Whitny Braun de Lobatón (born April 22, 1984) is an American bioethicist, professor, investigative researcher, documentary filmmaker and podcaster who has been featured on the Discovery Channel as the host and executive producer of "Undiscovered: The Lost Lincoln" and co-hosts the podcast "The Murders at Starved Rock with Andy Hale".
Braun has written for the Huffington Post[7] and published academically on the topic of healthcare in the American prison system, specifically with regard to organ donation and the death penalty.
She has spoken at several international conferences about world religions' philosophical approaches to artificial reproductive technology and the embryo industry in the United States as well as the ethics of disaster management and quarantine.
In 2006 human rights activist Nikhil Soni and his lawyer Madhav Mishra, filed a Public Interest Litigation with the Rajasthan High Court.
[12] On August 31, 2015, advocates Dhawal Jiwan Mehta and Krishna Balaji Moorthy of the law firm of Wadia Ghandy in Mumbai argued a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court of India to have the August 10th, 2015 ruling of the High Court of Rajasthan against Sallekhana overturned.
[13] In 2020, Braun hosted and served as executive producer of Undiscovered: The Lost Lincoln, a documentary special that aired on Discovery.
[16] Braun divides her time between Southern California, Peru and the Sierra Nevadas near Yosemite National Park where she keeps her collection of vintage Airstream travel trailers.