Best Hit Play Not Pause Podcasts (2024)

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Opportunities of a Life Time with Sarah Max (Episode 175) 1:14:05

2h ago1:14:05

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At 49, this week’s guest Sarah Max is the oldest rider in the Life Time Grand Prix, the biggest, hardest gravel and mountain bike race series on the planet. That was something Sarah didn’t always want to talk about. She didn’t want to be defined by her age and didn’t always love the attention it attracted. But she’s realized that while her age isn’…

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The Many Facets of Menopausal Brain Health with Dr. Sarah McKay (Episode 174) 1:11:16

7d ago1:11:16

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Women’s brains are finally getting the research attention they deserve! While we sort out the role hormones play in our current and future cognitive health, it’s important to remember that estrogen is just one player in a lifelong host of factors impacting your brain, including education, intellectual engagement, diet and nutrition, exercise and fi…

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Younger is Not Better with Caroline Paul (Episode 173) 1:10:12

14d ago1:10:12

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Cultural messages glorify youth as the best time of our lives. But that’s not what this week’s guest, Caroline Paul found while researching her wonderful book Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking―How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age. Instead, she found active, adventurous women praising their postmenopausal lives and the …

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30 Years of Extreme Endurance with Pam Reed (Episode 172) 1:08:37

21d ago1:08:37

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Women’s ultrarunning is on fire right now with powerhouses like recent Barkley Marathons finisher Jasmin Paris, 40, and Lululemon FURTHER 6-day record smasher Camille Herron, 42, showing the world what midlife women can do. This week, we sat down with ultrarunning legend Pam Reed, who broke ground for women in the sport decades ago, winning races l…

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Menopause Metabolism Myths & More with Val Schonberg, RDN, CSSD (Episode 171) 1:07:11

28d ago1:07:11

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Your metabolism is broken. You need to stop eating carbs. All weight gain is bad! If you’re a woman in menopause, you’ve been on the receiving end of a steady stream of overwhelmingly negative messages about your midlife body. Many of them are simply not true. That’s why we wanted to have a more nuanced conversation about the body composition chang…

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Managing Arthritis in Active Peri & Menopausal Women with Ashley Austin, MD (Episode 170) 1:12:25

1M ago1:12:25

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Wear and tear on our active joints is inevitable, and the menopause transition can make them more vulnerable. But there are some simple, and often overlooked, ways to support our joint health that include proper nutrition, recovery, strength and mobility practices, footwear and more, which can help us stay active and pain free through and beyond me…

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Put the O Back in Mojo with Lauren Streicher, MD (Episode 169) 58:40

1M ago58:40

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Women’s sexuality, especially older women’s, is often overlooked or dismissed by the medical system. When men get procedures that may impact their erections, they’re informed. When women get treatments that may affect their ability to have an orgasm? Crickets. Too few women’s doctors talk about women’s sexual satisfaction, including how well their …

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All in Her Head with Elizabeth Comen, MD (Episode 168) 1:03:25

2M ago1:03:25

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From being burned as witches to being barred from attending medical school, from being dismissed as hysterical to well, just being dismissed, from being shamed to being sexualized, the medical system has a long, sordid history in how it treats women and women’s health. And those toxic roots still poison the waters we have to navigate to this day. I…

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What the Heck is Up with Cholesterol During Menopause? with Samia Mora, MD, MHS (Episode 167) 1:13:51

2M ago1:13:51

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We wrap up heart health awareness month with one topic that comes up a whole lot in our community–cholesterol. We hear from scores of athletic, active women who have had perfectly fine lipid levels their whole lives only to see them shoot up, often dramatically, at menopause. If you’re one, you’re not alone. This week we take a deep dive into all t…

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Cardiovascular Disease & Brain Aging During Menopause with Rebecca Thurston, PhD (Episode 166) 55:46

2M ago55:46

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For years, hot flashes and night sweats (aka vasomotor symptoms) were considered just a “bothersome” part of being a menopausal woman: we were to wear layers, buy a fan, and soldier on. Then researchers started making some troubling connections between vasomotor symptoms and chronic disease. This week’s guest, Dr. Rebecca Thurston, is one of those …

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Vulvovaginal Health & Comfort for Life with Rochelle Bernstein, MD (Episode 165) 1:01:01

