The Business of Body Brokering

Infamous

Sony Music

True Crime, News, Relationships, Entertainment News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 964 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this chilling episode of Infamous, Vanessa speaks with Ashley Fantz—the journalist behind the podcast Body Brokers—and dives into the hidden world of body brokering, a disturbing industry where human remains are bought and sold for profit. Through her investigation into the shocking story of a mother-daughter-run funeral home in Colorado, Ashley uncovered a reality that forces us to ask: what really happens to our bodies after death? To learn more about the South Florida Willed Body Program, visit https://med.miami.edu/programs/sofab/body-donation Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. To connect with Infamous's creative team, plus access behind the scenes content, join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The restaurant business is tough, but that doesn't stop celebrities from trying to open their own spots over and over again.
0:10.0	On each episode of Wonderry's podcast, The Big Flop, comedians joined host Misha Brown to chronicle one of the biggest pop culture fails of all time and try to answer the
0:22.9	age-old question.
0:24.8	Who thought this was a good idea?
0:27.9	Brittany Spears had Nila.
0:29.9	Guy Fieri had a Times Square Empire.
0:32.8	Eva Longuria had a steakhouse called She, with a baffling gender-themed concept, and they each went
0:39.7	bust in their own special way.
0:42.7	Peloton star Cody Rigsby and Amanda Hirsch, host of Not Skinny but Not Fat, join Misha to review
0:49.8	this trio of failed celebrity restaurants.
0:53.5	Follow the big flop on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:03.1	Campside Media.
1:10.4	I'm Natalie Rogamette, and welcome back to Infamous, a production of Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media.
1:16.9	I just wanted to take a moment to say that this episode deals with heavy subject matter,
1:21.9	including funerals and the processing of human bodies.
1:25.8	It is quite disturbing, especially if you're in the process of grief.
1:30.1	Please listen with care.
1:34.8	So if you're anything like me, you spend a lot of time thinking about the mind, body, soul
1:40.6	connection. Am I spending too long on my phone? Am I too in my head and not enough in my body?
1:46.8	Am I developing a spiritual practice that nourishes said soul? And it's one of the eternal questions
1:52.6	that all religions deal with. What happens to our souls after death? But perhaps the question
2:00.2	we really should be asking is what happens to our bodies.
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