Flow: The Podcast About Menstruation

A frank discussion on periods in the workplace is hosted by Pontsho Pilane, with guests Candice Chirwa, HR practitioner Althea Wicomb, Claire Fourie, and Karen Jeynes. We debate the merits of period leave and the stigma that can be attached to it, how to have frank discussions about menstruation in the workplace, and what employers can do to improve conditions for menstruators.

Hosted by Karen Jeynes, we talk to Dr Anastacia Tomson, Noam Lubinsky and Ayanda Nino on what menstruation means in their lives and how they grapple with it. Pontsho Pilane shares her journey with #FreeToBleed and gender, and Candice Chirwa discusses how menstrual education should be grappling with this issue.

Karen Jeynes hosts this episode that takes a look at how menstruation can have additional challenges for some. With guests Claire Fourie, Antoinette Muller who speaks about her experiences of menstruation and ADHD, public health and disability researcher Zara Trafford, and Letimile Makgosi who contributed to the book with her disability and menstruation experiences, we talk about the ways neurodiversity and disability can impact on our menstruation, what supports there currently are, and how we can do better to support menstruators with specific needs.

Hosted by Pontsho Pilane, featuring guests Nomantshali Bodlela (a sangoma), Neli Msomi (a muslim feminist), rabbi Emma Gotlieb, and Christian leader Karabo Mamabolo. How is menstruation a spiritual experience? In what ways can religion create stigma and put pressure on menstruators? How do we rethink and reimagine this?

Pontsho Pilane hosts this two-part discussion with Dr Ilana Johnson and Ntsako Mhlanga (who has a personal journey with pain).

In part one, Pontsho and Dr Ilana Johnson discuss how much pain is “normal”, how to handle pain that isn’t, and some of the conditions that might be causing that pain, such as PCOS and endometriosis. Empowering people with periods to understand their bodies better.

In part two, Pontsho chats to Ntsako Mhlanga about her journey to being diagnosed with endometriosis and her battles and triumphs with navigating life.

Imagine a platform where you can ask ANY question about periods? Well, the great thing is that platform exists! And it’s free. And it’s called Lil-Lets Talk. On this Minisode, we chat with Megan Ross who is the Lead Moderator of LLT to chat about the journey of providing support to all life’s periods.

Hosted by Candice Chirwa, with guests Megan Ross (Lil-let’s Talk), Nokulunga Mvandaba (CoolPlay), Dr Ilana Johnson, and Claire Fourie, this episode is a frank and honest discussion about period products. How they physically feel and affect us, why some people have psychological issues with certain products, where ethics, the environment, and economics factor into our choices.

This episode is hosted by Karen Jeynes, with guests Phinah Kodisang (Soul City Institute for Social Justice), Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp (Baby Brunch), and Candice Chirwa. We talk about how to discuss periods with your children in age appropriate ways, what kids should know and how home, school, community groups and healthcare providers can work together to empower and inform our kids and make getting your period something that isn’t scary or debilitating.

Featuring all the authors and Na’eemah Masoet, our publisher, this episode speaks to why we made the book, offers brief descriptions of each of the three sections, and gives everyone a voice as to why they personally are passionate about this project and this book.