
So, Life Wants You Dead
So, Life Wants You Dead is a weekly podcast of intimate patient interviews from around the world and the narrative of one woman’s experience of illness. It's a show about illness, trauma, creativity and disability hosted by Nora Logan, a writer, well-being advocate and liver transplant recipient. Nora went into unexpected liver failure in 2015 at age 28 whilst working in late-night comedy TV. She received a life-saving liver transplant a few weeks later. Whatever caused her liver to fail was never diagnosed and remains a mystery to this day. She has tried to make sense of her calamity through writing and sharing her experience and by connecting with the patient community. In this show, Nora creates the space to have honest, funny and expansive conversations with people who have an illness, disability or chronic condition and who just so happen to be creatives, too.
Podcasting since 2022 • 17 episodes
So, Life Wants You Dead
Latest Episodes
Carolina Barlow on Deepening Empathy and Making it Funny
In this episode, Nora speaks to writer and producer Carolina Barlow about her life-altering car accident at the age of 28. Nora and Carolina discuss the commonalities in what they’ve been through (and how they both thought maybe astrology would...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:08:42

Georgia Fenwick on Sobriety and Creativity
In this episode, Nora speaks to Georgia Fenwick, an entrepreneur, writer, and mother who got sober at 22. We discuss how Georgia got sober, the impact it has had on her creativity, the challenges she faced in shutting down her creative side as ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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55:43

Daisy Friedman on Tradition, Filmmaking and Embodiment
In this episode, Nora speaks to Daisy Friedman, a writer, director, and multi-organ transplant recipient. We talk about Daisy’s story: she received critical transplants as a child which led to her current work as a filmmaker exploring themes of...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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52:45
Ashley Eakin on Filmmaking, Representation and Creative Triumphs
In this episode. Nora speaks to writer and director Ashley Eakin. Ashley has directed projects for Disney+, Apple TV+ and Netflix. Her AFI Directing Workshop for Women short film Single, won t...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:01:18

Harshada Wagner On the Blessing in Illness, Existential Brokenness and His Art Practice
In this episode, Nora speaks to Harshada David Wagner, a master meditation instructor, author, artist, dad, and wisdom teacher, about being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and having an ileostomy at 27 and how it has shaped his life, art, and...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:00:04
