Sex and relationships are intimate 鈥� and sometimes intimidating to talk about. In this award-winning show, host Anita Rao guides us on an exploration of our brains and bodies that touches down in taboo territory.
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Embodied won an in March 2024 for Best Wellness & Relationships Podcast! In 2024 it also took home first and second place awards from the Public Media Journalists Association. In 2020, named us as one of the best sex, erotica, dating and relationship podcasts. Embodied has won three Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards for best podcast and four National Headliner Awards for Best Information Podcast. In the summer of 2022, on the origin story of the Embodied series in The Huffington Post!
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