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Popped: Adult Acne In The 'Perfect Skin' Era (Revisited)
Dealing with pimples and blackheads in middle school is practically a right of passage. But when acne is a defining feature of your adulthood... it’s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Reimagining The Wedding Ceremony
The marriage rate in this country has fallen nearly 60% in the last half century. So what’s motivating those of us still choosing to say I do? On her…
1 year, 3 months ago
BONUS: Kennedy Ryan's Recipe For Romance
Kennedy Ryan has released 23 romance books in the past decade, and along the way she's developed a style and approach that speaks to hundreds of thou…
1 year, 3 months ago
Retrieved: What Egg Donors Want You To Know (Revisited)
Egg donation in the U.S. is a multibillion dollar industry with high stakes and complicated dynamics. Anita talks with two egg donors about why they …
1 year, 3 months ago
Dyslexia And The Reading Brain
At its best, reading is a portal to new worlds and new ideas. But a lot can get in the way — up to 20% of the population experiences symptoms of dysl…
1 year, 3 months ago
Dating, Sex & Love With HIV
How does living with a condition that is so deeply stigmatized affect who and how we love? Anita meets a mixed-HIV status couple who shares how they'…
1 year, 4 months ago
Smooched: Why You'll Never Forget Your First Kiss (Revisited)
Anita's highly-anticipated (and highly-awkward) first kiss was in eighth grade … but she remembers it like it was yesterday! A scientist tells her wh…
1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus: Making Music From Family Secrets
Anita brings you into part of our family secrets variety show from earlier this year, featuring North Carolina country duo Blue Cactus. She talks wit…
1 year, 4 months ago
(Un)Circumcised: How Parents Decide (Revisited)
It's a small procedure, but a big question. Anita talks with a urologist about what medical advice to consider while making the circumcision decision…
1 year, 4 months ago
Life After A Gray Divorce
In Anita's lifetime, the divorce rate for Americans over 55 has doubled. People are living longer, divorce stigma has decreased and women are more fi…
1 year, 4 months ago