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Paige Miranda

Producer, "Embodied"

Paige Miranda is a producer for "Embodied". She is a science communicator, who previously served as 吉彩网网站鈥檚 2023 AAAS Mass Media Fellow. During her PhD in neuroscience at New York University, Paige spent her days studying memory formation in sea slugs. In the evenings, she could be found broadcasting her science podcast, Benchwork, on WNYU 89.1FM. There she covered diverse topics ranging from music therapy to fake fossil scandals.

  • An illustration featuring two femme-presenting individuals. The person on the left is holding an open book in their hand with their head turned towards the person on the right. They are kissing the person on the right's forehead warmly. The person on the right has their hand in the lap of the person on the left and they are smiling with their eyes and lips closed as they receive the kiss. The person on the left has shoulder-length dark hair, light skin and is wearing a T-shirt with the trans flag on it. The person on the right has chin-length dark and curly hair with mocha-colored skin. They are wearing pink lipstick. The background of the illustration features the outlines of various flower shapes. The word "Transitioned" is in the upper right hand corner of the illustration.
    Transitioned: When One Partner Comes Out As Trans
    Paige Miranda
    A gender transition is a moment of personal flux that can also have a big impact on a romantic relationship. Anita meets two couples who continued to choose each other after one partner came out as trans: a South African couple in their 20s and an American couple who went through a transition after 22 years of marriage.
  • An illustration featuring purple and white morning glories and their vines along the top and bottom of the square. There are three hands in the middle of the image with different skin tones: a light shade on the left, a medium shade of beige in the middle and brown skin on the right. All three are right hands and all feature purple and white nail polish in the nails. The hand on the left is signing the letter for "A," the hand in the middle is signing the letter "S" and the hand on the right is signing the letter "L." The background behind the three hands is a light purple and white pattern. The word "Signed" is above the three hands.
    Signed: How ASL Became A Language Of Resistance
    Paige Miranda
    American Sign Language is the third-most used language in the U.S. ASL has its own culture and art forms, and for many Deaf folks, ASL is about much more than just communication. Anita talks to Deaf author Sara Novi膰 and Deaf ASL Slam poet Douglas Ridloff about how ASL gave them tools for self-understanding and artistic expression. Then she learns from scholars Carolyn McCaskill and Joseph Hill about Black American Sign Language (BASL), an ASL dialect that emerged because of school segregation.
  • An illustration featuring a feminine person wearing a purple bra, purple underwear and a purple kerchief in their dark brown hair. Their backside is to the camera, and their head is turned to look behind them. There are dotted lines along their buttcheeks. A white man in a white lab coat is kneeling down in front of their body, holding an uncapped marker. The background of the illustration features dotted lines as horizontal stripes.
    Getting cheeky: the hype behind the Brazilian butt lift
    Paige Miranda
    The Brazilian butt lift is one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures. What is driving the desire for a 鈥減erfect peach鈥�?
  • An illustration featuring a feminine person wearing a purple bra, purple underwear and a purple kerchief in their dark brown hair. Their backside is to the camera, and their head is turned to look behind them. There are dotted lines along their buttcheeks. A white man in a white lab coat is kneeling down in front of their body, holding an uncapped marker. The background of the illustration features dotted lines as horizontal stripes. The word "Lifted" is in the upper right hand corner of the illustration.
    Lifted: Wanting (And Getting) A Bigger Butt
    Paige Miranda
    The Brazilian butt lift (or BBL) is the fastest-growing cosmetic surgery in recent memory ... but why? Anita learns about the ins and outs of the procedure from a plastic surgeon and a BBL recipient. Then a scholar puts our obsession with big butts in historical context 鈥� tracing the conversation from Sir Mix-a-Lot to Kim Kardashian.
  • An illustration of a human woman and a personified AI chatbot. The woman is on the right, she is a White woman with long brown hair fashioned into a ponytail. She is wearing a long sleeve blue button-down shirt, blue jeans, and blue shoes. She has a couch and a lamp behind her. There is also a speech bubble behind her that reads: 鈥淕ood morning.鈥� She is holding hands with, and looking up at, the personified chatbot. The chatbot is on the left. He is depicted as a White man with short brown hair. He is wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and red shoes. He is holding hands with the woman on the right and looking down at her. His hands are obscured with a glitching effect. Behind him is an empty, blue space. He also has speech bubbles behind him that reads: 鈥淕ood morning love :heart emoji:鈥� and 鈥�*Takes your hand and pulls you in*鈥�.
