Spilling Chai

Women don’t just face a pain gap when it comes to their health but we also have to deal with a “credibility gap.”

In Anushay’s research, she finds that women are not believed about their bodies period— whether we’re in pain or if we’ve been assaulted or anything else. We are not believed.

In this episode, Anushay speaks with author, Jaclyn Friedman about the crisis of not believing women, having hope, and why sex education in America is more crucial than ever.

We often hear the statistic that women of color are more likely to die giving birth in America. But how many of us know that Black women are 243% more likely to die than their white counterparts? In this episode, Anushay speaks witness Dr. Kanika Harris about birth trauma, Black maternal mortality, and the truth about America’s maternal health crisis.

One of the most important things to remember about maternal mortality is that it’s a crisis that’s solvable. We already have the tools and expertise to save women’s lives. 

So why do so many women, especially Black women, die giving birth in the world’s richest democracy? 

Kimberly Seals Allers, author and founder of the Irth App, speaks to host, Anushay Hossain about using technology to intervene in America’s maternal health crisis and empowering women with life-saving information.

This is Season 4 Episode 6: Can An App Save Women From Dying in Childbirth? with Kimberly Seals Allers

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How can you talk about just one topic with multi-hyphenate Hitha Palepu? You can't! That's the first thing our host Anushay Hossain learned when she sat down to speak with author, entrepreneur, investor, writer, speaker, and CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals, Hitha Palepu. In this episode, the two women talk about pandemic motherhood, women and alcohol, the inspiring life of Vice President Kamala Harris, thriving as women of color, and what we can learn from the development-- and delivery-- of the most anticipated vaccine of our lifetime.

How does US foreign policy impact women's reproductive health and rights around the world? How does America import its domestic abortion politics by creating foreign policies that deny women access to safe abortion and a full-range of reproductive healthcare? Those are the questions Anushay asks this week's guests who have taken the fight for safe abortion global with their work for Population Services International.

What does justice look like for women of color in America? That is the key question for our episode this week as host, Anushay Hossain, speaks with CNN’s chief legal analyst and author, Laura Coates about her new book, and pursuing birth and racial justice as a Black woman in the world’s richest democracy.

Did you know that more women die giving birth in America than in any other rich country? The number of women who die giving birth in America each year has nearly doubled in the last two decades, making the United States the only developed country with a consistently rising maternal mortality rate. How can we make giving birth in America safer? That's a question at the heart of the premiere episode of Spilling Chai on #ThePainGapSeason with our guests Christy Turlington Burns, (Founder, Every Mother Counts), Jennie Joseph (Founder and President, Common Sense Childbirth, Midwife, and Speaker), and Dr. Rebekah Gee (Obstetrician-Gynecologist and CEO of Healthcare Services for LSU Health). 

Hello my fabulous, dear Spilling Chai listeners! How is everyone? Welcome to the final episode of Season 3, coming to you from Washington, DC. I’m your host, Anushay Hossain.

When I was thinking about who we should have as the last guest for our season finale, only one person came to my mind: Bilal Qureshi, who was not only our very first guest on the first episode of the first season of Spilling Chai, but is also the father of this podcast.

Of course, Bilal has many other accomplishments, too.

Bilal is a broadcaster, essayist, and critic. His radio interviews and reporting have aired across NPR’s flagship news magazines; his writing and criticism is published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy and Newsweek.

Hello my Spilling Chai listeners! How is everyone? Welcome to episode 11 of season 3 of the show, coming to you from Washington, DC. I’m your host, Anushay Hossain!

Right before I graduated from college at UVA in 2002, a favorite professor of mine told me something I think of often: “In the real world, you’ll be shocked at how uninformed people really are.”

I’ve been thinking about Professor Robert’s words more as the nation feels like it’s getting ready to go to war over Critical Race Theory (CRT).

From Texas to Pennsylvania to Loudoun County Virginia, why do I get the feeling the people shouting about CRT at the top of their lungs most likely have no idea what they are talking about?