Reading the Signs of your Body
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....
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“What’s wrong with me?” Each episode of this documentary series begins as a medical mystery. But once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge.
Not your average
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. Bu...
Bodies Bonus: Six Inches
When Cody went online to search for a prosthetic penis, he couldn’t find anything that met his needs. But when he realized he could create his own pro...
Carved from Secrets
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...
LA’s toxic secret
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, ...
Indie Spotlight: “Infinities”
On today’s indie spotlight, we share “Infinities,” by Boen Wang. It’s about mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the ...
Do Less Harm
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 s...
Something Extra
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 f...
Special Programming from Bodies Podcast
KCRW’s Bodies podcast is a documentary show about medical mysteries. Each episode follows one person’s story to uncover the forces that shape their he...