Inside Information Podcast: Menopause, Midlife and More
THE Menopause Podcast!
This hit podcast has over 1.5 Million downloads and is the top podcast on all things menopause.
Described by the New York Times as “a frequently hilarious and always informative exploration of menopause”
Hot flashes, vaginal dryness, leaky bladders, weight gain, hair loss, inability to orgasm? Nothing is off limits in these fact-filled , solution-driven and often surprisingly funny podcasts to address the specific symptoms women face as they navigate perimenopause and post-menopause.
Each segment is like having an in-depth consultation with Dr. Lauren Streicher, a nationally recognized menopause expert and the founder of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. Guests include other experts on all things mid-life and menopause. This is THE podcast for accurate information about menopause.
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More is FREE on all major podcast platforms.
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Episode List by Topic
Listed Podcasts May Be Deleted if They Are Out of Date
Updated December 2025
Menopause
Menopause-General
Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Think Your Hot Flashes Can’t Kill You? Think Again!
Can Cannabis Help Your Sweats? Sleep? Sex?
Menopause in the workplace
How to Know You are in Menopause if You Never Get Periods
Too Young For Menopause? with Dr. Hannah Short
Lack of lubrication Not Always From Lack of Estrogen
The Dilemma of Menopause and Breast Cancer
Menopause Myths and Crazy Products- Live From ISSWSH
The Dilemma of Menopause and Breast Cancer
Fezolinetant! A New Non-Hormonal Hot Flash Drug
Journal Club with Mary Jane Minkin
Non-Hormonal Prescription Drugs to Treat Hot Flashes
When Hot Flash Hell Meets Headache Hell: Migraines and Menopause
Will THAT Really Help Your Hot Flashes? Lifestyle and other Interventions
You Go Girl, But Only When You Want To, with Dr. Rachel Rubin
Vaginal Laser- Hoax or Helpful?
Ospemifene- A Pill a Day to Keep Dryness Away
Hot and Bothered with Jancee Dunn
The Connection Between Achy Joints and Estrogen
Non-hormonal options to treat VMS- Herbs Spices &Wishful Thinking
When Bleeding During Perimenopause is the Problem
Top Things Men Need to Know About Menopause
It’s Time to Redefine Menopause
Update in Menopause Research with Dr. Terry Gibs
Home Menopause Tests: Yea! Or Nay!
Navigating Menopause: Celebrity Style (update 2024)
Estrogen Cancer Conundrums?
Dr. Streicher and Dr. Mary Claire Haver Respond to a New Model for Menopause
Navigating Menopause Celebrity Style- Here We go Again!
Deep Dive into UTI- Update!
Are You Ever Done with Menopause?
Why You Need to Keep Seeing a Gyne with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
Don’t Go With This Flow: Post Menopause Bleeding
Who Do You Believe When Experts Disagree? With Tamsen Fadal
The Itchy Vulva (and Not So Itchy Vulva) with Dr. Jill Krapf
Gyne Hacks for Mid-life Women
The Menopause Society Meeting
Managing Menopause When Cancer is a Concern
Don’t Be Duped- Misleading Marketing and the FDA
Moisturizers are Not Just For Your Face
Q and A Marathon
Peri-menopause Problems with Dr. Steven Goldstein
How to Find a Clinician that’s Not Clueless
Your Post Menopause Urethra with Dr. Kelly Casperson
All Hot Flashes Do Not Mean Menopause
The Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine with Dawn Mussalem
The Case for HPV (and Other) Vaccinations in Women Over 45 with Vivien Brown
Say Yes to Testosterone and Why Pellets are a Problem
Menopause- Hormone Therapy
The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
How Long Can you Safely Take Hormone Therapy?
Will Hormone Therapy Make My Fibroids Grow?
When Progesterone is a Problem
Estrogen and Alzheimer’s Disease
Hormone Therapy for Cognitive Function?
Hormone Therapy After Age 60 with Dr. James Simon
All Hormones Are Not Created Equal with Dr. James Simon
Best Breast Advice When it Comes to Hormone Therapy with Dr. Corinne Menn
The FACTS on CLOTS and ESTROGEN
A Short History of Estrogen Therapy
The FDA Removes the Black Box Label for Hormone Therapy
Ready, Set…. Start!, Stop! Switch! Hormone Therapy with Risa Kagan MD
Testosterone for All? with Dr. Kelly Casperson
Is Bioidentical Always Best?
Hormone Therapy to Help The Heart?
When Progesterone is Problematic
Is Your Transdermal Estrogen Getting Absorbed?
A Nuanced Conversation About Hormone Therapy with Selene Yeager
The FDA Roundtable on Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Say Yes to Testosterone and Why Pellets are a Problem
Menopause- Bone Health
Boning Up on Bones: Part 1 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri (Risk Factors for osteoporosis, and Screening)
Boning Up on Bones: Part 2 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri (Prevention and Treatment)
Bone Up with Hormone Therapy with Dr. DeSapri
Your Bones On and Off Estrogen with Dr. Risa Kagan
Menopause- Weight, Musculoskeletal, Sleep, Voice, Mouth, Teeth
Your Muscles on Menopause with Amanda Thebe
Post Menopause Skin- What! Why? And How to Make it Better
Does Oral Minoxidil Help Hair Grow Post Menopause?
Sleep and Menopause -A Wake Up Call with Dr. James Simon
Why Women Gain Weight in Menopause
Tips to Drop Peri &Post-Menopause Pounds
Reframing the Obesity Conversation with Dr. Robin Pashby
Can Cannabis Help You Sleep?
