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State of the Human: 2023-2024

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Reclaiming What's Been Lost

This series will feature stories about reclaiming neighborhoods, music venues, childhood obsessions, sports teams, languages, and ways of seeing ourselves. It’s about holding the tension between what we were and who we’ve become. It’s about returning to our origins with a more nuanced perspective.

Nakedness

Being naked–or seeing others naked–can evoke a firestorm of emotions . . . everything from freedom to vulnerability to sensuality to shame. This series features stories about exposure therapy, naked theater, coming out to parents, worker-owned strip clubs, and nudist retreats.