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Sick

S1 E1: 50% Different

Sick

WFYI/Side Effects Public Media

News

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

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

Transcript

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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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