Essential Talks

Essential Talks

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Essential Talks episodes

  • Speaking about Leaking
    Did you know that over 400 million people are affected by incontinence? Probably not, since we don’t speak about it. But if those people would be the citizens of a country, it would be the third most populated country in the world – far bigger than the U.S. This needs to change. It’s time to start speaking about leaking.
    26 min
  • A Bloody Issue

    Every day around 800 million women across the world are on their period. Still, menstruation is one of the biggest taboos when it comes to health and hygiene. For example, girls and women are refraining from going to school and work because of matters connected to their menstruation. How do we break this barrier?

    29 min
  • Hygiene and Health in Times of Corona

    It’s 2015. Bill Gates stands in front of an audience saying “There’s no need to panic. We don’t have to hoard cans and spaghetti or go down to the basement. But we need to get going because time is not on our side. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic.” It’s 2020. The next epidemic is here. People are hoarding. Why? And could the world really have been ready for the COVID-19?

    23 min
  • Essential Talks – Trailer

    This podcast is all about breaking barriers to well-being and shedding light on stigmas regarding health and hygiene–and how to counter them. We talk with people who have experienced these stigmas and experts all over the world about subjects such as incontinence, menstruation and hand hygiene.

    2 min

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This podcast is all about breaking barriers to well-being and shedding light on stigmas regarding health and hygiene–and how to counter them. We talk with people who have experienced these stigmas and…