S1 E1: 50% Different
Sick
WFYI/Side Effects Public Media
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast deals frankly with issues of sex and fertility. |
| 0:04.0 | Just keep that in mind if you have kids around. |
| 0:31.0 | Hey Matt. |
| 0:33.0 | Hey. |
| 0:34.0 | Matt White meets me in a parking lot north of Indianapolis. |
| 0:40.0 | We sit in his Honda next to a busy street, a couple of medical office buildings in view. |
| 0:45.0 | We start with pretty standard get to know you stuff. |
| 0:48.0 | He's married two kids, does consulting work for utility companies to protect nearby birds. |
| 0:53.0 | I've always been interested in the environment and the outdoors and wildlife. |
| 0:58.0 | I think I traced it back to my grandma who always liked birds. |
| 1:03.0 | Matt's a big guy, 64. |
| 1:05.0 | I feel a little bad that I asked him to do an interview from his small car. |
| 1:09.0 | But we're talking here because of the building next to us. |
| 1:13.0 | It's nothing special to me, but it's a landmark from Matt's childhood. |
| 1:17.0 | This is the building where Matt was conceived. |
| 1:21.0 | I was her first born son and her first child. |
| 1:26.0 | We were a drive along 86 straight here. |
| 1:30.0 | To her, this is a very happy place. |
| 1:33.0 | She was just ecstatic. |
| 1:36.0 | She's like, you know, this is the building I got pregnant with you in. |
| 1:41.0 | Matt views those memories differently now. |
| 1:44.0 | He picks up a coffee cup in his lap as he tells me the story. |
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