BioHacked tells startling true stories of the people caught between two multi-trillion-dollar industries — medicine and technology — and chronicles how their lives are transformed. In season 1, the children of anonymous sperm and egg donors — some with dozens or hundreds of half-siblings — take on the fertility industry. As they uncover the identities of their donors and gather vital medical information, unexpected ethical, scientific, and political challenges arise that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the baby business.
The Truth about Ruby Franke
Listen on Infamous to the story about stay-at-home mom Ruby Franke breaking bad. She starts a YouTube channel, joining a popular niche of Mormon women sharing their lives online as mommy vloggers. Bu she’s then accused of child abuse and more, alongside a controversial female therapist with whom she begins sharing a bed.
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6/17/2024 • 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Poisoned Letters & a Frantic Investigation - The Untold Story of the Anthrax Attacks
In 2001, a series of letters laced with a deadly powder called anthrax appeared on the desks of prominent journalists and politicians in New York City and Washington D.C causing a national panic. But what started as an unprecedented case soon turned into an unsettling mystery. Who had sent these letters? And why? Join us as we trace the FBI’s costly investigation into the attacks, all with an eye toward the question that remains today: Did the FBI identify the true killer, or is this case still unresolved? Unravel the story the played out behind closed doors on Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat, listen now wherever you get your podcasts
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3/5/2024 • 2 minutes, 43 seconds
From Caskets to Criminals: The Family Behind a Shocking Body Brokering Scam
In the small town of Montrose, Colorado - Megan Hess ran the Sunset Mesa funeral home. Known for her kindness and warmth, Megan was beloved by her customers. But behind this sweet demeanor, Megan was hiding a dark, twisted and shocking secret operation. What was going on in the back room of Sunset Mesa funeral home? Find out on this season of Cover Up: Body Brokers, listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
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1/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
From the Host of BioHacked... Cover Up: The Pill Plot
BioHacked host T. J. Raphael is back with a new podcast — Cover Up: The Pill Plot.
Back in the ‘90s, a ragtag group plotted an international drug smuggling scheme and set up a secretive lab to cook up tablets. But they weren’t trafficking narcotics—they were fighting to bring the abortion pill to America. The new season of Cover Up: The Pill Plot will take you inside the epic struggle facing activists who battled presidents, the Supreme Court, militant anti-abortionists, would-be assassins, and murders.
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8/30/2023 • 41 minutes, 56 seconds
Assassins, Heists, & Nazis: The Untold Story of the Abortion Pill in America
You may have heard of the abortion pill, especially in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. But the story of how the pill became legal in America is closer to an action film than to a courtroom drama — with covert operations, heists, and even murder.
On the new season of Cover Up: The Pill Plot, travel back to the ‘90s and join the ragtag group that plotted an international drug smuggling scheme and set up a secret lab to get the abortion pill to America. Get a front row seat to the epic struggle facing activists who battled presidents, the Supreme Court, militant anti-abortionists and so much more.
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7/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Covid Cures and Conspiracies Introducing: The Deadly Cure
Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure is a podcast about a family on the fringe who convinced tens of thousands of people across the globe to buy a miracle liquid made of poison, the international conspiracy they ignited, and the people who fought to take them down.
Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure is a Neon Hum Media, Bloomberg & Sony Music Entertainment production.
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2/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
24 Years in the Making
Defining Diego is the story of one Guatemalan adoptee and his mother, a reporter who documented their journey from his earliest steps, as they try to understand how international adoption boomed and busted — and what it all means for families like theirs, with feet in two worlds.
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9/26/2022 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
What Makes a Family?
Families are complex, and so are the ways they come together. TJ Raphael, host of BioHacked, speaks with the host of our upcoming season — All Relative: Defining Diego, coming to this feed on October 3rd.
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9/19/2022 • 5 minutes, 4 seconds
Introducing BioHacked: Family Secrets
In the age of DNA, not many things can stay buried forever. BioHacked S1: Family Secrets, explores how at-home genetic testing is upending the baby business, and putting the children of anonymous sperm and egg donors into direct conflict with the industry that created them. Coming March 9th.
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