MATERNAL DISPATCHES with Hollie McKay
Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay is where frontline war reporting meets the stories that matter most: maternal health, human rights, and the human cost of conflict, told from the mother's lens.
Every week, I dive into the headlines that should be making news: the hidden humanitarian crises, the mothers and families too often forgotten, and the extraordinary resilience of people surviving on the margins of war and policy failure.
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Latest Episodes
The World Cup Is Here. So Are the Traffickers.
As millions of fans descend on North America for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, another group is already getting ready: human traffickers.In this episode, investigative journalist Hollie McKay examines the hidden risks lurking behind the world...
The Loophole Nobody Wants to Close: Child Marriage in America
Sherry Johnson was 11 years old when she was forced to marry the man who raped her, and it was completely legal. Half a century later, child marriage remains lawful in 34 U.S. states, some with no minimum age whatsoever. In this episode, Hollie...
Hundreds of Children Went to a Government Hospital for Care. They Left With HIV.
A local doctor in Taunsa, a mid-sized city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, first noticed something was wrong in late 2024. Children were showing up at his private clinic HIV-positive, and most had no obvious reason to be.Their parents wer...
How the Law Allows Convicted Child Sex Offenders To Father a Surrogate Babies
Does this Industry Need More Oversight?A convicted child sex offender is now a legal father. He is not in prison. He is not hiding. He raised money on GoFundMe, found a surrogate through a family frien...
Ask Me Anything Answered: From Minneapolis to the Middle East, Power, War, and the Stories Left in the Dark
Listener questions drive this candid episode of Dispatches with Hollie McKay, spanning immigration raids in Minneapolis, the roots of Minnesota’s Somali community, NATO’s fractures, and the geopolitical stakes of Greenland and Iran. Ho...