Short Suck #9 - The US Human Body Trade

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

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🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What happens to your body when it is donated to science? Does it actually end up in front of some doctor or medical student? Not necessarily. Sometimes it ends up being sold by nefarious body brokers to be used for explosive detonation testing or to add to the collection of some weirdo who just likes dead bodies.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this edition of Time Suck Short Sucks. I'm Dan Cummins and today I'll be sharing the
0:05.8	fascinating and disturbing story of the US human body trade. We'll be exploring what happens to
0:11.2	bodies that are donated to science and answer some questions along the way like
0:15.3	are the bodies that are donated to science always used for the advancement of the medical field
0:20.4	and the education of our nation's future doctors, nurses, and surgeons.
0:25.0	Uh, no.
0:27.0	Are they at least always handled with dignity and respect, stored appropriately,
0:32.0	at least dissected using proper medical equipment
0:34.6	God no absolutely not are the organizations responsible for getting donated bodies
0:40.1	to scientific institutions at least qualified to do so. Oh no not even a little bit.
0:46.2	In fact almost anyone can become a body broker looking for a new side hustle maybe this
0:51.4	week's minisode will spark a career switch. Almost
0:54.8	anyone can purchase a dead body and the best part is all of this is 100
0:59.9	percent legal. Words and ideas can change the world.
1:05.0	I hated her, but I wanted to love my mother.
1:07.0	I have a dream.
1:08.0	I'll plead not guilty right now.
1:10.0	Your only chance is to leave with us.
1:15.0	How much do you think you're worth?
1:18.0	And I'm not talking about a metaphorical measure of personhood,
1:21.0	you know, like how kind or virtuous or loving you are, but rather an objective, monetary
1:26.0	value as a physical being, how much do you think your body would go for if you put on the
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