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From the Radiolab podcast: A sperm, an egg, two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
You know the drill — all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo — you’ve got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this 2015 episode, conception takes on a new form — it’s the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
This is the story of an Israeli couple, two men, who go to another continent to get themselves a baby — three, in fact — by hiring surrogates to carry the children for them. As we follow them on their journey, an earth-shaking revelation shifts our focus from them to the surrogate mothers. Unfolding in real time, as countries around the world considered bans on surrogacy, this episode looked at a relationship that manages to feel deeply affecting and deeply uncomfortable at the same time.
“Birthstory” is a collaboration with the brilliant radio show and podcast Israel Story, created to tell stories for, and about, Israel. Go check ‘em out! (zpr.io/rX3DazcJiUUG)
Israel Story's five English-language seasons were produced in partnership with Tablet Magazine (zpr.io/HxYET7psAbPh) and we highly recommend you listen to all of their work at (zpr.io/HD3LSqq25LEx)
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From the Radiolab podcast: A sperm, an egg, two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
You know the drill — all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo — you’ve got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this 2015 episode, conception takes on a new form — it’s the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
This is the story of an Israeli couple, two men, who go to another continent to get themselves a baby — three, in fact — by hiring surrogates to carry the children for them. As we follow them on their journey, an earth-shaking revelation shifts our focus from them to the surrogate mothers. Unfolding in real time, as countries around the world considered bans on surrogacy, this episode looked at a relationship that manages to feel deeply affecting and deeply uncomfortable at the same time.
“Birthstory” is a collaboration with the brilliant radio show and podcast Israel Story, created to tell stories for, and about, Israel. Go check ‘em out! (zpr.io/rX3DazcJiUUG)
Israel Story's five English-language seasons were produced in partnership with Tablet Magazine (zpr.io/HxYET7psAbPh) and we highly recommend you listen to all of their work at (zpr.io/HD3LSqq25LEx)
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