Currently Cringing

I haven’t recorded in a while, and this episode is the reason why. My grandfather, my second parent, my biggest fan and the man named as my guardian on my birth certificate, is no longer with us. This is the most personal episode of Currently Cringing I’ve ever made. I talk about grief in a way I didn’t understand until I lived it: the panic attacks, the sleepless nights, and the moment I realized I couldn’t get through this alone. I cover anticipatory grief and why it didn’t prepare me at all, my fear of prolonged grief, and why I now see two therapists, one of them every day. I talk about grieving in India, where the whole community shows up, and then coming home to America and feeling the emptiness. I talk about my sister staying on the phone with me for seven hours a night, my girlfriends rallying around me, and my husband sleeping downstairs with the lights on so I wouldn’t be alone. I also talk about the privilege of having time to grieve when so many people are back at work three days later, and why we need to stop putting deadlines on grief. This is also a love letter to a grandfather who lived a full life, not just a long one, and who left me decades of letters, emails and videos. If you’ve lost a parent, a grandparent, a partner or a pet, this one is for you. You’re allowed to feel exactly what you’re feeling. One hour at a time. And yes, we still have to cringe.If you’re struggling with grief, please reach out to a licensed therapist or a local grief support service.grief, losing a grandparent, grief podcast, anticipatory grief, prolonged grief, grief and therapy, panic attacks, coping with loss, death of a grandfather, mental health podcast, support system, grief has no timeline, Anisha Ramakrishna, Family Karma, Currently Cringing#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

My husband offered to help with my pelvic floor therapy. “Babe, I’m board certified.” Yes, but a vascular surgeon is not qualified to direct this department. Please respect the hiring process.In this follow-up to the vulvodynia episode, Anisha tells you what finally healed her: pelvic floor physical therapy. After a month in bed that no doctor could fix, two of her best friends stepped in: a physician and her seven-months-pregnant wife, a pelvic floor physical therapist. They picked up their baby’s crib, opened their practice at 7:30 on a Sunday night, and treated her for three hours for free. Her husband sat in the back of the room on a work Zoom the whole time.We get into:• What pelvic floor PT can actually involve, internal work included (nobody tells women anything)• You don’t need to have had a baby to have pelvic floor dysfunction• How jaw clenching, TMJ, stress and side sleeping can all end up in your pelvis• Why Kegels aren’t the answer when you’re already clenching everything• Meeting the Kiwi: not a sex toy, basically a Theragun for your pelvic floor• Six sessions later: no more vulvodynia, no more nerve pain, even fewer headaches• A love letter to female friendship: the outfit-check FaceTime, the “have you eaten?” friend who sends a Wendy’s baked potato, and the restaurant-bathroom bestie who now hates ChadIf you’re dealing with pelvic pain, vulvodynia, neuropathy or symptoms nobody can explain, this one’s for you. Then call the women in your life and tell them you love them.This episode is Anisha’s personal experience and comedy, not medical advice. Pelvic floor therapy is different for everyone, so talk to a qualified clinician about your own care.🎧 Follow Currently Cringing, rate the show, and send this episode to the friend who’d drop everything for you.pelvic floor physical therapy, pelvic floor dysfunction, vulvodynia, vulvodynia treatment, pelvic pain, neuropathy, TMJ, internal pelvic floor therapy, women’s health podcast, comedy podcast, female friendship, millennial women, Miami#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

For years, I thought my hip pain, migraines, joint pain, periods, mattress problems and increasingly bizarre symptoms were completely unrelated.Then my vagina caught on fire.Not metaphorically.This summer, I went from traveling through Italy to barely being able to walk. My legs were throbbing, my feet felt like bricks, my vulva was burning, and somehow everything looked completely normal. I saw doctors and specialists, had MRIs and bloodwork, tried acupuncture, went down terrifying medical rabbit holes—and eventually found myself learning words I had somehow made it to 42 without ever hearing: vulvodynia, pelvic floor dysfunction and pudendal nerve pain.And somehow this story involves five mattresses, perimenopause, Mounjaro, a $20 kettlebell, a horsehair bed, a broken Swiss Air business-class seat, my asshole, TikTok, and a seven-month-pregnant physical therapist who saw me at 9 p.m. on a Sunday.Because apparently my hip, vagina, migraines, period and entire left side had been in a group chat for years—and nobody thought to add me.This is the full story of the strangest medical mystery I’ve ever experienced, what finally helped me, and why women need to talk about the embarrassing symptoms we’re quietly Googling at 2 a.m.Because we’ll discuss Botox, Ozempic, periods, bowel movements, sex and childhood trauma—but apparently the vulva is where we draw the line?Topics include: vulvodynia, pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic pain, pudendal nerve pain, pelvic floor physical therapy, perimenopause, chronic pain, migraines, Mounjaro and women’s health.This episode describes my personal experience and is not medical advice. Vulvar and pelvic pain can have many causes and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare professional.#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

