Vicious Cycle

About Vicious Cycle

Periods! Let's get into it. Comedians and real-life friends Kate Elston, Meghann Hayes, and Meg Trowbridge are talking (and singing) about periods. And they think you should be, too. Whether you have a period, had a period, will have a period, or love someone with a period, this podcast is for you. Featuring segments like Why I Cried This Week and Read My Labias, as well as interviews with fellow period-havers, this podcast is for all those people who are sick of having to whisper “do you have a tampon?” www.viciouscyclepodcast.com

Publisher

Kate Elston, Meghann Hayes and Meg Trowbridge

Category

comedy

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Jun 2018

Latest episode

23 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

10 of 135 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   23 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   117 - Everything is Holidays and Everything is Fine

   Surprise! In these dark days (seasonally and politically), we needed a bit of light and fun. So, in the great tradition of holiday specials, your blosts have put together a seasonal Everything Is Fine episode that includes stories, games, a festive song and a witchy moment that gets a LITTLE TOO REAL. We hope you enjoy this episode while traveling through busy airports or on a road trip home, while resting after eating too much delicious food, and especially while avoiding your family and reality all together. We love all of you blisteners and wish you the happiest of holidays and the easiest of periods.

2. 

   11 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   95 - RE-RELEASE: Police Tear Gas F*cked With Her Menstrual Cycle

   We've been sitting in our rage for a few months now, and it feels a lot like sitting on a three-day-old maxi-pad... ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE. Since we're watching a fascist regime easily take over our country, we wanted to re-release our interview with Liv Vasquez, and re-share her experience with tear gas and how it affected her menstrual cycle. Take this episode as a reminder to protect yourselves — especially those blisteners out there protesting. We love you. Find Liv on TikTok and IG: @livviesmalls ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES: We've got a great ep for you, with special guest Liv Vasquez, who is suing the city of Portland, Oregon for the adverse effects police tear gas had on her menstrual health. Liv was living in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2020 during the demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd, in which tear gas was used against protesters daily. We talk with Liv about how her period has changed, the importance of cases like this setting a precedent, and - of course - we cover some new crazy questions that will definitely make you chuckle. Slap on a gas mask and an overnight pad and get cozy with your blosts.

3. 

   13 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   116 - Everything is Fine lol

   The hosts create a lighthearted episode with dorky raps, trivia, a movie review, and a new game to offer listeners a brief escape from current events.

Inside a recent episode

117 - Everything is Holidays and Everything is Fine

Published 23 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I have to say there are probably two songs at a KML show that made me tear up And one of them was that one or and I remember having like chills doing it and then let and feeling good and being like I guess it's not all not not all is lost and also your song from Snowden about San Francisco and the line the fact that people saying out loud you have to love to love it and hate to hate it Like Kevin and I later that we were super hung over the next day But we're at brunch talking about it and we both teared up. Oh, that's remembering that line. Oh Thank you. Well, yes, thanks okay because people coming together for me coming together for music Number three is anytime a symphony plays along to a movie the San Francisco symphony does this every year They play they'll like accompany the soundtrack of home alone or Muppet Christmas Carol or Nightmare for Christmas I've been to a few of them. […]

Who has been a guest on Vicious Cycle

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Maggie Tokuda-Hall
• Sasha Piton
• Riddhi Patel
• Cera Merrick
• Allison Page

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

5,669,443

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

109 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

67

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