Podcasts about being mortal medicine

We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frailty and death — the elemental fact of mortality itself. In this century, western medicine has gradually moved away from its understanding of death as a failure — where care stops with a terminal diagnosis. Hospice has moved, from something rare to something expected. And yet advances in technology have made it ever harder for physicians and patients to make a call to stop fighting death — often at the expense of the quality of this last time of life. Meanwhile, there is a new longevity industry which resists the very notion of decline, much less finitude. Fascinatingly, the simple question which transformed the surgeon Atul Gawande's life and practice of medicine is this: What does a good day look like? As he has come to see, standing reverently before our mortality is an exercise in more intricately inhabiting why we want to be alive. This conversation evokes both grief and hope, sadness at so many deaths — including our species-level losses to Covid — that have not allowed for this measure of care. Yet it also includes very actionable encouragement towards the agency that is there to claim in our mortal odysseys ahead.Atul Gawande's writing for The New Yorker and his books have been read by millions, most famously Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. He currently serves as Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He previously practiced general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and was a professor at both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.This show originally aired in October 2017.______Sign up for The Pause — a Saturday morning companion newsletter to the On Being podcast season, and our mailing list for news and invitations all year round. Be the first to know as tickets go on sale for the On Being 2025 live national conversation tour.

Zazie and Kristi are joined by zoologist Dr. Jo Wimpenny to talk about her book, Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables, which is out now in paperback.In this episode of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation, Zazie and Kristi are joined by zoologist and writer Dr. Jo Wimpenny to talk about her book Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables. We talk about the history of Aesop's fables and the role they still play in society today, before moving on to wonder whether there is a grain of truth in them when it comes to animal behaviour.We consider some of the most popular fables. Are crows really as clever as Aesop suggested? Why are wolves always the villain? Do dogs recognize their shadow? And what is the yellow snow test all about?We also talk about the difference between what the fable says on the surface, and what happens when you really dig deep into the question—the ant and the grasshopper is the fable that comes to mind here.In Wimpenny's book, the animals are the characters in their own stories. We talk about writing about animals and the importance of discussing myths.And, of course, we talk about the books we're reading. This episode, we recommend:Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke.Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman.Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie.Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande.Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum. About Dr. Jo Wimpenny:Dr. Jo Wimpenny is a zoologist and writer, with a research background in animal behaviour and the history of science. She studied Zoology at the University of Bristol, and went on to research problem-solving in crows for her DPhil at Oxford University. After postdoctoral research on the history of ornithology at Sheffield, she co-authored the book Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology Since Darwin with Tim Birkhead and Bob Montgomerie, which won the 2015 PROSE award for History of Science, Medicine and Technology. And she's the author of the wonderful book, Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables, which is out now in paperback.Follow Dr. Jo Wimpenny:Substack: https://jowimpenny.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoWimpenny

"Every Human Has A Story" Stories. We read them, we watch them, we live them. Every person has a story, and every person has to make sense of life in terms of a story. That is to say, everyone believes some story about how we got here, what is our purpose, and what happens when we die. We are en-storied beings. Josh and Betsy jump into this topic and help us to think about the big questions. It's time to examine your story. Is it a good one? Show Notes: "Being Mortal:Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande (book) Suggestions for future episodes? Email us at intersect@nepres.com Intersect Podcast is a ministry of Northeast Presbyterian Church. The views expressed on this podcast are those of Josh and Betsy Desch and are not intended to be presented as the official views of NEPC. Please see our Intersect Podcast landing page for further information.

Atul Gawande is a surgeon and author who's well-known for his clear and eloquent writing on medicine. He was a staff writer for “The New Yorker” magazine from 1998 until 2022, when President Biden appointed him to lead global health at the ​​US Agency for International Development. Gawande is the author of four best-selling books including “The Checklist Manifesto,” and most recently, “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”. In that book, Gawande considers what medicine can not overcome - death. Along with the lessons he's learned treating patients who are facing death, Gawande writes about his own family's experience as his father's health declined. Dr. Gawande's unique perspective on the practice of medicine, especially things not so often discussed, has inspired us to invite him back to our stage numerous times. This conversation - with cognitive neuroscientist Indre Viskontas - is from 2017. It was recorded at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco.

