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The Birth Keepers

by The Guardian
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Oct 1#97

About the show

How two influencers made millions radicalising pregnant women with a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. Now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world. A six-part investigation by the Guardian

Latest episodes

  • Death plan

    July 7, 2026 · 43 min

    A backlash against FBS grows and Emilee and Yolande respond to the growing crisis. This is episode six of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne. The Guardian is able to do this kind of work because…

  • FBS goes global

    July 7, 2026 · 32 min

    Emilee and Yolande had grown an ideology and seeded it globally. A reach investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne could not have fathomed when they started reporting on the story. They set out to see just how far FBS has spread…

  • Growing an empire

    July 7, 2026 · 43 min

    Within months of the death of Lorren’s baby, Journey Moon, and the public backlash against the Free Birth Society that followed, Emilee Saldaya took the FBS membership private, turning the business into a global multimillion dollar empire…

  • Journey Moon

    July 7, 2026 · 35 min

    When Lorren Holliday got pregnant in 2018, she joined Emilee Saldaya’s Facebook group and quickly became hooked on the Free Birth Society podcasts. It was a decision that led to tragedy. This is episode three of a year-long investigation…

  • When Emilee met Yolande

    July 7, 2026 · 41 min

    Who is Emilee Saldaya, the woman behind the Free Birth Society movement? And how did she meet her business partner Yolande Norris-Clark? Do either woman have the credentials they are claiming? This is episode two of a year-long…

  • I choose this

    July 7, 2026 · 37 min

    The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of…