DNA and the Smell of Death

DNA and the Smell of Death

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How Do You Get Pregnant With No Vagina?

It's 1988 in Lesotho, and doctors at a hospital see something they thought was impossible. A 15-year-old girl shows up pregnant and in labor, but she's missing something pretty crucial to her delivery: a vagina. So — how did this happen?? We go on a roller-coaster ride through th ...  Show more

Brian Can’t Stop Fact-Checking His Mother-in-Law

We’ve all been there. Feeling stuck with a problem because no one in our life can relate. Or because the one person we need to talk to … won’t. Or can’t. Enter Yowei Shaw and the show Proxy. Proxy is built on a simple idea: no one is ever as alone with their problem as they think ...  Show more

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