--- description: Find out why "Bodies" is on TIME's list of the 100 best podcasts of all time. title: 'Bodies' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d14ae4be84ab8ae/6998c86fe2d64b25a6c5f872/Best-Podcasts-2025-Bodies-013.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 23, 2025 # Bodies The female body and its ailments by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent  **_Science_** Countless women have been misdiagnosed, doubted, or confronted with a lack of research about a particular female ailment. When audio journalist Allison Behringer was dismissed by doctors after she complained about pain during sex, she launched _Bodies_ with KCRW to explore the medical system’s intransigence when it comes to issues of the female body. [In the debut](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MyhT250dUigbEuMMo9bm4?si=9cf72f6ece4b4f3c "undefined"), she offers a frank examination of her own struggles, and, in subsequent episodes, Behringer offers a platform for other women who have struggled to receive help for things like [debilitating menstrual cramps](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sZ4yfGDTCWdvcC5WTPaHd?si=2e21bf73e90a4e59 "undefined"), [postpartum psychosis](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WODIsmP4qNUyX5y0L4mQM?si=5a89481116754e83 "undefined"), [trouble breastfeeding](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ekRJGj6AlQm0CRu9V9lI8?si=444df16d7ff9462b "undefined"), or the increasingly common [early onset of puberty](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pfMZDGsO34QF3dbUhvMKg?si=f11f1f35331c4050 "undefined") to talk about their experiences. Behringer frames each episode like a true-crime investigation into a “medical mystery” and, time and again, finds that the system is as sick as the patient. 'Bodies': 100 Best Podcasts ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303054/bodies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303054/bodies/"},"headline":"Bodies","datePublished":"2025-07-23T11:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:51:41.919Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303054/bodies/","keywords":["podcasts","list","Podcast","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d14ae4be84ab8ae/6998c86fe2d64b25a6c5f872/Best-Podcasts-2025-Bodies-013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"creator":"Eliana Dockterman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d14ae4be84ab8ae/6998c86fe2d64b25a6c5f872/Best-Podcasts-2025-Bodies-013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/podcasts/","name":"podcasts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303054/bodies/","name":"Bodies"}}]}] ```