Bodies (podcast) explained

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] 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sawyer . Miranda . 2018-07-29 . The week in podcasts: Bodies; 100: 1 – The Crack Legacy . 2024-01-25 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
  2. Web site: Podcast: Bodies — medical mysteries and gender politics . 2024-01-25 . www.ft.com.
  3. Web site: Orr . Alice Florence . 2020-06-10 . Bodies Is More Than a Medical Mystery Podcast . 2024-01-25 . Podcast Review . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2018-09-25 . Podcast Spotlight: Allison Behringer '12 Delves Into Medical Mysteries . 2024-01-25 . Princeton Alumni Weekly . en.
  5. Web site: Transcript - Why Medical Mysteries Plague Women . 2024-01-25 . slate.com . en.
  6. Web site: Altman . Anna . Listening to Women's Bodies Anna Altman . 2024-01-25 . The New York Review of Books . 18 January 2019 . en.
  7. Web site: Sex Hurts . 2024-01-25 . Online Journalism Awards . en-US.
  8. News: Podcast of the week: Bodies – sex, pleasure and medical ignorance . 2024-01-25 . The Irish Times . en.
  9. Web site: Not This Again . 2024-01-25 . www.thirdcoastfestival.org.
  10. Web site: 2019 California Fellows USC Center for Health Journalism . 2024-01-25 . centerforhealthjournalism.org . en.
  11. Web site: Romain . Lindsey . 2018-05-07 . The Best New Podcasts of 2018 . 2024-01-25 . Thrillist . en.