The Birth Keepers

Investigation into a free birth movement linked to infant deaths worldwide AI summary

The Guardian Visit website › Society & Culture · EN · 6 episodes · latest 2026-07-07

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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

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  1. Death plan

    2026-07-07 · 43 min · Season 1, episode 6

    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…

  2. FBS goes global

    2026-07-07 · 32 min · Season 1, episode 5

    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…

  3. Growing an empire

    2026-07-07 · 43 min · Season 1, episode 4

    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…

  4. Journey Moon

    2026-07-07 · 35 min · Season 1, episode 3

    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…

  5. When Emilee met Yolande

    2026-07-07 · 41 min · Season 1, episode 2

    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…

  6. I choose this

    2026-07-07 · 37 min · Season 1, episode 1

    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.…

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