The Lowdown on contraception

This episode is all about THE BOYS. Here at The Lowdown we spend a lot of time talking to women and experts about The Pill, the coil and the injection. But this time we wanted to deep dive into a topic so many people ask us about - male contraception. 

This episode looks at who’s making them, how methods like the Male Contraceptive gel work, and why it’s taken so long to get us to this point.

Alice talks to Dr John Renolds-Wright - a Clinical Research Fellow who is currently conducting trials on the male contraceptive gel at the University of Edinburgh. We also hear from Logan Nickels and Kevin Shane from The Male Contraceptive Initiative - which is a non-profit based in North Carolina, focussed on moving male contraception forward.

In this episode we’ll be talking about the most reviewed method of contraception at The Lowdown - the Combined Pill.

We will hear from Professor John Guillebaud - about why we’ve been taking the Pill all wrong, and why we should be taking our pill packets continuously.

Alice will then be speaking to our lovely GP Dr Fran Yarlett who’ll help us understand how the Pill works and why it’s so popular, and whether GP’s just want to give you the cheapest option. The Lowdown's team member Holly will also be joining the conversation and will be sharing her experiences of being on Microgynon for 13 years. 

Throughout the episode we’ll be sharing the data and insights we've collected at theldown.com to give you a heads up on the pros, cons and side effects of this method of contraception.