Introducing Season Seven of Nobody Should Believe Me

About this episode

Andrea revisits the case of Maya Kowalski and the family's lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.

Introducing Season Seven of Nobody Should Believe Me. Andrea revisits the case of Maya Kowalski—the story at the center of the Netflix film Take Care of Maya–and the family’s high-profile lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. What became widely framed as a story about “medical kidnapping” began when hospital staff reported suspected medical child abuse after Maya arrived with a history of extreme ketamine treatments. How did a case of horrific abuse become a story about evil doctors kidnapping children? Listen to Season 7 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3l3MDM959yf6f4fEbw4Dmz?si=6dba402bffa8435b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andrea

Topics covered

• medical child abuse
• legal case
• hospital controversy
• family lawsuit
• true crime
• medical ethics

Keywords

• Maya Kowalski
• medical kidnapping
• Johns Hopkins
• child abuse
• Netflix
• Take Care of Maya
• hospital lawsuit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Books & works: Take Care of Maya

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