What You Should Know About The Birth Control Pill with Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein

I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Society & Culture, Comedians, Comedy Interviews, Conversation, Stand-up, Comedy, Funny, True Stories, Shame, Embarassing

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Documentarians Abby Epstein & Ricki Lake join Jameela this week to discuss their documentary -The Business Of Birth Control. They discuss the history of the contraceptive pill, how many of its side effects have been downplayed by Big Pharma, the dangers surrounding the birth control pill, the importance of women being able to make an informed choice, why the media refuses to talk about this documentary, and more. **DISCLAIMER - To be clear, this episode is not anti-pill. It is pro-contraceptive pills but also pro-informed consent, pro-transparency, pro-accountability, and pro-more effort to make the pill as safe as possible. To watch The Business of Birth Control, go to https://www.thebusinessof.life/the-business-of-birth-control. For our listeners, they've offered a discount code for 50% off the movie rental for the rest of April. Listeners can use the code IWEIGH at the above link. You can find transcripts for this episode here: https://www.earwolf.com/show/i-weigh-with-jameela-jamil/ I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more!

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Iway with Jumea the Jamel podcast
0:05.6	wants to destroy
0:07.4	every large shred over your shame. I hope you're well. I really do. I hope you're okay and
0:14.2	if you're not
0:15.8	maybe this fucking episode will tell you why
0:19.7	especially if you are someone who has a
0:23.6	female reproductive system this
0:26.5	episode of this podcast
0:30.6	stressed me out in a good way. It made me feel
0:34.2	invigorated to take on a fight that I didn't know I had to take on and it is
0:39.2	life-changing and I really mean that
0:42.1	in this episode we are talking about the contraceptive pill, the history of the contraceptive pill,
0:47.4	the things that have been hidden from us, the impact and what needs to change. It honestly has
0:58.2	left me, I mean literally almost speechless. I get to interview Ricky Lake who is a sort of
1:04.8	national treasure in the United States. One of the biggest ever talk show hosts and
1:09.7	just such an incredible staple of a human being who's meant so much to so many people and so many
1:15.0	different areas her entire career from such a young age, such an inspiring woman and she will come
1:21.0	back on this podcast another time just to talk about her life. But this episode she is joined by
1:27.1	Abby Epstein, her documentary making partner about their latest documentary. Now Ricky went into
1:31.5	documentaries years and years ago and is best known for her work on the business of being born,
1:38.6	which was at the time a hugely controversial documentary about alternative birthing methods
1:44.9	and the birthing industry etc. Now years and years later we see that actually the world has kind
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