Hi, heavyweight listeners.

While the team is busy working on next week's special episode, we don't want you flipping

podcast stations, so we're bringing you something from our friends at serial and the New

York Times.

It's an episode from the podcast, The Retrievals, that we've been eager to share.

It's about these women who went to the Yale Fertility Center for a procedure called

an egg retrieval.

For months, patient after patient complained that they were experiencing excruciating

pain during the procedure, like the anesthesia they were given didn't work at all.

But time after time, these women were essentially brushed off, until, finally, everyone found

out what was really going on.

It's a gripping story that goes to places you completely will not expect, places that

are both deeply personal and also point to larger structural failures in the world of healthcare.

Susan Burton, the reporter of the story, does an incredible job delicately guiding you

through shifting sympathies and the complexities of the case.

We've got episode one for you, but I'm sure like me, you're going to want to tear through

the entire series.

The Retrievals, episode one, coming up right after the break.

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