In the first episode of the DWD Podcast, we outline the purpose of the podcast; investigating the Death with Dignity experience, specifically the physical, social-emotional, and spiritual elements related to the process. Meet DWD Podcast host Andrew Flack, a 33 year old special education teacher with terminal cancer.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - 0:19: Introduction music
0:09 - 1:50: Introduction to the podcast/ purpose of podcast
1:50 - 9:30: Flack’s background / other aspects of identity
9:30 - 12:25: 2nd diagnosis
12:25 - 16:40: Answering questions about cancer
16:40 - 18:05: Physical Health
18:05 - 21:40: Learning to deal with physical effects / advice for others
21:40 - 26:25: Relationship with family/loved ones
26:25 - 33:10: Social / Emotional (mental process)
30:10 - 46:00: Spiritual
37:04 - 46:00: Experience with psychedelic mushrooms
46:00 - 1:07:56: Death with Dignity background
48:55 - 52:20 : Finding out about death with dignity option
52:20 - 54:15: Brittany Maynard
54:15 - 59:54: Death with dignity history
59:54 - 1:01:25: Speaking with doctors
1:01:25 - 1:05:10: Suicide vs. end of life act
1:05:10 - 1:07:05: Hospice
1:07:56 - 1:09:35: People opposed to death with dignity
1:09:35 - 1:12:10: Inevitability of death
1:12:15 - 1:15:48: Conclusion / purpose of podcast
1:15:48 - 1:16:10: Closeout music