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‘I didn’t fall in love with a couple of body pieces’ – on marriage and transition
Les and Scott GrantSmith had been married for 10 years and were raising two children when Les shared a secret he feared would ruin their life together. Born female, Les felt like a man in the wrong body, and wanted to transition. In this tender short animation from StoryCorps, Scott, Les and their two children Thea and Amanda recall how, after a period of uncertainty, Les’s transition ultimately strengthened their family bond.
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Love and friendship
Never marry a man you love too much, and other views on romance in Sierra Leone
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Virtues and vices
Why Bennie tried to disappear, and what happened when he was found decades later
16 minutes
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History of technology
Curious singles and tech sceptics – what ‘computer dating’ looked like in 1966
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Cognition and intelligence
A father forgets his child’s name for the first time in this poetic reflection on memory
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Technology and the self
The commodified childhood – scenes from two sisters’ lives in the creator economy
14 minutes
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Anthropology
For an Amazonian female shaman, ayahuasca ceremonies are a rite and a business
30 minutes
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Sports and games
Havana’s streets become racetracks in this exhilarating portrait of children at play
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Spirituality
Through rituals of prayer, a monk cultivates a quietly radical concept of freedom
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Language and linguistics
Why Susan listens to recordings of herself speaking a language she no longer remembers
5 minutes