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Amanda Magnus

Executive Producer, "Embodied"

Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other 吉彩网网站 shows including "Tested" and "CREEP."

  • An illustration from above, looking down on two parents leaning over a bassinet. In the bassinet is a newborn wrapped in a blue and white striped blanket, wearing a blue hat with three thin white stripes on it. The parents' faces are not visible, and the person on the left has one hand down on the baby and the other around the other parent's shoulders.
    How Parents Make the Circumcision Decision
    Kaia Findlay
    When the time comes to decide whether or not a child will be circumcised 鈥� how do parents choose? The answer is not only answered medically but culturally.
  • An illustration featuring the silhouettes of two people facing each other. The silhouette on the left is masculine-presenting, and inside the silhouette is a bird's-eye-view of a house with a sign in front of it, two stacks of large coins in front of hte house, and a document that says "Divorce Decree" at the top woth hands and a pen hovering over the document. The silhouette on the right is feminine-presenting, and drawn inside the silhouette is a big dollar sign, a front view of the same house in the other silhouette with a "SOLD" sign in front of it. The word "Embodied" is at the top of the illustration.
    Life After A Gray Divorce
    Kaia Findlay
    In the past 30 years, the divorce rate for Americans over 55 has doubled. After a decades-long marriage, serving the papers is just one small act before what comes next.
  • Illustration of 16 different erotic symbols in purples and pinks arranged in a grid on top of a purple and white textured background. The symbols are: a biting lip, a corset, furry handcuffs, a stiletto, a computer, a candle, a mask, a journal, a microphone, a bed with a heart over it, a pair of underwear, a pencil writing a heart, a bottle of lube, a v*brator, a whip, a block of cheese.
    The Making Of Great Erotica
    Kaia Findlay
    It鈥檚 easy to recognize great erotica when you come across it 鈥� the reactions are physical and palpable. Embodied goes behind the scenes to learn how the steamiest of sex scenes get made.
  • An illustration featuring a Black masc-of-center person talking with their hands in motion, looking into their laptop. The person is wearing a teal long-sleeved shirt, has dark brown skin, short dark hair, a dark beard and is wearing glasses in thick, dark frames. Their laptop is white and open in front of them on a desk. There's a yellow notebook, a pen and a phone also on the desk. On the wall behind them is a shelf featuring books, including "Self-Care for Black Men" and "But What Will People Say?" There is also a plant on that shelf and another shelf above it, featuring books. The wall behind them also features a hanging work of art. The word "Embodied" is at the top of the illustration.
    Why We Need More Therapists Of Color
    Kaia Findlay
    The majority of mental health professionals in the U.S. are white. Therapists of color are working to expand the diversity of their field and increase access to meet a rising demand for their services.
  • An illustration featuring a femme-presenting person sitting on a bed with her knees close to her chest. She has dark long hair and is wearing a hospital gown and blue socks. There are three different-colored books in the foreground of the illustration, and in the background is a window that looks out onto the New York City skyline. The words "Embodied Committed" are in the upper left hand corner of the illustration.
    Committed: Life Inside a Psychiatric Hospital
    Paige Miranda
    Tens of thousands of Americans each year are voluntarily and involuntarily committed into psychiatric institutes. A memoirist and an organizer share their experiences inside the wards.
  • An illustration with a woman in the lower right hand corner with her back to the viewer. She is wearing a white T-shirt, long red pants and a small, yellow purse. She has black hair just past her shoulders and is rolling a teal-colored suitcase. In the middle of the illustration is a highway sign that reads NORTH at the top, "Embodied" in the middle and "Journeyed" below that. There is a dotted line connecting the woman at the bottom of the illustration to a building in the top left hand corner of the illustration. The building has a tree to the left of it and a sign that says "Clinic" at the top.
    Journeyed: Crossing State Lines For Abortion
    Kaia Findlay
    Nearly one in five people seeking abortion care must cross state lines to get it. Here鈥檚 what it takes to get those folks to their appointments and back.
  • An illustration featuring two people in a kitchen. The person on the left is younger with curly dark hair and medium-tone skin. She's wearing a striped tank top and blue pants and is smiling and dancing while facing the person on the right, who is older with medium-tone skin and shorter gray hair. The person on the right is wearing a long-sleeved green shirt and striped pants and is smiling and facing the person on the left with her two hands up in the air as though she's dancing. In the foreground of the illustration is a plate with a piece of bread on it with purple jelly partially spread on it. The words "Embodied Tended" are in the lower right hand corner of the illustration.
    Tended: The Creative Work of Dementia Caregiving
    Paige Miranda
    The vast majority of people living with dementia receive essential care from their own family and friends. Two caregivers share their experiences supporting their loved ones with dementia.
  • An illustration of a masculine-presenting person with medium skin-tone and short brown hair, a couple visible spots of acne and some patchy facial hair. This person is sitting on a gray couch, wearing a blue tank top and using a vial to fill up a hypodermic needle. There is a tall green plant and a bookshelf behind them. The words "Embodied Adjusted" are in the lower right hand corner of the illustration.
    Adjusted: Second Puberty After Testosterone
    Kaia Findlay
    Puberty is a rite of passage that most of us experience as teenagers. But for some trans folks, big hormonal changes happen again in adulthood.
  • An illustration of three masculine-presenting Black people in a canoe, paddling through a swamp. The person in the front is wearing a green baseball cap, a purple T-shirt, green shorts and a yellow life vest. The person in the middle is wearing a light green beanie, sunglasses, a blue T-shirt, khaki shorts and a yellow life vest. That person has facial hair on their chin. The person in the back of the canoe is larger-bodied, wearing glasses, an orange T-shirt, blue shorts and a yellow life vest. There are swamp trees in the background and the words "Embodied Opened Up" in the lower left hand corner of the illustration.
    Opened Up: Black Masculinity and Friendship
    Paige Miranda
    Building intimate friendships can be difficult, especially for men and masculine-of-center people. Guest host Omisade Burney-Scott talks to four Black men about how they navigate masculinity, friendship and vulnerability.
  • A light-skinned Black woman with freckles and curly brown hair holds two white masks up on either side of her face. Both masks have smiles and happy expressions. She is wearing a blue V-neck T-shirt and is looking at the mask on the right with a neutral expression. The background is light purple and the words 鈥淢asked鈥� are above her in dark blue capital lettering.
    Masked: Coming Out As Autistic In Adulthood
    Gabriela Glueck
    Many autistic people assigned female at birth remain undiagnosed at 18, so what's it like to get an autism diagnosis in your adulthood? Anita meets two women whose paths to a diagnosis started on the internet. Plus a non-binary photographer shares how their late autism diagnosis has informed their marriage and sense of self.
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