Horrendous story, not done justice by this podcast
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“This podcast might have worked better had people been interviewed in their mother tongue; this might have added depth and clarity to people’s stories, too — too often I get the impression that the extent of their experiences and the complexity of their feelings and emotions aren’t really coming out in the interviews because they lack the vocabulary to express themselves in English with any great depth.
Particularly the interview with the mother is excruciating in that respect: it sounds like she has a lot to say, but between her and her husband’s broken English, all that comes out is that she was “misused” in childhood and then “misused” by the fertility doctor, followed by an English interviewer who assumes the woman might have felt abused. The rest of the episode is the mother speaking in a mostly incomprehensible mix of languages; she speaks a lot, but I don’t understand what she’s trying to say.
That’s not her fault, it’s the English podcast producers not doing the poor woman any justice here.
I really think this horrific story should have been approached in the way This American Life does with guests whose mother tongue isn’t English, or Deutschlandfunk Einhundert does with guests for whom German isn’t the native language: focus on the people and their stories by interviewing them in their own language, then have the narrator give the translation. This would have provided guests and listeners with more dignity, depth and clarity.
The fact that this podcast does the reverse is, in my opinion, an injustice.
The producers should have been there to serve and accommodate the people – most of them victims – at the heart of this story, but appear to have done the opposite.
This feels wrong, exploitative even, and results in a podcast more shallow than it should have been, that’s at times hard to follow.”
@jojowiththeflow via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/15/20
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“Started listening to your podcast and enjoying so far. Must admit Louis sounds like a robot and someone who gets his kicks from giving sperm. What terrible deceit to have been going on for years by an evil mastermind manipulator and his associates.”
Goodtaste62 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
03/26/20
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“I am real drawn into this documentary on a subject I had known nothing about , some of the interviews are heart rending. The production team seem empathetic in their pursuit of the story”
50dw50 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/15/20
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“What a strange story - really interesting so far. Highlights a lot of ethical questions related to these clinics”
Johan000000001 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/02/20
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