What happens when the life you pictured for yourself doesn’t happen the way you thought it would, or doesn’t happen at all?This week on Currently Cringing, we’re talking about the quiet grief nobody really prepares you for: grieving an imagined future. The wedding, the baby, the house, the career, the friendship, the version of yourself you were certain you’d become, and the invisible timelines that somehow became deadlines.We get into ambiguous loss, milestone birthdays, fertility and aging, social media comparison, family and cultural expectations, the 2 a.m. spiral after someone else’s engagement announcement, and why you can be genuinely happy with your life while still grieving the life you didn’t get.And because apparently I cannot experience an emotion without eventually turning it into a business analysis, we’re also looking at the ROI of letting go. What does continuing to emotionally fund an expired plan cost you in time, money, attention and energy? And what becomes possible when you finally stop negotiating with a reality that has already sent its final terms?Sometimes letting go isn’t giving up. Sometimes it’s admitting: I wanted this. It mattered to me. And it didn’t happen the way I thought it would.Nobody sends flowers for a future that didn’t happen. Maybe we should.Currently Cringing with Anisha Ramakrishna is a comedy podcast about relationships, marriage, aging, culture, money, ambition, friendship, family, and all the deeply unserious things we somehow take very seriously.Episode topics: grief, ambiguous loss, life transitions, letting go, unmet expectations, milestone birthdays, aging, relationships, fertility, career changes, social media comparison, Indian family expectations, finding purpose, starting over, and accepting when life doesn’t go according to plan.#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

Listeners heard something disturbing in the background of my podcast. Then one listener in France messaged me with an even stranger detail: she thinks the mysterious voice is speaking French.There is only one problem. I record this podcast alone. In my house.So naturally, my husband and I opened the doors, lit the sage and Palo Santo, respectfully asked whoever—or whatever—is apparently guest-hosting the podcast to leave, and absolutely did NOT schedule a séance. I am trying to have fewer supernatural interactions, not expand the spiritual calendar.Then we need to discuss why August Virgos and September Virgos may basically be different species, the astrology of decans, and why Virgo season has personally declared war on me.Also: Apple has unveiled its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, starting around $2,000—and apparently reaching roughly $3,000 at the highest storage tier. Who is paying used-car money for a phone whose party trick is closing?Plus, the increasingly terrifying AI safety conversation: researchers leaving major AI companies, warnings about artificial intelligence and human extinction, what actually happened when OpenAI models breached testing boundaries and accessed Hugging Face systems, and why women in their 30s, 40s and 50s should understand AI even if they hate it.And because this episode desperately needs lighter subject matter: the Minnesota State Fair, Pronto Pups, butter sculptures, fried food on GLP-1s, why I may have missed my state-fair window forever, and the hypocrisy of millennial wellness.Because apparently I won’t eat a Dorito with Red 40, but I will inhale Fabuloso, drink Coke Zero, wash my hands seventeen times and call it health.We’re talking ghosts, astrology, the Apple iPhone Duo, AI safety, OpenAI, Hugging Face, state fairs, GLP-1 life, millennial wellness and surviving a genuinely difficult season with a little humor.Send this episode to the friend who would sage the house with you—but absolutely refuse to attend the séance.#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

First, we need to discuss the mysterious noises showing up in the podcast because apparently Currently Cringing now has an unpaid paranormal co-host. I wish I were kidding.Then we’re getting into something far scarier: why we keep going back to people who already showed us exactly who they are.If somebody pulls away, let them. If they become weird, cold, inconsistent, confused, “need space,” or suddenly need to focus on healing/their career/their dog — stop providing disaster relief to a situation you did not create.Because sometimes closure isn’t maturity. Sometimes it’s emotional customer service for someone who barely qualified for the perk.We’re talking about why rejection makes us beg for explanations, why loneliness can make terrible people look appealing again, why peace feels strangely boring after chaos, and why the hardest part of having boundaries isn’t leaving — it’s staying gone when your calendar is empty.And this doesn’t just apply to dating.It’s the toxic friend you cut off and suddenly reconsider six months later because everyone else is busy. The “convenience friend” you don’t actually like but who lives eight minutes away. The person who’s hilarious at dinner but leaves you emotionally hungover for three days. The relationships we keep because history, proximity and loneliness convince us they’re more valuable than they actually are.Some people are appetizers. Stop promoting them to entrées.In this episode:• Why behavior is often the closure you’re looking for• Why “I miss you” does not mean “I’ve changed”• The difference between returning and repairing• Why loneliness has absolutely terrible taste in people• The quiet period that happens after you finally cut toxic people off• Why familiar dysfunction can feel safer than unfamiliar peace• Dating confusion, mixed signals and screenshot forensic analysis• Adult friendships, convenience friends and social scarcity• Why history does not equal quality• How to stop reopening doors you closed for a reason• And why a smaller table with fewer psychopaths might actually be the goalLeave people where they left you.Not everyone who once had access to you deserves access forever.Sometimes growing up is simply realizing that four people who genuinely love you are worth more than twelve people you constantly have to recover from.Welcome to the smaller table.#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

