Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chennai, a small town in southern India, known locally as Kidneyvakkam—‘Kidneyville’ where nearly every adult resident has sold their kidney. But what’s even crazier is that it’s not just Chennai that has this nickname. Manila, Philippines. Hokse, Nepal. Herat, Afghanistan. Lahore, Pakistan. Bangladesh. Myanmar. Costa Rica.

Scattered across the globe, hidden in plain sight, there are entire communities who depend on selling their kidneys and other organs to survive. Isn’t this illegal? And if it is–how does it seem to be thriving in plain sight?

00:00 Why Everyone In This Village Had Their Kidneys Stolen
03:10 Jay’s diabetes diagnosis and need for a transplant
07:50 Investigative journalist Scott Carney on kidney trafficking in India
22:33 David Matas (human rights lawyer) on forced harvesting in China
27:44 Sir Geoffrey Nice (UN tribunal): Genocide verdict against China
30:36 Global inaction due to legal technicalities
32:45 Jay’s successful transplant and survivor’s perspective
37:38 The emotional weight of receiving a deceased donor’s organ
43:26 Future of organ trade: Biohacking, pig kidneys, and inequality

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