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OCD often goes misdiagnosed and misunderstood … and if left untreated, can impact platonic, intimate and familial relationships in challenging ways.
- Added: Jan 23, 2024
- Length: 58:23
Humans are the only animal to produce emotional tears. Asking questions about this behavior can help us better understand how we live our lives.
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 58:23
Between the ages of 40 and 70, more than half of all people with penises will deal with some form of erectile dysfunction. While that experience ca...
- Added: Jan 10, 2024
- Length: 58:23
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 m...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio, KGOU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more
- Added: Jan 04, 2024
- Length: 58:23
- Purchases: 10
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 m...
- Added: Jan 04, 2024
- Length: 58:23
Stuttering has long been the butt of many jokes. People who stutter are working to change that.
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 58:23
Many incarcerated people are also parents. Their children navigate social stigma and barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones.
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 58:23
In this digital age of flawless, perfect, poreless skin, dealing with adult acne can be incredibly isolating. Two skinfluencers and a photographer ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 58:23
For older Americans, social isolation is a public health crisis. As we age, our relationships evolve and our communities change — how do we accept ...
- Added: Dec 07, 2023
- Length: 58:23
012: From the strip club to the studio: the history, politics and passion of pole dancing, 12/1/2023
From: EmbodiedSeries: Embodied
Art, sport, workout, therapy: modern pole dancing has taken on many forms. A veteran stripper, a pole studio owner, and a young dancer discuss poli...
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 58:23
The rise of the wellness industry and marketing of wellness products moves us away from the individualized practices that actually make us feel hea...
- Added: Nov 22, 2023
- Length: 58:23
The rise of the wellness industry and marketing of wellness products moves us away from the individualized practices that actually make us feel hea...
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Boise State Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more
- Added: Nov 22, 2023
- Length: 58:23
- Purchases: 8
Third culture kids spend their formative years trotting the globe, moving between different cultures and countries. Two third culture families shar...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Boise State Public Radio
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 58:23
- Purchases: 2
Complex PTSD describes the existence of long-term trauma. An artist, a therapist, and a researcher seek to unravel the nuances of C-PTSD, while sti...
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 58:23
Fandoms have got a lot of media attention for their toxicity. But there’s a big flip side — one that describes the mental health and community bene...
- Added: Nov 01, 2023
- Length: 58:23
In surrogate partner therapy, a therapist, a surrogate partner and a client work together to understand and help resolve the client’s challenges wi...
- Added: Oct 04, 2023
- Length: 58:23
Not every eviction is equal.
- Added: Aug 18, 2023
- Length: 29:00
In this episode, Emily speaks with writer and philosophy professor Chloé Cooper Jones about her memoir Easy Beauty, which chronicles her quest to w...
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 53:50
The Nocturnists’ Emily Silverman tells a story about how medical school satisfied much of her curiosity about the human body—but how some mysteries...
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 44:24
Medical student Katie van Kampen brings us into the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons. The deeper they get into the forest, the more parallels th...
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 42:56
Actor-turned-otolaryngologist Alessa Colaianni has no problem acting sad—it’s actually feeling sad that’s the problem. In this episode, Alessa tell...
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 40:08
Primary care doctor Tseganesh Selameab brings us inside her practice as a provider for immigrants and refugees, and describes one of the most commo...
- Added: May 04, 2023
- Length: 39:02
Emergency medicine and helicopter flight physician Mike Abernethy recounts an unexpected run-in at his local Walmart that made him feel as if he’d ...
- Added: May 04, 2023
- Length: 46:55
Hospitalist PJ Lally reflects on a time he got a second chance at life.
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 47:19
OB/GYN Jackie Howitt and pediatrician Gretchen Volk bring us into the deserted airport where they first met in April 2020 on their way to offer COV...
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 53:32
