They're among the best running headphones you can buy in 2021, thanks to an ingenious design that uses vibrations on your cheekbones to direct sound to your auditory nerves, leaving your ear canals open so that you can still hear the world around you – handy if you run in busy areas and need to be aware of traffic.

Eiselt: As a feminist activist and social justice leader in my community, I’ve always been passionate and outspoken about women’s rights. I was initially drawn to maternal health justice, specifically through my own traumatic pregnancy and birth experiences which inspired me to make my first feature, 93Queen, about dignified health and maternal care in the Hasidic community. A co-production with POV and Arte, that film was released worldwide, and now streams on HBO Max, and was used by the U.S. State Department’s film diplomacy program. With the first generation of Shokz, those issues were very prominent. You didn’t get a lot of power, they vibrated at higher volumes and they leaked a fair bit too. On the OpenRun, progress has certainly been made in some areas, but not in all. You are obviously not going to get the kind of results you’d expect from an in ear or over-ear headphones, but there are some noticeable improvements with the very gentle upping of bass, improved detail and overall upgrade in audio quality. As we said, bone conduction technology remains at the heart of how Shokz delivers audio, in a way that doesn’t entirely distract you from the world around you.The way that bone conduction tech works hasn’t changed for the OpenRun, using transducers to guide through vibrations up your cheek bones and to your ears, to deliver sound without needing to have something sitting directly inside of your ears. Offshore Island deliveries will take longer than two days including Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands and Islands and Scilly Isles. Isaac suffered a similar fate. Her partner Bruce McIntyre, who is feeding their child, opens the next scene. Footage of a fresh-faced Isaac making a tutorial video about potting plants follows, and then an interview in which McIntyre shares how her doctors in the Bronx failed to notice low platelet counts that should have classified her as a high-risk pregnancy. They induced her labor, performed a C-section and neglected her until it was too late. Shawnee Benton Gibson, mother of Shamony Gibson, and Bruce McIntyre III, Amber Rose Isaac’s partner, attend a protest. Photograph: Onyx Collective

Things have been upped in the durability stakes moving from an IP55 water-resistant rating to a IP67 rating. That means you’re getting something that’s equipped to be submerged in water up to one meter depth for 30 minutes. In reality, that rating is about doing a better job of fending off sweat and increasing its chances of surviving for a run in the rain and maybe dropping them in a puddle on the way as opposed to taking them for a swim. Bluetooth and water don’t mix anyway, so there’d be no reason to take them to the pool. From a design point of view, big strides have been made from the Air and those first generation Shokz headphones. They feel nicer to wear and the shrink in size does make a difference from a comfort point of view. The table below contains all postcodes on a two day service. Please note all deliveries to Northern Ireland are also on a 3-5 days service. Eiselt: Thank you! What I love most about the interviews is that they bolster the foundational stories of the protagonists. The interviews with Shawnee, Omari and Bruce are key in understanding the medical negligence behind the deaths of Shamony and Amber. It was vital that those details were shared through their own voices. Visually, we framed them to have a royal aesthetic giving our lead characters the authority and reverence they deserve when telling their story.Sarachan: Are there resources you can recommend for viewers who want to participate in this conversation and help aid in this movement for a better maternal healthcare system? If you’re in the gym for an hour a day or running for around the same amount of time, that’s plenty of battery to play with for the week ,and that’s pretty much what we found. Another mind-blowing fact I learned is that the “delivery” in “labor and delivery” comes from the biblical phrase “deliver us from evil,” as women need to be “delivered” from their own evil. Knowing where that language comes from is particularly piercing in our now post-Roe world.

If you’re looking for headphones that are primed for getting sweaty with and you don’t want to drown out the world, the Shokz OpenRun are currently your best option behind the newer and upgraded Shokz OpenRun Pro. Despite their slender frame, they include two physical buttons to control volume, and the move to a proprietary charging setup helps them to offer an improved water-resistance rating. Dual noise-cancelling mics are available for those times you need to take calls, too. The film is really arguing for woman-centered care,” said Lewis Lee. “That women should be heard, they should be listened to, and it should be about women finding the support they need around them for their birthing process before, during and after birth.” With every new iteration, Shokz has successfully managed to shave a considerable amount of weight off the frame and the vital parts of its headphones, to make them lighter to wear and less noticeable when you’re on the move. Put the OpenRun up alongside the Trekz Air launched a few years earlier, and you can appreciate how much slimmer things have really gotten here.

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Gibson, a 30-year-old resident of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, gave birth to her son, Khari, in September 2019 via c-section. For days afterwards, she complained of shortness of breath. She and her partner, Omari Maynard, repeatedly called doctors, who told her it was fine, just relax. There is undeniably plenty of room for things to get better as that bone conduction tech improves, both in bass and clarity, but the differences between the Trekz Air and the OpenRun are noticeable. Right now, Shokz owns this space because there’s nothing really out there to give it some competition. Hopefully that’ll change in the future because there’s definitely an opportunity for others to push bone conduction tech even further. Also consider... Sarachan: The interviews presented in the film are riveting. What did you learn from speaking to the people featured in the film?