Hey, Mom, you did a great job. But why didn't we ever talk about how sex is supposed to be just as good for me as it is for my partner?

Why did I think it was okay to always put myself second? I'm Allison Barringer and this is Bodies, a new podcast in collaboration with KCRW's independent

producer project.

I think we often see our bodies as this independent system. But actually, I think that what happens to our bodies is woven into our relationships, with ourselves, with friends, and family, partners.

Each episode of bodies begins with one person and a question or mystery they have about their body.

The story is their journey to figure out what's going on.

And the first episode, it's what inspired this whole show.

It's about inspired this whole show.

It's about my body.

Hey, does climate change news fill you with dread?

We get it. Climate change news is intense and the demand to take action can be overwhelming. You need the anti-dread climate podcast where journalists and educators answer your questions

about what to do for the planet, keeping it light and practical.

Listen while you walk the dog, garden, or shop for organic groceries.

We promise no spiraling.

From KCRW, it's the anti-Dread Climate Podcast, out now, wherever you listen. I meet Luke in the spring in the basement of a bar in Harlem. I'm 24. He shows me a new way to exist in a city that I've written off. One time, after a dinner out, he has his bike with him.

So I sit on the seat and hold on to his waist and he petals us back to his apartment.

He wants to touch me and kiss me and take my clothes off at every opportunity.

He creates these opportunities.

I am the one to say, I love you first.

The first time I feel the pain were in Paris after the summer apart.

He meets me at the airport with flowers and a chocolate croissant.

We've been practicing our French together all summer.

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