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I've been thinking a lot about aging and the end of life lately. Probably from working at the hospital. Being aware of my parents' stage of life reminds me of the inevitable reality that I'll lose them someday. My work has given me a front-row view of the aging process. As a coach and hospital social worker, I get to witness the emotions and family dynamics that arise as our loved ones age. Dominant culture tends to treat aging as something to avoid. The process of aging is often met with fear - for aging adults and their family members as well. We don't have a cultural narrative that embraces aging nor values our elders and the gifts they have to offer. We don't have systems or supports in place to care for our elders. It's still an unfortunate reality that if you don't have money in this country, your access to support services and quality care is limited. It's wild since we will all die someday. And we will all lose loved ones. While we continue to advocate for systemic changes, we can come together to support each other and share the responsibility for caring for our loved ones. This stage of life - like most transitions - is also an invitation to do our own inner work. Together, we can begin to shift the narrative to one that honors the aging process and treats our elders with the respect and care they deserve. I know for me and many of my clients, we're starting to cope with the realities of having aging parents or loved ones. We have questions about their intentions and plans for aging. We may have concerns about their mental capacity or their ability to care for themselves. We might feel anxious and unsure of how to navigate difficult conversations and a shift in family roles. For some perspective and wisdom on this topic, I invited Erin Chourey to join us. I hope you find our conversation reassuring, motivating, and empowering. About Erin: Erin Chourey (she/her) is an ICF (International Coaching Federation) Certified Life Coach, trained at the Life Purpose Institute, and is currently working toward her PCC (Professional Coach Certification) credential. Her current coaching specialty is Emotional Wellness and Alignment. Erin has worked in social services as a Residential Counselor, Group Home Manager, and Assistant Teacher for youth, a Case Manager for adults and teens with developmental disabilities, and for 10 years as a public and private Care Manager for aging adults. She then trained as a Life Coach and began her own practice coaching in 2017. In 2020, Erin began a part-time job with Lyra Health as a Mental Health Coach, where she supports employees of major organizations such as Meta (formerly Facebook), Google, Starbucks, Nike, Morgan Stanley, Providence Health, VCA, and many more, in on-line coaching sessions. Her clients range in age, identities, and levels of expertise and management in their fields, and live all over the US. This experience has expanded Erin's understanding of common mental health symptoms people are facing in their individual lives and how they relate to the collective challenges we are all facing together.  Erin is passionate about guiding others to more clearly identify what is most important to them and to assess if they are living in alignment with their own values, or of the dominant cultural values, the values they were taught in their families, or a combination of all. Through this process, many find relief in discovering their own truth, which results in a clearer sense of intentional direction. This eases their suffering and empowers them to function with more joy and purpose. Outside of her role as a Coach, Erin is a lifelong learner, adventurer, spiritual seeker, community member, mother, wife, daughter, and generous friend, who loves collaboration, the forest, the ocean, the rivers, the mountains, the deserts, dancing, yoga, hiking, music, and art.  You can learn more about Erin and her work at www.erinchourey.com RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Multnomah County Aging and Disability Services - https://www.multco.us/ads/locations Aging Life Care Association - https://www.aginglifecare.org// Naomi Feil, Validation Method - https://vfvalidation.org/ Barrett Values Assessment - https://www.valuescentre.com/tools-assessments/pva/ Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

This week, Preponderance of Ponderances is back with Jess in the driver's seat. She talks with Joey and Aaron about Sax-a-booms, mushrooms, preserving the dead, aquamation, Fruit Loop hair, objectivity, and averages. They don't talk about Harry Sultenfuss. references Jack Black performing his legendary Sax-A-Boom with The Roots NYT Cooking: Honey-Glazed Mushrooms With Udon Boil your mushrooms The French Chef episode on Boeuf Bourguignon The New York Times: The Fading Art of Preserving the Dead CBS News: Want to go green after death? Aquamation, composting offer eco-friendly burial options Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Snatch Jake Baldino Toronto Star: When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages Isaiah Mustafa is the man your man could smell like. Albanese Candy NPR: Are Gummy Bear Flavors Just Fooling Our Brains? Behavioral scientist and professor Aradhna Krishna on the power of mental imagery 

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Nicole Fowles. This week we talk about the upcoming End of Life program at the Orange Branch, meeting Nick Offerman at Westerville Public Library, and some quick reads. Recommendations include Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matter in the End by Atul Gawande and The Grownup Gillian Flynn. Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on October 28, 2022

