Skip to content
Sign in
Artwork for Embodied
Health & FitnessSexuality

Embodied

WUNC

Dig into the underdiscussed corners of the human experience. Each week, host Anita Rao leads intimate conversations with people unafraid to question what we think we know about identity, relationships and health.

Follow the show on Instagram at @embodiedwunc and on Bluesky at embodiedwunc.bsky.social. You can find Anita on Bluesky at asrao.bsky.social.

Play
Open in
  • 27 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 48 min
  • English

Episodes 27

NewestOldestLongest
All7Unplayed7In progress0Played0
Counted on this page — what you have heard stays on this device, so it is not something the list can be paged by.
  • May 7 · 50 min

    How A Mother Learned To Connect Without Language

    An anthropologist questions the connection between language and relationship-building while raising her multiply disabled daughter, who doesn’t communicate with words, signs or symbols.

  • April 30 · 50 min

    The Case For Taking Humor Seriously

    A professional comedian explains why we need to laugh more in life and shares his tips for cultivating more humor in the day-to-day.

  • April 16 · 50 min

    Reckoning With The Asian Fetish

    A former model and a sociologist break down stereotypes about Asian women in American culture and the personal impacts of those stereotypes.

  • April 9 · 50 min

    Climate Anxiety And The Choice To Parent

    Anita talks to researcher Jade Sasser, who's been studying young people’s attitudes about climate change and reproductive choices while unpacking her own experiences with climate anxiety.

  • April 2 · 50 min

    The Hidden Labor Of Flight Attendants

    Anita talks to a flight attendant and a travel reporter about the unseen lives and labor of flight attendants, from jam-packed safety trainings to the emotional care of passengers in a high stakes atmosphere.

Showing 21–27 of 27 episodes