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 face of the long-haul trucking industry has long been white and male ... but that’s slowly shifting. Among the changing demographics, there’s one cohort that’s gaining visibility: LGBTQ truckers. -
Up to 20% of the population experiences symptoms of dyslexia, a lifelong neurological disorder that makes it difficult to read fluently. Examining why dyslexia happens — and how we intervene — has ripple effects for all literacy learners. -
More than a million people in the U.S. have used donor sperm in the past three decades. One donor-conceived person shares his story of searching for biological family members and what he learned while on that journey. -
As the workforce of funeral directors ages, young folks are stepping up to lead and change the death care industry. -
Eighteen million Americans have been diagnosed with long COVID. One couple shares their experience navigating the condition’s many symptoms and its emotional toll — together. -
A journalist talks about using reporting skills to manage difficult emotions and help others get unstuck. -
Acclaimed physician and author Abraham Verghese discusses his latest novel, his career and the importance of fiction with host Anita Rao in front of a live audience. -
Bisexual folks make up the highest portion of people who identify as LGBTQ+. What are the challenges of having a sexuality that falls between distinct, prescribed categories? -
There are 4.4 million parents in the U.S. who have a disability and are navigating parenthood in a culture that prizes able-bodiedness. An interabled couple share the creativity and adaptability involved in raising their two kids. -
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.
