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The Pelvic Freak Show
The go-to sexual health podcast for de-stigmatizing “taboo” topics. Forget the boring, clinical podcasts you find when you’re desperately Googling to see if what’s happening to your body is “normal.” This is for anyone who’s felt dismissed by healthcare, wants to learn more about their body & sex life, step into their authentic self, and complain & laugh while doing it. We’re Amanda & Hannah, pelvic floor therapists working to make an impact through advocacy, inclusivity & sexuality. Created by…
Episodes
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“What’s Spookier Than Bad Sex?” PELVIC FREAK STORY TIME HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (vol. 3)
It’s that time of year again, pelvic freaks! Our 3rd annual Halloween special of Pelvic Freak Story Time! A time to sit back and relax and listen to some funny…
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Freak-ishly Good Advice For Navigating This Cuffing Season
Cuffing season is here, and we’re talking about how to navigate the awkward early stages of dating so you don’t lose you remind, pelvic freaks! In this episode…
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Why Your Pelvic Floor Symptoms Have Been Worse Since The Cornell 7 Took Over Your Feed
The Cornell 7 case has been flooding social media lately, and the stress and fear surrounding it can impact more than you might realize. In this episode, we…
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The Pelvic Freaks Are Growing: Updates on Podcast Growth, New Changes, & Live Episodes!
We are growing and we want to share with you our visions for this podcast. In this episode we are looping you all in on our goals for the podcast, the future…
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Is Self-Pay The Future Of PT? Everything You Need To Know About Rising Insurance Costs & US Healthcare
Do you use your insurance for physical therapy services or do you pay out of pocket? More and more PT clinics are changing to the self pay model every day (and…
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Q&A: How Wide Are Vaginas, Best Activewear, & WTF is Biofeedback?
We’ve just gotta follow up a pelvic freak story time with a Q and A! We’ve had some great submissions this time around ranging from “How Wide Are Vaginas When…
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PELVIC FREAK STORY TIME: Unconventional Icks
The episode y’all have been wanting back for a little ~reprieve~ from our typical content, get ready y’all it’s PELVIC FREAK STORY TIME. If you’re not…
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“I Got Medical Fingered”: What Internal Treatment Is Really Like (Feat. What The Lindsay Clancy Trial Exposes About Healthcare In The US)
“I got medically fingered” is a trending statement we hear online when people talk about pelvic floor therapy. We’re here today to discuss what internal…
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How Can Mindset & Manifestion Improve Your Life, Your Pain, & Your Pelvic Floor?
Is your mindset affecting your pain, pelvic floor, and overall life more than you realize? In this episode, we’re celebrating our favorite holiday, pelvic…
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Could GLP-1s Help With Endometriosis And PMOS Symptoms? Let's Look At The Research With Dr. Hannah Kotsiris, PT, DPT
GLP-1s have become a major trigger word recently (especially online). It seems these days every other commercial or ad is for a GLP-1 medication. We get asked…
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Entering The Chat: Are Internal Exams Necessary For Pelvic Floor Therapy?
We’re entering the chat: Is the internal exam necessary to assess the pelvic floor? There has been a lot of buzz on social media and arguments between pelvic…
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What It's Really Like To Freeze Your Eggs: Amanda Tells All
We're switching things up this week with a cozy virtual episode from our homes while Amanda recovers from her egg retrieval! In honor of Amanda's egg freezing…
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Building Ladies Who Lift: Women In Fitness with Rae Reichlin
This week, we interviewed one of our favorite local Chicago business owners who just so happens to ALSO be a badass who paved the way for women in the fitness…
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Pelvic Floor Therapists Analyzing Sex Scenes: "Off Campus"
Today we’re trying something new on the pod: we’re taking a sex scene from a popular show and breaking it down piece by piece. What do we love? What could have…
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Should I Encapsulate My Placenta? Let's Look At The Evidence
Research episode alerttttt. Today we are talking about placenta encapsulation. This is a highly talked about topic online (and also pretty controversial we’ve…
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Call Jane: A History Lesson On Abortion Access & Women Who Shaped Reproductive Healthcare With Hannah Linsky
Fashion historian Hannah Linsky is back on the podcast! This time, she's taking us beyond fashion and into an important piece of Chicago History: The Janes…
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Q&A: Botox & Orgasms, Core Training, Bye Bye Tampons
We received some great questions for this round of our Q&A. Today we continue the talk centered around botox and the pelvic floor, discuss reasons behind…
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Women's Health Terms that Need to DIE
Women’s Health Terms That Need to DIE Okay you caught us… We’re complaining again!! Get over it! This episode was created from an instagram post that Amanda…
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100th Episode Spectacular: Get To Know Your Pelvic Freaks On A Deeper Level
We can’t believe it’s been 100 episodes! On this celebratory episode we take a break from our original content to deep dive into our own lives. We want you to…
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Happy Pride Month: Strap-on Prep, Anal Care is Pelvic Care
Join us for our second video podcast episode back and our first episode of Pride Month 2026! Today, we're diving into an introduction to strap-ons. In honor of…
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From PCOS to PMOS: Is Women's Healthcare Finally Progressing?
