I'm A Surrogate

An Australian on a solo vacation calls in from Italy. She and Gethard chat about travel, trade stereotypes about each other’s countries, and get into how the rest of the world views the U.S. right now, all while the caller gives us a little walking tour of the charming Italian to ... Show More

This call starts at Burning Man but quickly opens up into a far more complicated conversation about grief, abuse, healing, and the long work of rebuilding. But the playa stays in the mix throughout, a touchstone for how this caller has tried to redefine life along the way. And, o ... Show More

This week, Geth talks with a railroad worker who shares what it’s really like on the job. They get into the nitty-gritty of trains, unions, and infrastructure, and explore how the rails often reflect bigger truths about where the country is headed. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous ... 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

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 at ... Show More

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.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omny ... Show More

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. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:/ ... Show More

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. 

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