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Apr 2022
28m 26s

Sex, death and chilli sauce

ABC Radio
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This week, a conversation about death, and the ways in which our reluctance to face mortality results in the creation of “immortality constructs” – comforting symbolic fictions that when challenged, can elicit a violent defensive response. In order to come to terms with death, we need to come to terms with sex – but ... Show More
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