Bodies

KCRW, Allison Behringer

4,8 (130)
FORME ET SANTÉ

Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system. Once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge. Created by Allison Behringer and supported by KCRW.

2023-06-07

The Fight for Abortion Training

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has severely restricted how doctors can access training in abortion care and it’s already having a devastating ripple effect on patients seeking all kinds of reproductive care. Two medical residents in abortion-restricted states fight for training and for the future health of their patients. Plus, the centuries-long battle over who gets access to abortion training in the first place. Transcript at kcrw.com/bodies.

43 min
2023-06-06 · CONTENU BONI

From This is Uncomfortable: The Price of Eggs

From This is Uncomfortable, we bring you the story of Ashleigh Griffin. She hoped the fertility industry could put her on the road to financial stability. But the decision to donate her eggs had some unexpected costs.

44 min
2023-05-31

The Fourth Trimester

Jess was overjoyed when she got pregnant. But after giving birth, her reality spiraled out of control. She didn’t know it, but she had postpartum psychosis, a mental health condition that occurs after about 1 in every 500 births.Read the full transcript here.

43 min
2023-05-17

Early Birds

Puberty is starting younger and younger, especially estrogen-dominant puberty. We talk to three kids and one teen about extra early puberty and the funny, scary, embarrassing and joyful experiences that come with it. Transcript at kcrw.com/bodies.

34 min
2023-05-10 · CONTENU BONI

From Embodied: Child-Free not Childless

From the Embodied podcast, we bring you “Decided: Child-Free not Childless.” Embodied host Anita Rao has interrogated many aspects of parenthood. But how about the decision to become a parent at all? She talks with three women about making their child-free decisions and meets a psychotherapist who's devoted her career to helping people find clarity in that choice.

36 min
2023-05-03

The Great Beyond

Angelina Fanous has been living with ALS for nearly a decade. She is almost fully paralyzed and losing her ability to speak. As she prepares for death, she’s thinking about the story she’ll leave behind. Transcript at kcrw.com/bodies.

31 min
2023-04-26

Diverging

No matter how hard producer Hannah Harris Green tried, there were certain areas of life where she found herself to be deficient. Until she realized that a diagnosis could help relieve her shame instead of adding to it. Transcript at kcrw.com/bodies.

36 min
2023-04-19

Touch

A vending machine ritual, a life-changing massage, a spiffy velvet outfit and a belly full of caterpillars. Four stories of touch. Transcript at kcrw.com/bodies.

29 min

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BANDE-ANNONCE

Trailer: Season 4

Sneak peek: Bodies, new season 4 is full of medical mysteries and self-discovery. New episodes coming April 19.

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Trailer: Season 3

Trailer: Season 3

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Trailer: Season 2

Season 2 of Bodies coming March 4, 2020.

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Update: Season 2

Bodies is coming back! Season 2 will launch on March 4, 2020.Join Bodies Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BodiesPodcast/Email us: allison@bodiespodcast.comFollow us: @bodiespodcast

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130 notes

Finally someone cares about woken’s bodies

2022-04-26

Avecat25

Thank you Alison and the Bodies team for making this podcast, for advocating for our bodies and for reminding us all of the social conditioning that rules our own thoughts about our bodies. This is an amazing podcast — I tell everyone it’s my favourite of all time.
Fantastic.

2021-11-20

Dad tears

I love this podcast so much. So thoughtfully executed and fascinating. I’m always so moved by everyone’s bravery and openness in sharing their stories. Thank you!
I love this show

2021-11-18

.graytimes.

It tells stories that I don’t see represented anywhere else and it tells them in beautiful ways.
Knowledge for my soul

2021-10-18

Angelina 143

I am vibrating from episode 1. The thoughtful reporting around the harmful effects of the birth control pill is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your good work.

Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system. Once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge. Created by Allison Behringer and supported by KCRW.