{"podcast":{"title":"CANADALAND","slug":"canadaland-317958","podcast_index_feed_id":317958,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6","website_url":"https://www.canadaland.com/shows/canadaland/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/1743698771719-50c87864-d5ab-4617-8806-05f66a4e5c26.jpeg","author":"Jesse Brown","episode_count":1611,"summary":"The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast. Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T10:17:59.362732+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958"},"episode":{"title":"Repugnant Markets: Where Blood is Sold and Kidneys Swapped","slug":"repugnant-markets-where-blood-is-sold-and-kidneys-swapped","published_at":"2026-08-10T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/repugnant-markets-where-blood-is-sold-and-kidneys-swapped","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958","url":"https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a791b98b5c73bab7cb42cc9","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a791b98b5c73bab7cb42cc9/media.mp3","summary":"They’re shamed, banned, or driven underground but “repugnant markets” have a way of surviving. Organ sales, MAID, even blood sales fall into the category. Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth comes to Canadaland to discuss his latest book, Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal about How Markets Work. Further Reading: The Nobel Prize - Alvin E. Roth Can economics save lives? -  Alvin E. Roth Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets - Alvin E. Roth A Conversation with Alvin Roth - The Conversation Kidney Paired Donation Program - Canadian Blood Services Host: Gemma Boothroyd Credits: Gemma Boothroyd (Reporter), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Chad Galloway (Audio Editing & Production), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher) Fact Checking by: Julian Abraham Additional Music by: Audio Network Photo: Linda A. Cicero, Stanford University Sponsors:   Shopify : Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://shopify.ca oxio : Head over to https://canadaland.oxio.ca and use code CANADALAND for your first month free!  Article : Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit https://article.com/canadaland and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. Can’t get enough Canadaland? Follow @Canadaland_Podcasts on Instagram for clips, announcements, explainers and more. If you value this podcast, support us ! You’ll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You’ll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at our store , tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you’ll be a part of the solution to Canada’s journal…","meta_description":"They’re shamed, banned, or driven underground but “repugnant markets” have a way of surviving. Organ sales, MAID, even blood sales fall into the category.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1477,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/repugnant-markets-where-blood-is-sold-and-kidneys-swapped/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/repugnant-markets-where-blood-is-sold-and-kidneys-swapped.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}