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The $5,000 butt

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The Brazilian butt lift isn’t just a cosmetic surgery; it’s a lifestyle. Vox’s Rebecca Jennings explains how influencers gave a decades-old procedure new life.

Listen to the rest of the episode here: https://megaphone.link/VMP8712712453

This episode of Today, Explained was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Haleema Shah.

Additional production by:

  • Recode Daily host: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes)
  • Producer: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza (@ardzes)
  • Engineer: Melissa Pons


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