Embodied
Sex and relationships are intimate — and sometimes intimidating to talk about. In this weekly podcast from North Carolina Public Radio WUNC, host Anita Rao guides us on an exploration of our brains and our bodies that touches down in taboo territory.
Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter @embodiedwunc. You can find Anita on Twitter @anisrao.
218 episodes • 0 archived •
Life After A Gray Divorce
April 24
April 24
49 mins
Beyond Bromance: Searching For Deeper Male Friendship
April 17
April 17
50 mins
A Doctor’s Intuition Lost And Found
April 10
April 10
50 mins
Decades Of ‘Death Cramps’ Later, A Search For Answers To Period Pain
April 3
April 3
50 mins
Why We Need Trans Tech In 2025
March 27
March 27
50 mins
Why Black Women’s Disordered Eating Is Overlooked
March 20
March 20
50 mins
Mixed: Owning Your Multiracial Story
March 13
March 13
35 mins
Forgive, But Don’t Forget: Sexuality & Healing From Religious Trauma
March 6
March 6
50 mins
Sexual Liberation for Single Moms
February 27
February 27
49 mins
‘I’ve Got The Same Thing You Do’: Ehlers-Danlos Across Generations
February 20
February 20
49 mins
Why Is Good Food So Sexy?
February 13
February 13
49 mins
One Woman's Guide To Divorcing America
February 6
February 6
48 mins
(Self) Helped: Inside The Industry That Wants To Change Your Life
January 30
January 30
35 mins
Tingled: Your Brain And Heart On ASMR
January 23
January 23
36 mins
Offline Lives of Online Sex Workers
January 16
January 16
48 mins
Boomers On Psychedelics
January 9
January 9
49 mins
The Art of Giving Good Advice
January 2
January 2
49 mins
Traveled: The Lives Of Third Culture Kids
Dec 26, 2024
Dec 26, 2024
31 mins
BONUS: Food, Friends and Cultural Roots
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024
19 mins
Mourned: Life After Losing A Parent
Dec 19, 2024
Dec 19, 2024
31 mins
Why Are We Afraid Of Baldness?
Dec 12, 2024
Dec 12, 2024
49 mins
Is Food The Key To Cultural Belonging?
Dec 5, 2024
Dec 5, 2024
49 mins
Unpartnered: Building A Full, Single Life
Nov 28, 2024
Nov 28, 2024
33 mins
Assisted Death And Dying in America
Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
47 mins
Signed: How ASL Became A Language Of Resistance (Revisited)
Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024
33 mins
Desiring Disability in Fashion
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
49 mins
What Kids' Books Teach Us About Our Bodies
Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
49 mins
Intersex Reframes On Sex & Gender
Oct 24, 2024
Oct 24, 2024
49 mins
Masked: Coming Out As Autistic In Adulthood (Revisited)
Oct 17, 2024
Oct 17, 2024
34 mins
Bisexuality Beyond The Binary
Oct 10, 2024
Oct 10, 2024
50 mins
Popped: Adult Acne In The 'Perfect Skin' Era (Revisited)
Oct 3, 2024
Oct 3, 2024
33 mins
Reimagining The Wedding Ceremony
Sep 26, 2024
Sep 26, 2024
49 mins
BONUS: Kennedy Ryan's Recipe For Romance
Sep 23, 2024
Sep 23, 2024
39 mins
Retrieved: What Egg Donors Want You To Know (Revisited)
Sep 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024
35 mins
Dyslexia And The Reading Brain
Sep 12, 2024
Sep 12, 2024
49 mins
Dating, Sex & Love With HIV
Sep 5, 2024
Sep 5, 2024
48 mins
Smooched: Why You'll Never Forget Your First Kiss (Revisited)
Aug 29, 2024
Aug 29, 2024
33 mins
Bonus: Making Music From Family Secrets
Aug 26, 2024
Aug 26, 2024
39 mins
(Un)Circumcised: How Parents Decide (Revisited)
Aug 22, 2024
Aug 22, 2024
32 mins
Life After A Gray Divorce
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024
49 mins
The Making Of Great Erotica
Aug 8, 2024
Aug 8, 2024
50 mins
Amplified: Building Intimacy With Hearing Loss (Revisited)
Aug 1, 2024
Aug 1, 2024
40 mins
Bonus Episode: Introducing Tested from CBC and NPR
Jul 29, 2024
Jul 29, 2024
39 mins
Why We Need More Therapists Of Color
Jul 25, 2024
Jul 25, 2024
49 mins
Committed: Life Inside A Psychiatric Hospital
Jul 18, 2024
Jul 18, 2024
48 mins
Written: Disability Love Stories
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
49 mins
