Listen Live
Donate
 on air
Schedule

KCRW

Read & Explore

  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • Culture
  • Events

Listen

  • Live Radio
  • Music
  • Podcasts
  • Full Schedule

Information

  • About
  • Careers
  • Help / FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Contact

Support

  • Become a Member
  • Become a VIP
  • Ways to Give
  • Shop
  • Member Perks

Become a Member

Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

DonateGive Monthly

Copyright 2026 KCRW. All rights reserved.

Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
Cookie Policy
|FCC Public Files|

Back to Which Way, L.A.?

Which Way, L.A.?

UCLA Sells Body Parts Donated for Medical Research

Two people have been arrested on charges of illegally selling parts of cadavers donated to UCLA-s Medical Center for scientific research. After this weekend-s revelations, surviving family members today announced a class action suit. Officials at UCLA insist they had no idea what was going on, but a self-proclaimed middle-man has countered that claim. He's told the Los Angeles Times he-s trafficked in more than 800 bodies in the past six years. The sale of human tissue has become a booming black market trade that involves mainstream companies and profits of $500 million a year. We hear more from Charles Ornstein, who has been covering the story for the LA Times, and Salon.com columnist Mary Roach, author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Reporter's Notebook: Governor Schwarzenegger Becomes Muscle Magazine Editor This weekend at the Arnold Fitness Weekend in Columbus, Ohio, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he-s taking a part-time job as executive editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines. Schwarzenegger's $250,000 annual salary will go to the Governor-s Council on Physical Fitness. Marty Kaplan, former White House speechwriter and Washington reporter, considers the appropriateness of the Governor's latest moonlighting venture.

  • rss
  • Share
By Warren Olney • Mar 8, 2004 • 30m Listen

Two people have been arrested on charges of illegally selling parts of cadavers donated to UCLA-s Medical Center for scientific research. After this weekend-s revelations, surviving family members today announced a class action suit. Officials at UCLA insist they had no idea what was going on, but a self-proclaimed middle-man has countered that claim. He's told the Los Angeles Times he-s trafficked in more than 800 bodies in the past six years. The sale of human tissue has become a booming black market trade that involves mainstream companies and profits of $500 million a year. We hear more from Charles Ornstein, who has been covering the story for the LA Times, and Salon.com columnist Mary Roach, author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.

  • Reporter's Notebook:

    Governor Schwarzenegger Becomes Muscle Magazine Editor

    This weekend at the Arnold Fitness Weekend in Columbus, Ohio, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he-s taking a part-time job as executive editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines. Schwarzenegger's $250,000 annual salary will go to the Governor-s Council on Physical Fitness. Marty Kaplan, former White House speechwriter and Washington reporter, considers the appropriateness of the Governor's latest moonlighting venture.

UCLA Chancellor on sale of willed body parts

Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age

Ornstein's article on sale of UCLA's cadavers

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Flex Magazine

Muscle & Fitness

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

    News
Back to Which Way, L.A.?