The Mouth and Menopause
Menopause and Voice
Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause with Dr. Vonda Wright
Muscle Mass and Menopause with Amanda Thebe
The Connection Between Achy Joints and Estrogen
Mid-Life Nutrition: Tips and Tricks from a Dietitian with Dr. Alexandra Filingeri
The Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine with Dawn Mussalem
Teeth Talk with Whitney DiFoggio
Menopause- Hair, Skin
Top Tips for Terrific Skin & Hair with Dr. Ellen Gendler
Hair Today -Gone Tomorrow-Part 2
Estrogen for the Skin? The Facts!
Menopause-Cognition, Mood
Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki
Estrogen and Alzheimer’s Disease
Is Menopause Making You Moody?
The Science of Menopause and Mood with Dr. Pauline Maki
Hormone Therapy for Cognitive Function?
Food and Brain Health with Dr. Annie Fenn
Sexual Medicine
When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships with Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg
Can Cannabis Help Your Sweats? Sleep? Sex?
Need to Know Info About the Penis in Your Bed with Dr. Rachel Rubin
Is non-monogamy having a moment? With Dr. Wednesday Martin
A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor with Dr. Janelle Howell
Why Men Go Missing in Bed with Dr. Stephen Snyder
The Power of the Pillow- The Ergonomics of Sex with Dr. Heather Howard
Transdermal versus Oral Estrogen- What’s the Difference?
What Happens During Sex Therapy with Rachel Zar
Busting the Myths Behind Consensual Non-monogamy with Dr. Amy Moors
Is the O Shot a Good Idea?
Vaginal Laser- Hoax or Helpful?
Faking Orgasm with Rachel Zar
Are You Laughing at Me or Did You Have an Orgasm?
The Cosmo Report on Sex After 60 with Rachel Zar PhD
Viagra! For Women?
Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Testosterone for All? with Dr. Kelly Casperson
The Itchy Vulva (and Not So Itchy Vulva) with Dr. Jill Krapf
Orgasm Equality with Dr. Laurie Mintz
The Secret Fantasy Life of Women with Justin Lehmiller PhD
Women Have Their Say About Sex After Breast Cancer with Dr. Corinne Menn
The True History of The Vibrator with Hallie Lieberman
Say Yes to Testosterone and Why Pellets are a Problem
Cancer
The BEST approach for BREAST Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction with Dr. Lisa Larkin
The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Yes, You CAN Reduce Your Cancer Risk By 33% with Selene Yaeger
Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
Are Current Screening Guidelines Helping Women or Hurting Women? With Dr. Melissa Simon
The Dilemma of Menopause and Breast Cancer
The Dilemma of Menopause and Breast Cancer
An Insider approach to Ovarian Cancer
Why You Need to Keep Seeing a Gyne with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
Best Breast Advice When it Comes to Hormone Therapy with Dr. Corinne Menn
The Itchy Vulva (and Not So Itchy Vulva) with Dr. Jill Krapf
Women Have Their Say About Sex After Breast Cancer with Dr. Corinne Menn
The Impact of Hormone Therapy on DCIS with Dr. Swati Kulkarni
Cancer: Misinformation and Misleading “Science” with Dr. Shikha Jain.
Of Historical Interest
A Short History of Estrogen Therapy
Paternalism and the Uterus
The Dark History of the Pelvic Exam
The True History of The Vibrator with Hallie Lieberman
The FDA Removes the Black Box Label for Hormone Therapy
Just..of Interest
The Itchy Vulva (and Not So Itchy Vulva) with Dr. Jill KrapfA Mid-life Manual If Your Kid is College Bound
Is non-monogamy having a moment? With Dr. Wednesday Martin
Making the Most of Mid-Life and Beyond with Iris Krasnow
Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP!
Fabulous and Fashionable with Lauren Dimet Waters (Nov 17)
Vulvar Vanity
Dating in a Digital World-The Kinsey Report on with Dr. Justin Garcia
Two Experts Two Timely Topics
Are Current Screening Guidelines Helping Women or Hurting Women? With Dr. Melissa Simon
The Great Wall of Vulva with Jaimie McCartney
You Go Girl, But Only When You Want To, with Dr. Rachel Rubin
From Bunny to Best Selling Author with Kathryn Leigh Scott
Don’t Retire- Rewire! with Jill Wine-Banks
Update! Your Heart on Hormones with Dr. Marla Mendelson
PCOS with Allison Rogers
Why You Need to Keep Seeing a Gyne with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
Stress Incontinence with Rachel Rubin
Invisible Woman Syndrome with Christine Morrison
Holiday Gifts that Happen to Be Healthy
Dating Over 50 Doesn’t Need to Be Daunting
The Secret Fantasy Life of Women with Justin Lehmiller PhD
GLP -1s: The Good, The Bad, and The Unknowns
Cancer: Misinformation and Misleading “Science” with Dr. Shikha Jain.
Food and Brain Health with Dr. Annie Fenn
Reframing the Obesity Conversation with Dr. Robin Pashby
Invisible Woman Syndrome with Christine Morrison
Don’t Retire- Rewire! with Jill Wine-Banks
The Great Wall of Vulva with Jaimie McCartney
Dating in a Digital World-The Kinsey Report on with Dr. Justin Garcia
Is non-monogamy having a moment? With Dr. Wednesday Martin
Making the Most of Mid-Life and Beyond with Iris Krasnow
Holiday Gifts that Happen to Be Healthy
Dating Over 50 Doesn’t Need to Be Daunting
The Secret Fantasy Life of Women with Justin Lehmiller PhD
Teeth Talk with Whitney DiFoggio
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