#57 Milk Wanted

Reply All

Gimlet

Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There are parents in the US desperate for breast milk and others who have too much milk and end up pouring it down the sink. Reply All Producer Phia Bennin wades into the world of breast milk markets, and discovers a breast milk paradise, shady breastmilk scammers, and the surprising history of breast milk in the United States. The Facts Our theme music is by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. Further Reading Anna's Website, Liquid Gold Concept Ambrosia Milk Kara Swanson's book Banking on the Body Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Gimlet, this is a reply all.
0:07.2	I'm Alex Goldman and I'm PJ Boat.
0:13.3	This week we have a story that is not by me and PJ but by fantastic reply all producer
0:18.1	Fia Benin who is in the studio sitting right next to me.
0:21.2	Fia?
0:22.2	Okay.
0:23.2	I'm telling you about my friend, right?
0:24.7	Right.
0:25.7	So I was hanging out with this friend of mine and she told me that I really had no idea
0:30.7	how difficult it is to get breast milk if you want it and how expensive it can be.
0:35.4	She had recently had a baby and she needed some breast milk and she ended up, she lives
0:39.9	in Brooklyn, she ended up going to Harlem, driving up to Harlem to get breast milk and
0:45.7	when she got there the stranger handed her some breast milk and she handed the woman a
0:50.4	bottle of champagne.
0:52.9	And it seemed absolutely nuts that that's the that's the change rate like something that
0:58.5	comes out of your body for free and like the most expensive stare difficult liquor.
1:02.8	Yeah, it also seemed like how could that be the store?
1:05.6	The store is going to a stranger's house for breast milk.
1:08.2	Right.
1:09.2	But yeah, she said that's how difficult it is and I was telling my mom about this.
1:13.6	I was telling my mom how hard it is to get breast milk and she said to me that it's crazy
1:20.3	because she had enough breast milk that there were times when she ended up having to pour
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