2M ago1:01:01

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Whether you run, lift, or ride (and especially if you ride), an otherwise great workout can be wrecked by a painful vulva. And lots of issues can crop up during and beyond the menopause transition that can cause pain, discomfort, and even damage to your vulva and vaginal tissues. We address them all this week with Rochelle Bernstein, MD, of Purely …

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A Beautiful Work in Progress in Perimenopause with Mirna Valerio (Episode 164) 1:08:02

3M ago1:08:02

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Mirna Valerio, aka the Mirnavator, has never shied away from adversity. As a Black woman in a larger body who is also an ultrarunner, she’s endured her share of harassment and ridicule, both online and in real life. But despite some people trying to put her down, she’s devoted her life to lifting others up, showing those like herself what’s possibl…

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Ditching Diets for Good with Pam Moore (Episode 163) 1:02:14

3M ago1:02:14

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As women who’ve grown up steeped in diet culture, we often give away our agency to books, apps, and strict food rules rather than trusting ourselves to know what to eat and what our bodies need. During menopause, when our bodies are changing, we can doubledown on those rules, making life harder. This week we talk about ditching diets and restrictiv…

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Regaining Power in Perimenopause with Jill Patterson (Episode 162) 48:53

3M ago48:53

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As active, athletic women, we know ourselves better than anyone. We know our pace, our power, and our mindset for training and competing. Perimenopause can make all of that change out of the blue. It can rob us of our confidence and knock us off our game, just when we feel like we’re really hitting our stride. Elite cyclist and coach Jill Patterson…

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Weight Loss Drugs and Active Menopausal Women with Jody Dushay, MD (Episode 161) 1:11:09

3M ago1:11:09

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The New York Times recently called Ozempic a “new match for menopausal weight gain”. But is it? These drugs can be a godsend for those who need them. But there's a lot we need to understand. How do they work? How well do they work? Who benefits from them? What are their risks? What impact do they have on muscle, bone, and performance? How do they a…

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Women Need Earlier Perimenopausal Care with Nina Coslov (Episode 160) 45:50

4M ago45:50

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Most women don’t expect menopause symptoms to start until age 50. Neither do many of their healthcare providers. That’s a problem because, as this week’s guest Nina Coslov’s research shows, women can actually start experiencing symptoms associated with menopause during their late reproductive years before their periods become noticeably irregular a…

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I Am I Can I Will I Do in Menopause with Christine D’Ercole (Episode 159) 1:06:26

4M ago1:06:26

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As we roll into a brand new year filled with goals and aspirations, this week’s guest, fan-favorite Peloton Cycling instructor Christine D’Ercole would like to remind us that we are bigger than a smaller pair of pants, and the most powerful thing anyone can say to us is what we say to ourselves, and we have agency in that conversation. Now 52, Chri…

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REBROADCAST - Mastering Your Menopause Mindset with Cara Bradley 51:18

4M ago51:18

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This episode originally dropped on May 24, 2023. I’m too old. Nothing works for me. My best days are behind me. I just have to live with (fill in the blank). I’ll never feel better. When we’re really going through it, it can be easy to slip into a personal cave of limiting beliefs that can conspire to keep us there in the cold and dark. But where d…

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REBROADCAST - Built to Move with Juliet Starrett 1:06:07

4M ago1:06:07

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This episode originally dropped on April 5, 2023. What does it mean to be fit? Deadlifting your body weight? Running a 10K? Doing an Ironman? Most of our notions about fitness spotlight the big thing we want to do while glossing over all the smaller, equally important, but less “sexy” stuff like joint mobility, breathing practices, balance, and nut…

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Getting Up to Speed on Menopause Research (or the Lack Thereof!) with Christine Yu (Episode 158) 56:16

4M ago56:16

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As active women, we’re so used to our bodies being considered “other” or “less than” in health and fitness media, we barely notice it. Our bouncing breasts are a problem. Our wide hips are a problem. Our periods, boy oh boy, big problem. And when we hit perimenopause and menopause? Well, until very recently nobody even bothered talking about us…esp…

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Save Your Menopausal Skeleton with Kristi DeSapri, MD (Episode 157) 1:05:48

5M ago1:05:48

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Women generally talk about what they see and feel during menopause. Symptoms like hot flashes, joint pain, and vaginal dryness grab our attention while our bone density silently slips away. Women can lose up to 20% of their spinal bone mass through the menopause transition. Thirty-five to 50 percent of women have low bone mass by age 50. Your lifet…

