The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal.Get show merch here: https://wsjshop.com/collections/clothing

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The Journal.

Episodes (300)

Friday Fertility Inc.: One Dad, One Hundred Babies
Thursday Is Cuba on the Brink of Collapse?
Wednesday How Gamblers Are Rigging College Basketball

The Journal.

Mar 20, 2026
24¼ minutes
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In the third episode from the fringes of the fertility industry, The Journal examines the rise of the surrogacy superuser. In the absence of meaningful regulation, the industry has enabled a new phenomenon of wealthy foreign men having dozens of children via surrogacy in the U.S. Ryan Knutson speaks with WSJ’s Katherine Long, who reports on the strange case of Xu Bo, a Chinese tech entrepreneur on a mission to have a mega-family. Further Listening: - Fertility Inc.: ‘Our Money Was Gone’ - Fertility Inc.: When th...

The Journal.

Fertility Inc.: One Dad, One Hundred Babies

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

00:00 -24:12