The Underworld of Organ Trafficking

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Today on Change Agents, Andy sits down with award-winning investigative journalist, author, and anthropologist, Scott Carney. Scott is the author of The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers, which examines the global underworld of human body-part trafficking. His other bestselling books include What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength. His latest book, DREAM: The Art and Science of Slumber, explores the mysteries of sleep and dreams, focusing on their impact on human health, cognition, and emotional well-being. He also holds a master's degree in anthropology, speaks Hindi, and hosts the podcast Scott Carney Investigates. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original presented by Firecracker Farm. SPONSORS: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.0	There'll be one bad guy at the top, oftentimes run in, you know, sometimes just doing organ markets, but sometimes also doing
0:21.9	like gun running and drugs and, you know, land, scams, whatever he can get into, or she, I guess.
0:27.0	And then what they, for the organs, what they'll do is they'll go to like a village and say,
0:31.2	hey, will you sell me your organ to a woman, usually a woman, or sometimes the husband and
0:35.5	the husband will say, you can buy my wife's organ happens frequently
0:39.3	and then they will after doing the operation they'll say hey now you've done this i've given you
0:44.2	a little bit of money why don't you go find me the next woman and then she will then get a cut
0:48.4	just like a multi-level marketing scam how can i help how can i be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work
0:58.6	that has no end. We have to organize a social movement. We have an opportunity to lead by example
1:09.6	versus just talking, hot air.
1:11.6	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change.
1:17.6	You know, the people are the ones that can make the change.
1:19.6	Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome back to Change Agents, an Ironclad original,
1:28.7	presented by our spicy friends at Firecracker Farm.
1:32.5	This episode is going to focus on Scott Carney's investigative journalism about the underworld
1:38.2	of human body and organ trafficking.
1:41.5	Yes, you heard me correctly.
1:43.1	Human body and organ trafficking. The, you heard me correctly. Human body and organ trafficking. The illegal
1:46.1	organ trade is global with an estimated 10% of organs sourced from illicit markets, particularly
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