Broadcast: March 26, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe has ignited fierce debate about bodily autonomy. But it’s remarkable how little we know about female physiology. Find out what studies have been overlooked by science, and what has been recently learned.
Plus, why studying women’s bodies means being able to say words like “vagina” without shame, a researcher who is recreating a uterus in her lab to study endometriosis, and an overdue recognition of medical pioneer Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler.
Guests:
Melody T. McCloud - Obstetrician Gynecologist and Founder and Medical Director of Atlanta Women's Health Care; co-author of “Black Women's Wellness: Your ‘I've Got This!’ Guide to Health, Sex, and Phenomenal Living”
Victoria Gall - Volunteer with the Friends of the Hyde Park Library and the Hyde Park Historical Society
Rachel E. Gross - Science journalist and author of “Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage”
Linda Griffith - Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering at M.I.T., Director of the Center for Gynepathology Research, and author of the Boston Globe article, “‘FemTech’ and a moonshot for menstruation science”
Roshni Babal - Pediatric Asthma and Chronic Disease Program Coordinator at Boston Medical Center
Perri Klass - Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Author of “The Best Medicine: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future”
Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake