Naga Munchetty: 'Medical misogyny exists' | 13
How Do You Cope?
Wondery
5 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Why are women still asked to accept pain by the medical establishment?
John speaks to broadcaster and author Naga Munchetty about how women’s health is still ignored and dismissed within our healthcare system.
Naga discusses how her own painful periods have impacted every corner of her life, and the shocking stories she uncovered while researching her book “It’s Probably Nothing - Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It)”.
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| 0:53.2 | Hello everyone and welcome to How Do You Cope with me, John Robbins. |
| 0:58.5 | This is the podcast where I ask special guests about how they were able to cope during times of |
| 1:03.3 | diversity. Today's guest is the journalist, author and my fellow five live broadcaster, Nagamanchetti. |
| 1:10.7 | Naga grew up in London, and after studying |
| 1:12.8 | English literature and language at the University of Leeds, she got her first job as a journalist |
| 1:17.3 | on the city pages of the London Evening Standard. Her first television role was for Reuters, |
| 1:23.1 | and she went on to work for CNBC Europe, Channel 4 News and Bloomberg Television. She then presented |
| 1:29.0 | working lunch on BBC 2, eventually becoming one of the regular hosts of BBC 1's breakfast. |
| 1:35.5 | Naga also hosts a lunchtime show on BBC Radio 5 Live, and it was on that station that she first |
| 1:41.6 | mentioned a condition that she suffered from called adenomyosis, |
| 1:45.5 | which affects the womb. Naga's experiences with the healthcare system let her to write the book |
| 1:50.9 | It's Probably Nothing, Critical Conversations on the women's Health Crisis and How to Thrive |
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