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Sick Sick is an investigative podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. Award-winning journalists Jake Harper and Lauren Bavis dig deep to share shocking personal stories of medical injustices, and hold accountable the people and institutions meant to care for us.
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Sick

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Sick is an investigative podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. Award-winning journalists Jake Harper and Lauren Bavis dig deep to share shocking personal stories of medical injustices, and hold accountable the people and institutions meant to care for us.

Most Recent Episodes

S2 E5: Not Sentenced For That

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. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

S2 E4: Zero Tolerance

Correctional officers are supposed to keep people in prison safe. But they can be the worst thing that happens to women inside. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

S2 E3: Helpless

This week, we explore the system's effort to keep people inside from killing themselves: suicide watch. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast. If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255 or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.

S2 E2: A Righteous Case

Princola Shields' family and the women inside the Indiana Women's Prison knew something went horribly wrong. But getting justice isn't easy. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast. If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255 or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.

S2 E1: Screaming in the Shower

The second season of Sick is an investigation into health care in prisons. We start with the story of 19-year-old Princola Shields. What went wrong with her care at the Indiana Women's Prison? Pretty much everything. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

Season 2 Trailer

Jake and Lauren go to an unexpected place that's meant to keep people healthy. Season 2 launches October 26.

S1 Update: An Appointment With Dr. Cline

In 1972, Cline impregnated a patient with his own sperm, maybe for the first time. The Farber twins are the oldest known Cline siblings. When one of them needed a fertility doctor, she went to the best. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

S1 E8: Idiot's Guide

For the families connected to Donald Cline, this is a story with no end in sight. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

S1 E7: Right In His Own Eyes

Cline's deception goes deeper than replacing anonymous donor sperm. But bringing him to justice isn't easy. Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

Why Would We Stop Now?

Heather Woock navigates modern fertility treatment. Could what Cline did happen today? Go to sickpodcast.org for more information, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @sickpodcast.

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