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14:41
Anders Fjellberg
Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories
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Oct 2015
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Frances Larson
Why public beheadings get millions of views
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Sep 2015
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BJ Miller
What really matters at the end of life
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Sep 2015
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Alison Killing
There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
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Mar 2015
5:18
Randall Hayes
At what moment are you dead?
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Dec 2014
5:33
Matthew O'Reilly
“Am I dying?” The honest answer.
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Sep 2014
4:02
Billy Collins
Two poems about what dogs think (probably)
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Jun 2014
4:20
Renée Hlozek
The death of the universe
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Dec 2013
15:33
Stephen Cave
The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death
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Dec 2013
15:24
Amanda Bennett
We need a heroic narrative for death
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Oct 2013
13:54
Kelli Swazey
Life that doesn't end with death
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Oct 2013
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Joy Lin
If superpowers were real: Immortality
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Jun 2013
6:03
Judy MacDonald Johnston
Prepare for a good end of life
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May 2013
11:30
Karen Thompson Walker
What fear can teach us
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Jan 2013
6:20
Candy Chang
Before I die I want to ...
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Nov 2012
6:26
Alanna Shaikh
How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's
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Jul 2012
18:16
David R. Dow
Lessons from death row inmates
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Jun 2012
13:19
Peter Saul
Let's talk about dying
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Mar 2012
7:30
Jae Rhim Lee
My mushroom burial suit
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Oct 2011
15:05
Steve Jobs
How to live before you die
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Oct 2011
14:01
Joan Halifax
Compassion and the true meaning of empathy
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Sep 2011
26:20
Billy Graham
On technology and faith
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Jul 2008
24:37
David Rockwell
A memorial at Ground Zero
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Jun 2007
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