Flow: The Podcast About Menstruation

Period sex

Candice Chirwa hosts a frank and forthright discussion about period sex with menstruator Kayla, sexologist Tiisetso Mokoena, and Letimile Makgosi (sex toy reviewer and sex positive activist). The episode looks at our taboos and concerns, and how we can be body and sex positive and still keep things safe during period sex.

Working through it: periods in the workplace

A frank discussion on periods in the workplace is hosted by Pontsho Pilane, with guests Candice Chirwa, HR practitioner Althea Wicomb, Claire Fourie, and Karen Jeynes. We debate the merits of period leave and the stigma that can be attached to it, how to have frank discussions about menstruation in the workplace, and what employers can do to improve conditions for menstruators.

Periods with a difference: menstruation and disability, menstruation and neurodiversity

Karen Jeynes hosts this episode that takes a look at how menstruation can have additional challenges for some. With guests Claire Fourie, Antoinette Muller who speaks about her experiences of menstruation and ADHD, public health and disability researcher Zara Trafford, and Letimile Makgosi who contributed to the book with her disability and menstruation experiences, we talk about the ways neurodiversity and disability can impact on our menstruation, what supports there currently are, and how we can do better to support menstruators with specific needs.

Cultural conversations: menstruation, religion, spirituality

Hosted by Pontsho Pilane, featuring guests Nomantshali Bodlela (a sangoma), Neli Msomi (a muslim feminist), rabbi Emma Gotlieb, and Christian leader Karabo Mamabolo. How is menstruation a spiritual experience? In what ways can religion create stigma and put pressure on menstruators? How do we rethink and reimagine this?

What’s normal? Pain, what to watch out for, learning to talk about it

Pontsho Pilane hosts this two-part discussion with Dr Ilana Johnson and Ntsako Mhlanga (who has a personal journey with pain). In part one, Pontsho and Dr Ilana Johnson discuss how much pain is “normal”, how to handle pain that isn’t, and some of the conditions that might be causing that pain, such as PCOS and endometriosis. Empowering people with periods to understand their bodies better. In part two, Pontsho chats to Ntsako Mhlanga about her journey to being diagnosed with endometriosis and her battles and triumphs with navigating life.