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This American Life podcast - The Great Stork Derby

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baggagereclaim · 24/03/2019 21:37

This episode tells a quite an astonishing (true) story.

www.thisamericanlife.org/668/the-long-fuse/act-two-5

Quick summary: tells the story of a rich man who leaves a will stating that the woman who gives birth to the most babies in the 10yrs after his death will win $9 million. They called it The Great Stork Derby. Just shocking.

It's about 20 minutes or so but worth a listen!

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BelfastBloke · 24/03/2019 21:43

Yeah, I was listening to this as I flew back from America. Perfect combination of sexism and class. Brutal.

baggagereclaim · 24/03/2019 21:41

www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript

Also the transcript - you need to scroll to get to chapter 2. (Better to listen IMO.)

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