{"podcast":{"title":"Other People's Pockets","slug":"other-people-s-pockets-5867409","podcast_index_feed_id":5867409,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/ff2b59/feeds.redcircle.com/e8e7bf22-8af9-4927-8a8a-7a46f9481997","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/other-peoples-pockets","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/10/6/15/a7e4eb88-0662-4075-8f62-1e2c935db20b_544894051-8d2405d3-6b7b-4d2b-b6e5-6c89da268f9a.jpg","author":"Maya Lau","episode_count":51,"summary":"Other People’s Pockets from journalist Maya Lau is a show featuring intimate interviews with real people about their personal finances. How much money do you make, and how do you make it? How do you feel about your money? How did you actually get that raise? That house? That life? It’s the show for financially-motivated people who want to go beyond Personal Finance 101: they want to hear the nuanced, messy, lived experiences of people making money decisions and building wealth. Contact us: otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T18:19:15.180446+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409"},"episode":{"title":"Sunshine Hanson on the Business of Being a Surrogate","slug":"sunshine-hanson-on-the-business-of-being-a-surrogate","published_at":"2026-04-13T19:03:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409/sunshine-hanson-on-the-business-of-being-a-surrogate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/e8e7bf22-8af9-4927-8a8a-7a46f9481997/episodes/f0e952c8-b276-4a52-b089-eeeeadd0d5ac","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/f0e952c8-b276-4a52-b089-eeeeadd0d5ac/stream.mp3","summary":"How do you compensate someone for giving life to another person's dream? Sunshine Hanson is a three-time gestational surrogate, which means that on three different occasions, she was pregnant with and gave birth to other people’s babies, and was paid for it. Her experience of helping families who wanted biological children but could not carry them on their own and navigating the financial aspects of that, inspired her to start her own agency, called \"Surrogacy is...,\" which matches intended parents with prospective surrogates. I’ve always wanted to interview a surrogate because I’m fascinated by the idea of getting paid to do something that is so personal and that you really can’t put a price on. We talked about how much money she made by being a surrogate; how it helped her pay off debt and reach financial goals; the ethics of paying someone to be pregnant & how to guard against exploitation; and about the financial literacy that should be talked about more in life and in the world of surrogacy. Email me (Maya) with guest ideas, questions, or hello's at otherpeoplespockets@gmail.com . Find me on social media here . Find Sunshine: Surrogacy.is Instagram Facebook TikTok LinkedIn Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"How do you compensate someone for giving life to another person's dream? Sunshine Hanson is a three-time gestational surrogate, which means that on three…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3693,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/other-people-s-pockets-5867409/episodes/sunshine-hanson-on-the-business-of-being-a-surrogate/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/other-people-s-pockets-5867409/sunshine-hanson-on-the-business-of-being-a-surrogate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}