Close Calls and Skipped Lines: The Fraught State of Organ Donation

险象环生的瞬间与错过的机会:器官捐赠的困境

The Daily

2025-07-30

30 分钟
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A major investigation from The Times has found that government pressure to perform more organ transplants is creating greater risk for donors and threatening the overall fairness of the system. Brian M. Rosenthal, an investigative reporter at The Times, explains what he’s uncovered. Guest: Brian M. Rosenthal, an investigative reporter at The New York Times covering America’s organ transplant system. Background reading:  A push for more organ transplants is putting donors at risk.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Photo: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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  • This is The Daily.

  • A major investigation from the Times has found that government pressure to perform more and more organ transplants is creating greater risk for donors and threatening the overall fairness of the system.

  • Today.

  • My colleague, investigative reporter Brian Rosenthal, on what he's uncovered.

  • It's Wednesday, July 30th.

  • Brian, thank you for coming into the studio.

  • Thanks for having me.

  • Tell us about how this investigation that you have now been up to for many, many months began.

  • So it began when I got a vague suggestion from a source that I should look into the organ transplant system.

  • Something presumably not on your radar.

  • Not at all.