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The Abortion Water Hoax, Explained Oct 21, 2026

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Why is the EPA testing drinking water for nonexistent medication abortion contamination? Cristen breaks down how anti-abortion groups, led by Students for Life, are weaponizing environmentalism to build support for more bans, surveillance and restrictions like the GOP’s Clean Water for All Life Act, which would effectively end telehealth medication abortion through in-person mandates and “catch kit” disposal requirements, with criminal penalties for providers. She also traces the disinformation campaign’s funding and coordination through dark money networks, the Liberty Counsel and Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Billie Jean King Loves Women's Sports, from Is She Game? Oct 16, 2026

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Sharing a new podcast Cristen is loving. Is She Game? is a hub for the world of women’s sports – building community by serving fans and creating new ones. Each week, Coach Jackie J breaks down the week’s news in sports and culture, plays a fun game with a special guest, and sets you up with moments to look forward to in the week to come. She’ll talk to the legendary Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn, WTA tennis pro Daria Kasatkina, and so many more.

Jackie is the People’s Coach: teaching you all about women’s sports, so you can have the time of your life as a fan of whatever sport catches your eye. From the WNBA, to the rec rugby league your mom just joined, Jackie has her finger on the pulse of sports worldwide. She can’t wait to turn you into a women’s sports fan.

In this episode, Coach Jackie is joined by the one and only Billie Jean King--tennis pioneer, women's sports advocate, and famed lesbian. The two show some love to BJK's most recent book, See It to Be It: Eleven Champions Leading Women's Sports Today, and Billie Jean demonstrates her surprising knowledge of queer and sports terminology.

Listen to more episodes of Is She Game at https://lnk.to/isshegameUN

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Utah Curls, Karen Cuts and the Politics of White Women’s Hair with Sarah Mesle Oct 14, 2026

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What does white women’s hair mean beyond beauty? Cristen talks with culture critic Sarah Mesle about her book TANGLED and how white women’s hair in America signals power that often goes unrecognized. From Utah curls emanating Nordic whiteness to MAGA hair extensions signifying loyalty and hierarchy, Sarah contextualizes our hair cares in the shifting political landscape and structural betrayals they respond to. Plus, “expensive-looking” hair, Gwyneth Paltrow’s blonde luxury branding, Bama Rush aesthetics as a display of time and resources and Cristen’s curling ironed childhood bangs.

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“Murder, She Wrote” Forever: Cozy Crime, Camp and Jessica Fletcher’s Closet with Mary Mahoney Oct 08, 2026

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To Cabot Cove we go! Cristen teams up with Mary Mahoney of Landline to investigate why "Murder, She Wrote" feels like instant friendship and Jessica Fletcher is our TV icon. From queerness to feminism to fashion, they dissect what makes the series so timeless and why fans aren't interested in Jamie Lee Curtis' upcoming remake.

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My Secret Credit Card Shame Spiral with Debt Heads (Jamie Alyson Feldman and Rachel Webster) Sep 23, 2026

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When Cristen took a financial hit a few years ago, it didn’t take long for her credit card debt to start spiraling. And the more it grew, the more the shame and self-loathing attached to it compounded. But in this hellish economy, where does our personal responsibility end and financial predation begin? Debt Heads hosts Jamie Alyson Feldman and Rachel Webster break down the rigged systems and career myths that got us here, who actually profits from our dirty little (or big) debt secrets and how to detach our worth from how much we owe. Plus, Cristen does the scary thing and airs the debt number that’s been keeping her up at night.

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Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising: The Question of Safety Sep 04, 2026

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Sharing a new series from Future Hindsight, Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising.

Occupy Wall Street is the story of the improbable becoming possible. In 2008, millions of people were devastated by an economic crash caused by Wall Street greed, but it wasn’t until 2011 that there was a mass response from the Left. A call to protest went out, and thousands of people responded. They raged against a system that was rigged against them and tried to create their own anti-capitalist village in a small Manhattan park. The movement quickly spread across the country, inspiring hundreds of occupations and a new generation of activists.

