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Bodies

Bodies

By: KCRW Allison Behringer
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Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system. Once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge. Created by Allison Behringer and supported by KCRW.

KCRW 2024 Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • The Fight for Abortion Training

    The Fight for Abortion Training
    Jun 7 2023

    The overturning of Roe v. Wade has severely restricted how doctors can access training in abortion care and it’s already having a devastating ripple effect on patients seeking all kinds of reproductive care. Two medical residents in abortion-restricted states fight for training and for the future health of their patients. Plus, the centuries-long battle over who gets access to abortion training in the first place. Transcript at kcrw.com/bodies.

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    43 mins
  • From This is Uncomfortable: The Price of Eggs

    From This is Uncomfortable: The Price of Eggs
    Jun 6 2023

    From This is Uncomfortable, we bring you the story of Ashleigh Griffin. She hoped the fertility industry could put her on the road to financial stability. But the decision to donate her eggs had some unexpected costs.
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    44 mins
  • The Fourth Trimester

    The Fourth Trimester
    May 31 2023

    Jess was overjoyed when she got pregnant. But after giving birth, her reality spiraled out of control. She didn’t know it, but she had postpartum psychosis, a mental health condition that occurs after about 1 in every 500 births.

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    43 mins
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