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Embodied Comes To Blue Ridge Public Radio

Impolite conversations. Intimate connections. Important self-discoveries. A familiar voice is returning to Blue Ridge Public Radio's airwaves Sunday March 7th.  Embodied, hosted by Anita Rao, will air Sunday evenings at 8 on BPR News.  Listeners in Western North Carolina will be familiar with the show, as it started as recurring segments on The State of Things, which aired on BPR until January 1st of this year.  Sex and relationships are intimate — and sometimes intimidating to talk about.  Anita guides us on an exploration of our brains and our bodies that touches down in taboo territory.

Anita discussed the show with BPR's Matt Bush ahead of its launch on Blue Ridge Public Radio, which you can hear above.  And you can read more about the program in this Huffington Post profile.  Follow Anita on Twitter @anisrao, and find out more about the show here, and subscribe to the seasonal Embodied podcast here.  And remember to join us Sunday evenings at 8 on BPR News!

Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.