Intended https://intended.podbean.com Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Science has intended to get male contraceptives on the market for decades now. What’s happened? Why don’t we have The Pill for men yet? Intended covers male contraception, learning from the past, talking to the researchers of the present, and the users of the future. Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:56:00 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. Science:Life Sciences 1440 serial Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Science has intended to get male contraceptives on the market for decades now. What’s happened? Why don’t we have The Pill for men yet? Intended covers male contraception, learning from the past, talking to the researchers of the present, and the users of the future. Male Contraceptive Initiative Male Contraceptive Initiative No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8094744/IntendedArtwork.png Intended https://intended.podbean.com 144 144 Introducing Intended Introducing Intended https://intended.podbean.com/e/introducing-intended/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/introducing-intended/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:46:20 -0400 intended.podbean.com/b16744f6-2335-5c10-a2be-4ba232bfcd7a Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Science has intended to get male contraceptives on the market for decades now. What’s happened? Why don’t we have The Pill for men yet?

Intended covers male contraception, learning from the past, talking to the researchers of the present, and the users of the future. Join us for a journey, and find out where male birth control is - and when you'll be able to use it. 

]]> Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Science has intended to get male contraceptives on the market for decades now. What’s happened? Why don’t we have The Pill for men yet?

Intended covers male contraception, learning from the past, talking to the researchers of the present, and the users of the future. Join us for a journey, and find out where male birth control is - and when you'll be able to use it. 

]]> intended false No 60 1 trailer Ten Years Away for Fifty Years - Part 1 Ten Years Away for Fifty Years - Part 1 https://intended.podbean.com/e/ten-years-away-for-fifty-years-part-1/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/ten-years-away-for-fifty-years-part-1/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2020 01:00:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/e15bfab1-5f3a-56dd-9e74-2d7bd8939f02 In the 1950’s a birth control pill was being tested in men. And it worked. But it never made it to market because of one unexpected reason.

Men have had condoms and vasectomies as their only options for centuries and The Pill was released nearly 60 years ago. Why aren’t there more options for men? Why have we been 10 years away from a male pill for 50 years?

]]> In the 1950’s a birth control pill was being tested in men. And it worked. But it never made it to market because of one unexpected reason.

Men have had condoms and vasectomies as their only options for centuries and The Pill was released nearly 60 years ago. Why aren’t there more options for men? Why have we been 10 years away from a male pill for 50 years?

]]> intended false No 2912 2 full Ten Years Away for Fifty Years - Part 2 Ten Years Away for Fifty Years - Part 2 https://intended.podbean.com/e/ten-years-away-for-fifty-years-part-2/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/ten-years-away-for-fifty-years-part-2/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2020 01:10:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/85eea82e-e406-5686-bae7-f746fcb73264 In the 1950’s a birth control pill was being tested in men. And it worked. But it never made it to market because of one unexpected reason.

Men have had condoms and vasectomies as their only options for centuries and The Pill was released nearly 60 years ago. Why aren’t there more options for men? Why have we been 10 years away from a male pill for 50 years?

]]> In the 1950’s a birth control pill was being tested in men. And it worked. But it never made it to market because of one unexpected reason.

Men have had condoms and vasectomies as their only options for centuries and The Pill was released nearly 60 years ago. Why aren’t there more options for men? Why have we been 10 years away from a male pill for 50 years?

]]> intended false No 2384 3 full Sperm Science Sperm Science https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-2-final-draft/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-2-final-draft/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:47:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/7bb848aa-2312-51da-8cac-883ba2a669ef Male birth control won’t necessarily be a daily pill. It won’t necessarily even be hormonal.

How in the world do you actually turn off fertility for men? How in the world do you make it reversible? The contraceptive options of the future can look very different than the options of today.

]]> Male birth control won’t necessarily be a daily pill. It won’t necessarily even be hormonal.

How in the world do you actually turn off fertility for men? How in the world do you make it reversible? The contraceptive options of the future can look very different than the options of today.

]]> Male Contraceptive Initiative false No 3505 3 full The Heavy Lifters The Heavy Lifters https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-3-final-draft/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-3-final-draft/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:59:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/7b303720-3c8b-5683-ac2b-bf907d003aaf There’s a race to be the first male birth control out there. And the people running the race are all taking a different route.

The human pipeline is just as important as the drug development pipeline. Some people work at a university, some at a startup, and some are even at a hospital – treating men with experimental contraceptives right now.

]]> There’s a race to be the first male birth control out there. And the people running the race are all taking a different route.

The human pipeline is just as important as the drug development pipeline. Some people work at a university, some at a startup, and some are even at a hospital – treating men with experimental contraceptives right now.

]]> Male Contraceptive Initiative false No 2533 4 full The Long and Winding Road The Long and Winding Road https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-4-final-draft/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-4-final-draft/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:55:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/16cefead-a4a1-5155-99fd-3350c54bb0ac Making a drug is hard, not to mention expensive. But a male birth control? It’s something nobody has ever done before.

Getting a drug to market is a big lift for a pharmaceutical company who has resources and connections. Male birth control hasn’t had either of those yet. So how are we going to do it? And even more – where are you supposed to start?

]]> Making a drug is hard, not to mention expensive. But a male birth control? It’s something nobody has ever done before.

Getting a drug to market is a big lift for a pharmaceutical company who has resources and connections. Male birth control hasn’t had either of those yet. So how are we going to do it? And even more – where are you supposed to start?

]]> Male Contraceptive Initiative false No 2493 5 full He Said He Said https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-5-final-draft/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-5-final-draft/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2020 23:58:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/b85b1b95-74e9-5a25-b674-0fe7c618d06e If you build it, will they come? If you make a male birth control, will men use it? What do they care about? What sort of things do they want to see in a contraceptive? Three men who all have their own motivations, ideas, and opinions.

]]> If you build it, will they come? If you make a male birth control, will men use it? What do they care about? What sort of things do they want to see in a contraceptive? Three men who all have their own motivations, ideas, and opinions.

]]> Male Contraceptive Initiative false No 3193 6 full She Said She Said https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-6-final-draft/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-6-final-draft/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:43:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/f165bbe7-9751-5c79-b941-a9f7a6358098 Would you trust your man to use male birth control? Women have a very different relationship with birth control than men do. And a male birth control option may not be all that appealing to women, who have to bear the risk of pregnancy. We talk to three women who think there’s opportunity in male contraception, and are looking forward to the time when they can share in the role.

]]> Would you trust your man to use male birth control? Women have a very different relationship with birth control than men do. And a male birth control option may not be all that appealing to women, who have to bear the risk of pregnancy. We talk to three women who think there’s opportunity in male contraception, and are looking forward to the time when they can share in the role.

]]> Male Contraceptive Initiative false No 2629 8 full We Said We Said https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-7-final-draft/ https://intended.podbean.com/e/episode-7-final-draft/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:56:00 -0400 intended.podbean.com/f3fa8605-97d3-5ed0-8f2c-e2196a01f6c4 It takes two to tango. So how is male birth control going to impact relationships? How is it going to change communication, sex, and understanding? We’ll talk to some couples using male birth control in clinical trials, and others who see the future in male contraception.

]]> It takes two to tango. So how is male birth control going to impact relationships? How is it going to change communication, sex, and understanding? We’ll talk to some couples using male birth control in clinical trials, and others who see the future in male contraception.

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