/tags/embodied-radio-show Embodied Radio Show en-US Copyright Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-04-04/period-pain-cramps-menstruation-science A podcaster shares her journey of getting to the bottom of her own medical mystery: why she experiences debilitating period cramps every few months. Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-04-04/period-pain-cramps-menstruation-science Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Wilson Sayre, Amanda Magnus /show/embodied/2025-03-28/technology-trans-tech-transgender-gender-2025 For decades, trans people have responded to the needs in their community with technological innovation. One researcher explores the possibilities, limitations and future of trans tech. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-03-28/technology-trans-tech-transgender-gender-2025 Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Wilson Sayre /show/embodied/2025-03-21/eating-disorder-black-women-people-of-color-anorexia-bulimia While eating disorders affect all races and ethnicities at similar rates, people of color are less than half as likely to receive a diagnosis than their white counterparts. A licensed mental health therapist decided to dig into why. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-03-21/eating-disorder-black-women-people-of-color-anorexia-bulimia Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Wilson Sayre /show/embodied/2025-03-14/multiracial-mixed-race-identity The number of people in the U.S. who identify as two or more races is on the rise. So what can help diminish the sense of unbelonging that is common for mixed folks? Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-03-14/multiracial-mixed-race-identity Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/embodied/2025-03-07/religious-trauma-healing-sexuality-forgive When we’ve experienced wrongs and trauma at the hands of the people and institutions that once supported us, how do we forgive — and heal? Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-03-07/religious-trauma-healing-sexuality-forgive Audrey Smith, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /show/embodied/2025-02-28/single-mom-sexual-dating-liberation-sex Most parents in Anita's life tell her that it's a relentless job ... so if you're doing it all without a partner, how is it possible to also sustain a relationship with sex and romance? Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-02-28/single-mom-sexual-dating-liberation-sex Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /show/embodied/2025-02-21/ehlers-danlos-syndrome-mom-child-rene-soph-myers-kelley-generations-diagnosis Soph Myers-Kelley and his mom, René Myers, got diagnosed with the same connective tissue disorder one year apart. What happened next was a process of learning together — and getting glimpses into the past and future of what living with the disorder is like. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-02-21/ehlers-danlos-syndrome-mom-child-rene-soph-myers-kelley-generations-diagnosis Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /show/embodied/2025-02-14/food-sex-history-aphrodisiac-valentines-recipe Food and sex have been deeply intertwined in our cultural imagination for millennia. Anita dives into the surprising history of why. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-02-14/food-sex-history-aphrodisiac-valentines-recipe Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /show/embodied/2025-02-07/divorcing-america-moving-abroad-expat In the hours and days following now-President Donald Trump’s re-election, online searches about leaving the U.S. surged. Host Anita Rao talks with a woman who turned a desire to leave the U.S. into reality. Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-02-07/divorcing-america-moving-abroad-expat Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /show/embodied/2025-01-31/self-help-industry-wellness-resolutions-self-improvement Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really make us better people? Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-01-31/self-help-industry-wellness-resolutions-self-improvement Paige Miranda, Anita Rao