The series is told through the voices of activists who camped out in Zuccotti Park for almost two months, getting inside the drama of a movement that grew rapidly, felt both transcendent and chaotic, and then violently flamed out. In this episode, we hear about life inside the encampment, and why the movement had a “dude” problem. In the height of the movement, questions of safety and accountability were becoming increasingly urgent, but occupiers had wildly different ways of responding to the problems. It turns out that the movement's greatest strength—its openness—may also have been its greatest vulnerability.

Binge the entire series at http://swap.fm/l/Occupy!

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What Do AI Boyfriends Offer? with Bridget Todd Sep 03, 2026

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Yes, there are women in chatbot relationships, and yes, they know their AI boyfriends aren’t real. But …why? Friend of the pod Bridget Todd (There Are No Girls on the Internet) is the only tech reporter I trust to answer that and the bigger question of whether AI is coming not only for our jobs, but our relationships, too (and just sexual ones). We talk about how AI platforms are designed to hook us emotionally, prompting us to outsource our inner lives, desires and if Bumble’s founder has her way, dating. Bridget's new audiobook is Love at First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy, and spoiler alert, she's betting on HUMANS.

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Why Tradwife Culture Doesn't Work for Gen-Z Latinas with Cynthia Salinas Cappellano Aug 20, 2026

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The tradwife influencer era is over, but judging by Yesteryear mania, our cultural obsession with its aestheticized submission persists even as it erases. Writer Cynthia Salinas Cappellano talks to Cristen about why the stay-at-home fantasy doesn’t extend to Latinas whose moms and abuelas had no choice but marriage and domestic labor, paid and unpaid. They also get into the Gen-Z appeal of an off-camera trad husband versus the humiliation ritual of dating, while questioning what it looks like when the kids grow up and why don’t we see it, too. Plus! The Nara Smith “Call Her Daddy” interview and a tradwife to wellness pivot prediction.

read Cynthia’s essay: “Yesteryear: Reactionary Literature & Why Trad Wifeism doesn’t work for Latinas”

subscribe to Cynthia’s substack: @cynsastional

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Can the WNBA Beat the Sophie Cunningham Anti-Trans Playbook? (TEASER) Aug 09, 2026

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Unladies Room exclusive: Who is Sophie “MAGA Barbie” Cunningham, and why is this “middle-of-the-pack” player suddenly the center of WNBA attention? Pro women’s basketball non-expert Cristen gives the play by play of why it’s a major season for the league, what sparked Cunningham backlash and how the anti-trans movement is leveraging her to force their playbook on the WNBA, which just so happens to be a predominantly Black and queer league at the height of its cultural power.

Plus! A brief “protecting girls’ sports” debunking with history, healthcare and flagrant cursing.

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Recurring UTIs, BV, and Yeast Infections: The Vaginal Microbiome, from CRAMPED Aug 05, 2026

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Who's living in your vaginal village? Kate and a friend with recurring UTIs take microbiome tests, discuss their results, and talk to a provider to understand how what's living in their "villages" impacts yeast infections, UTIs, BV, fertility, and so much more.

CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.

Support CRAMPED by joining the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CRAMPED

You can find Vienna here: https://thecuntsultant.com

About CRAMPED:

Tired of suffering from "death cramps" for 20 years, Kate Helen Downey has to find her own answers. She interviews top doctors and researchers, and delves into topics from period poops to endometriosis surgery to TikTok wellness scams, all to figure out why menstrual pain is so often dismissed and untreated. What she finds will change how you think about your own body and the medical system. Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus.

About Kate:

Kate Helen Downey is a podcast producer and host based in Los Angeles. She is the host and creator of CRAMPED, a podcast investigation into period pain, and has developed podcasts and live shows for Wondery, Pushkin, and independent creators. She is the co-founder of the science comedy theater Caveat NYC, and used to give renegade feminist tours of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that involved taking shots of whiskey in the security cameras' blind spots.

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