Insemination
Episodes
Episode 51: FBI and Seattle Sperm Bank
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022 at a Fertility Industry Stakeholder meeting representatives from Seattle Sperm bank admitted that they give leftover vials of sperm to the FBI...
Episode 50: Colorado bill HB25-1259
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California Cryobank and Donor Egg Bank USA which are both owned by Cooper Surgical have written a new HB25-1259 in Colorado that guts Donor-Conceived ...
Episode 49: Embryo Adoptee
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelsey shares her story of being an embryo adoptee. She dives head first into the nuance of ethics surrounding embryo adoption, and describes what it ...
Episode 48: Known Donor Family
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inspirational episode we listen to two donor conceived brothers who were raised in two different family units, but both of their parents chose...
Insemination 47: Problematic Egg Donor
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Claire-Lise is an egg donor conceived person who discusses her journey as a late discovery, what it feels like watching countless egg donor recruitmen...
Episode 46 Nightmare Counselor
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘Sarah’ is a recipient parent who unfortunately not only had to see a nightmare counselor from the clinic, but also watched one of her children ge...
Episode 45 Triple Threat
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Freya is not only donor conceived, but she is also recipient parent and a known egg donor. She has such a unique perspective and brings so much nuance...
Episode 44: Donor Conception and Comedy
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Devantez is not just donor conceived but also a renowned comedian. Her credits include being the head writer for ‘The Problem with Jon Stewa...
Episode 43: Sperm Donor Experience
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Mark a sperm donor from Xytex who walks us through his experience working with the bank and then being available as a known donor.
Episode 42: Egg Whisperer
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dr. Aimee aka the Egg Whisperer! Dr. Aimee is here to talk to us about egg donation, causes for infertility, what to look for in a doctor, inf...
Episode 41: Contracts with Known Donors
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet attorney Amanda Troxler from California who handles known donor agreements. Amanda is going to walk us through what is required to do a legally s...
Episode 40: Racism and Eugenics
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
FULL DISCLOSURE I filmed the intro a few weeks ago, I'm not about to go perform in Cleveland. I already did, it was wonderful. I apologize for the...
Episode 39: Fertility Negligence
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Casey, a recipient parent who used North West Cryobank who is a victim of fertility negligence. Fertility negligence is when a bank, clinic, or p...
Episode 38: Angela’s Search
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angela aka Sunny.in.season has gone viral for being a former egg donor and searching for the recipient parents who used her eggs to give them an updat...
Episode 37: Known Donors
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have Danielle who is the co-founder of Seed Scout. Seed Scout is a known donor matching agency. In this episode Danielle shares her own exper...
Episode 36: Victoria’s Story
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria and her Merrily are bravely joining us today. You may have seen their story recently published by CNN. Victoria is the first donor conceived ...
Episode 35: Ward of the State
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to Karlos Dillard aka Ward of the State. Karlos is a trans-racial adoptee and former foster care youth. Karlos is an advocate, educator,...
Episode 34: Dr. Alissa
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alissa it’s not just a donor conceived person conceived through anonymous sperm donation, she is also a licensed therapist. Join us as we learn ...
Episode 33: Family Building Coaching
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome on Kenzi a family building coach a licensed clinical social worker. Kenzi talks about her work by helping intended recipient parents get to...
Episode 32: 100+ Sibling Pod
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have four representatives of a 100+ person sibling pod. They are here to talk about what they have gone through individually as donor conceiv...
Episode 31: Donor Conceived Hangout Part 2
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to part 2 with Alex and Rachel!!! Alex tells us the story of how she was able to identify her and Rachel’s genetic parent. If you can’...
Episode 30: Donor Conceived Hangout Part 1
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Rachel is back and has brought along their sister Alex! Rachel is double donor conceived and Alex is their sister through their egg donation sid...
Episode 29: Genetic Testing Part 3
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are at the finale of my genetic testing! Join us as we listen to genetic counselor Dena tell me what has popped up on my panels. I’ve never had a...
Episode 28: Nourishing Fertility
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome on McKenzie Caldwell, registered dietitian who specializes in fertility and pregnancy. McKenzie shares a different perspective on the ferti...
Episode 27: Adoptee DCP Alliance
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so excited for you all to meet @OutspokenAdoptee. Outspoken and I started communicating over a year ago about donor conception and adoption. We qu...
Episode 26: The Complete Picture
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Maya is not just a Donor Conceived person, but also very musically accomplished. She has written the very first musical about donor conception. I...