Polished: Why We Care About Our Nails (Revisited)
Jul 5, 2024
Jul 5, 2024
36 mins
Journeyed: Crossing State Lines For Abortion
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
49 mins
Tended: The Creative Work Of Dementia Caregiving
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
50 mins
Isolated: The Silence Around Male Infertility (Revisited)
Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
31 mins
Adjusted: Second Puberty After Testosterone
Jun 7, 2024
Jun 7, 2024
49 mins
Opened Up: Black Masculinity and Friendship
May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024
49 mins
Balanced: Love & Bipolar Disorder
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
49 mins
Hypersexualized: Understanding Sex Addiction (Revisited)
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
30 mins
Bonus Episode: Meeting ‘The Horny Housewife’
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
24 mins
(Single) Mothered: Choosing To Parent Solo
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
49 mins
Bonus Episode: The Birds and the Bees, from Me and My Muslim Friends
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
34 mins
Expanded: Sexuality in Conversation with Islam
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
18 mins
Advocated: How Disabled Activists Are Shaping Climate Justice
Apr 26, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
49 mins
Bonus Episode: The Parent Trap, from Love Letters
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
33 mins
Undertaken: The Next Generation Of Funeral Directors
Apr 19, 2024
Apr 19, 2024
49 mins
Singled: Inside The Only-Child Family (Revisited)
Apr 12, 2024
Apr 12, 2024
33 mins
Stimulated: How Vibrators Became America's Favorite Sex Toy (Revisited)
Apr 5, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
32 mins
Transitioned: When One Partner Comes Out As Trans
Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
39 mins
Bonus Episode: Can Couples Learn to Argue Better? from The Happiness Lab
Mar 26, 2024
Mar 26, 2024
34 mins
Signed: How ASL Became A Language Of Resistance
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
33 mins
Tingled: Your Brain And Heart On ASMR
Mar 15, 2024
Mar 15, 2024
36 mins
Retrieved: What Egg Donors Want You To Know
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024
35 mins
Lifted: Wanting (And Getting) A Bigger Butt
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
33 mins
[Simulated Part Three] Immortalized: Building An AI Afterlife
Feb 23, 2024
Feb 23, 2024
38 mins
[Simulated Part Two] Fantasized: The Arrival Of The Sex Robots
Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
32 mins
[Simulated Part One] Auto-mated: When A Bot Becomes Your Boo
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
34 mins
Menstruated: What Our Period Blood Tells Us
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
31 mins
Bonus Episode: How y'all conquered the world
Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
20 mins
Obsessed: Breaking the OCD Cycle (Revisited)
Jan 26, 2024
Jan 26, 2024
36 mins
Sobbed: Why We Cry (Revisited)
Jan 19, 2024
Jan 19, 2024
34 mins
Normalized: Speaking Up About Erectile Dysfunction
Jan 12, 2024
Jan 12, 2024
33 mins
(Self) Helped: Inside The Industry That Wants To Change Your Life
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
35 mins
Stuttered: Diversifying The Way We Speak (Revisited)
Dec 29, 2023
Dec 29, 2023
34 mins
Separated: Growing Up With An Incarcerated Father (Revisited)
Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2023
30 mins
Popped: Adult Acne In The 'Perfect Skin' Era
Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2023
33 mins
Cared: The Last Decades Of Our Lives
Dec 8, 2023
Dec 8, 2023
31 mins
Gripped: The Passion For Pole Dancing
Dec 1, 2023
Dec 1, 2023
34 mins
Commodified: When 'Wellness' Makes Us Unwell (Revisited)
Nov 24, 2023
Nov 24, 2023
28 mins
Complicated: Healing from Complex PTSD
Nov 17, 2023
Nov 17, 2023
32 mins
Traveled: The Lives Of Third Culture Kids
Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
30 mins
Adored: How Fandoms Build Community
Nov 3, 2023
Nov 3, 2023
36 mins
Masked: Coming Out As Autistic In Adulthood
Oct 27, 2023
Oct 27, 2023
33 mins
Posed: Intimate Photography Goes Beyond Nudes (Revisited)
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
31 mins
Seen: Living With The Schizophrenias
Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023
34 mins
Guided: Practicing Intimacy & Sex With A Surrogate
Oct 6, 2023
Oct 6, 2023
31 mins
Plucked: The Calm And Chaos Of A Hair-Pulling Disorder (Revisited)
Sep 29, 2023
Sep 29, 2023
33 mins
Inked: Rewriting Your Body’s Story With Art
Sep 22, 2023
Sep 22, 2023
33 mins
Dominated: Getting Kinky With BDSM
Sep 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
37 mins
Mourned: Life After Losing A Parent
Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023
31 mins
Reconstructed: Building New Definitions Of Masculinity
Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023
27 mins
Unfriended: When Your BFF Breaks Your Heart (Revisited)
Aug 25, 2023
Aug 25, 2023
23 mins
Co-Worked: The Good, Bad & Ambivalent Of The Office Bestie (Revisited)
Aug 18, 2023
Aug 18, 2023
32 mins
Uncoupled: Thank U, Next (Revisited)
Aug 11, 2023
Aug 11, 2023
33 mins
Hooked Up: The Myth Of Sex With No Strings Attached (Revisited)
Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
31 mins
Mixed (Parent Edition): The Rao Family Talks Racial Identity
Jul 28, 2023
Jul 28, 2023
23 mins
Polished: Why We Care About Our Nails
Jul 21, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
35 mins
Mixed: Owning Your Multiracial Story
Jul 14, 2023
Jul 14, 2023
35 mins
Partnered: Mixing Business With Pleasure (Revisited)
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
38 mins
Sexted: Authoring Your Own Erotica
Jun 30, 2023
Jun 30, 2023
33 mins
Intentioned: Parenting Ourselves And Our Kids
Jun 23, 2023
Jun 23, 2023
35 mins
Isolated: The Silence Around Male Infertility
Jun 16, 2023
Jun 16, 2023
30 mins
Distracted: Adulting With ADHD
Jun 9, 2023
Jun 9, 2023
36 mins
Unpartnered: Building A Full, Single Life
Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
32 mins
Smooched: Why You'll Never Forget Your First Kiss
May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
32 mins
Sobbed: Why We Cry
May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023
33 mins
Delivered (Part Two): No More Postpartum Silence (Revisited)
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
34 mins
Delivered (Part One): Supporting A Post-Baby Body (Revisited)
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
33 mins
Obsessed: Breaking The OCD Cycle
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
36 mins
(Un)Circumcised: How Parents Decide
Apr 21, 2023
Apr 21, 2023
31 mins
Decided: Child-Free By Choice
Apr 14, 2023
Apr 14, 2023
33 mins
Scented: Life According To Your Nose (Revisited)
Apr 7, 2023
Apr 7, 2023
31 mins
Stuttered: Diversifying The Way We Speak
Mar 31, 2023
Mar 31, 2023
34 mins
Naked: No Clothes, No Problem (Revisited)
Mar 24, 2023
Mar 24, 2023
32 mins
Stimulated: How Vibrators Became America's Favorite Sex Toy
Mar 17, 2023
Mar 17, 2023
32 mins
Singled: Inside The Only-Child Family
Mar 10, 2023
Mar 10, 2023
33 mins
Dreamed: Inside Your Night Brain (Revisited)
Mar 3, 2023
Mar 3, 2023
29 mins
Commodified: When 'Wellness' Makes Us Unwell
Feb 24, 2023
Feb 24, 2023
28 mins
Slayed: Gender Performance Beyond The Binary
Feb 17, 2023
Feb 17, 2023
33 mins
Separated: Growing Up With An Incarcerated Father
Feb 10, 2023
Feb 10, 2023
30 mins
Amplified: Building Intimacy With Hearing Loss
Feb 3, 2023
Feb 3, 2023
40 mins
Refused: When You're Too Fat For Top Surgery
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
41 mins
Hypersexualized: Understanding Sex Addiction
Jan 20, 2023
Jan 20, 2023
29 mins
Sobered: Reexamining Your Relationship With Alcohol
Jan 13, 2023
Jan 13, 2023
34 mins
Inherited: Healing From Generational Trauma
Jan 6, 2023
Jan 6, 2023
32 mins
