From author Elizabeth Gilbert to podcast comedy goddess Amy Poehler, the media has been flooded lately with very smart women citing the supposed fact that single women live longer than married women. But is this true? According to current scientific and census data, not exactly. But it is true that men benefit more from marriage in almost every conceivable way than women do. We break down the numbers for you, de-bunk some commonly held misconceptions, and explore why married women end up taking on more of the domestic and emotional labor that so often comes with marriage.

Special thanks to Jason Bridges for audio engineering assistance.

Notes on the sourcing we consulted prior to our discussion can be found at www.anotherbloodypodcast.com.

Hi. We are Heather O'Neill and Lisa Breunig, hosts of Another Bloody Podcast. If you’re looking for women’s wellness content, you already have a lot of podcast options. So why listen to us?

For starters, we’re journalists. Between us, we’ve spent decades reporting and writing about complex topics—including healthcare. But we’re also patients who’ve lived through the kinds of experiences that many women quietly endure: medical gaslighting, misdiagnosis, and the minimization of our pain.

Our own health journeys include infertility, Stage 4 endometriosis, cancer diagnoses, migraines, menopause, and more. In other words, we’ve been through some things.

We started Another Bloody Podcast because we couldn’t find the kind of women’s health conversations we were looking for: ones grounded in solid research, honest storytelling, and a little humor to keep us sane.

We’re not celebrities or influencers trying to sell you supplements or jade eggs. We’re just two longtime friends—and longtime journalists—bringing our reporting instincts to the messy, complicated world of women’s healthcare.

If you join us, you’ll get to eavesdrop on candid, wide-ranging conversations about the things your doctor probably should have mentioned—but somehow didn’t.

Welcome to Another Bloody Podcast.