Recapping the Oscars, 'Turning Red' Inspires New Conversations, Full Bio, A Memoir about C-PTSD
Pop Chat host Elamin Abdelmahmoud and writers Kevin Fallon and Amil Niazi join to recap the 2022 Oscars.
The new Pixar film, "Turning Red," sparked debate online over the "appropriate" way to discuss puberty and menstruation with young girls. Peggy Orenstein, gender issues expert and author of the book, Girls And Sex, joins for a conversation about helping kids understand the changes their bodies go through, and how euphemisms like "monthly visitor" and "Aunt Flo" can be damaging to internalize.
We launch the March installment of our Full Bio series with historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin, who joins us to discuss her biography, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, about the civil rights lawyer, New York politician, and first Black woman to serve as a federal judge. Today, we discuss Motley's early life and education.
Stephanie Foo thought she had it all. She was in a happy relationship, and was working as a radio producer for This American Life. However, for years she would have uncontrollable panic attacks in the office and cry at her desk, trauma that was rooted in the moment when Foo's parents abandoned her while she was a teenager. After trying to figure out what was wrong, Foo eventually became one of the first ever to be diagnosed with C-PTSD, or complex PTSD, in 2018. After her diagnosis, Foo spent years researching her condition, and the result is a new memoir called, What My Bones Know, featuring a first-person account of her struggles with C-PTSD and interviews with experts in trauma recovery. She joins us to discuss the book.
