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Audrey Smith

Producer, "Embodied"

Audrey Smith is a writer, educator, and temporary producer of "Embodied" based in Greensboro, NC. She holds a Master's degree in Secondary English Language Arts Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2018) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction Writing from Oregon State University (2021).

Audrey's nonfiction writing has previously appeared in DASH Literary Journal, Hippocampus Magazine, and Nat. Brut. As the queer daughter of a gynecologist and a Methodist minister, she's no stranger to taking on the taboo.

  • An illustration of a woman viewed from behind, seated on a pink bedspread in a room with purple, tropical-patterned wallpaper. She is wearing a floral, off-the-shoulder bra that she is slipping off her shoulders. She's wearing a matching skirt. A laptop displaying blurred content is placed in front of her, and the word "Embodied" appears in bold purple text at the top.
    Offline Lives of Online Sex Workers
    Audrey Smith
    When you make a living doing online sex work, what happens to your offline relationship with sex and your body?
  • Three people with disabilities stand in a row modeling brightly colored, boldly patterned outfits. The person on the left is Black with a blond afro. They are wearing a two-piece swimsuit and high-heeled ankle boots. They have a cane. The person in the middle is light-skinned with purple hair, and wears a bodysuit with high top sneakers. The person on the right is also light-skinned, and wears winged eye makeup. They sit in a wheelchair with a respirator wearing long pants and a hoodie.
    Desiring Disability in Fashion
    Audrey Smith
    Mainstream adaptive fashion lines are relatively new, but creating clothes to fit and flatter a range of bodies has long been part of disability culture. Anita meets three disabled fashionistas who design with disabled bodies as a starting point, not an afterthought.
  • An illustration showing a couple from behind their medicine cabinet. In the foreground of the illustration are the two shelves in the medicine cabinet with various pill bottles on them. In the background you can see the couple nuzzling each other. The person on the left is male-presenting and has medium-brown skin, short brown hair, a beard without hair on his cheeks and freckles. He is wearing a wedding ring and taking a bottle with the label "H.I.V. Pills" on it from the cabinet. The person on the right is male-presenting with medium tan skin, short brown hair and a full beard on his face. The word "Embodied" is at the top of the illustration.
    Dating, Sex & Love With HIV
    Audrey Smith
    About half of all HIV-positive people in long term relationships have HIV-negative partners. This mixed-status life affects everything from sex and intimacy to immigration.
  • An illustration featuring two people sitting on a couch with a blanket and pillows. The person on the left has brown skin, short dark hair and is wearing a hearing aid. That person's fingers are in the hair of the person on the right, who is sitting with their knees up and laughing. They have long brown hair and light skin. There is a hearing aid matching the one worn by the other person tangled in their hair.
    How Hearing Loss Informs our Intimate Relationships
    Audrey Smith
    Hearing aids are sometimes presented as a silver bullet for communication issues arising from hearing loss. But hard of hearing folks already on their hearing aids journey know that the reality of adjusting to these devices is much more complex.
  • A photo of the back of a person's head with two white hands on top of it. The head has very short, potentially-shaved short dark hair.
    Trichotillomania: The Calm and Chaos of the Hair-Pulling Disorder
    Audrey Smith
    Although references to hair-pulling can be found as far back as ancient Egypt, the hair-pulling disorder known as trichotillomania is still riddled with shame, misconceptions and lack of awareness.
  • Plucked: The Calm And Chaos Of A Hair-Pulling Disorder (Revisited)
    Audrey Smith
    Anita agrees to a suggestion posed by a listener: Explore why the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania is so taboo. She talks with an artist who started pulling their hair more than two decades ago but only recently told her parents鈥fter publishing part of their story in a national news outlet. A psychologist on the front-lines of studying trich treatment talks about the importance of acceptance; and a hairstylist with trich takes us into why her salon is a safe haven for other folks with hair loss.
  • Five fists centered in the middle of the frame, all showing off friendship bracelets on their wrists.
    When It鈥檚 Your BFF Who Breaks Your Heart
    Audrey Smith
    Friendship breakups can be just as painful as romantic ones, and we don鈥檛 talk about them nearly enough.
  • Friendship breakups aren't recognized in the way that romantic breakups are, but for many folks they are just as painful.
    Unfriended: When Your BFF Breaks Your Heart (Revisited)
    Anita Rao
    Anita got friend dumped for the first time in 6th grade, and she's still not over it. She talks to folks about the distinct pain of a platonic breakup and gets some tools for building strong friendships, setting boundaries and figuring out when it's time to let go.
  • A hand holds a playing card. It's an Ace of Hearts, but the heart is broken in two.
    鈥淒ear Embodied鈥�: Breakup Advice for the Brokenhearted
    Audrey Smith
    With the help of two relationship advice columnists, Embodied responds to listener stories about ending romantic relationships.
  • Image of a person lying on a bed in a bedroom hugging a pillow with an image of a broken heart next to them. On the floor you see a box that says "Jesse" and some items strewn about including photographs.
    Uncoupled: Thank U, Next (Revisited)
    Anita Rao
    Anita has no qualms about being an armchair therapist for friends going through a breakup. But sometimes she wonders how her advice aligns with what relationship experts say. Advice columnists Meredith Goldstein and Stacia Brown give guidance on breaking up "well," going no-contact, navigating social media and finding the right breakup anthem for the moment.
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