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NATAL

NATAL

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Frequency: 1 episode/46d. Total Eps: 38

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NATAL passes the mic to Black families to hear all about their journey to parenthood in their own words. Our second season follows four parents in rural Mississippi, Iowa and Hawaii as they birth new lives and legacies exactly where they are. Interwoven by narrative interludes, this 10-part story album features the birthworkers, medical professionals and advocates caring for Black rural families at every stage of pregnancy and beyond.
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Part Two: The Real on Pregnancy and Privacy

Season 3 · Episode 2

jeudi 14 novembre 2024Duration 41:11

We pass the microphone to physician-activist Dr. Jamila Perritt and movement lawyer Yveka Pierre for a dialogue spanning the post-Dobbs criminalization of abortion patients and providers, period tracking apps and digital footprint protections and new imaginings of privacy and care.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow @natalstories on Twitter and Instagram. 

Learn more about Dr. Jamila Perritt

Learn more Yveka Pierre 

Special thanks to Arneta Rogers at the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice.

Use code NATAL15 for 15% off at baby-yams.com

Part One: This Ain't No White Women's Movement

Season 3 · Episode 1

jeudi 14 novembre 2024Duration 35:00

In our season premiere, we pass the microphone to two prolific reproductive justice organizers, Marie Leaner and Kwajelyn Jackson. With more than a combined 70+ years of fighting for abortion access, the pair sit down for lively conversation unpacking the rich legacy of Black women organizing for reproductive freedom before, during and beyond Roe.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow @natalstories on Twitter and Instagram.

Learn more about Marie Leaner

Learn more about Kwajelyn Jackson

Watch: The Janes (HBO) 

Use code NATAL15 for 15% off at baby-yams.com

This conversation was co-published and supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Chapter Five: Anasia's Journey

Season 2 · Episode 6

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 30:38

Taking matters into her own hands, Anasia charts new pathways to parenthood uniquely her own.

Featured guest: Dr. Tonya Hawkins Hunter

For resources on pregnancy loss, listen to our NPR Life Kit episode

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Chapter Four: The Southern Spark

Season 2 · Episode 5

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 35:06

Fannie Lou Hamer, Southern freedom fighter and one of the oldest Black-founded towns in the country spark The Browns' most transformational decision yet. 

Featured guests: Katy Kozhamminil, PhD and Arrianna Planey, PhD.

If you loved learning about Mound Bayou, check out this video.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Chapter Three: Body Talk

Season 2 · Episode 4

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 20:31

The moments that (re)introduced Shayla, Erick and Anasia to their bodies.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Interlude: The Alabama Birth Collective

Season 2 · Episode 3

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 07:46

Meet the founding members of The Alabama Birth Collective. 

Learn more about ABC members Charity Moore, Jasmine Merritt, Mariah Brown, Nadia Gramby and Tori Rodriguez, or visit their Instagram.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Chapter Two: Finding Home

Season 2 · Episode 2

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 22:32

Anasia Sturdivant and Ciara Hunter leave city life behind to find new places to call home.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Chapter One: Getting It Right

Season 2 · Episode 1

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 29:02

Eight months pregnant during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shayla and Erick Brown return home to rural Mississippi for a chance to finally get it right.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Prologue

Season 2

jeudi 10 février 2022Duration 15:10

Hosts Gabrielle Horton and Martina Abrahams Ilunga share what inspired this season. Interwoven between narrative interludes, this 10-part story album highlights the rich traditions and structural challenges that have moved four Black rural parents to birth new life and legacies on their own terms.

Featured guests: Arrianna Planey, PhD and DaLyah Jones.

If you loved learning about Black rural communities, check out this article by DaLyah.

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram

Introducing Season Two

Season 2

mardi 8 février 2022Duration 02:48

Coming Soon: NATAL heads to rural America for season two.


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