Day Twenty Five: Why 28 Days?

Day Twenty Four: To Bleed or Not to Bleed

Day Twenty Three: Exercycle

Day Twenty-Two: Love and the Cycle

Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight

Day Twenty: Chemical Disruption

Day Nineteen: Kenny

Day Eighteen: Second Spring

Day Seventeen: PMS

Day Sixteen: Oh Progesterone

Day Fifteen: Baby Steps

Day Fourteen: Ovulation

Day Thirteen: Get It On

Day Twelve: Hysteria

Day Eleven: The Gap

Day Ten: Tracking

Day Nine: Finding Power

Day Eight: Hack it to Win it

Day Seven: Oestrogen Rising

Day Six: The Stories We're Told

Day Five: Blood and Bears

Day Four: Winter

Day Three: Pain And Prejudice

Day Two: The Flood

Day One: Power

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