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.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 14 hours 21 minutes
Bonus Episode: Can Couples Learn to Argue Better? from The Happiness Lab
No matter how much you love your partner, your relationship will never be totally free from disagreement. And nor should it be, say researchers Dr John Gottman and Dr Julie Schwartz Gottman. We actually just need to learn to argue better.
Signed: How ASL Became A Language Of Resistance
Anita talks to two Deaf artists about how ASL gave them tools for self-understanding and artistic expression. Then she learns from two scholars about Black American Sign Language (BASL).
Tingled: Your Brain And Heart On ASMR
Anita talks to a physiologist who's been exploring the science of ASMR for the past decade. Plus, she meets an ASMR artist and a woman who turned to the world of Boyfriend ASMR to heal her broken heart.
Retrieved: What Egg Donors Want You To Know
Anita talks with two egg donors about why they donated and what they wish they'd known earlier. Plus, a medical anthropologist shines a light on the messy world of donor compensation.
Lifted: Wanting (And Getting) A Bigger Butt
Anita learns about the ins and outs of the Brazilian butt lift from a plastic surgeon and a BBL recipient. Then a scholar puts our obsession with big butts in historical context.
[Simulated Part Three] Immortalized: Building An AI Afterlife
Anita meets a tech journalist who built bots of her parents to see how AI could preserve their memories for the long term. She also talks with a philosophy professor about the ways that ancient Chinese philosophy can address AI's emerging ethical issues and how grief tech fits into a long history of traditions around death and mourning.
[Simulated Part Two] Fantasized: The Arrival Of The Sex Robots
Anita talks to an artificial intelligence scholar who's traced sex robots from Greek mythology to the prototypes on the market today. Plus, a writer shines a light on the dark world of a futuristic brothel … explored from the perspective of an AI Sex Bot herself.
[Simulated Part One] Auto-mated: When A Bot Becomes Your Boo
AI chatbots fill a variety of roles from customer support to text generator. But what about their romantic potential?
Menstruated: What Our Period Blood Tells Us
Menstruation has long been stigmatized. Guest host Omisade Burney-Scott wonders: what can we learn by embracing it?
Bonus Episode: How y'all conquered the world
English speakers outside the South are embracing the word y’all. And the reasons may surprise you.