Season 1, Episode 7 · Rage Against The Vagine
Post Script | Your Perimenopause Rage Warm Down
28 Sep 2025 · 49 min
Episode notes
You’ve raged, you’ve cried, you’ve laughed and now it’s time for the warm down. In this unscripted season finale, host Em Rusciano opens a “time capsule” recorded five months before the series began, revealing her original vision and the challenges she anticipated. She gets honest about the personal toll of making the podcast, the biggest surprises along the way, and her mission to reach the women who feel most threatened by the idea of perimenopause. Join Em for one last collective roar as Season One closes and the work ahead begins. It’s not goodbye, just bye for now. This isn’t the end,…
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Rage Against The Vagine
Down The Hill Studios · Health · English
Rage Against the Vagine is a six-part podcast series from Em Rusciano about perimenopause, patriarchy, and the midlife medical gaslighting we’re done putting up with. This isn’t your decline…it’s your reckoning. Combining lived experience with insights from top menopause-informed doctors, research
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