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Anita Rao
Host and Executive Editor, "Embodied"Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.
You can send Anita an e-mail at arao@wunc.org.
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The majority of mental health professionals in the U.S. are white. Therapists of color are working to expand the diversity of their field and increase access to meet a rising demand for their services.
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Tens of thousands of Americans each year are voluntarily and involuntarily committed into psychiatric institutes. A memoirist and an organizer share their experiences inside the wards.
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An essayist, activist and novelist discuss love, disability and how writing has shifted their relationship with others and themselves.
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Tens of thousands of nail salons across the U.S. are places of connection, reinvention, and community. They also make up a multi-billion dollar industry that tells stories about power and economic mobility. Why are nails so culturally and economically significant?
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Nearly one in five people seeking abortion care must cross state lines to get it. Here’s what it takes to get those folks to their appointments and back.
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The vast majority of people living with dementia receive essential care from their own family and friends. Two caregivers share their experiences supporting their loved ones with dementia.
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About half of all infertility cases involve male fertility issues. Yet reproductive spaces are often dominated by women — and the male perspective goes unheard.
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Puberty is a rite of passage that most of us experience as teenagers. But for some trans folks, big hormonal changes happen again in adulthood.
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When you’re living with a stigmatized mental illness like bipolar disorder, opening up to romantic partners can be tough. A married couple and a single woman share their stories.
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Compulsive sexual behavior has many names and no one clear diagnosis. But what is agreed upon is that when sex prohibits you from living life the way you want, that’s an issue. And there is help available.