Join educator and health care provider, Athena Godet-Calogeras, as she is interviewed by guest host Darleen Pryds. Athena is a master storyteller of her journey ranging from urban life in New York and Chicago to the enchanted mountains of Western New York state. For a video version of this episode, see: https://youtu.be/5uj2EW1-3T0   From Athena's interview: “[With] a Franciscan scholar by the name of David Flood, … we began to hold weekly sessions on the Franciscan movement. He's an historian. … When I learned about what Francis and Clare, what they, and the other men and women at that time had to contend with and what they did to live a gospel life, it clicked with my own experience of what I was going through and what I was seeing on the streets of Uptown, which was a very poor, a diverse, ethnically diverse community where everybody could walk the streets, whether they were from halfway houses or in wheelchairs, whatever their color. And I just loved it. …. And I tell ya, it was in Chicago that I really became a Franciscan.”   “David would come in and perhaps we'd go through a discussion of the Testament. … He would talk about it from his scholarship, from an historical perspective, as well as his absolute passion for being a Franciscan. And we would have discussion and he would give us different things to read. And at one point during those sessions we said, where else can we read more of this kind, not the pious Saint Francis talking to the birds and that sort of thing. But this, this real man, these real men, Clare, these real women, where can we read more about it? And he said nowhere. That's when a small group of us started the Franciscan magazine in 1977 called Haversack.” “I recall walking one day down Uptown streets and all of a sudden having this wonderful feeling, this is exactly where I belong. This fits so well. It integrates everything. Every part of me. So, so that was, that was the start and it's, it's Franciscan ever since.”   “I am by nature an activist.  I think it's by nature. When I was in Chicago, I had a big poster of a mother duck with baby ducks on the wall and it said, ‘Do something, lead, follow, or get out of the way'. Activism is sort of natural for me.” (see visual at the end of these show notes)   “I married Jean-Francois and his scholarship continues to inform me … Clare, I've gotten to know more of Clare and the [early Franciscan] women. Where I live now, we don't have a specific Franciscan base. The two of us are Franciscans, and all of our close friends who are active with us in all of the endeavors … they know we're Franciscan and they're attuned to it. And several of us have also formed a faith sharing group called "the breaking of the bread". We're Franciscan without initials, but we are Franciscans.”   “I always speak of a Franciscan movement; I do not think that Francis or Clare acted alone. There was a movement, there were people and that is so very important. It's building up the relationships, … keeping the Franciscan history current.  I go back to the readings and, again I have Jean-Francois, and every time we have ‘the breaking of the bread', a meeting of our group, we have Franciscan texts; those people in the 13th century are dead, but they're still alive.  … I've had years and years of reading about Francis and Clare and the men and women in that early movement. That stays with me, and I can always go back to those.  I do go back to those pages, but as it is if people remember us, that means we're still alive. So they're still alive, and so am I.”   With Veggie Wheels “we go to the people, not only will we give them vegetables and fruit from local farmers, but we will be able to relate. We will meet, we will have that exchange. As we saw in Francis's Testament, where he discovered that the leper was really his brother, his sister. You bring people from different socioeconomic status and you become friends; we get them involved in helping others.”   For a full transcript, please include episode number and email: fslfpodcast@fslf.org.   References: Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis: https://ssj-tosf.org/   Vatican Council II: a five-minute video about the Council by Franciscan friar Casey Cole:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyVq1hnxAqg .To hear other podcast guests references as well as to see show note links (click on ‘Read More'), type ‘Vatican' into the search bar of this website, and several options will come up to explore.   Jean-Francois Godet-Calogeras, Margaret Carney, David Flood: bios with the Franciscan Institute: https://www.franciscanpublications.com/pages/franciscan-institute-scholars-authors   Saints Francis and Clare: https://osfphila.org/about/francis-and-clare-of-assisi/ The Testament, by Saint Francis: https://www.franciscantradition.org/francis-of-assisi-early-documents/the-saint/writings-of-francis/the-testament/140-fa-ed-1-page-124   Saint Francis meets the leper: see https://www.franciscanmedia.org/franciscan-spirit-blog/st-francis-meets-the-leper . See also the earliest biography of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano (1C 17): https://www.franciscantradition.org/francis-of-assisi-early-documents/the-saint/the-life-of-saint-francis-by-thomas-of-celano/636-fa-ed-1-page-195     Haversack magazine issues: https://app.box.com/s/e0z1cpxq9br9n30ntucfcgn2zzpdipyz Scripture related to the choice of “haversack” as the title: --Luke 9:3 Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic.” (cf. Mtt 10:10; Mk. 6:8; Lk 10:4) --Luke 22:36 “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag…”             Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande: http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/ Frontline Episode based on Being Mortal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQhI3Jb7vMg ----   Enchanted Mountains Village: The Village to Village Network: https://www.vtvnetwork.org/ . The idea is to create a community of people 55+ to allow people to age well and happily in their homes through exchange of services, mutual support, and cultural and fun events. The Enchanted Mountains Village was officially launched on October 17, 2021, and is established as a non-profit organization: https://www.enchantedmountainsvillage.org/   Veggie Wheels https://www.cattfoundation.org/news/article/current/2020/08/26/100140/veggie-wheels-continues-service-through-pandemic-challenges Video (on Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=661853231092130  