New updates in women’s health? You already know we’re all over it. Today we are discussing what's been all over the headlines in our world: the recent change…
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Can You Really Do Pelvic Floor Therapy Online? Yes. Here's How Feat. The Vagina Rehab Doctor
Welcome Dr. Janelle Frederick, otherwise known as The Vagina Rehab Doctor, to The Pelvic Freak Show! We are THRILLED for you guys to learn that Janelle is a…
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Q&A: Egg Freezing, Fecal Smearing, Girthy Penis
This week we’re answering two of our favorite listener questions we’ve received recently: First, we dive into a topic nobody talks about enough: fecal smearing…
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How To Become A Pelvic Floor Therapist
This week we are diving into the path to becoming a pelvic floor therapist. We used questions submitted by you guys to get this convo started, thanks pelvic…
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Pelvic Freak Story Time: Cheating
Welcome to our first story time of 2026! The prompt this round was all about CHEATING. We wanted it all and you gave it to us: whether you were the cheater…
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Everything You Need To Know About Pelvic Floor Dilators
We get so many questions about dilators, and honestly, we get it. When people first see them in the clinic, the reaction is usually something like… “Wait…
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Why People Hate Women
Today we are gossiping about things that matter. It’s been a while since we’ve done a little current events rant-isode on the pod. Recently, we’ve noticed a…
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How To Finally Stop Peeing When You Sneeze
You’ve done pelvic floor PT, your stress incontinence has improved… but you’re still sneezing, jumping, or laughing and ~sometimes~ leaking still. In this…
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Q&A: Pain With Sex, Gender Affirming Care, Waking Up At Night To Pee
It’s been too long since our last Q&A and we know y’all love these ‘sodes. Today, join us as we talk about an array of topics submitted by YOU! Topics…
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What Even Is The Pelvic Floor?
What even is the pelvic floor and why are people finally talking about it? We realize that a lot of people don’t actually know what the pelvic floor is or what…
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The #1 Mistake Keeping You From Having A Better Orgasm
In today’s episode, we’re calling out the ONE thing we see people do all the time that they think is helping them orgasm… but is actually doing the opposite…
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Botox For Your Pelvic Floor: Yay Or Nay?
Botox isn’t just for treating wrinkles, it’s also being used as a treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction. In this episode, we’re talking about Botox for overly…
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Can Different Birthing Positions Prevent Perineal Tearing? Let’s Look at the Evidence
New research in women’s health alert! Y’all already know we had to jump on this. You’ve heard us complain many times that we need more research in women’s…
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Trying To Say Something Nice About Things We Hate: Heteronormativity, Hand Jobs, Bloating
We often talk about things we disagree with on this podcast. Frankly, we like to complain. Because let’s be real, have you seen the world we live in lately?…
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You Got Cheated On: Let's Talk About It
Maybe you were cheated on years ago. Maybe you’re going through it right now. Either way, if you’ve experienced it, you already know how soul-crushing it can…
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Your Favorite Freaks Are Back: Catching Up, Heated Rivalry (Obviously), & Why You Need To Start Liking Valentine's Day
WE’RE BACCKK! Did you miss us? We hope you enjoyed our winter break minisodes while we were gone. Today… we have a lot of catching up to do. Amanda and Hannah…
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5 Quick Tips For Pelvic Pain Relief
Welcome to our Winter Break Mini Series 5/5 ❄️Today’s 10 minute Quick Tips episode is all about the full proof ways to relieve pelvic pain. Pelvic pain is a…
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How To Poop Like A Queen
Welcome to our Winter Break Mini Series 4/5 ❄️Today’s 10 minute Quick Tips episode is all about How to Have Better POOPS. We know no one ever taught you how to…
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How To Have Better Orgasms
Welcome to our Winter Break Mini Series 3/5 ❄️Today’s 10 minute Quick Tips episode is all about How to Have Better Orgasms. Last week we talked all about how…
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Top 5 Ways To Relax Your Pelvic Floor
Welcome to our Winter Break Mini Series 2/5 ❄️Today’s 10 minute Quick Tips episode dives into the best ways you can relax your pelvic floor. If you have been a…
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5 Peeing Mistakes You’re Making Every Day
Welcome to our Winter Break Mini Series 1/5 ❄️Today’s 10 minute Quick Tips episode dives into the biggest pee mistakes we see our patients make every day and…
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Ins and Outs For 2026: Frivolity, Farting, Therapy, and More!
