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Embodied

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  • Coming out as Trans in Later Life

    October 22, 2026 · 50 min

    Jillian Celentano felt that something was different about her gender identity when she was five years old. But this was in the 1960s. “Transgender” wasn’t a part of popular vocabulary, and trans folks who were in the public eye were often…

  • Navigating Chronic Insomnia In A Sleep-Obsessed Culture

    October 15, 2026 · 50 min

    For almost 29 years, journalist Jennifer Senior was a self-described “brilliant sleeper.” Then, one night, something changed…and Jennifer has struggled with chronic insomnia ever since. She talks to Anita about insights on insomnia from…

  • What It Takes To Make Art Your Life

    October 8, 2026 · 50 min

    Building a life as an artist is an uphill climb. After decades of hustling to make it work, writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest had one big question: How do you determine if art is worth all the sacrifice it requires? Stephanie tells Anita…

  • Adapting in the Kitchen

    October 1, 2026 · 50 min

    How do you keep doing something that you love after your body changes ... and you can’t do it the way you used to? Yewande Komolafe was a cook for two decades before a medical crisis and multiple amputations forced her to change the way…

  • Two Brothers, One Uncertain Future

    September 24, 2026 · 50 min

    What would you do if you knew your brain would stop functioning normally in just a decade? For brothers Ansel Dow (31) and Cosmo Hinsman (26), this isn't hypothetical. They carry a rare genetic mutation that makes frontotemporal dementia…

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  • Incarceration & The Physical Body

    September 17, 2026 · 50 min

    Nearly 1.3 million people are held inside state and federal prisons across the U.S. What happens to a person’s physical body inside that carceral system — and after they get out? Those were questions Emile Suotonye DeWeaver has found…

  • The Tools You Need For Building Better Groups

    September 10, 2026 · 50 min

    Priya Parker has spent decades thinking about what makes groups work. And she says keeping groups together requires skills most of us never learned. She tells Anita about her personal journey to unlearn the idea that “good people don’t…

  • Building an Early Foundation for Healthy Sexuality

    September 3, 2026 · 50 min

    For many of us, a formal education about sexuality begins during puberty and only really gets going during adolescence. But in reality, exploration of our bodies and relationships can begin long before that — as early as our first years of…

  • Parenting Wisdom From An Interabled Couple

    August 27, 2026 · 50 min

    When Jessica Slice was 28 years old, 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 and started a…

  • BONUS: Meet Embodied Guest Host Carvell Wallace

    August 24, 2026 · 10 min

    Anita is heading out on parental leave, but the show isn't going anywhere! This fall you'll still get an episode of Embodied in your feeds every week, including some conversations hosted by writer and podcaster Carvell Wallace! Before he…

  • When Sports Betting Sucks You In

    August 20, 2026 · 49 min

    More than half of American men between the ages of 18 and 49 have an active online sports betting account, and for the past year Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins was one of them. But what started as a reporting assignment quickly…

  • The Case For Embracing Your Sweat

    August 13, 2026 · 50 min

    This summer’s heat waves have been brutal. But there’s one thing helping all of us make it through the soaring temperatures: sweat. Our bodies need to sweat to survive – and yet we spend billions of dollars trying to combat it. Science…

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About the show

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.