Heather Radke

Harvey grabs the blue cloth and he pulls it back.

Harvey grabs the blue cloth and he pulls it back.

Harvey grabs the blue cloth and he pulls it back.

So I'm going to pick it up and see how heavy it is. So I grabbed the placenta. It's kind of heavy. Like what?

So I'm going to pick it up and see how heavy it is. So I grabbed the placenta. It's kind of heavy. Like what?

So I'm going to pick it up and see how heavy it is. So I grabbed the placenta. It's kind of heavy. Like what?

About as wide as a volleyball. It's really weird. Okay, first of all, it's cold. Maybe slimy is the word. And it's got a lot of texture when you're in the beefy part. You can feel what I imagine are the veins. And it has like, it's not all one texture. It's like hard in spots and soft in spots. It feels sort of like crazy.

About as wide as a volleyball. It's really weird. Okay, first of all, it's cold. Maybe slimy is the word. And it's got a lot of texture when you're in the beefy part. You can feel what I imagine are the veins. And it has like, it's not all one texture. It's like hard in spots and soft in spots. It feels sort of like crazy.

About as wide as a volleyball. It's really weird. Okay, first of all, it's cold. Maybe slimy is the word. And it's got a lot of texture when you're in the beefy part. You can feel what I imagine are the veins. And it has like, it's not all one texture. It's like hard in spots and soft in spots. It feels sort of like crazy.

And what's kind of cool is it leaves no scar. It's like one of the only things like this in the body, maybe the only thing like this, where something sort of gets sheared off and there's no, like no mark remains there.

And what's kind of cool is it leaves no scar. It's like one of the only things like this in the body, maybe the only thing like this, where something sort of gets sheared off and there's no, like no mark remains there.

And what's kind of cool is it leaves no scar. It's like one of the only things like this in the body, maybe the only thing like this, where something sort of gets sheared off and there's no, like no mark remains there.

Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, I don't know.

But also a lot of people don't throw it away.

But also a lot of people don't throw it away.

But also a lot of people don't throw it away.

This is Tina Delisle. She's a professor of history at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and she's writing a book about the placenta. Indigenous people were understanding the placenta for a long time. She explained to us that this dawning we were having, that the placenta is kind of like a parent.

This is Tina Delisle. She's a professor of history at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and she's writing a book about the placenta. Indigenous people were understanding the placenta for a long time. She explained to us that this dawning we were having, that the placenta is kind of like a parent.