In the third episode from the fringes of the fertility industry, The Journal examines the rise of the surrogacy superuser. In the absence of meaningful regulation, the industry has enabled a new phenomenon of wealthy foreign men having <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-billionaires-surrogacy-pregnancy-7fdfc0c3?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdDq13dHiAIDOJH1oihJFIqWHQamHT2lGEUIR21x4dfK9D1cQQ5SC8qeAJEpyI%3D&gaa_ts=69b9a6a9&gaa_sig=56n4Lh8Dp4pQ3YkY9v3NSgx375VlYtBdGmSConTRhm83sFl6k4zn4kpa8YaxYfuvipuSigm-FejkDij1v7ydwg%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">dozens of children via surrogacy in the U.S</a>. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfx5Wewmi-oh34zi41pQxmaQZxdkmmqJMB8HCUDCunisxHXmqr1u7MudVuQLLw%3D&gaa_ts=69b9a6d3&gaa_sig=qJGXAlLcHxX_katxjyHKpOgOM1Wja5wFWp7HnPGw5-Q2Hh0e6tkhvj9MX4twy0jmrCXQD2RmtLRZ9Z9Wm0BHcA%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Ryan Knutson</a> speaks with WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/katherine-long?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqe9Ee_moz0UvZodxxK7tvMJuXo7BCttDq2rGPYe8KUAW6OyvvArs-uIbCF51ac%3D&gaa_ts=69b9a6ed&gaa_sig=BdAHdfPaRtYNBoeCNNILGeWJBz3GBqFccqvzJyvrktzk9wy_r4KTtEIk2s4wpcnyC7rDFBiAoIDwsX_NKVBF2w%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Katherine Long</a>, who reports on the strange case of Xu Bo, a Chinese tech entrepreneur on a mission to have a mega-family. 

Further Listening:

- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4euvWJ3Posrc7e21a0I0CH?si=c1b927a4ef64406d">Fertility Inc.: ‘Our Money Was Gone’</a>
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QrBswnVoeF0j1wCSLGxHE?si=f98f591e503b4c68">Fertility Inc.: When the Surrogate Gets Left With the Bill </a>
- Listen to all the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K4kIkjNNoyJeRqmgHCVVS?si=e354725b7ed948bb">Fertility Inc. episodes</a>
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