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What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? Periods are just the beginning.

In this award-winning podcast India Rakusen explores the whole bloody story of the menstrual cycle, discovering facts that could change your life. Periods are just the beginning.

What do you really know about the menstrual cycle? In this award-winning podcast India Rakusen explores the whole bloody story, discovering facts that could change your life. Periods are just the beginning.

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28ish Days Later: Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn

Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn

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India examines how the cycle has been taught past and present.

India meets Chella Quint and Professor Chris Bobel, the women at the forefront of revolutionising menstrual education both within school and the home.

India travels back to the Victorian Age to probe at the use of the vaginal speculum and considers its link to menstrual shame and embarrassment, particularly in education. India then meets Chella Quint, founder of the Period Positive Movement, and also Professor Chris Bobel, who are the women at the forefront of revolutionising menstrual education both within school and the home.  


Credits: 
Presented by India Rakusen. 
Producer: Ellie Sans.
Assistant Producer: Jorja McAndrew. 
Executive Producer: Suzy Grant. 
Original music composed and performed by Rebekah Reid. 
Sound Design by Charlie Brandon-King. 

Special thanks to all contributors and audio diarists. 

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