Our Town from Bloomberg’s Big Take podcast follows residents of Gainesboro, Tennessee, after a group of far-right Christians moves in with plans for a radical social experiment.

Our Town from Bloomberg&rsquo;s Big Take podcast follows residents of Gainesboro, Tennessee, after a group of far-right Christians moves in with plans for a radical social experiment.

Introducing: Our Town

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&ldquo;This is what happens with spies.&rdquo;

6. Nothing Is Holy

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The plan gets more complicated. Will Xu Yanjun walk away?

The plan gets more complicated. Will Xu Yanjun walk away?

5. One Way In, One Way Out 

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A new asset, a once-in-a-career chance and a very delicate operation.

A new asset, a once-in-a-career chance and a very delicate operation.

 4. The Duck Analogy

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Stealing the world’s most closely guarded technology secrets is really hard. Especially when your boss keeps rejecting your expenses. 

Stealing the world&rsquo;s most closely guarded technology secrets is really hard. Especially when your boss keeps rejecting your expenses.&nbsp;

3. Suck, Squeeze, Burn, Blow

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Intelligence officers shouldn’t keep their secrets backed up to the cloud: Xu Yanjun did.

Intelligence officers shouldn&rsquo;t keep their secrets backed up to the cloud: Xu Yanjun did.

2. The Spy’s Diary

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 A spy, deep undercover, was sent to Chicago to deliver a warning. Or was he?

&nbsp;A spy, deep undercover, was sent to Chicago to deliver a warning. Or was he?

1. Your Friend From Nanjing

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Introducing: The Sixth Bureau

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A Kindbody employee discovers the company is helping an imprisoned billionaire father multiple children through surrogates and egg donors. In this episode, reporter Jackie Davalos investigates Greg Lindberg's "baby project" and how it exposes the dark side of America's unregulated fertility industry—where with enough money, almost anything becomes possible.

Read more: IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story

A Kindbody employee discovers the company is helping an imprisoned billionaire father multiple children through surrogates and egg donors. In this episode, reporter Jackie Davalos investigates Greg Lindberg's "baby project" and how it exposes the dark side of America's unregulated fertility industry&mdash;where with enough money, almost anything becomes possible. Read more: <a href="http://bloomberg.com/ivfdisrupted">IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story</a>

IVF Disrupted Ep 5: The Baby Project

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Kindbody implements quotas requiring doctors to perform more lucrative procedures, internal company documents show In this episode, patients report being pushed toward expensive IVF cycles and questionable add-ons. Reporter Jackie Davalos investigates how financial pressure drove medical decisions at the struggling fertility chain—including one woman's painful and seemingly unnecessary procedure that would leave her questioning everything.

Read more: IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story

Kindbody implements quotas requiring doctors to perform more lucrative procedures, internal company documents show In this episode, patients report being pushed toward expensive IVF cycles and questionable add-ons. Reporter Jackie Davalos investigates how financial pressure drove medical decisions at the struggling fertility chain&mdash;including one woman's painful and seemingly unnecessary procedure that would leave her questioning everything.
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="http://bloomberg.com/ivfdisrupted">IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story</a>

IVF Disrupted Ep 4: Fertility Care, Meet Sales Targets 

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When new neighbors move into Gainesboro, Tennessee, a small town at the foothills of Appalachia, locals are confused. Who are these self-proclaimed pioneers? And what do they want with their little town?

Locals soon discover the new arrivals are connected to something much larger: A network of far-right Christians who have ties to Washington and are backed by venture capital. 

This is a story about a battle over identity fought on small town soil with small town spunk. Where acreage, heritage, and what it means to be an American are all up for grabs.

When new neighbors move into Gainesboro, Tennessee, a small town at the foothills of Appalachia, locals are confused. Who are these self-proclaimed pioneers? And what do they want with their little town? Locals soon discover the new arrivals are connected to something much larger: A network of far-right Christians who have ties to Washington and are backed by venture capital. This is a story about a battle over identity fought on small town soil with small town spunk. Where acreage, heritage, and what it means to be an American are all up for grabs.

Our Town

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