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05/03/2016 GMT

The Vasectomist

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Storyville follows a urologist from Florida, who is "spreading the gospel of vasectomy".

Storyville follows Dr Doug Stein, a modern day Don Quixote; part dreamer and part visionary, committed to a quest of lowering population on the planet, one vasectomy at a time.

A urologist from Florida is on a mission to save the planet "spreading the gospel of vasectomy".  A modern day Don Quixote; part dreamer and part visionary committed to the impossible quest of lowering population on the planet, one vasectomy at a time. Dr Doug Stein travels to Haiti, the Philippines and throughout the state of Florida, tirelessly advocating for men to take responsibility for family planning. While the mathematical absurdity of his vasectomy mission haunts his every procedure, the questions Doug raises about the future of humankind are critical to our collective wellbeing.

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