Bodies (podcast)

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Bodies is a podcast hosted by Allison Behringer and produced by KCRW. [1] [2] [3] The first season debuted in 2018 and was a total of four episodes long. [4] The show has since released four seasons. [5] In the show, Behringer discusses the necessity of passing knowledge from one generation to the next and the responsibility of a parent to provide proper sex education to their children. [6]

The show won an Online Journalism Award in 2019 for the episode entitled "Sex Hurts". [7] In the episode, Behringer recounts how a doctor dismissed her concerns when she expressed that she had been experiencing pain whenever she had sex, which turned out to be due to the contraceptive that she was taking at the time. [8] The show won a Third Coast Festival Award in 2020 for the episode entitled "Not This Again" [9] , featuring former VICE editor Angelina Fanous and produced by journalist Hannah Harris Green. Behringer was granted a 2019 fellowship by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. [10] Thrillest included the show on their list of the best podcasts of 2018. [11]

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  2. ↑ "Podcast: Bodies — medical mysteries and gender politics". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  3. ↑ Orr, Alice Florence (2020-06-10). "Bodies Is More Than a Medical Mystery Podcast". Podcast Review. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Podcast Spotlight: Allison Behringer '12 Delves Into Medical Mysteries". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  5. ↑ "Transcript - Why Medical Mysteries Plague Women". slate.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  6. ↑ Altman, Anna (18 January 2019). "Listening to Women's Bodies | Anna Altman". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Sex Hurts". Online Journalism Awards. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  8. ↑ "Podcast of the week: Bodies – sex, pleasure and medical ignorance". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  9. ↑ "Not This Again". www.thirdcoastfestival.org. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  10. ↑ "2019 California Fellows | USC Center for Health Journalism". centerforhealthjournalism.org. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  11. ↑ Romain, Lindsey (2018-05-07). "The Best New Podcasts of 2018". Thrillist. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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