{"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":"Why Are We Afraid Of Baldness?","slug":"why-are-we-afraid-of-baldness","published_at":"2026-01-15T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/why-are-we-afraid-of-baldness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_1580_e4571eae-3bca-4fdf-bae8-6382e0d50d1c&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/e4571eae-3bca-4fdf-bae8-6382e0d50d1c/Emb_Balding_Pod_Pt1.mp3","summary":"Like the majority of American men over 35, Anita's partner is balding...and they're both a little distressed about it. But why? She brings her questions to two men who've interrogated baldness from all angles: race, sexuality, science, media, culture and lived experience. They'll explore where this fear comes from and how many other men feel this way. Meet the guests: - E. Patrick Johnson is dean of the School of Communication and Annenberg University Professor at Northwestern University and the author of “ Scatter the Pigeons ,” an essay on baldness, masculinity and Blackness - Glen Jankowski is an assistant professor in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin whose research includes the medicalization of baldness and the history of marketing anti-baldness products Read the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platform Follow Embodied on Instagram Leave a message for Embodied Register for our five-year anniversary event Please note: This episode originally published December 12, 2024.","meta_description":"Like the majority of American men over 35, Anita's partner is balding...and they're both a little distressed about it. But why? She brings her questions t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embodied-477109/episodes/why-are-we-afraid-of-baldness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/why-are-we-afraid-of-baldness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}