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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Freelance journalist Jim Morrill talks with 瓜神app's Anita Rao about his recent story in The Assembly: 鈥淗ow Destin Hall Rose From Humble Beginnings to House Speaker.鈥� -
When you make a living doing online sex work, what happens to your offline relationship with sex and your body? -
It's been half a century since the psychedelic era. Now, some baby boomers are returning to the drugs of their youth 鈥� not for rock and roll, but to confront aging. -
If 2025 is the year you鈥檙e hoping to become known for giving great advice, Embodied is here to give you the tools to start the year off strong. -
Third culture kids spend their formative years trotting the globe, moving between different cultures and countries. Two third culture families share an intergenerational conversation about how they have navigated identity and relationships. -
Tens of millions of Americans have lost a parent by the age of 25. What is grief like for these young adults just starting out? -
The majority of American men over 35 will experience thinning hair and balding. Why is something so normal so culturally feared? -
As a mixed-race adult, Anita's been reckoning with what it means to stay connected to cultural identity. And she鈥檚 prioritizing one thing in particular: food. -
Nearly 40% of U.S. adults are single, and some choose not to look for a relationship or date. If singleness is common, why are single people treated unfairly? -
American sign language is the third most commonly used language in the U.S., but for many Deaf folks, it's about so much more than communication. An author, a poet and two scholars share the history and culture of ASL.
