episode 18: Birth As a Rite of Passage
Raise your hand if you were born! Since it’s such a human universal, it’s no wonder that it’s recently been all over the news and the campaign trail. In this podcast, Professor Burlingame delves into how birth is a rite of passage where important identity changes take place. When viewed more clearly as a biocultural event, birth holds hints to how we can improve it in America. (Originally aired on 4/30/2019)
(8 minutes and 55 seconds)
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