It’s simple. Condoms, morning after pill or closing your thighs will keep you from getting pregnant. So barbaric to go straight to killing the baby with really no thought at all about it. Like your getting your tonsils out. Disgusting and I’m glad states now have the right to choose. Women who want to kill babies can just move to a state that have drive thru abortions every time they get pregnant.

This podcast is so good. It’s so informative and interesting all because the storytelling is so good. Like I’m sure this is so cathartic to hear for women that face similar problems but for me it’s all about hearing amazingly crafted stories and that moment every episode where the subject of the episode finally feels seen and believed. That’s such a great moment for the listener to hear!! And it happens every ep! 💕

High quality and informative; impactful. Hard to listen to just one. An example of best in class, thank you.

There’s no medical mysteries, it’s just women with pretty straightforward mental problems.

One of the most thoughtful podcasts out there. The story telling is vulnerable, insightful, patient, funny and tender.

I’m in love with this podcast! Bodies arrived in my life at a time that I really needed it. For the past three years, I have been learning about the many chronic illness I live with. The very first episode of Bodies is about vulvodynia and helped me realize I have vulvodynia too. Something I realized from my own experiences with chronic illnesses is that the more I am honest about my chronic illnesses, the more family and friends are honest about their own bodies too. Bodies podcast has this same beautiful effect. It is so refreshing to listen to people talk about the parts of their bodies that make them feel alone, and in listening, realize you are not so alone yourself.

I felt seen almost immediately. I felt invited to be present not only with the host but with myself. I have experienced issues with painful sex and have recently been using birth control to help with PMDD and I didn’t realize. The silence, the gaping hole in the conversation is all of the horrible side effects I could potentially experience. I highly recommend if you want to feel in and of your own body and attempt to embody someone else’s physical experience and agony. So good!!!!! Thank you for this pod ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Each episode of Bodies feels like a little audio poem that takes you to a different corner of the galaxy. It feels like a very special and intimate corner of the internet. Great Facebook group too!

this podcast makes me reflect on some of the deepest questions on what it means to be human and lead a meaningful life. i feel like the show is two years ahead on topics

Someone really close to me shared the Sex Hurt episode, which was the first one I’ve ever listened to. Allison, you’re an insanely talented podcaster and journalist. Thank you for sharing your experience. I was blown away by not only your story and all the insights you shared, but the production, the smoothness of this show. I’m a podcaster myself so I completely nerd-ed out in that regard. Thank you so, so much for this show. This is so deeply important.

I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you for creating such an impactful podcast! I believe that we all have a voice that deserves to be heard. Thank you for putting this into the world! BE UNBROKEN! @MichaelUnbroken

The topics, the research, the writing, the perspective... so well done!!

This podcast is deep girl talk in your room eating your favorite snacks with a side of tissues. The stories are complex and at times will have you in deep thought about your own body. This podcast is a must listen! I have already recommended it to all the women in my life❤️❤️❤️.

I am so glad this show is back for another season!! It’s one of my binge worthy favorite podcasts. Every single episode is consistently a great listen!

This podcast has helped me and empowered me to practice self advocacy in the medical field regarding my body.

This was one of my favorite ever podcasts. Such relatable and important content, told in a compelling, well-produced, and easy to listen to way. Could not recommend more!

Love the way you share and educate us with the different situations of life. You are so thoughtful and compassionate!

Thank you for making this episode. I have known that I have ptsd from my marriage but hearing another woman talk about how that’s a symptom or a byproduct of her tbi is so helpful for me. Thank you thank you.

This show is incredible: eye opening, affirming, unpretentious, and deeply moving.

Well recorded and important conversations surrounding the bodies we live in. These conversations get me thinking introspectively and as a whole.

I came to this podcast from the cut podcast when Avery mentioned that Allison was leaving the cut to do season 3 of bodies. I have only listened to two episodes and tearing up each time.

I am a nurse by profession. Absolutely Love this podcast! This is very helpful for all women! I’m impressed with each episode. This is definitely filling a void for women! Great job!!!❤️

I have told all my friends and family about this amazing Podcast. Thank you so much for the information you are putting out. Not only is it incredibly informative but it is so well told. I have learned so much in the last 48 hours. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Some facts were incorrect in the episodes I listened to, makes me wonder about the accuracy of the topics in which I am not already knowledgeable.

This show made me stressed out. Sometimes not knowing the details of every potential health problem the planet is for the best. I would rather listen to something calming and nourishing like my favorite murder.

I tell all the women in my life about this podcast. So interesting and makes you feel less alone. We gotta look out for each other!

