Paige Miranda
Producer, "Embodied"Paige Miranda is a producer for "Embodied". She is a science communicator, who previously served as WUNC’s 2023 AAAS Mass Media Fellow. During her PhD in neuroscience at New York University, Paige spent her days studying memory formation in sea slugs. In the evenings, she could be found broadcasting her science podcast, Benchwork, on WNYU 89.1FM. There she covered diverse topics ranging from music therapy to fake fossil scandals.
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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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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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Building intimate friendships can be difficult, especially for men and masculine-of-center people. Guest host Omisade Burney-Scott talks to four Black men about how they navigate masculinity, friendship and vulnerability.
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More and more women are breaking up with the expectation that you need a partner to parent. What’s it like raising kids as a single mother by choice?
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People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change yet are often sidelined from policy conversations. Three disability activists share their stories of resilience and wisdom in the face of the climate crisis.
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A gender transition means a lot of changes in a person's life — and a lot of changes for their romantic partner. Two couples share their experiences of staying together after one partner came out as trans.
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A gender transition is a moment of personal flux that can also have a big impact on a romantic relationship. Anita meets two couples who continued to choose each other after one partner came out as trans: a South African couple in their 20s and an American couple who went through a transition after 22 years of marriage.
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American Sign Language is the third-most used language in the U.S. ASL has its own culture and art forms, and for many Deaf folks, ASL is about much more than just communication. Anita talks to Deaf author Sara Nović and Deaf ASL Slam poet Douglas Ridloff about how ASL gave them tools for self-understanding and artistic expression. Then she learns from scholars Carolyn McCaskill and Joseph Hill about Black American Sign Language (BASL), an ASL dialect that emerged because of school segregation.
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The Brazilian butt lift is one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures. What is driving the desire for a “perfect peach”?