Purified: A Live Event Turned Podcast (Part Two)
Dec 23, 2022
Dec 23, 2022
33 mins
Purified: A Live Event Turned Podcast (Part One)
Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2022
46 mins
Navigated: The Rao Sisters On Holiday Conversations
Dec 9, 2022
Dec 9, 2022
22 mins
Co-Worked: The Good, Bad & Ambivalent Of The Office Bestie
Dec 2, 2022
Dec 2, 2022
32 mins
Involved: A Front-Row Seat To Your Parent’s Love Life
Nov 25, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
32 mins
Posed: Intimate Photography Goes Beyond Nudes
Nov 18, 2022
Nov 18, 2022
31 mins
Plucked: The Calm and Chaos of A Hair-Pulling Disorder
Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
33 mins
Valued: Unpacking Your Money Baggage
Nov 4, 2022
Nov 4, 2022
30 mins
Provided: A Gender-Inclusive Guide To Pelvic PT
Oct 28, 2022
Oct 28, 2022
35 mins
Carried: How Surrogacy Grows Families
Oct 21, 2022
Oct 21, 2022
31 mins
Disobeyed: Elissa Wall’s Journey To Reclaim Her Body
Oct 14, 2022
Oct 14, 2022
43 mins
Horrified: Joy, Memory & The Body In Black Horror
Oct 7, 2022
Oct 7, 2022
30 mins
Supported: The Stories Behind Our Bras
Sep 30, 2022
Sep 30, 2022
31 mins
Secured: Health Data In A Post-Roe World
Sep 23, 2022
Sep 23, 2022
30 mins
Feminized: Aligning Your Inner And Outer Selves
Sep 16, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
35 mins
Destined: Using The Stars As A Guide
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 9, 2022
34 mins
Invested: When It Gets Uncomfortable With Family
Sep 2, 2022
Sep 2, 2022
37 mins
Renounced: Leaving A Religious Community
Aug 26, 2022
Aug 26, 2022
30 mins
Undaunted: How Abortion Doulas Support You
Aug 19, 2022
Aug 19, 2022
32 mins
Aged Out: Life After Foster Care
Aug 5, 2022
Aug 5, 2022
34 mins
Remembered: How To Grieve An Animal Loved One
Jul 29, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
33 mins
Neurodiversified: New Representation In Romance Novels
Jul 22, 2022
Jul 22, 2022
28 mins
Partnered: Mixing Business With Pleasure
Jul 15, 2022
Jul 15, 2022
38 mins
Sobered: Reexamining Your Relationship With Alcohol
Jul 8, 2022
Jul 8, 2022
34 mins
Overturned: Accessing Abortion Care In A Southern State Where You Still Can
Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022
29 mins
Caffeinated: The Science & Culture Of Your Coffee Habit
Jun 24, 2022
Jun 24, 2022
34 mins
Delivered (Part Two): No More Postpartum Silence
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
34 mins
Delivered (Part One): Supporting A Post-Baby Body
Jun 10, 2022
Jun 10, 2022
33 mins
Perceived: Disrupting The Blind Stereotype
Jun 3, 2022
Jun 3, 2022
32 mins
Re-Cleansed: Skip The 10-Step Routine, But Not Your SPF
May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022
33 mins
Co-Parented: Raising Children In Community
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
35 mins
Fated: Terminal Illness & No-Limit Love
May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
28 mins
Counseled: How Sex Therapy Works
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
33 mins
Scented: Life According To Your Nose
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
31 mins
Widowed: Living With 'Great Grief'
Apr 22, 2022
Apr 22, 2022
28 mins
Televised: 'Sex Education' On Screen
Apr 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022
34 mins
Reimagined: The Sex Ed You Deserve (But Didn't Get)
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
31 mins
Purified: The Lasting Legacy of The Abstinence Pledge
Apr 1, 2022
Apr 1, 2022
29 mins
Parented: Raising A Gender-Expansive Kid
Mar 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2022
32 mins
Hooked Up: The Myth Of Sex With No Strings Attached
Mar 18, 2022
Mar 18, 2022
32 mins
Dreamed: Inside Your Night Brain
Mar 11, 2022
Mar 11, 2022
29 mins
Unfriended: When Your BFF Breaks Your Heart
Mar 4, 2022
Mar 4, 2022
24 mins
Uncoupled: Thank U, Next
Feb 25, 2022
Feb 25, 2022
35 mins
Estranged: When Family Bonds Break
Feb 18, 2022
Feb 18, 2022
34 mins
Floored: The Pelvic Muscles You Need To Know
Feb 11, 2022
