Overlooked
Overlooked is an award-winning women’s health podcast, hosted by Golda Arthur.
In this podcast, we ask, what has been most overlooked, and where is the inequality felt more deeply?
The mission of Overlooked is to empower women by helping them advocate better for themselves, and we do this by featuring immersive personal storytelling, and in-depth conversations about women’s health.
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"This podcast feels so close and personal. Even through just the trailer and episode 1, the depth and intimacy of the show is clear, and the editing is excellent. Excited to hear future episodes!"
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"This pod is incredible. The narrator explains complex aspects to cancer and its treatments while directly taking me on an emotional journey that is real and stretches beyond the stereotype to bring me into the story."
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"I listened to every available episode of this podcast in one sitting [...] I learned so much about the disease and treatment while listening. The science and the story are presented so clearly.
I also felt connect to the lives of the host and her mother. At the time, I was young and took the approach to look away instead of witnessing my mother's journey. This podcast helped piece back and rebuild some of those memories that I've been too afraid to look at. "
Podcast Episodes
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Your health story - voices from the First Person Health workshop
This episode comes from our listeners, and features their stories about diagnosis and recovery, health and illness - documenting what they have lived through, how it has changed their bodies, and what this health journey has meant...
The woman who helped make tampons safer, with Nancy King Reame
Nancy King Reame, Professor Emerita at Columbia University's School of Nursing, spent decades researching tampon safety, starting from the early eighties.
Cesarean births: the surgery that changes everything, with Helena Grant and Rachel Somerstein
Cesarean births are one of the most common operations in the world, and yet, we know surprisingly little about the impact and legacy of this surgery in our bodies.
Your health story, in your own words: voices from the First Person Health workshop
This episode comes from our listeners, and features their stories about diagnosis and recovery.
Knowing, and facing your cancer risk, with Michelle Zimmerman
A previvor is a person who doesn't have cancer but carries a genetic risk for developing it.
What a visit to the ER taught me about pain in women
In the last week of 2025, host Golda Arthur went to the emergency room with a sudden, intense headache. The scan showed nothing. But sitting in an uncomfortable chair with an IV in her arm, she realized something.
One woman's journey to understand adenomyosis, with Cait Reeves
What is adenomyosis? Cait Reeves tells us her story: years of pain, a struggle to get a specific diagnosis, and the work she has put into getting her symptoms under control.
Migraine and hormones 101, with Dr Rashmi Halker Singh
This is a listener-requested episode about the connection between migraine and hormones - and one hormone in particular.
New ways to predict preeclampsia and save lives, with Dr Neel Shah
Preeclampsia is one of the most dangerous conditions in pregnancy, and we’ve struggled to predict it.