Only Human
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Only Human
Only Human is a show about health that we all can relate to. Because every body has a story.
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The team that brought you Only Human and The Realness are teaming up with Kai Wright and WNYC Studios to bring you more stories about health, medicine...
Only Human Presents: Undiscovered
Only Human presents: Undiscovered, a podcast from WNYC Studios about the left turns, missteps, and lucky breaks that make science happen. In this epis...
The Realness Ep6: Missing You
Prodigy is supposed to fly back home right after a show in Vegas, but he never gets on the plane. As the world of hip hop mourns, there are still ques...
The Realness Ep5: Go See About the God
It's The Alchemist's birthday, but thanks to the NYPD's "Rap Intelligence Unit," he and Prodigy are forced to celebrate in a jail cell, and soon after...
The Realness Ep4: The Most Racist Judge in Nassau County
When Prodigy goes on trial for violating probation, his lawyer files over 90 pages of P's medical records in his defense. We find those records buried...
The Realness B-Side: Roxanne Shanté
Roxanne Shanté is the queen of Queensbridge rappers. As a teenager in the 1980s, she lyrically demolished all comers. In this B-side outtake, we talk...
The Realness Ep3: Son, They Shook
Someone is shot inside Def Jam. A rap star chases Mobb Deep through Lower Manhattan. And Prodigy convinces a hip hop mogul to sneak weapons into one o...
The Realness Ep2: T'Chaka
As a kid with sickle cell anemia, Prodigy was told he'd barely make it to adulthood. The work of doctors, athletes, Hollywood stars and The Black Pant...
The Realness Ep1: This Sunny Day Right Here
Prodigy and Havoc begin laying down rhymes together in high school. When their first album flops, they come up with a new sound that's directly influe...
Aftereffect Ep8: “They call him Cheese”
One day in February, a group of staff packed up Arnaldo's belongings, moved him out of Carlton Palms and into a three-bedroom house in a suburban neig...
WNYC Studios presents: The Realness
The Realness is about how a sick kid became a legendary rapper, but still couldn't escape sickle cell anemia.
Aftereffect Ep7: “The man behind an empire”
For decades, Carlton Palms' elusive founder, Ken Mazik, has wielded his power and influence to sway members of Congress and state legislatures into be...
Aftereffect Ep6: “When they don't behave”
A cup of hot water thrown on a developmentally-disabled resident. Another kicked in the ribs. A tooth knocked out by a staff member. Carlton Palms had...
Aftereffect Ep5: “I need to believe”
A year and a half after the shooting, there are signs of trouble at Arnaldo's new home, Carlton Palms. The staff isn't keeping an eye on him. There ar...
Aftereffect Ep4: “I Baker Act you. You Baker Acted me.”
The day of the shooting wasn't Arnaldo's first encounter with the police. In fact, they'd loomed large in his life for years before that. Even as he b...
Aftereffect Ep3: “He was definitely a handful”
Since the beginning, Arnaldo’s mother struggled to find adequate care for her autistic son. Her memories are often painful: the doctors who wouldn't d...
Aftereffect Ep2: “Suck it up, buttercup”
The shooting left Arnaldo severely traumatized, unable to remain in the home where Charles Kinsey had taken care of him. The next day, he was involunt...
Aftereffect Ep 1: “Let me get this on camera”
Only Human listeners, we're here with a new podcast series that we think will be right up your alley. Aftereffect touches on the same themes of how he...
Aftereffect: A SWAT team, an autistic man, an American tragedy.
In summer 2016, a police shooting upended the life of Arnaldo Rios Soto, a 26-year old, non-speaking, autistic man. Aftereffect tells Arnaldo's story...
Caught: "The Teenage Brain is Like a Sports Car"
We'll give a sneak peek at what's next for Only Human, and then share an episode of one of WNYC's latest podcasts, Caught. Mary Harris reports on Step...
The Birth of Climate Change Denial
Starting with the 1925 Scopes Trial to climate change, we look at how even well-established science can remain controversial.
“I Got Indian in My Family”: An Another Round Takeover
Another Round co-host Tracy Clayton enlisted Only Human to help her with an experiment, to find her roots.
Trans Kids Update: Dating, PMS, And, Yeah, Bathrooms
When North Carolina passed HB2 last year — a controversial law also known as the "bathroom bill" — it seemed to many that the rights of transgender pe...
Flu-dunnit?
If you’ve ever worried about catching a cold from a co-worker who came into work when he (or she) should’ve taken a sick day, then this episode is for...
Just Put Some Vicks On It
A granddaughter sets out to find the roots of her grandmother’s obsession with Vicks Vaporub. The little blue jar ends up changing their relationship....
A Three Year-Old Girl, a Colony of Dogs, and One Very Rare Side Effect
When Mathilda Crisp was three years-old, she got sick. She stopped sleeping through the night, but during the day, she would fall asleep without warni...
The Woman Behind a Secret Grey's Anatomy Experiment
Jennifer Jako spent a lifetime trying to explain a single mistake she made. In this episode, we tell the story of that mistake and how it ultimately t...
The Crowd Made You Do It
Who knew counting a crowd would be so… political? If the election felt contentious, the inauguration seemed to make the country even more divided, bet...
Take Our Survey!
Only Human is working on an episode about the psychology of crowds. We're looking at what happens to us as individuals when we join a rally, a ceremon...
Please Spit in This Tube: An Election Experiment
The 2016 election has certainly felt stressful. But what is the Trump-Clinton saga actually doing to us, physically? It turns out there’s a way to mea...
Me and My Therapist
We have this idea of what therapy is supposed to look like. There’s a couch. An objective therapist sitting across the room scribbling notes. But of c...
I’d Rather Have a Living Son Than a Dead Daughter
Earlier this year, North Carolina passed HB2, the so-called "bathroom bill." But the state is also home to one of the few clinics for transgender kids...
Growing Up "Ugly"
Robert Hoge doesn’t look like most people. He was born with severe defects; growing up, he had to get used to people calling him “ugly.” This week, Ro...
Yes, Simba, Chimps Laugh
Is laughter really the best medicine? This week, Mary Harris and Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen try to find out. We go to laughter yoga in New York, an im...
The Prank Your Body Plays On Life
Poet Max Ritvo is back on our show this week, for what he’s calling his “farewell tour".The 25-year-old has spent years living with terminal cancer an...
Your Brain On Sound (Rebroadcast)
When Rose was growing up, she knew something wasn't quite right about how she heard the world. But every time she got a hearing test at the audiologis...
I Thought the Truth Would Be Enough
Marc Edwards uncovered the dangerous lead in Flint’s water last year. Like a lot of other people crusading for change, he discovered the struggle isn’...
Vacation Is All I Ever Wanted
For some people, there is no “getting over” being sick. There’s just an occasional break from the pain. Three people tell Only Human what it’s like wh...
One Doctor's Mission: Safe Abortions in the South (Rebroadcast)
As the Supreme Court nears its decision on a landmark abortion case, we revisit a favorite episode. Dr. Willie Parker, a devout Christian, refused to...
Part 3: A Star With Schizophrenia
In part three of our mental health series we meet Rachel Star Withers, a fearless woman with schizophrenia who offers a rare snapshot of mental illnes...