Sick

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  • Summary

  • Sick is an investigative podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. Sick's first season explores the complications of fertility medicine, one Indiana doctor’s abuse of power and the generations of lives he affected.

    Season 2, we turn our attention to prisons— places that have to keep people healthy, but are built to punish them. New episodes start Oct. 26.

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Episodes
  • Sick Season One Trailer
    Sep 19 2019

    What happens when a doctor betrays a patient’s trust?

    Sick is an investigative podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. Award-winning journalists Jake Harper and Lauren Bavis dig deep to share shocking personal stories of medical injustices, and hold accountable the people and institutions meant to care for us.

    Sick's first season explores the complications of fertility medicine, one Indiana doctor’s abuse of power, and the generations of lives he affected. First episode out Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

    Visit our website sickpodcast.org
    Follow us on Twitter and Facebook

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    2 mins
  • S1 E1: 50% Different
    Oct 15 2019

    The first season of Sick starts with the story of a mother and son, a generation apart, who both struggled with infertility. And they learn a terrible secret about an Indianapolis doctor who abused his position of power.

    Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast. 

    Additional reading: 

    "Get Me Out” by Randi Hutter Epstein

    “Banking on the Body” by Kara Swanson

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    24 mins
  • S1 E2: He’s A Doctor — Why Would He Lie?
    Oct 22 2019

    Jacoba Ballard knew she was donor conceived, so she wanted to see if she had any half siblings. She found more than she expected – would anyone believe her?

    Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

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    25 mins

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