A friend recommended this podcast ages ago and I can't believe it took me so long to listen to! I binged both seasons over the course of a weeklong roadtrip and am obsessed. The format is so engaging and I love how the hosts contextualize individual stories in the broader medical system/complex. As a former public health proefessional, I loved how she uses personal stories to delve into deeper issues. Though it doesn't always expliclity touch on the feminist themes underpinnning the premise, it's so illuminating to hear how/why women and trans people are often left to their own devices when it comes to solving their own medical issues. It's also just such a relief that every episode ends on a positive note. Love this podcast! I'd be interested in future seasons to hear a story about how fatphobia within the medical system impacts patient (mis)diagnosis and treatment since that's a huge element of healthcare!

Thoughtful, heartfelt and I always learn something new where I think how did I not know about this before?!!

I knew nothing about this podcast before I started to listen to it. OMG it is SO freakin’ interesting! I binged and now it’s over. I’m sad. You should 100% listen to this, the host is awesome and the subject matter is fascinating. I loved it! I want more!

You could find some important issues in our bodies and be aware that the way we cope with them is blind, because of the lack of enough knowledge to research and follow our symptoms accurately. This podcast not only provides real stories with a great form and quality both in the storytelling techniques and sound effects but also you find yourself more understandable as well and at the same time, you became more understanding to other people. This is not you that is something wrong with, however this feeling you have is just the manifestation of some lacks in both research and practice leading us to feel we are alone and nobody really connects with us. This is the first step for the change! Enjoy the path!

Love it!

I’m a 60 year old cis gender woman with 3 grown children and this has opened my eyes.

Amazing podcast and super informative by making connections that I would’ve never thought of before. Definitely worth a listen.

Beautiful story telling, combined with interesting and important information about women’s health.

a really moving, informative show about women’s bodies. the amount of respect and support showed for the guests is wonderful. as someone interested in women’s health and medicine, this show is right up my alley and i learn something new every episode. thanks allison and all the guests!

This podcast has quickly become one of my faves. I love the format of it and the subject matter. It’s very thought provoking and has challenged some of the old views I held about my own body. Looking forward to Season 3!

Despite how different these people may be from me, makes me realize how connected we are to others and how the systems we live in affect others. Also, can't help but dance along to the ending theme :)

Each episode is a great reminder that we are the best advocate for our own health and body! Such a binge-worthy listen!

Just started this podcast after my NP recommended it. She noticed I’m very curious and into research and being my own health advocate. Well, she nailed it. Love this podcast so far. Informational and educational but so human and with good story telling. Maybe most episodes don’t apply to me but what if I can share what I learn with others and help them somehow? Keep them coming!

Love this podcast!! So poignant, important and revealing; woman’s health has not been taken seriously enough. Listen to every episode, talk about it and share it with all the women in your life!! Let’s do something!!!

I stumbled across this podcast in my never ending search to find something compelling to listen to. It does not disappoint and truly reinforces the issues women have when seeking medical treatment. So many stories of symptoms being dismissed like we don’t live in these bodies. Listen and learn folks!

I have only listened to a few episodes of the podcast but I want to address something that was said in Nico’s story, Changing Shape. In regards to having a psychiatric examination prior to top surgery, they say: “This is specific to trans people. Cis people don’t need to meet with a therapist before undergoing a breast reduction or augmentation, or any other type of plastic surgery.” This is categorically untrue. Some procedures, including elective procedures such as weight reduction surgeries, require clearance from a therapist/psychologist before being able to proceed. A good friend of mine was directed to engage in therapy prior to getting a breast reduction. I don’t think it’s accurate or true to assert that this is something relegated to trans people only. I understand this is Nico’s story, and I appreciate them sharing it. However, I would suggest a correction about this. ***Addition - I just finished binging the whole series and absolutely loved it. Thank you for focusing on women’s health issues.***

These are stories and symptoms and lives that we live in secret. I cry a lot when I listen, both for the silent ways we’ve suffered and survived and the joy at hearing it spoken.

Just binged all the episodes and I wish there were more. The storytelling is so delicate and AB does a fantastic job gaining trust from the interviewees. I finally have the nerve to google things about my body that I try to ignore.

Emotional because even at 27 I'm still learning about my body. How is it that womxn aren't taught about their sexual organs? How is it that the research on birth control side effects, female pleasure, and hormone disregulation isn't common knowledge - or better yet, common health lessons? A conservative, patriarchal society has harmed womxn for far too long, listening to this is another important step in achieving equal treatment, both in medicine and the law.

This show is the perfect combination of advocacy, inquiry, and intrigue. I am constantly blown away by the way AB gains the trust of her subjects to explore many uncomfortable topics in ways I’ve never heard before. I am not part of the FB community, but I love the goal of mutual support. Very empowering! I can’t wait for more!

Thanks for these one of kind stories that stay with you. Great reporting!

Love everything about this compelling, compassionate, intelligent and personal show. Just great ! A must listen for women of all ages

This has been my favorite podcast for awhile. Hoping for more and more and more!

I loved listening to this podcast and found it very interesting, but there were only stories about women and there experiences with their bodies. I would love to hear knew about men in the future.