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Bodies

Trailer: Season 3

Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system. Once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge. Created by Allison Behringer and supported by KCRW. New episodes every Wednesday.

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By Allison Behringer • Sep 15, 2021 • 1m Listen

Season 3 of Bodies coming September 22, 2021.

RIVER GALLO: I was taken in by something. Something swooped me.

ALLISON BEHRINGER: This season on Bodies, we bring you 6 new episodes. Stories that unearth the mysteries within

LILL: It was something that I just buried, uh, because the contradiction was too painful.

ALLISON: And stories that investigate the forces outside of us.

BERTHA MARTINEZ: When the miscarriages started, you know, happening a lot, it seemed more like a – it didn't seem like a coincidence anymore.

AYDE BRAVOS: This soil has to be contaminated. Because you know, where I'm from, everything's contaminated.

ALLISON: What it means to face stigma,

BRUCE: They think if you're a druggie that, you know, you're just garbage.

ALLISON: And reject ideas of normal.

REBECCA COKLEY: Why would I want to be an average? I don't understand this desire to be like y'all.

RIVER: And maybe there was a fear in that– of like, not knowing how I would be different.

ALLISON: Stories about how to give care,

LILL: You know, like your life is so precious, you know, your life was just in my hands. It's so precious.

ALLISON: And what happens when we come together.

EVA RAMIREZ: Cuando nos prenden la mecha a explotamos, explotamos y hacemos mucho ruido. [When they turn on the wick we explode, explode and make a lot of noise.]

ALLISON: And, what it means to thrive.

KELLY: Oh my god, I'm gonna get laid, I think I think I'm gonna get laid.

ALLISON: Bodies, Season 3, from KCRW... coming this fall September 22. Subscribe now.

LILL: I’ll be emailing the mayor about your ass, believe that.

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Host and Producer: Allison Behringer Story Editors: Hannah Harris Green, Rebecca MooneyComposer and Mix Engineer: Dara Hirsch

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    Allison Behringer

    host of the podcast Bodies

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