69. Does Death Have to Be a Death Senten...

From recording some of the first rap hits to revitalizing Johnny Cash's career, the legendary producer has had an extraordinary creative life. In this episode he talks about his new book and his art-making process — and helps Steve get in touch with his own artistic side. SOURCES ... Show More

More than two decades ago, Adam Riess’s Nobel Prize-winning work fundamentally changed our understanding of the universe. His new work is reshaping cosmology for a second time. RESOURCES:Adam Riess, astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University. SOURCES:"The Nobel Prize Winner Who T ... Show More

Uri Simonsohn is a behavioral science professor who wants to improve standards in his field — so he’s made a sideline of investigating fraudulent academic research. He tells Steve Levitt, who's spent plenty of time rooting out cheaters in other fields, how he does it. SOURCES:Uri ... Show More

In this special episode of People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt speaks with the palliative physician B.J. Miller about modern medicine’s goal of “protecting a pulse at all costs.” Is there a better, even beautiful way to think about death and dying? 

Dr. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care specialist who treats patients with life-altering and terminal illnesses at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Miller shares his revelations about a subject that is often taboo in our culture: the experience of death. ... Show More

Thinking about death can be uncomfortable and weird. But what if we think about death from a different standpoint? Death isn't just about us, it includes the people around us, especially those whom we value most. It is when we understand the concept of death that we begin to real ... Show More

Original Air Date: November 12th, 2018Dr. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care specialist who treats patients with life-altering and terminal illnesses at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Miller shares his revelations about a subject that is often taboo in ... Show More

What consists of a good death? According to Caitlin Doughty, It is staring down your death fears—whether it be your own death, the death of those you love, the pain of dying, the afterlife (or lack thereof), grief, corpses, bodily decomposition, or all of the above. Accepting tha ... Show More

Are You Chasing Death, Or Is Death Chasing You? We say that the person who is destined to die is keener on meeting death than death is eager to meet him. Learn more about death in this week's English Quran Tafsir. 

The process of dying can be horrible for many, but is there anything bad about death itself? The obvious answer is that deprives us of something that we might otherwise have experienced. But that leads to further philosophical issues...Shelly Kagan discusses some of these with Ni ... Show More

When it comes to end-of-life medical care, getting it right can be hard — even for doctors.  Bapu Jena discusses surprising research on how we can live better - and maybe longer - before we die.  

Are you scared of dying? Do you think about the concept of death often? For us, it’s hard to imagine not existing, the act of not having another thought again is scary. In this episode, we discuss death, what we think it feels like, and what dying means. Socials: @teenagertherapy ... Show More