Feb 11, 2022
25 mins
Vocalized: The Sound Of Who You Are
Feb 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022
31 mins
Painted: The Politics Behind Every Red Lip
Jan 28, 2022
Jan 28, 2022
28 mins
Accepted: Bringing Body Neutrality Into The Conversation
Jan 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022
34 mins
Intuited: Trusting Your Body On What And When To Eat
Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022
28 mins
Dieted: Unlearning Lessons From Thin-Obsessed Culture
Jan 7, 2022
Jan 7, 2022
31 mins
Muscled: Competitive Bodybuilders On Strength And Sacrifice
Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
23 mins
Unbuttoned: The Surprising History Of Lingerie
Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2021
28 mins
Napped: The Right To Remain Rested
Dec 3, 2021
Dec 3, 2021
33 mins
Primed: Getting Ready To Grow Old
Nov 19, 2021
Nov 19, 2021
25 mins
Aced: Love, Romance And Asexuality
Nov 12, 2021
Nov 12, 2021
24 mins
Feminized: Aligning Your Inner And Outer Selves
Nov 5, 2021
Nov 5, 2021
34 mins
Menopaused: Life's Misunderstood Chapter
Oct 29, 2021
Oct 29, 2021
33 mins
Tracked: How Tech Can Be A Tool Of Abuse
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
33 mins
Coordinated: The Making Of A Sex Scene
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
21 mins
Cleansed: Skip The 10-Step Routine, But Not Your SPF
Oct 8, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
32 mins
Overnighted: 24-Hour Childcare Center Workers Are An Extension Of Families
Oct 1, 2021
Oct 1, 2021
33 mins
Snipped: Why A Vasectomy Is A Great Idea
Sep 24, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
27 mins
Accepted: Why Feeling Neutral About Your Body Can Be A Good Thing
Sep 17, 2021
Sep 17, 2021
32 mins
Transitioned: Death Doulas On Dying Well
Sep 10, 2021
Sep 10, 2021
30 mins
Naked: No Clothes, No Problem
Sep 3, 2021
Sep 3, 2021
32 mins
TLDR: You'll Be Hearing More From Us
Aug 27, 2021
Aug 27, 2021
1 min
Incarcerated: Love In Lockdown
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
34 mins
Discussed: Tips On Taking Conversations Into Tough Territory
May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
35 mins
(Un)Rested: Awakening Our Understanding Of Sleep
May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
29 mins
Disabled: Dating And Sex In The Body You Have
May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
20 mins
Adopted: Claiming Space For Transracial Kids
Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
27 mins
Returned: Bouncing Back With Boomerang Love
Apr 21, 2021
Apr 21, 2021
35 mins
Infected: Putting Misinformation About Herpes To Bed
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
21 mins
Played: What Today's Generation Of Gamers Get Right
Apr 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021
21 mins
Terminated: Abortion Stories You Won't Hear From Hollywood
Mar 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
25 mins
Shaved: Our Tangled Relationship With Body Hair
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021
21 mins
Trailer: Season Two
Mar 16, 2021
Mar 16, 2021
2 mins
Embattled: Trans Troops On A Mission For Equality
Jan 14, 2021
Jan 14, 2021
24 mins
Transitioned: The Double Shift
Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
30 mins
Aged: Sexual Desire And Dating After 50
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
29 mins
Gendered: What It's Like To Be Trans In The Exam Room
Sep 24, 2020
Sep 24, 2020
23 mins
Mothered: Raising Kids Radically
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020
27 mins
Othered: The Only One In The Room
Sep 10, 2020
Sep 10, 2020
35 mins
Pooped: The Second Brain Inside Us
Sep 3, 2020
Sep 3, 2020
22 mins
Burned: The Stress Threshold
Aug 27, 2020
Aug 27, 2020
23 mins
SeXXXed: Porn For All
Aug 20, 2020
Aug 20, 2020
24 mins
Pleasured: The Sex Talk That Wasn't
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
24 mins
Embodied: Trailer
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
3 mins