Anita Rao
Host and Executive Editor, "Embodied"Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.
You can send Anita an e-mail at arao@wunc.org.
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For decades, trans people have responded to the needs in their community with technological innovation. One researcher explores the possibilities, limitations and future of trans tech. -
While eating disorders affect all races and ethnicities at similar rates, people of color are less than half as likely to receive a diagnosis than their white counterparts. A licensed mental health therapist decided to dig into why. -
The number of people in the U.S. who identify as two or more races is on the rise. So what can help diminish the sense of unbelonging that is common for mixed folks? -
When we鈥檝e experienced wrongs and trauma at the hands of the people and institutions that once supported us, how do we forgive 鈥� and heal? -
Most parents in Anita's life tell her that it's a relentless job ... so if you're doing it all without a partner, how is it possible to also sustain a relationship with sex and romance? -
Soph Myers-Kelley and his mom, Ren茅 Myers, got diagnosed with the same connective tissue disorder one year apart. What happened next was a process of learning together 鈥� and getting glimpses into the past and future of what living with the disorder is like. -
Food and sex have been deeply intertwined in our cultural imagination for millennia. Anita dives into the surprising history of why. -
In the hours and days following now-President Donald Trump鈥檚 re-election, online searches about leaving the U.S. surged. Host Anita Rao talks with a woman who turned a desire to leave the U.S. into reality. -
Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really make us better people? -
If you鈥檝e spent some time on TikTok or YouTube recently, you might have stumbled across ASMR content without even knowing it. From long acrylic nails tapping away on everyday objects to slow, soft whispers, ASMR content is a multifaceted and rapidly growing source of relaxation for millions. But what鈥檚 the science behind this brain-tingly phenomenon, and why do so many people love it?
