{"podcast":{"title":"Embodied","slug":"embodied-477109","podcast_index_feed_id":477109,"rss_url":"https://embodied.feed.wunc.org/","website_url":"https://www.wunc.org/podcast/embodied-podcast","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/1580/images/8503386c-8229-4999-8965-3d6ae1602cbd/__wunc_embodied_2000x2000.png","author":"WUNC (podcasts@wunc.org)","episode_count":276,"summary":"Sex and relationships are intimate — and sometimes intimidating to talk about. In WUNC’s award-winning podcast, host Anita Rao guides us on an exploration of our brains and bodies that touches down in taboo territory. Follow the show on Instagram at @embodiedwunc and on Bluesky at embodiedwunc.bsky.social. You can find Anita on Bluesky at asrao.bsky.social.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109"},"episode":{"title":"Beyond Bromance: Searching For Deeper Male Friendship","slug":"beyond-bromance-searching-for-deeper-male-friendship","published_at":"2026-03-19T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/beyond-bromance-searching-for-deeper-male-friendship","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_1580_92eda569-ba65-48e0-b577-e4e8b683fab7&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fembodied.feed.wunc.org%2F","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/https://mgln.ai/e/1331/dovetail.prxu.org/1580/92eda569-ba65-48e0-b577-e4e8b683fab7/Male_Friendship_Pod_Pt1.mp3","summary":"American men are in a friendship recession. Compared to a few decades ago, five times as many men have no close friends. So what’s going on? Anita talks with Mark Pagán, creator and host of the podcast “Other Men Need Help,” about what makes close friendships among men so fraught — and what we can do about it. They talk about everything from why Mark loves secret handshakes to his ongoing journey of making himself say the hard stuff out loud. Meet the guest: - Mark Pagán is the creator and host of the podcast \" Other Men Need Help \" and writes the substack \" Other Men \" Read the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platform Follow Embodied on Instagram Leave a message for Embodied Please note: This episode originally published April 17, 2025.","meta_description":"American men are in a friendship recession. Compared to a few decades ago, five times as many men have no close friends. So what’s going on? Anita talks w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embodied-477109/episodes/beyond-bromance-searching-for-deeper-male-friendship/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/beyond-bromance-searching-for-deeper-male-friendship.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}