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Sneak peek: Bodies, new season 4 is full of medical mysteries and self-discovery. New episodes coming April 19.

5 Apr 20231min

Growing up and going through puberty, the only thing many of us learned about the menstrual cycle was the period part. But there's so much more to it. How charting the cycle's fertile signs can be the...

1 Dec 202129min

This week, the FDA will make a decision on whether or not to approve the first ever treatment for achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. But not everyone is celebrating. This controversial ...

17 Nov 202137min

When River was first told that something was wrong with their body, they didn't think it was that big a deal. But the medical system and their parents disagreed. Outside pressure to make River "normal...

3 Nov 202126min

An elementary school in L.A. County was built on a contaminated site and made its community sick — How that community came together to demand change, and a controversial plan to build a new school.

20 Okt 202137min

On today's indie spotlight, we share "Infinities," by Boen Wang. It's about mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the nature of infinity. Find more of Boen's work at Bo...

13 Okt 202125min

Lill lives in Appalachian West Virginia — it's coal country, and it's also the overdose capital of the United States. An increasingly dangerous drug supply and a lack of safe supplies like clean syrin...

6 Okt 202147min

Kelly was in her 20s in the 1980s and she was determined enjoy sex without shame...until she got an STI she'd never heard of. And so she married the first person who accepted her. When stigma is all a...

22 Sep 202133min