NEW EPISODE: At 28, Indigenous artist Julian Brave NoiseCat made an unlikely decision: move in with the father who had abandoned him decades before. A deep dive into Indigenous history and his family’s past changed how he saw his dad and prepared him for becoming a father.

Thrilled to share that we've won a first-place award for Interview Program from Public Media Journalists Association! Intimate conversations are the heart and soul of what we do on the show, and it means so much to get this recognition!⁠

NEW EPISODE: For years, audio creator Helena de Groot felt almost certain that she did not want kids. Then, she got unexpectedly pregnant. That pregnancy was the first in a series of curveballs that set her on a path of questioning everything she thought she knew ...

When Mary Cain stepped onto the track as a high schooler, it was clear that she was a once-in-a-generation kind of talent. ⁠ ⁠ Her rise was quick and spectacular, which made it all the more stunning that just a few years after going pro with Nike, she stepped back from competitive running. ⁠

NEW EPISODE: How do you care for someone you struggle to communicate with & can never fully understand?⁠ ⁠ That's the question @danilynrutherford.bsky.social has been wrestling with for decades — ever since it became clear that her daughter would never speak, sign or use symbols to express herself.⁠

Chris Mosier @thechrismosier.bsky.social has long been at the forefront of the conversation around trans athletes. ⁠ ⁠ He was the first trans athlete to qualify for Team USA in 2015, and now, more than a decade later, he’s pushing back as sports become a battleground for trans rights. ⁠

NEW EPISODE: Inside The World of Sugar Babies, Sugar Daddies & Sugar Dating What is it like to be a sugar baby – beyond the fancy dates & fantasy?⁠ In our new episode, B. Chionne shares stories from nearly a decade of sugar dating & how that experience shaped her views on money, power & intimacy.

NEW EPISODE: Rebecca Auman has been able to read people & pick up on energy & vibrations for as long as she can remember. But as the daughter of a Methodist minister growing up in the South, she was encouraged to turn away from that intuition for a long time. ⁠

last week's episode of @embodiedwunc.bsky.social was definitely the best podcast about poop I've ever listened to

The Healing Power Of Horror Black horror writer @tananarivedue.bsky.social fell in love w/ the spectacle of #horror when she was a little kid. But it was only after she was well into her horror writing career that she discovered that the genre can provide not just entertainment but healing. ⁠

We are so thrilled to win this award from @podcastacademy.bsky.social! This year we are celebrating our 5th anniversary as a radio show, so it’s extra sweet to get this recognition right now. We couldn’t make it to NYC to say anything on stage … so here is our mini acceptance speech 👇

NEW EPISODE: Nearly 40% of Americans say digestive troubles disrupt their daily lives.⁠Neurogastroenterologist Dr. Trisha Pasricha tells Anita about the everyday knowledge that can help folks navigate their gut woes: link.podtrac.com/embodied ⁠

Do you know how expensive it is to be undocumented in the US? After living more than a decade in the US, Alix Dick calculated that it’s cost her close to $2 million to survive. #ImmigrantStories @anterobot.bsky.social @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

Despite media reports of arrests and deportations, many Americans don’t know much about the day-to-day lives of the undocumented folks who live here and just how expensive it is to be undocumented in the US. @anterobot.bsky.social @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE: "Tallying The Costs Of Being Undocumented." After more than a decade living in the U.S. without permanent legal status, Alix Dick calculated the cost of her survival: $1.9 million. ⁠That includes everything from wage theft & underpayment to complex PTSD and medical visits.

@embodiedwunc.bsky.social aired a great interview with @beaconpress.bsky.social authors Alix Dick and @anterobot.bsky.social this morning about their book THE COST OF BEING UNDOCUMENTED. Check it out! play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

We recently spoke w/ornithologist & poet J. Drew Lanham about the many lessons he's learned from a lifetime of loving birds! ⁠He also read us an excerpt of his poem “Be Wild” from "Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves."⁠ Check it out for a meditative moment! www.instagram.com/reel/DT_I4Wu...

STEP AWAY from your weather app ... and download our newest episode for a heart and soul filling listen! A conversation with ornithologist J. Drew Lanham about Lessons Learned From Loving Birds: link.podtrac.com/embodied

There are just a FEW SEATS left to join us at our 5th birthday party in Durham! It's next Thursday 1/29 at the American Tobacco Campus. There will be treats, drinks & great conversation ... and it's free!

Ready to get in the #WinterOlympics state of mind? Our newest episode features a conversation with former competitive figure skating siblings Brad and @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social who tell Anita about their 11 years of competing and how their partnership continued into adulthood.

<3 love to hear it. Here's our podcast feed if you'd like to listen! The episode is called "Reimagining The Wedding Ceremony" link.podtrac.com/embodied

Curtis Chin grew up inside Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine. His great-grandfather first opened the #Detroit restaurant in 1940, and in the 1970s & ‘80s Chung’s was the backdrop for many of Curtis’s formative lessons about race, identity and belonging.⁠⁠

NEW EPISODE: After being raped at 18, journalist Katie Simon had a burning question: How do you navigate sex & intimacy after sexual assault? Katie tells Anita about how connecting with other survivors helped them write the guidebook they wish they’d had. LISTEN: link.podtrac.com/embodied

today in Catching Up On Podcast Backlogs, I got to the @embodiedwunc.bsky.social live episode on purity culture with @solomonmissouri.bsky.social, and it was great. (of course, this episode was so long ago that people were still talking about being on twitter.)