    [Simulated Part One] Love at first (web)sight: romance with an AI companion
    Paige Miranda
    AI chatbots garner millions of daily users, filling a variety of roles from customer support to text generator. But what about their romantic potential?
  • An illustration of a human woman and a personified AI chatbot. The woman is on the right, she is a White woman with long brown hair fashioned into a ponytail. She is wearing a long sleeve blue button-down shirt, blue jeans, and blue shoes. She has a couch and a lamp behind her. There is also a speech bubble behind her that reads: 鈥淕ood morning.鈥� She is holding hands with, and looking up at, the personified chatbot. The chatbot is on the left. He is depicted as a White man with short brown hair. He is wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and red shoes. He is holding hands with the woman on the right and looking down at her. His hands are obscured with a glitching effect. Behind him is an empty, blue space. He also has speech bubbles behind him that reads: 鈥淕ood morning love :heart emoji:鈥� and 鈥�*Takes your hand and pulls you in*鈥�. The title 鈥淎uto-mated鈥� is typed in black font across the upper right.
    [Simulated Part One] Auto-mated: When A Bot Becomes Your Boo
    Paige Miranda
    When human romance isn't working out, can an AI chatbot successfully take its place? Anita hears varied perspectives on that question. She meets a journalist who got dumped by her AI crush and talks with a woman whose AI companion turned her life around. Plus, psychologist Melissa McCool, the clinical product consultant for AI tech company Luka, takes Anita behind the scenes of making AI companions.
  • An illustration of a Black person鈥檚 hand holding up a diva cup that is a third full with dark red liquid. We see the hand from the wrist up. The background is filled with blobby shapes that range from brown-red to dark red to light pink in color. Some of the blobs have white outlines.
    Blood wisdom: what we can learn from our periods
    Paige Miranda
    There are 1.8 billion monthly menstruators worldwide. Better understanding the science behind period blood, as well as cultural stigma and period policy, can help menstruators everywhere break down period myths.
  • An illustration of a Black person鈥檚 hand holding up a diva cup that is a third full with dark red liquid. We see the hand from the wrist up. The background is filled with blobby shapes that range from brown-red to dark red to light pink in color. Some of the blobs have white outlines. The word 鈥淢enstruated鈥� is written in red text across the top left corner.
    Menstruated: What Our Period Blood Tells Us
    Paige Miranda
    In the 34 years that guest host Omisade Burney-Scott was a menstruating person, she always felt that blood held more significance than just the biological. She meets an OB/GYN who shares little-known facts about period blood, and talks with two menstrual health advocates about how art and community have connected them to their cycles. Plus, an attorney discusses what she's paying attention to this year in terms of period policy.
  • An illustration of a woman with long, brown hair, a white shirt, blue jean and white sneakers. She has a curious expression. She is walking up steps made out of various self-help books with titles that read: 鈥� The Four Agreements,鈥� 鈥� 鈥淭he Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,鈥� 鈥淵OU ARE A BADASS,鈥� "Atomic Habits,鈥� and 鈥淭he Secret.鈥� The background is a light green color with large white and yellow flowers. Across the top right are the blue words 鈥�(Self) Helped鈥� on a yellow background.
    (Self) Helped: Inside The Industry That Wants To Change Your Life
    Paige Miranda
    Anita is committed to self-improvement but skeptical of self-help. She brings her qualms and questions to the experts: Kristen Meinzer, a podcaster who has lived by the rules of more than 50 self-help books, and Beth Blum, a scholar who's traced the genre back to its roots. Plus Sondra Rose Marie, a former self-help fan, shares how the industry has failed her as a woman of color.
  • From the strip club to the studio: the history, politics and passion of pole dancing
    Paige Miranda
    Art, sport, workout, therapy: modern pole dancing has taken on many forms. A veteran stripper, a pole studio owner, and a young dancer discuss politics and identity in pole dancing and how practicing pole can be the ultimate form of embodiment.
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