Period cramps. 90% of menstruating people get them. But for some people, like me, the pain is excruciating.

I throw up for hours and pass out. Why? How can I stop being in pain? After 20 years, I still don't know.

So I made a podcast, cramped, to finally get answers. Subscribe to cramped wherever you listen to podcasts, because it turns out having a microphone

gets you taken a lot more seriously than having a uterus.

I'm Dr. Laurie Santos, and to welcome the new year, my podcast, The Happiness Lab,

is releasing a series of happiness how-to guides to help you in 2025.

I'll distill the wisdom of world-class experts into easy to digest actionable tips.

Struggling with tough emotions, we have a how-to guide.

Worried that you're not enough, we got you.

Self-obsessed and want to get over yourself, there's a guide for that too.

The Happiness Lab's how-to season starts January 1st.

Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Hello, dear listeners.

In honor of our forthcoming coverage of the Hymbo ensemble spectacle that is Predator,

we've decided to unvault a casting conversation from behind our Patreon paywall.

We hope that this chat with award-winning casting director Wendy O'Brien

proves as informative to you guys as it did to us.

One important note, this conversation was recorded during the 2023 Writers Strike, which will be discussed.

Without further ado, here is our interview with Wendy O'Brien.

Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Below the Line with What Went Wrong.

It's me, one of your hosts, Chris Winterbauer, here as always with my co-host, Lizzie Bassett.

But not only am I here with Lizzie Bassett, we are joined by the truly incredible Wendy O'Brien. Before I let her speak,

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