In 1968, five black girls were picked up by police

after running away from a reform school in Mount Meg's Alabama.

I'm writer and reporter Josie Defi Rice,

and in a new podcast, I investigate the abuse

that thousands of black children suffered

at the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children

and how those five girls changed everything.

Listen to Unreformed on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome back out way fam. Today it's just me, Amy, is not here sadly. We miss her,

but I'm here with a very special guest named Megan.

And Megan is a PhD student in clinical psychology,

and Megan is doing amazing work that you're going to be so stoked to learn about.

Megan's research broadly includes the interactions between biological and

environmental risk for disordered eating,

particularly kind of translating that now into a little bit more human.

How are emotions play a role in disordered eating and eating disorders

in disadvantaged and marginalized communities?

Megan is super passionate about integrating the research in clinical practice

to advanced care for people with eating disorders,

especially those who have been underserved.

So you're doing awesome work because you're helping us understand

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