Latest Prenatal podcast Podcast Episodes
Chapter Ten: Returning
NATAL - February 10, 2022 12:05 - 25 minutesWe head home for a final good-bye to hear how Anasia, Ciara, Erick, Shayla and more are building new legacies exactly where they are. Featured guests: Crystal Starr Flowers, Katy Kozhamminil, PhD, DaLyah Jones and Tanya Smith-Johnson For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NAT...
Interlude: The Sisterhood
NATAL - February 10, 2022 12:00 - 2 minutesAlabama Birth Collective founding member, Nadia Gramby, on the sisterhood of birthwork. For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.
Chapter Nine: Metamorphosis
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:55 - 38 minutesThe parents adjust to life postpartum and the powerful transformations they've undergone. Guest featured this episode: Crystal Starr Flowers For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.
Chapter Eight: The Arrival
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:50 - 33 minutesThe babies are coming. For more on birth plans, listen to our NPR Life Kit episode. For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter andInstagram.
Chapter Seven: Pregnancy Tales
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:45 - 33 minutesFrom the physical to the emotional, all four parents navigate the highs and lows of pregnancy – and for some, even during a pandemic. For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.
Interlude: The Calling
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:40 - 6 minutesAlabama Birth Collective founder Jasmine Merritt on answering the call to serve. For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.
Chapter Six: Ciara's Journey
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:35 - 32 minutesCiara explores the multitude of care options after learning she's pregnant. Guests featured this episode: Oriaku Njoku, Quita Tinsley Peterson, and Tanya Smith-Johnson For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.
Chapter Five: Anasia's Journey
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:30 - 30 minutesTaking 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
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:25 - 35 minutesFannie 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 transc...
Chapter Three: Body Talk
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:20 - 20 minutesThe 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
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:15 - 7 minutesMeet 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
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:10 - 22 minutesAnasia 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
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:05 - 29 minutesEight 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
NATAL - February 10, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutesHosts 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 term...
Introducing Season Two
NATAL - February 08, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutesComing Soon: NATAL heads to rural America for season two.
NATAL x NPR Life Kit: Navigating Life After Pregnancy Loss
NATAL - April 13, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutesDespite how common pregnancy loss is, families often suffer in silence. In honor of Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW21), we teamed up with NPR’s Life Kit to share stories from parents who have experienced loss, and expert advice about how to support loved ones through grief. In this episode we...
The NATAL Summit: Parent Storytellers
NATAL - December 02, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutesWelcome to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, several parent storytellers from NATAL Season One gathered in a multi-generational conversation about the value of oral traditions, agency, and healing for Black birthing parents. You'll hear from: Marilyn Abrahams, Episode Five Shellie Black...
The NATAL Summit: Our production team
NATAL - November 26, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutesWelcome to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, our very own production team offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it means to produce Black stories with dignity and how the team approached the season from a craft perspective. You'll hear from our: Editor, Tiara Darnell Sound Designer & ...
NATAL Summit: Providers & Birthworkers
NATAL - November 18, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutesWelcome back to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, medical providers and birthworkers share steps needed to create a more integrated model of care that empowers Black birthing parents and protects the sacredness of the childbirth process. In this episode you'll hear from: Dr. Sinmi Bam...
NATAL Summit: Birth Equity Advocates
NATAL - November 11, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutesWelcome to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, birth equity advocates from the non-profit sector to government discuss how they're advancing public narratives, alongside effective data-informed public policies that result in better health outcomes for Black birthing parents. In this episo...
Eight: Trish's Story
NATAL - August 19, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutesIn our season finale, Dallas-based mother and doula, Trish, demonstrates what agency from day one looks like for Black birthing parents: Trish shares what inspired her to become a birthworker, as well as the story of her home birth experience, including the phenomenal care she received from her ...
Seven: Alexius' Story
NATAL - August 05, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutesThis week we’re at home with Alexius Hill, a Memphis-based young mother who chose to give birth at home despite her family and friends’ concerns about doing so. We discuss the stigma around home births, and explore the radical work of full-spectrum doulas and the ways they strive to provide qual...
Six: Brittany's Story
NATAL - July 22, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutesAfter receiving subpar care with OBGYNs at her local hospital, Brittany pursues pre-natal care with a midwife. In this episode, we explore alternative care models for Black birthing parents, and hear from Demetra Seriki, a midwife in Colorado. In this episode we mention: Midwives, Birthing Cent...
Five: Marilyn and Yvonne's Stories
NATAL - July 08, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutesMarilyn and Yvonne are two parents determined to grow their families. When pregnancy loss disrupts their plans, they turn to their faith. Please note, this episode contains graphic details about miscarriage and stillbirth. In this episode we mention: Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Sleeping Babies,...
Crosspost: KalaLea's Story
NATAL - June 24, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutesToday we’re airing a special episode from the Bodies podcast. Their show follows women and non binary folx on their journeys to solve the mysteries of their bodies. In this episode you’ll hear from Kalalea. After more than a decade of suffering, KalaLea discovers that the cause of her painful p...
Four: Shellie's Story
NATAL - June 10, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutesAfter trying to conceive for 10 years, Shellie was finally having her dream baby, but the challenges of motherhood slowly evolved into a silent struggle with postpartum depression. Reproductive psychiatrist Dr. Sinmi Bamgbose shares how she's working to expand mental health resources for Black b...
A message from NATAL
NATAL - June 03, 2020 19:56 - 1 minuteIn solidarity with the uprisings, and in honor of the countless victims of police and state-sanctioned violence, we are holding off on publishing this week's episode. We'll return Wednesday, June 10. In this episode we mention three organizations whose work you should support: #FreeBl...
A Message From NATAL
NATAL - June 03, 2020 19:56 - 1 minuteIn solidarity with the uprisings, and in honor of the countless victims of police and state-sanctioned violence, we are holding off on publishing this week's episode. We'll return Wednesday, June 10. In this episode we mention three organizations whose work you should support: #FreeBlackMamas ...
Three: Mikah and Cecilia's Stories
NATAL - May 20, 2020 10:29 - 40 minutesFacing unplanned pregnancies in their 20s, Mikah and Cecilia's hospital births reveal how access to childbirth education, support systems, and the lack of standardization of care shaped their individual journeys to becoming parents for the first time. In this episode we mention: Birth Stories i...
Two: Roots of the Black Birthing Crisis
NATAL - May 06, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutesMartina explores the historical roots of modern obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry and Dr. Mimi Niles explain how flaws in medical education and research contribute to the Black birthing crisis. In this episode we mention: Dr. Joia Crear Perry of the National Birth Equity Collab...
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