It wasn’t just Sacheen Littlefeather. News stories about people claiming to be Indigenous have become more frequent in the past decade. @dinagw.bsky.social got to the bottom of where pretendianism comes from. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

If you're starting to feel the Black Friday pull ... our newest episode is for you. It's a deep dive into WHY we keep buying fast fashion even though we know the toll its taking on the environment & garment workers.

People have been pretending to be Native American for decades. While talking about ethnic fraud is controversial, Native scholar dinagw.bsky.social says its necessary.

In the coming weeks, we’re hosting an episode focused on intimacy & sex after sexual assault. And we'd love to have our guest respond to YOUR questions: If you’re a sexual assault survivor (or partner of one!): what questions do you have about rekindling a healthy connection to sex?

NEW EPISODE: Margaret Roesch & Pat McAulay got together in their 40s, and as lesbian women who’d come out in middle age, they were well aware of the challenges experienced by queer elders. After struggling to find a senior housing community that fit their needs, they decided to build their own.

There's a growing number of women challenging the expectation that you need a partner to have a child. Anita meets two single moms by choice who talk about why they chose this parenting path and how they navigate everything from false assumptions to dating.

You’ve likely seen some version of the headline: “Gen Z Is In a Sex Recession.” But there’s a lot more to the story. Journalist @cartersherman.bsky.social takes Anita into the many conversations she had with people under 30 about their sex lives for her book.

For almost 29 years, journalist @jennifersenior.bsky.social was a self-described “brilliant sleeper.” Then, one night, something changed &Jennifer has struggled with chronic #insomnia ever since. She talks to Anita about insights from both her reporting and personal life: link.podtrac.com/embodied

This from @krheyam.bsky.social is excellent - & useful for those of us who teach Kit’s work!

When Kit Heyam was first trying to understand their gender identity as an adolescent, they looked to history. They only found stories that painted a very narrow picture of what it means to be #trans. But years later, when Kit started studying history professionally, a different picture emerged.⁠

Are there places in the world where women artists fair better than others? On @embodiedwunc.bsky.social, @sgriest.bsky.social says countries like Iceland are at the top of the list.

NEW EPISODE: Searching For Love And Legal Status When María Lopez was 6, her grandmother gave her a piece of advice: marry someone with papers. María was #undocumented, and throughout her teens & 20s, she dealt with the struggle of dating to find both #love & a path to permanent legal status. ⁠⁠

Women in the arts are often underrepresented and underpaid. @sgriest.bsky.social went on a 10-year journey to ask them how and why they choose the artist’s path despite the odds. @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

NEW: Is art worth the sacrifice it requires? 🎨⁠ ⁠ Writer @sgriest.bsky.social has been asking this question since the early days of her career. "My love for what I do made my life logistically a nightmare, or impossible!"⁠ Stephanie hustled for decades--putting aside life milestones to write.

🚛✨ NEW EPISODE ALERT ✨🚛 The Life of Trans And Queer Long-Haul Truckers Long-haul #trucking isn't for everyone—the hours are brutal, and the burnout is real. But for many #LGBTQ+ drivers, the open road offers something invaluable: the freedom to be authentically themselves.

PRX is in #SaltLakeCity at the Public Media Content Collective conference (#PMCC). Join us at 5:30pm for Happy Hour and meet @samsanders.bsky.social, Krys Boyd (@think.kera.org), David Green (Left, Right, & Center), Lee C. Camp (No Small Endeavor) and @asrao.bsky.social (@embodiedwunc.bsky.social).

NEW EPISODE: One Sperm Donor, 31 Half Siblings & A Long Search For Identity link.podtrac.com/embodied Ryan Kramer was born through an anonymous #spermdonor in 1990. By the time he was 2 years old, he already had some big questions about his identity — and the desire to find answers.

Philip & Lauren, our guests from our newest episode about #Longcovid share three things that have helped them navigate this illness in their relationship: youtube.com/shorts/BhdyJ... #mecfs #loncovidrecovery #longcovidawareness #lonccovidsymptoms #covid19 #DisabilityRights #covidlonghaulers

The impact chronic illness and Long COVID have on intimacy: Losing physical connection added to my isolation and suicide ideations. 4.5 years later flares cause a whisker on my husband’s face to feel like a hot needle piercing my lip and a light caress feel like a sandpaper over an open wound.

Thank you for sharing this important aspect of chronic illness and Long Covid. The impact on our relationships and how we feel about those impacts is not discussed enough.

When Philip & his wife Lauren tested positive for #COVID19 3 years ago, they thought they knew what to expect. But then Philip’s symptoms persisted, morphed and intensified. ⁠In our new episode, they talk to @asrao.bsky.social about how Phil's experience with #LongCovid upended their life.

Folks who come to @embodiedwunc.bsky.social's upcoming show on 8/22 at Motorco will get a copy of a zine I illustrated on how to spice things up in your relationships!

TWO WEEKS from tomorrow, we have a very special live event happening at @motorco.bsky.social!! We'll be exploring the topic of REINVENTION through music, poetry and storytelling. And we have super special ZINE made just for attendees. Grab your ticket now! motorcomusic.com/event/the-em...

Great episode from @embodiedwunc.bsky.social exemplifying the need for a diverse mental health workforce: "Maybe the cultural norms I was being raised with were different from what my therapist assumed... Eventually I just decided it wasn't a fit any more."

For @jessicaslice.bsky.social, the experience of becoming disabled was a real reckoning with the uncertainty of any life. #DisabilityVoices @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE: Parenting Wisdom From An Interabled Couple -- When jessicaslice.bsky.social‬ was 28, a bout of heat exhaustion triggered an underlying neurological disorder that led to permanent physical disabilities. In the 14 years since, Jessica met her now-husband David Yourdon & started a family.