Amanda Magnus
Executive Producer, "Embodied"Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other WUNC shows including "Tested" and "CREEP."
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In the past 30 years, the divorce rate for Americans over 55 has doubled. After a decades-long marriage, serving the papers is just one small act before what comes next. -
What’s the deal with male friendship? A podcaster describes the particular features and challenges of friendships among men, including how his research into masculinity has changed how he’s thinking about his own relationships. -
Two doctors describe the role of intuition in medical decision-making as a case study into the mysterious power of this unquantifiable form of knowledge. -
A podcaster shares her journey of getting to the bottom of her own medical mystery: why she experiences debilitating period cramps every few months. -
Most parents in Anita's life tell her that it's a relentless job ... so if you're doing it all without a partner, how is it possible to also sustain a relationship with sex and romance? -
Soph Myers-Kelley and his mom, René Myers, got diagnosed with the same connective tissue disorder one year apart. What happened next was a process of learning together — and getting glimpses into the past and future of what living with the disorder is like. -
Food and sex have been deeply intertwined in our cultural imagination for millennia. Anita dives into the surprising history of why. -
In the hours and days following now-President Donald Trump’s re-election, online searches about leaving the U.S. surged. Host Anita Rao talks with a woman who turned a desire to leave the U.S. into reality. -
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 — not for rock and roll, but to confront aging.
