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Bodies
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.
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37 episodiThe 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 e...
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 stabil...
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 psyc...
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 fu...
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...
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...
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 th...
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....
Trailer: Season 4
Sneak peek: Bodies, new season 4 is full of medical mysteries and self-discovery. New episodes coming April 19.
Reading the Signs of your Body
Growing up and going through puberty, the only thing many of us learned about the menstrual cycle was the period part. But there's so much more to it....
Not your average
This week, the FDA will make a decision on whether or not to approve the first ever treatment for achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Bu...
Carved from Secrets
When River was first told that something was wrong with their body, they didn't think it was that big a deal. But the medical system and their parents...
LA’s toxic secret
An elementary school in L.A. County was built on a contaminated site and made its community sick — How that community came together to demand change,...
Indie Spotlight: “Infinities”
On today's indie spotlight, we share "Infinities," by Boen Wang. It's about mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the...
Do Less Harm
Lill lives in Appalachian West Virginia — it's coal country, and it's also the overdose capital of the United States. An increasingly dangerous drug s...
Something Extra
Kelly was in her 20s in the 1980s and she was determined enjoy sex without shame...until she got an STI she'd never heard of. And so she married the f...
Special Programming from Bodies Podcast
KCRW's Bodies podcast is a documentary show about medical mysteries. Each episode follows one person's story to uncover the forces that shape their he...
Listen to Appearances
From the brand new podcast Appearances, by Sharon Mashihi, we bring you "Episode 04: Last Ditch Effort." Appearances is an audio mind trip about an Ir...
Changing Shape
Nico is obsessed with counting calories. But this compulsion to monitor food doesn't line up with how they see themself. Why does Nico want parts of t...
Not This Again
Angelina was a journalist living in Brooklyn when she was diagnosed with ALS. She now lives with her parents. How do you stay true to yourself when yo...
Listen to Here Be Monsters
Is your body more like a machine or a body of water? An excerpt from Here Be Monsters, a KCRW podcast about fear and the unknown.
Invisible Impact
Stacie escaped her abusive partner. But eight years later, her inner world was still in disarray. Why wasn't she better? And why did it take her so lo...
Postpartum in a Pandemic
ShiShi was in labor for 12 days. She gave birth, only to find herself at home in isolation during a pandemic. She's also a doula, so her job is to sup...
The Cost of Silky Soft
Johnson & Johnson knew its baby powder contained asbestos but kept selling it and specifically marketed the product to Black women. Krystal is one of...
Not Tested on Humans
Why did it take doctors years to figure out that a medical device was the cause of Melynda's debilitating pain? How did this dangerous vaginal mesh ge...
Uncontrollable Orgasms
Orgasms are supposed to feel good. But for Angie, they're painful and spontaneous. Anything can trigger the horny feelings: Bumpy bus rides, loud musi...
Update: Season 2
Bodies is coming back! Season 2 will launch on March 4, 2020.
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Unraveling
In a lot of ways, menopause is like puberty. Your hormones are changing and setting off a whole host of bodily changes. It's something that happens to...
Refusing to Feed
New parents have one job: keep the baby alive. But what happens when the baby won't eat? Vivian Chen is a trained family doctor, but when she can't fi...
The Bodies Award
Host Allison Behringer plays the three finalists from the KCRW Radio Race "Bodies Award." She takes us behind the scenes and explains why she chose th...
Other Than
Jeromey is sixteen when the hair appears on her cheeks. She thinks she's transforming into a monster. Stuck in a world where beauty begets womanhood,...
Anxious Mess
For Reese, the hum of daily life isn't a hum at all. It's exhausting, disorienting and always out of her grasp. What people assume about her work as a...
Bleeding
KalaLea has terrible, awful periods. But don't a lot of women? Well, yes and no. After more than a decade of suffering, KalaLea discovers that the cau...
Sex Hurts
For Bodies host Allison Behringer, sex suddenly becomes painful. This is her journey to find out why.
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Bodies Trailer
"What's wrong with me?" Bodies is a new documentary series that begins as a medical mystery. But once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge....