What happens to the foreskin after it’s cut? In this episode, I follow the trail—from hospital to lab to luxury skincare aisle—and uncover the hidden economy built on neonatal flesh. We explore how circumcision became a business, how biomedical companies profit from discarded tissue, and how silence makes it all possible. Behind the clinical language and celebrity endorsements lies a deeper truth: something was taken, and no one was ever supposed to ask where it went.

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