Coroners in the 19th Century South
Professor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquest…
2,772 viewsProfessor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquest…
2,772 viewsBruce Goldfarb, author of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics, showed several dollhouse-sized crime scenes that are used for traini…
2,895 viewsGina Kolata discussed her book Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, published by Farrar Straus and Giroux. The author pieced to…
8,596 viewsLegal experts said it was crucial that terminally ill patients and their families know their rights and liabilities as more and more states approve legislation allowing physician aid-in-dyin…
269 viewsDiane Rehm talked about her memoir, On My Own, in which she discusses how she came to be a spokesperson for the right-to-die movement. She spoke with author Bethanne Patrick. “A Conversat…
2,460 viewsAnn Neumann talked about her book The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America, in which she examines how new medical innovations, medical ethics, and state laws, such as Montana’s “De…
784 viewsBarbara Ehrenreich talked about her article “What Happened to the White Working Class?” The December 1, 2015, story in The Nation examines census data and analysis that shows a marked increa…
771 viewsCandi Cann talked about her book, Virtual Aferlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century, in which she talks about how the rituals of death and grieving have changed throughout the…
454 viewsMickey MacIntyre talked about “death with dignity” laws in a number of states. Earlier that month, a 29-year-old activist with terminal brain cancer publicized her decision to end her own li…
620 viewsKaty Butler talked about her book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, in which she argues for more humane, less invasive end-of-life care. She spoke at the 2013 So…
776 viewsDrew Gilpin Faust talked about her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War. During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers were killed. In her book Professor Faust …
2,889 viewsKaty Butler talked about her forthcoming book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door:The Path to a Better Way of Death, in which she argues for more humane, less invasive end-of-life care. She was inter…
1,024 viewsFather Neuhaus talked about his book, As I Lay Dying: Meditations Upon Returning, published by Basic Books. The book is a Christian conversation about death, inspired by the priest’s near-de…
1,764 viewsBarbie Zelizer talked about her book, About to Die: How News Images Move the Public, in which she explores the impact and controversy surrounding news photos that depict imminent death. Prof…
434 viewsJonathan Weiner talked about his book, Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality. The interview, part of Book TV’s college series, was recorded in the King’s College Room in Co…
697 viewsMartin Amis, Carol Blue, Cary Goldstein, and Robert Weil discussed Christopher Hitchens' book Mortality, in which Mr. Hitchens, while suffering from esophageal cancer, described the torments…
3,111 viewsMr. Teresi makes the controversial argument that the business of organ harvesting is blurring the line between life and death. He contends that organ harvesting puts pressure on medical prof…
1,259 viewsBenjamin Busch talked about his book, Dust to Dust: A Memoir, in which he reflects on mortality. He recounted how he returned from a brutal tour of war and his young daughter did not recogni…
218 viewsSuzanne Smith talked about her book, To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death. The interview, part of Book TV’s college series, was recorded on the campus…
741 viewsThe historic Bonaventure Cemetery was toured. Ms. Doty talked about some of the notable people buried there, focusing on Revolutionary and Civil War eras. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LC…
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