Fertility Inc.: One Dad, One Hundred Babies

The podcast explores the growing trend of wealthy Chinese parents seeking large families through surrogacy in the U.S., driven by factors like China's restrictive fertility policies and the desire for sex selection. It highlights the story of Xu Bo, a tech entrepreneur aiming for dozens of children, and the largely unregulated surrogacy industry that caters to such desires. Nathan Zhang, who runs a business facilitating U.S. fertility access for Chinese parents, notes the influence of figures like Elon Musk on this trend. The discussion reveals how the absence of federal laws allows for practices like shipping genetic material internationally and using baby couriers, raising ethical and legal questions about parental rights and the well-being of surrogate children.