Embodied
Health

Embodied

by WUNC

Sex and relationships are intimate — and sometimes intimidating to talk about. In WUNC’s award-winning podcast, host Anita Rao guides us on an exploration of our brains and bodies that touches down in taboo territory.
Follow the show on Instagram at @embodiedwunc and on Bluesky at embodiedwunc.bsky.social. You can find Anita on Bluesky at asrao.bsky.social.

101 episodes
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1
BONUS: How to Emigrate as a Throuple, from How To!
41:22 Mar 16, 2026
2
Inside The World of Sugar Babies, Sugar Daddies & Sugar Dating
49:48 Mar 12, 2026
3
‘You Don’t Become a Witch, You Remember That You Are One’
50:21 Mar 5, 2026
4
The Healing Power Of Horror
50:25 Feb 26, 2026
5
A Practical Guide To Poop
50:21 Feb 19, 2026
6
‘I’ve Got The Same Thing You Do’: Ehlers-Danlos Across Generations
49:11 Feb 12, 2026
7
Why Is Good Food So Sexy?
49:21 Feb 5, 2026
8
Tallying The Costs Of Being Undocumented
50:21 Jan 29, 2026
9
Lessons Learned From Loving Birds
50:26 Jan 22, 2026
10
Why Are We Afraid Of Baldness?
49:21 Jan 15, 2026
11
How Competitive Figure Skating Shaped a Sibling Relationship
50:23 Jan 8, 2026
12
The Art of Giving Good Advice
49:27 Jan 1, 2026
13
Reimagining The Wedding Ceremony
49:38 Dec 25, 2025
14
Coming Of Age As A Chinese Restaurant Kid
50:18 Dec 18, 2025
15
Sex And Intimacy After Sexual Assault
49:42 Dec 11, 2025
16
Dating, Sex & Love With HIV
48:46 Dec 4, 2025
17
Is Food The Key To Cultural Belonging?
49:09 Nov 27, 2025
18
Why It’s So Hard To Break Up With Fast Fashion
50:21 Nov 20, 2025
19
How Fake Claims To Native Identity Cause Real Harm
50:21 Nov 13, 2025
20
How LGBTQ Seniors Are Aging In Community
50:20 Nov 6, 2025
21
(Single) Mothered: Choosing To Parent Solo
49:35 Oct 30, 2025
22
The Sex Lives Of Gen Z (And Why They Matter)
49:52 Oct 23, 2025
23
Desiring Disability in Fashion
49:25 Oct 16, 2025
24
BONUS: A Preview of The Second Opinion with Dr. Sharon
2:38 Oct 13, 2025
25
Navigating Chronic Insomnia In A Sleep-Obsessed Culture
50:21 Oct 9, 2025
26
A Mission To Tell Trans History Differently
50:21 Oct 2, 2025
27
Boomers On Psychedelics
49:21 Sep 25, 2025
28
Searching For Love And Legal Status
50:20 Sep 18, 2025
29
What It Takes To Make Art Your Life
50:20 Sep 11, 2025
30
The Life of Trans And Queer Long-Haul Truckers
50:21 Sep 4, 2025
31
Dyslexia And The Reading Brain
49:53 Aug 28, 2025
32
One Sperm Donor, 31 Half Siblings & A Long Search For Identity
50:24 Aug 21, 2025
33
Undertaken: The Next Generation Of Funeral Directors
49:16 Aug 14, 2025
34
When Long Covid Rewrites Your Love Story
50:09 Aug 7, 2025
35
A Journalist’s Solution to Emotional Conundrums
50:20 Jul 31, 2025
36
Abraham Verghese On Writing, Medicine & The Body
50:20 Jul 24, 2025
37
Bisexuality Beyond The Binary
50:05 Jul 17, 2025
38
Parenting Wisdom From An Interabled Couple
50:21 Jul 10, 2025
39
Why We Need More Therapists Of Color
49:32 Jul 3, 2025
40
BONUS: A Quest for the Black Lesbian South
27:20 Jun 30, 2025
41
The Making Of Great Erotica
50:03 Jun 26, 2025
42
The Hidden Labor Of Flight Attendants
50:21 Jun 19, 2025
43
Building A Queer Life In The Country
50:21 Jun 12, 2025
44
Two Brothers, One Uncertain Future
50:16 Jun 5, 2025
45
Why We Need To Talk About Sex In Nursing Homes
49:47 May 29, 2025
46
What Kids' Books Teach Us About Our Bodies
49:45 May 22, 2025
47
BONUS: On Psychedelics, from Other People’s Problems
41:52 May 19, 2025
48
Climate Anxiety And The Choice To Parent
50:21 May 15, 2025
49
A New Playbook For Raising Boys
50:20 May 8, 2025
50
Balanced: Love & Bipolar Disorder
49:08 May 1, 2025
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