Embodied

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Embodied episodes

August 27, 2020 Burned: The Stress Threshold
Anita is a workaholic. Being overworked stresses Anita out. Too much stress leads to poor health. Don't be like Anita.
Meet the guests:
- Amelia Nagoski, conductor and co-author of "Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" talks about the physical and psychological signals our body sends when its in distress.
- Emilio Vicente, activist and communications manager for Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, shares the unique burnout challenges for activists and how changing his relationship with success has helped him experience less burnout.
- Anita's parents talk about where Anita's tendency to overwork comes from (her dad) and how he's learned the health consequences of burnout the hard way.
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24 min
August 27, 2020 Burned: The Stress Threshold
Anita is a workaholic. Being overworked stresses Anita out. Too much stress leads to poor health. Don't be like Anita.
24 min
August 20, 2020 SeXXXed: Porn For All
Anita questions whether her inner feminist will ever let her come around to enjoying porn without shame.
Meet the guests:
- Monèt Noelle Marshall, an artist and activist, talks about creating an artistic project exploring sexual shame.
- Shine Louise Houston, founding director and producer of Pink and White Productions, takes us behind-the-scenes of creating ethical porn.
- Mia Little, an adult film actor and content creator, talks about challenging the sexual stereotypes about Asian people while they are hard at work.
- Gina Gutierrez, co-founder and CEO of Dipsea, talks about why audio erotica can help folks access their sexuality.
- Anita's parents talk about their relationship with porn...and Anita's dad surprises them both on mic.
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CORRECTION: Mia Little uses they/them pronouns and identifies as Filipino-American. An earlier edit of this episode used incorrect pronouns to identify them. This has since been corrected. But we're still bummed about it.
25 min
August 20, 2020 SeXXXed: Porn For All
Anita questions whether her inner feminist will ever let her come around to enjoying porn without shame.
25 min
August 13, 2020 Pleasured: The Sex Talk That Wasn't
Anita realizes she never got 'the sex talk' growing up. And even if she had, it probably wouldn't have gone like this.
Meet the guests:
- Emily Nagoski, author and sex educator, introduces a new framework for thinking about sex and pleasure.
- Carin Bondar, biologist and science communicator, talks about what humans can learn from understanding how sex works in the animal kingdom.
- Anita's parents reflect on why they never gave her the sex talk and what they hope to do differently with their grandkids.
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25 min
August 13, 2020 Pleasured: The Sex Talk That Wasn't
Anita realizes she never got 'the sex talk' growing up. And even if she had, it probably wouldn't have gone like this.
25 min
July 28, 2020 Embodied: Trailer
Impolite conversations. Intimate connections. Important self-discoveries.
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4 min
July 28, 2020 Embodied: Trailer
Impolite conversations. Intimate connections. Important self-discoveries.
4 min

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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,…