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Taming the Hormonal Perimonster with Sasha Gollish (Episode 156) 55:26

5M ago55:26

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A few years ago, elite Canadian runner Sasha Gollish started experiencing some symptoms that had her wondering what the hell was up with her body—crime scene (or as she called them firehose) periods, strange memory lapses, times in races when her legs were flailing and her muscles were not responding the way they typically would as she struggled to…

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Ditching Destructive Menopause Diet & Fitness Narratives with Meredith Root (Episode 155) 1:01:48

5M ago1:01:48

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Women in menopause get a lot of nutrition and fitness advice. Some of it is sound. Some less so. Quite a bit of it is downright predatory. That is why the best nutrition and fitness advice for menopausal women is often not about grams of protein or hours of exercise, but rather a hard look at our own attitudes and beliefs about how we eat (or don’t…

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Spiritual Fitness in Midlife & Menopause with Anne Alexander (Episode 154) 1:04:28

5M ago1:04:28

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We exercise and train for hours each week (and sometimes each day) to build our physical fitness. We work on our mental toughness. But how much time do we devote to our spiritual fitness? To exercising our soul? For many of us it’s not so much. And we can suffer for it, getting lost, sad, and stuck, especially during menopause and midlife when we c…

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Your Questions Answered with Selene Yeager (Episode 153) 38:39

6M ago38:39

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Tummy tucks, insomnia, hormonal headaches, training post breast cancer, anxiety-calming supplements…you had some questions! And we have some answers! This week we dig back into the Speakpipe voicemail box and address your questions regarding menopause-related concerns and performance with host Selene Yeager. We are not medical professionals, of cou…

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Opportunities of a Life Time with Sarah Max (Episode 175) 1:14:05

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The Many Facets of Menopausal Brain Health with Dr. Sarah McKay (Episode 174) 1:11:16

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Younger is Not Better with Caroline Paul (Episode 173) 1:10:12

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30 Years of Extreme Endurance with Pam Reed (Episode 172) 1:08:37

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Menopause Metabolism Myths & More with Val Schonberg, RDN, CSSD (Episode 171) 1:07:11

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Managing Arthritis in Active Peri & Menopausal Women with Ashley Austin, MD (Episode 170) 1:12:25

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Put the O Back in Mojo with Lauren Streicher, MD (Episode 169) 58:40

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All in Her Head with Elizabeth Comen, MD (Episode 168) 1:03:25

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What the Heck is Up with Cholesterol During Menopause? with Samia Mora, MD, MHS (Episode 167) 1:13:51

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Cardiovascular Disease & Brain Aging During Menopause with Rebecca Thurston, PhD (Episode 166) 55:46

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Vulvovaginal Health & Comfort for Life with Rochelle Bernstein, MD (Episode 165) 1:01:01

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A Beautiful Work in Progress in Perimenopause with Mirna Valerio (Episode 164) 1:08:02

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Ditching Diets for Good with Pam Moore (Episode 163) 1:02:14

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Regaining Power in Perimenopause with Jill Patterson (Episode 162) 48:53

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Weight Loss Drugs and Active Menopausal Women with Jody Dushay, MD (Episode 161) 1:11:09

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Women Need Earlier Perimenopausal Care with Nina Coslov (Episode 160) 45:50

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I Am I Can I Will I Do in Menopause with Christine D’Ercole (Episode 159) 1:06:26

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REBROADCAST - Mastering Your Menopause Mindset with Cara Bradley 51:18

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REBROADCAST - Built to Move with Juliet Starrett 1:06:07

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Getting Up to Speed on Menopause Research (or the Lack Thereof!) with Christine Yu (Episode 158) 56:16

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Save Your Menopausal Skeleton with Kristi DeSapri, MD (Episode 157) 1:05:48

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Taming the Hormonal Perimonster with Sasha Gollish (Episode 156) 55:26

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Ditching Destructive Menopause Diet & Fitness Narratives with Meredith Root (Episode 155) 1:01:48

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Spiritual Fitness in Midlife & Menopause with Anne Alexander (Episode 154) 1:04:28

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Your Questions Answered with Selene Yeager (Episode 153) 38:39

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