Defining Diego
Episodes
The Dark Trail of Sandra Bridewell - Dead Husbands & Stolen Identities
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She had a million-dollar smile and a trail of dead men behind her— who was Sandra Bridewell? Host and investigative report Cooper Moll exposes the s...
Defining Diego | Adoptee Voices
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aa Tiko' travels to a meet up of Guatemalan adoptees in Washington D.C., though he’s a little unsure of what he’ll find there. He talks to three d...
Defining Diego | What Brought Me Here
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aa Tiko' takes us on a journey through Guatemalan history — from the Spanish invasion to the rise of the banana industry and eventually the Guatemal...
Defining Diego | 8. Becoming Aa Tiko’
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A birth family reunion in 2022 helps Diego piece together more parts of his identity, but it also sparks new questions that he struggles to process —...
Defining Diego | 7. What's On Paper
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2022, and Diego has a mission: to reclaim his Guatemalan citizenship. But on the ground in Guatemala City, he finds that his identity as an ado...
Defining Diego | 6. Resist and Release
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from a family whose adoption was in-progress when the Guatemalan government shut everything down. A few years after his fateful diagnosis, ...
Defining Diego | 5. When Everything Changed
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Diego turns 12, he’s diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, and his entire world turns inside out. The family goes into survival mode. Sick...
Defining Diego | 4. The Fall of International Adoption
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The international adoption racket is surging — and it’s gotten way out of control. All over the world, ugly stories begin to surface: of stolen ch...
Defining Diego | 3. Baby Boom
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adoption has become a booming industry — the price is soaring, and Guatemala has become a top exporter of babies for adoption, second only to China....
Defining Diego | 2. Where I'm From
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie takes three-year-old Diego back to Guatemala for the first time since his adoption. While Diego bonds with his birth mother Isabel, Laurie star...
Defining Diego | 1. My Two Mothers
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1999, and reporter Laurie Stern wants to adopt a child with her husband. At the time, international adoption seems pretty straightforward — L...
24 Years in the Making
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Defining Diego is the story of one Guatemalan adoptee and his mother, a reporter who documented their journey from his earliest steps, as they try to ...
What Makes a Family?
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Families are complex, and so are the ways they come together. TJ Raphael, host of BioHacked, speaks with the host of our upcoming season — All Relat...
BioHacked | 12. A Future Without Shame
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The baby business has used shame and secrecy as tools for decades. But a new generation of parents are removing stigma by leaning into a model that ce...
BioHacked | 11. Underground Markets
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Facebook groups to Tinder-like apps, a new generation of parents are using unregulated tech to form families outside the baby business. Get to kn...
BioHacked | 10. The Great Sperm Drought
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fertility industry experts have a warning for donor conceived activists: new rules in the baby business could have some big, unintended consequences. ...
BioHacked | 9. Anger To Action
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donor conceived activists want lasting change, but they'll have to go big with their plans to overhaul the baby business. They've organized and strate...
BioHacked | 8. A Deadly Donation?
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of women donate eggs for cash or freeze them for personal use. Could this life-altering treatment be a lot more dangerous than we think? Lea...
BioHacked | 7. Cease and Desist
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A grandmother, a granddaughter, and one anonymous donor's fight to maintain his privacy. What happens when a genetic test creates a family rift? Learn...
BioHacked | 6. Wrongful Life
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The David and Goliath battle between an industry powerhouse and a family with a sick child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
BioHacked | 5. The Genius Experiment: Part 2
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A look at a family built by Robert Graham’s infamous Repository for Germinal Choice reveals the dark side of this genius sperm bank. Learn more abou...
BioHacked | 4. The Genius Experiment: Part 1
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An improbable tale to transform the human race, one genius at a time. Find out how a plan so seemingly out there wound up revolutionizing the baby bus...
BioHacked | 3. The Birth of The Sperm Bank
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frozen semen, a media circus, and the father of sperm banking. The man and the moment that gave life to millions — and catapulted the fertility indu...
BioHacked | 2. Lost and Found
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt donated his sperm hundreds of times. He thought his identity could stay hidden forever, but Amber and Kaitlin are on his trail. Will he connect w...
BioHacked | 1. Pandora’s Box
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Christmas present turns Amber’s life upside down. Shaken, she questions the very foundation of her identity — and struggles to learn the truth. ...
Introducing BioHacked: Family Secrets
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the age of DNA, not many things can stay buried forever. BioHacked S1: Family Secrets, explores how at-home genetic testing is upending the baby bu...