Talking Taboos With Daye

By: Emma-Louise Boynton
  • Summary

  • Talking Taboos with Daye is a new podcast series focused on busting myths and opening up frank discussions on topics typically deemed taboo.

    At Daye, we are on a mission to close the gender pain gap and create innovative solutions to women’s healthcare needs. 

    As we create the sorts of products we think women should have had access to a long time ago - like our CBD-infused tampons which are the world’s first and only targeted solution for cramps - we find ourselves talking constantly about taboo topics. From periods to contraception to issues around orgasm, no issue is off bounds to us when it comes to discussing women’s health and well-being.

    Yet we are all too aware of the shame and stigma that still surrounds so many of these topics. It’s something we’re determined to change. If you can’t talk about an issue openly, how are you meant to tackle the problems that surround it?

    So, we thought it was about time we started a podcast - somewhere we can explore, unpack and upturn all of the issues around which we feel a little more honest conversation is needed.

    The series is presented by journalist Emma-Louise Boynton, aka the co-founder of women’s media platform Her Hustle, and will delve into topics ranging from addiction to eating disorders to abortion. 

    On each episode, we'll interview someone who has personally experienced that week’s taboo topic, before turning to an expert in the field who can shed some professional insight on the issue at hand.

    Enjoy the show.

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Episodes
  • Healing after an abortion with Alannah Ross
    Feb 24 2022

    This week we’re addressing abortion because even though one in three women in the UK will get an abortion at some point in her life, it remains a taboo topic that is much under-discussed and around which there is woefully inadequate information.

    Joining Emma-Louise is Alannah Ross, who discusses how her experience of getting an abortion several years ago ultimately prompted her to set up Seek, a platform whose mission it is to transform the experience of all forms of pregnancy loss by bringing together expert-led practices to support, educate and empower healing. 

    Emma-Louise is also joined by nutritionist Le’Nise Brothers who specializes in women's health, hormones and the menstrual cycle. Le’Nise shares her expert insight on the hormonal impact of losing a baby and the differing ways she advises the women she works with to care for themselves following an abortion.

    Le’Nise also happens to be as obsessed with busting taboos as we are at Daye, hosting the Period Story podcast featuring conversations focused on busting myths around menstrual health. Her first book’, You can have a better period, is out in March next year.

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Finding joy after alcohol and drug addiction with Professor Judy Grisel PT2
    Feb 24 2022

    In part 2 of our focus on substance addiction, Emma-Louise speaks to Professor Judy Grisel, a behavioral neuroscientist with expertise in pharmacology and genetics, whose research focuses on determining root causes of drug addiction. She studies sex differences in the role of stress and endorphins on drug reward and works to identify innate factors that contribute to individual differences in the liability toward addiction. 

    Professor Geisel has written a book about her personal struggle with alcohol and cocaine addiction, ‘Never Enough’.

    In the first part of this episode, we heard from the brilliant writer, Kuchenga, about her experience with alcohol and drug addiction. If you haven't yet listened to that episode yet, we suggest you do right away. 

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    51 mins
  • Finding joy after drug and alcohol addiction with Kuchenga PT 1
    Feb 24 2022

    This week we’re turning to a more commonly discussed, but often greatly understood topic of substance addiction. Joining Emma-Louise to discuss her personal experience with drug and alcohol addiction is writer and journalist, Kuchenga. 

    In her own words, Kuchenga is a “Black transsexual feminist whose work seeks to cleave souls open with truth and sincerity”, which is exactly what she does in this podcast episode as she recounts her journey to sobriety and the joy she has found since getting there. 

    This week’s episode was so jam-packed with information and insight that we’ve broken it up into two parts, so head on over to ep 5 part 2 for Emma-Louise’s interview with an expert in the field of addiction.

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    57 mins

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