38 Episodes

  1. Introducing Season Two

    Published: 2/8/2022
  2. NATAL x NPR Life Kit: Navigating Life After Pregnancy Loss

    Published: 4/13/2021
  3. The NATAL Summit: Parent Storytellers

    Published: 12/2/2020
  4. The NATAL Summit: Our production team

    Published: 11/26/2020
  5. NATAL Summit: Providers & Birthworkers

    Published: 11/18/2020
  6. NATAL Summit: Birth Equity Advocates

    Published: 11/11/2020
  7. Eight: Trish's Story

    Published: 8/19/2020
  8. Seven: Alexius' Story

    Published: 8/5/2020
  9. Six: Brittany's Story

    Published: 7/22/2020
  10. Five: Marilyn and Yvonne's Stories

    Published: 7/8/2020
  11. Crosspost: KalaLea's Story

    Published: 6/24/2020
  12. Four: Shellie's Story

    Published: 6/10/2020
  13. A Message From NATAL

    Published: 6/3/2020
  14. Three: Mikah and Cecilia's Stories

    Published: 5/20/2020
  15. Two: Roots of the Black Birthing Crisis

    Published: 5/6/2020
  16. One: Myeshia's Story

    Published: 4/22/2020
  17. The Prelude

    Published: 4/15/2020
  18. Introducing NATAL

    Published: 4/14/2020

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NATAL passes the mic to Black families to hear all about their journey to parenthood in their own words. Our second season follows four parents in rural Mississippi, Iowa and Hawaii as they birth new lives and legacies exactly where they are. Interwoven by narrative interludes, this 10-part story album features the birthworkers, medical professionals and advocates caring for Black rural families at every stage of pregnancy and beyond.