Every year, we do an Ins & Outs episode as our symbolic pelvic freak way of closing the door on what’s no longer serving us and making intentional room for…
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Freak Favorites 2025
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and happy holidays! Welcome, freaks, on this Christmas Day to our year-end love letter to the things that carried us…
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Surviving Burnout: Signs You Need a Break and Why It Could Actually Be Better for Your Health
If you’ve survived this far in 2025, you’re probably feeling exhausted (we definitely are). In this episode, we’re diving into BURNOUT. You’ve heard the term…
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Everything You Should Know About Sex Work: Healthcare, Day In The Life, & Q&A with Roxxie the Riveter (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Roxxie the Riveter, we shift from the history and stigma of sex work (covered in last week’s episode) into the real-life…
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Everything You Should Know About Sex Work: Breaking the Stigma with Roxxie the Riveter (Part 1)
In part one of this two-part series, we’re pulling back the curtain on what sex work actually is: beyond the stereotypes, the fear-based narratives, and the…
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Pelvic Freak Gift Guide 2025
Gobble gobble, Pelvic Freaks! We have another annual episode for you all! Last year we did our first gift guide and y’all loved it to help you shop for your…
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The Vagina Whisperer Has Entered The Chat: Real Talk With Dr. Sara Reardon, PT, DPT, WCS
Welcome The Vagina Whisperer to The Pelvic Freak Show! A true day-one pelvic freak, Dr. Sara Reardon is a pelvic floor therapist, bestselling author of…
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Specializing in Male Pelvic Health and LGBTQ+ Care with Jonathan Koborsi PT, DPT, OCS
We've been saying since day one that we've been needing a Male Pelvic Floor PT on this podcast!! And one that specializes in male pelvic health and LGBTQ+…
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Ep. 69 Oral Sex
Need we say more? It's episode 69. We're here to talk all things oral sex. How it benefits your pelvic floor, how to enjoy it more, how to have more confidence…
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"What's Spookier Than Bad Sex?" PELVIC FREAK STORY TIME (vol.2)
We’re back with one of your favorite storytime series: our annual Halloween episode, “What’s Spookier Than Bad Sex?” where YOU (yes, you, pelvic freaks) sent…
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Spooky Szn (World Events Edition): Love is Blind Critiques, Homophobia, & How Politics Impacts Women's Health
We’re deep in spooky szn, pelvic freaks. And not just the Halloween, Michael Myers kind of spooky - but the world itself feels pretty terrifying right now…
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Q&A: “Why is My Orgasm Weaker?”, Painful IUDs, & Tearing During Birth
It’s been awhile since we’ve prompted y’all for some questions and let us just say.. You all delivered. Thank you so much for all of your engagement! It truly…
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Our Work Out Routines, Passion Burnout, and Hunting Wives
We start off this week’s ‘sode with a quick chat about The Hunting Wives - don’t worry, no spoilers (Amanda hasn’t even finished it yet). Then we dive into a…
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Would You Rather, Scar Pain, and Scar Tissue Treatment
We start off this episode today with a spicy/hilariously stupid would you rather - Pelvic Freak edition (no literally I died editing this haha). I don't want…
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Pelvic Floor PTs with Anxiety: Embracing the Anxious and Awkward with Kay Mastrocola, PT, DPT
Becoming a pelvic floor PT isn’t just about learning how to treat, it’s also about learning to embrace the awkward and anxious as well. Welcome Kay Mastrocola…
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Decentering Men
We’ve seen the phrase “decentering men” trending lately- and we’re not mad about it. Listen to this week’s episode to hear how we’ve learned to decenter men…
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Body Shaming in Healthcare (feat. The Biggest Loser Documentary)
Amanda watched Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser and we have some things to SAY about it (ofc we do, you know us). In this episode, we share our…
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Sex Toys and Sapphic Literature with Nina Haines
Welcome our fellow pelvic freak, Nina Haines to the show! Nina is a writer, freelance marketer & content creator, and the founder of the sapphic book club and…
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Welcome to The Pelvic Freak Show
What’s up pelvic freaks ‼️it’s time we told you we’ve graduated from pelvic pov to The Pelvic Freak Show. When we first started this podcast we knew we always…