{"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":"How A Mother Learned To Connect Without Language","slug":"how-a-mother-learned-to-connect-without-language","published_at":"2026-05-07T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/how-a-mother-learned-to-connect-without-language","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_1580_d0765e72-5115-467e-b3dc-ec4520465e47&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/d0765e72-5115-467e-b3dc-ec4520465e47/20260508_E_AnthroMom_Pod_Pt1.mp3","summary":"How do you care for someone you struggle to communicate with ... and can never fully understand? That's the question anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford has been wrestling with for decades — ever since it became clear that her daughter Millie would never speak, sign or use symbols to express herself. Danilyn talks with Anita about how mothering a multiply-disabled child challenged her beliefs about the importance of language for human connection. Meet the guest: - Danilyn Rutherford is the author of “ Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World ” Read the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platform Follow Embodied on Instagram Leave a message for Embodied","meta_description":"How do you care for someone you struggle to communicate with ... and can never fully understand? That's the question anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford has…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embodied-477109/episodes/how-a-mother-learned-to-connect-without-language/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/how-a-mother-learned-to-connect-without-language.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}