Sick
Sick is an investigative podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy.
The first season explored the complications of fertility medicine, one Indiana doctor’s abuse of power, and the generations of lives he affected.
The second season looks at prisons — places that are meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.
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Sick is made possible in part by the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation and the Corporation For Public Broadcasting, a private company funded by the American people.
Latest Episodes
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Indiana made the drastic decision to privatize health care in its prisons. It was supposed to improve care, but more than 20 years later, it’s unclear if it worked.
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Correctional officers are supposed to keep people in prison safe. But they can be the worst thing that happens to women inside.
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This week, we explore the system’s effort to keep people inside from killing themselves: suicide watch.
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We start Season 2 with the story of 19-year-old Princola Shields. What went wrong with her care at the Indiana Women’s Prison? Pretty much everything.
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Clines deception goes deeper than replacing anonymous donor sperm. But bringing him to justice isnt easy.
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Heather Woock navigates modern fertility treatment. Could what Cline did happen today?
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Donald Cline still doesn't come clean at a face-to-face meeting with the siblings, which leads to more questions. Did he ever use any sperm donors in the '70s and '80s?