The Hormonal Podcast

Through medicine, science, economics, and policy, the conversation around women’s health is far broader than we’ve allowed it to be. Yet for decades, the word “hormonal” has often been used to dismiss women’s symptoms rather than investigate them. Behind that label lies one of the most complex biological systems in the human body—one that remains significantly underfunded and understudied. Despite affecting half the global population, women’s health research receives a disproportionately small share of biomedical funding. Many conditions that affect millions—endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility, and pregnancy-related complications—remain poorly understood, with limited datasets, delayed diagnoses, and few effective treatments. Historically, clinical research has often excluded women or failed to account for sex-specific biology, leaving major gaps in the scientific evidence that guides care today.. On Hormonal , Zarah Khondoker speaks with scientists, clinicians, policymakers, and investors working to close these gaps. Together, they explore the biology, the data, and the capital shaping the future of women’s health—examining why the science has fallen behind, and what it will take to fund the research that half the world depends on.

The Hormonal Podcast is a health podcast with 8 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  Reading the Cycle with Laura Federico and Morgan Miller

  Oct 15, 202628 minS2

  For most of medical history, the menstrual cycle has been treated as an inconvenience to manage, not information to read. Zarah Khondoker sits down with Laura Federico and Morgan Miller, the authors of The Cycle Book...

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  Episode #2

  What Your Mammogram May Reveal About Your Heart With Dr. Anjali Malik

  Oct 2, 202618 minS2

  In this episode of The Hormonal Podcast , host Zarah Khondoker sits down with Dr. Anjali Malik , a board-certified, fellowship-trained breast imaging radiologist at Washington Radiology and a women’s health advocate, to...

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  Episode #1

  A New "Period" of Time: Menstruation, Research, Innovations and Interventions That Are Still Lacking

  Sep 25, 202626 minS2

  We’ve been taught to hide our periods. But what has that taught medicine to overlook? We've always collected blood, tested urine. Yet menstrual blood has largely been treated as something to dispose of, not something to...

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  Episode #6

  Rico Herre: Impure: The Globally Stigmatized Vital Sign

  Jul 25, 202543 minS1

  <p>Join Zarah in the studio as she interviews Rico Herre about his feature film, Impure, which describes the harrowing consequences of not speaking up about menstruation. The stigma in the Global South continues to...

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  Episode #5

  Introduction to the #WeAreHormonalToo Campaign

  Feb 7, 202512 minS1

  <p>For far too long, we’ve used the word “hormonal” to undermine women and their reproductive health. But what exactly does “hormonal” mean? Hormonal encapsulates the parts of reproductive health we don’t think about...

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