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Follow comedian and sperm donor baby Laura High as she dives into to the terrifying world of donor conception and the infertility industry. This unregulated unethical multi-billion industry has created an InsemiNATION. And we are going to fix it together.
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In 2022 at a Fertility Industry Stakeholder meeting representatives from Seattle Sperm bank admitted that they give leftover vials of sperm to the FBI. This story was covered by LGBTQ Nation in May 2025. Join us as we interview Eve Wiley who was present for this meeting as we dissect what this means and what the could be the terrifying result of this.LGBTQ Nation Article: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/private-sperm-bank-admits-to-giving-sperm-samples-to-fbi-without-donors-knowledge/
California Cryobank and Donor Egg Bank USA which are both owned by Cooper Surgical have written a new HB25-1259 in Colorado that guts Donor-Conceived Persons and Families of Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act SB 22-224 that was passed in 2022. This episode I talk with Steve Fenberg former President of the Senate in Colorado about our original Colorado bill and this new bill that has been introduced. All information on how to take action: https://www.usdcc.org/2025/02/12/call-to-action-industry-seeks-to-gut-colorados-protections-for-dcp-families/
Kelsey shares her story of being an embryo adoptee. She dives head first into the nuance of ethics surrounding embryo adoption, and describes what it was like finding out that she is an embryo adoptee, reconnecting to her biological family, and figuring out what this means to her.
In this inspirational episode we listen to two donor conceived brothers who were raised in two different family units, but both of their parents chose to use a known donor from birth from a LGBTQIA focused clinic in California. Listening to both of them describe how supportive their parents and donor/dad have been throughout their lives is just heart warming. This episode is filled with a lot of positive advice to recipient parents and intended recipient parents.
Welcome Dr. Aimee aka the Egg Whisperer! Dr. Aimee is here to talk to us about egg donation, causes for infertility, what to look for in a doctor, infertility trauma, and the changes she would like to see happen to the fertility industry.
Meet Casey, a recipient parent who used North West Cryobank who is a victim of fertility negligence. Fertility negligence is when a bank, clinic, or physician accidentally gives you the sperm/egg that you initially picked out.
Chelsea Devantez is not just donor conceived but also a renowned comedian. Her credits include being the head writer for ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’. Today Chelsea is sharing her donor conception experience and her new book which you can find here: https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/the-book
Meet Mark a sperm donor from Xytex who walks us through his experience working with the bank and then being available as a known donor.
Meet attorney Amanda Troxler from California who handles known donor agreements. Amanda is going to walk us through what is required to do a legally safe known donation.
Angela aka Sunny.in.season has gone viral for being a former egg donor and searching for the recipient parents who used her eggs to give them an updated medical history. Angela recently found out she has HHT which can be a very serious genetic illness, but the agency she initially went through has dissolved. Click here to sign up for DCP Data: https://www.dcpdata.org/signup?referrer=Laura-High
Today we have Danielle who is the co-founder of Seed Scout. Seed Scout is a known donor matching agency. In this episode Danielle shares her own experiences about using a known donor, the issues she faces while advocating for her clients, and why she feels more recipient parents should embrace known donors. https://www.theseedscout.com
Victoria and her Merrily are bravely joining us today. You may have seen their story recently published by CNN. Victoria is the first donor conceived person to come forward as a victim of accidental incest, and both her and her mom are victims of fertility fraud. Please know we recorded this episode in October 2023, but needed to wait till publish it once CNN came in the picture. Here is the article CNN did: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/us/fertility-fraud-accidental-incest-invs/index.html
Today we talk to Karlos Dillard aka Ward of the State. Karlos is a trans-racial adoptee and former foster care youth. Karlos is an advocate, educator, and author. We discuss adoption, foster care, and how the donor conceived community can be better allies to the adoptee and former foster care community. Pre-order Karlos’s next book here: https://karlosdillard.com/books/abort-the-adoption-pre-sale
Dr. Alissa it’s not just a donor conceived person conceived through anonymous sperm donation, she is also a licensed therapist. Join us as we learn about her story, and talk about common emotional journeys and traumas that donor conceived people go through.
We welcome on Kenzi a family building coach a licensed clinical social worker. Kenzi talks about her work by helping intended recipient parents get to a more child centered place when deciding how to build their family. Kenzi talks about dealing with the fertility industry, fertility trauma, and asking yourself tough questions. Please know that at 34:00-43:23 Kenzi shares some stories about parents who have gone through miscarriages and how they’ve been treated by the fertility industry. It’s an incredibly important conversation, but if it isn’t emotionally safe for you to listen to that part, just skip over that section.
Today we have four representatives of a 100+ person sibling pod. They are here to talk about what they have gone through individually as donor conceived people, but what it’s also like being in a pod of 100+ siblings.
Welcome back to part 2 with Alex and Rachel!!! Alex tells us the story of how she was able to identify her and Rachel’s genetic parent. If you can’t find your donor on a DNA site, you need to hear how Alex did this.
Today Rachel is back and has brought along their sister Alex! Rachel is double donor conceived and Alex is their sister through their egg donation side. This episode we dive into feelings, weird thoughts, and Alex tells us the incredible story on how she found out she was donor conceived.
We are at the finale of my genetic testing! Join us as we listen to genetic counselor Dena tell me what has popped up on my panels. I’ve never had any genetic testing done, so I am excited to hear the results, but also really nervous!
1Erin Maya is not just a Donor Conceived person, but also very musically accomplished. She has written the very first musical about donor conception. In this episode she talks about her donor conception story, struggling with how she should identify, and how she created this amazing new up-and-coming musical. The first concert preview of this musical will be January 8th. Tickets are available for in person and live stream here: www.thecompletepicturemusical.com
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