This week on Currently Cringing, one tiny test strand becomes the hero of the entire episode when I discover that Japanese hair straightening could have quite literally made me bald. Two months after a salon owner refused to straighten my entire head, my hairstylist finds the test piece underneath my hair completely broken off. Rejection is protection, ladies — and sometimes it is the only thing standing between you and a Labor Day wig.Then we need to discuss my latest personality: gardening. Martha Stewart and Ina Garten have successfully convinced me that I should be wandering through my garden with a wicker basket, casually picking basil for dinner. Unfortunately, I live in Miami, where gardening is less Barefoot Contessa and more Jurassic Park. There are frogs in the soil, lizards behind the hose, iguanas falling out of trees, aphids attacking the mint, and apparently 400 different creatures already living in every plant I purchase. Gardening is supposed to regulate your nervous system. Mine has entered fight-or-flight.We’re also celebrating the end of August, because August is January with humidity. Summer is spiritually over, everyone is exhausted, the rosé has lost its will to live, and I am officially ready for September, fall weather, early sunsets and the glorious “-ber” months.What I am NOT ready for is corporate fall. Why am I walking into Home Depot in August and finding myself underneath the crotch of a 12-foot Halloween skeleton? Why is pumpkin spice already here? Why are velvet pumpkins appearing while I’m still buying mosquito repellent? Fall is wonderful. Fall cosplay in 98-degree weather is not.And finally, my cleaning lady’s psychic friend has returned — which would be harmless except she has now correctly predicted enough things in my life that I unfortunately have to listen to her. Her latest forecast involves money, the evil eye and a bath filled with white rose petals. Obviously, I’m doing it. This is the same woman who previously predicted my marriage and an unexpected move, so at this point we will be monitoring the situation.Also: an update on the Etsy witch I paid earlier this year. Results remain deeply disappointing.On this episode: Japanese hair straightening damage, hair breakage, salon horror stories, Miami gardening, Florida wildlife, Martha Stewart gardening, Ina Garten, growing your own food, summer depression, September, fall 2026, Halloween decorations, Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton, pumpkin spice season, astrology, psychics, tarot, evil eye rituals, white rose baths, manifestation, Etsy witches, and why rejection really might be protection.#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture

The Lindsay Clancy trial has officially consumed my life. After five weeks of spiritually attending Massachusetts Superior Court from my laptop, closing arguments are over, the jury is deliberating, and apparently I’m supposed to just… go about my day?Absolutely not.This week on Currently Cringing, we’re talking about the Lindsay Clancy trial, Kevin Reddington’s closing argument, the bizarre reality of watching a murder trial unfold live, alternate jurors, the impossible responsibility of a jury, and why trial lawyers are essentially doing Broadway with prison sentences.Then there’s Patrick Clancy. Photos and videos of him riding a Citi Bike around Manhattan have been circulating online, along with rumors and speculation about his life after unimaginable tragedy. We’re talking about grief, optics, the public’s expectations of how a devastated parent is “supposed” to behave, and why this case has created such an emotional disconnect for so many people watching.And because apparently the universe felt this week needed additional programming, there’s also a blood moon lunar eclipse happening. Perfect. Exactly what we needed. The jury is deliberating, the moon is entering her dark feminine era, Mercury retrograde nearly killed me, and I would simply like one regular Thursday.Naturally, my coping mechanism was Cheesecake Factory.What began as avocado egg rolls somehow became a $207 cart involving Oreo cheesecake, strawberry shortcake, sweet corn tamale cakes and an existential debate about whether Bang-Bang Chicken and Shrimp was now part of my Make-A-Wish Foundation. I had become the CFO of a meal I hadn’t even ordered yet.We also get into the seemingly endless food recalls, why grocery shopping currently feels like Squid Game, TikTok food recommendations I no longer trust, Reddit being one of the last remaining corners of useful civilization, and the very specific terror of wasting your one day of nutritional terrorism on the wrong entrée.Plus: my health is finally back on track after a year-long saga—which deserves an entire episode of its own.Three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, lost their lives at the center of this devastating case. While I discuss the trial, media coverage, public reaction and my own opinions, allegations and online speculation discussed in this episode should not be treated as established fact unless they were presented as evidence in court.Currently Cringing with Anisha Ramakrishna.#FunnyPodcast #Relatable #ComedyPodcast #FunnyGirls #GirlsPodcast #WomenPodcast #MillennialPodcast #femalepodcast #popculture