Episode 25: Nurse Jess
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone meet Nurse Jess! Jess is a registered nurse and former egg donor who had a terrifying and near fatal experience when she donated her eggs to ...
Episode 24: Double Donor Conceived
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are interviewing Rachel (they/them) who was conceived using both donor sperm and a donor egg. Their perspective, and lived experience is incr...
Episode 23: Genetic Testing Part 2
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with Dena Dna! And we are going to start the process of getting genetic testing done to myself. In this episode, you were going to listen ...
Episode 22: Genetic Testing Part 1
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome genetic counselor Dena Dna. This three part series will show all of us how genetic testing works. In this part we are going to learn about ...
Episode 21: United States Donor Conceived Council
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Mel Bornico of the United States Donor Conceived Council. The USCDD is a non-profit group formed and led by donor conceived people to...
Episode 20: Donor Dylan
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I’m so excited to introduce our first sperm donor to the podcast, Dylan. Dylan started donating at 20 years old, but unfortunately found out he was ...
Episode 19: Egg Donation and Dr. Diane Tober
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are consistently getting bombarded with egg donation recruitment ads on social media. They make it look like it's an easy side hustle that results ...
Episode 18: Ableism & Eugenics
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are so lucky to have Devin Shuman as our guest today! Devin is a genetic counselor who works a lot with donor Conceived people. She leads us throug...
Episode 17: DNAngels
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meet DNAngels! A non-profit that helps NPEs, adoptees, and donor conceived people find their biological families using Ancestry. In this episode they ...
Episode 16: Recipient Experience
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It means so much to me to welcome Jess on, a recipient parent of triplet donor conceived children. Jess walks us through the process that she and her ...
Episode 15: Dr. Morris Wortman (Part 2)
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Continue listening to David Berry, one of the donor conceived children and products of fertility fraud, Dr. Morris Wortman. David talks about how he c...
Episode 14: Dr. Morris Wortman (part 1)
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome David Berry on the podcast who is a donor conceived person and a product of fertility fraud from Dr. Wortman who recently deceased in a pla...
Episode 13: Trauma and Advocacy
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You need to meet Cassandra! Cassandra is a donor conceived person who didn’t find out she was sperm donor conceived until she was 35. The lack of tr...
Episode 12: Late Diagnosis
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Laura is talking to fellow Donor Conceived Person Jamie! Jamie was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 13. Jamie goes into detail on ho...
Episode 11: Dealing with trauma
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to INSEMINATION! Today I interview Stef, the Donor Conceived Queen. Stef talks about how she was a late discovery and the trauma that was...
Episode 10: My Donor Story
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome on our first Recipient Parent to the show! Sharon Leya is also the author of the ‘My Donor Story’. A series of inclusive books that exp...
Episode 9: Barwin Babies
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are so excited to have our first Canadian guest on, Kat Palmer who now only is donor conceived, she’s also a Barwin Baby. In the USA we have Dr. ...
Episode 8: The Donor Conceived Persons Protection Act
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Senator Gallivan and Assembly Women Paulin to the podcast. The Senator is the sponsor in the Senate for The Donor Conceived Persons Protect...
Episode 7: Finding Siblings
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FIRST time ever, we have two Donor Conceived siblings on the podcast! Listen to how Anna and Brad found each other. They were both late discovery with...
Episode 6: Counseling Recipient Parents
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a recipient parent or are thinking about using donor conception this episode is a MUST. Our guest on this episode is therapist and author J...
Episode 5: Fertility Fraud Legislation
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our next guest really is the Captain America of Fertility Fraud Legislation, Eve Wiley! Eve spearheaded the Fertility Fraud Legislation which would ma...
Episode 4: Cryo-bank Whistle Blower
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You NEED to hear whistler blower Michelle recount what it was like working for one of the largest cryo-banks worldwide. She talks about the red flags ...
Episode 3: Traditional Surrogacy
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our next guess has an incredibly unique story as someone who was conceived via traditional surrogacy. Traditional surrogacy is when someone is conceiv...
Episode 2: Jacoba Ballard from 'Our Father'
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all met Jacoba Ballard when the whole nation watched and was shook by the documentary ‘Our Father’ on Netflix that premiered in May 2022. On to...
Episode 1: Egg Donor Health Scare
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa's story will leave you SHOCKED as she recounts her experience of being an egg donor and the absolute valid fear she has for her egg donor ...
Insemination Preview
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Follow comedian and sperm donor baby Laura High as she dives into to the terrifying world of donor conception and the infertility industry. This unreg...