I'm A Surrogate

<p dir="ltr">A year after unexpectedly losing her partner, this week's caller shares how she's been rebuilding on her own terms. She and Gethard talk about grief, community, resilience, and the power of telling our stories so we don't have to carry them alone.</p> <p dir="ltr">Si ... Show More

A grassroots journalist calling in mid-haircut connects with Gethard over a shared love for community media. Together, they break down why public access matters now more than ever: how local TV and community-powered news can connect neighbors, build trust where traditional media ... Show More

This week's caller has dedicated her life to understanding hoarding disorder. Years ago, she married someone whose relationship with collecting changed the course of her own life. Now she's on a mission to educate others and replace stigma with compassion. She and Gethard get int ... Show More

A surrogate mother and a mother who used a surrogate - Kim Chakanetsa explores the ethics and emotions of carrying a child for someone else, with two women from the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Krystal Wallace is from Texas and already had two children of he ... Show More

Infertility is a condition that affects both men and women, and even though 15% of couples worldwide experience infertility, it is considered a dirty little secret that no one is comfortable talking about. My guest Nathalie Carpenter describes it as a mental, emotional, and physi ... Show More

If a woman wants to experience pregnancy but can't, the answer could be a uterus transplant. The technology is promising, if still very new — but how ethically sound is it? 

r/AmITheA**hole OP and her husband have fertility issues, so they hire a surrogate to carry their baby for them. As the birth of their child gets closer, the surrogate starts acting strangely possessive of OP's husband. She keeps cutting OP out of conversations with the husband, ... Show More

<p>Do you have open conversations at work when you’re in pain emotionally or physically? After going through numerous rounds of IVF, as well as having a miscarriage, broadcaster, writer, and author Emma Barnett wants to re-brand pain as weakness into pain as strength, especially ... Show More

<p>What does surrogacy entail and why is there so much controversy around it? Anney and Samantha lay out some numbers, laws, definitions, processes, and controversies around surrogates and surrogacies. </p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpo ... Show More

<p>In the U.S. alone, more than 6 million people are affected by infertility and science has taken up the mantle of helping them to conceive. Learn about the clever, though intuitive, methods of assisting infertile couples to have a child.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-cho ... Show More

<p>I uncover the scale of the lies and deceit that characterized infertility care for decades. Maybe I’ve been searching in the wrong place all along.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information a ... Show More

For many people around the world, donation of sperm or an egg can be the difference between becoming parents and not. But while this donation can make their dream of parenthood come true, what are the considerations for the end result, the child themselves? Donation and IVF can h ... Show More