Hi, it's Madeline Barron.
I'm so excited to bring you this new story from the brilliant investigative reporter Ava Kaufman
and our longtime incredible producer, Natalie Jablonski.
Ava is a staff writer for The New Yorker
and in my perhaps biased view, one of the most astounding investigative reporters working today.
And the story, well, I'll let it speak for itself.
But this one has really made me think deeply about what makes a family.
Who gets to be a parent?
And how little recourse there is for anyone when things go terribly wrong.
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And here's the thing about becoming a subscriber.
This kind of work we do, this in-depth investigative reporting and meticulous production can take a long time.
We actually have a whole other story that's coming out soon that I've been working on for more than a year.
All of this is expensive.
We're traveling.