In the last episode of Season 3, co-hosts Mason Yoder and Alex Gillotte sit down with M4s Kyler Wilson and Thomas O'Neil for a vulnerable conversation about their experiences with patients who were dying or had died, while on the service they were working on, and how they coped with it. Show notes:Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande, MDGet connected:Kyler Wilson: wilso5ke@mail.uc.edu Thomas O'Neil: oneiltj@mail.uc.edu

If life is a garden, the writer, editor, and craftsperson Deborah Needleman certainly knows how to dig and cultivate it. Early in her career, she followed a nonlinear path in the media industry that was, for the better part of a decade, slow and steady—and then, upon launching the home design bible Domino in 2004, meteoric. Over the next dozen years, Needleman rose to become one of the magazine world's most in-demand editors, serving as the editor-in-chief of both WSJ. Magazine and T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Across this work, her deep appreciation for beauty, craft, gardening and nature, and unfussy, richly layered interiors shined through. By the end of 2016, though, Needleman decided that she had had enough of the whirlwind hustle of the magazine business. She sought a way to work with her hands, not just her head. So she slowed down—way down—and turned to the meditative acts of gardening and craft. She headed to the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, where she took an introductory broom-making course. Soon, she began producing a limited-edition “Garden Tea” of herbs such as chamomile, lemon balm, and mint. And she kept writing: Throughout 2017 and 2018, Needleman traveled the world, studying local crafts for the T column “Material Culture.” In time, she began to work more consistently with her hands, establishing a humble craft practice, primarily focused around basketry, that she continues to build upon today.On this episode, Needleman talks with Spencer about the pleasures of producing objects from modest materials, what her current craft endeavors have in common with magazine-making, and the deep inherent value of a patina.Special thanks to our Season 5 sponsor, L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts.Show notes: Full transcript[07:52] The December 4, 2016, issue of T: The New York Times Style Magazine[11:23] “For the Love of Italy” [16:21] Deborah Needleman's home in upstate New York[18:44] “Long-Stemmed Neuroses” [20:33] “The Anti-Martha”[22:22] Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End [25:23] Piet Oudolf[37:15] “Lessons in the Humble Art of Broom-Making”[41:59] Deborah Needleman's Side chair[47:19] John C. Campbell Folk School 

Jade describes herself as a spiritual midwife. She spent the first 20 years of her professional life building a consulting business. When her mother was diagnosed with cancer Jade redirected her timme and energy to support her mother. Following her mother's death Jade spent years grieving, healing and recalibratinng her life. She said goodbye to the Bay Area and goodbye to consulting. For the 20 years since then Jade has been deepening her spiritual practice and fine tuning herself as an instrument of healing in the death and dying process. Jade reminds us that healing is not a rush job. As she puts it “you cannot force the river.” In order to become an instrument of healing, Jade first had to let herself heal, and in order to let herself heal, she moved from the fast lane to the slower pace of the Big Island and asked the ocean to hold her grief. This conversation winds and circles back on itself many times, just like the process of grieving. Jade's Reading List & Resources:   AARP – Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans and Final Wishes; by Sally Balch Hurme, an Elder Law Attorney quoted frequently in NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, NPR, Kiplinger's Retirement Report. BJ MILLER, M.D. Ted Talks – What Really Matters at the End of Life https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=ted+talks+youtube+bj+miller&type=E211US105G0#id=1&vid=68dfedc905fc29bab4f13e4ce08afdc0&action=click Ira Byock, nationally renown palliative care specialist, M.D. – The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book about Living https://irabyock.org/books/the-four-things-that-matter-most/ Atul Gawande, M.D. – Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/ Paul Kalanithi, M.D. – When Breath Becomes Air     https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X Katy Butler, award winning journalist - Knocking on Heaven's Door, The Art of Dying Well Joan Halifax, Founder and Director of Upaya Zen Center: Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion & Wisdom in the Presence of Death. https://www.upaya.org/being-with-dying/ https://www.upaya.org/dox/Being_Dying.pdf Frank Ostaseski, visionary co- founder of SF Zen Hospice, Metta Institute - Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. This book is an evocative and relevant guide that points to a radical path for transforming the way we live. https://fiveinvitations.com/   the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us Cathy Wurzer, founder of End in Mind: A movement that advocates to shift the fear-based cultural conversation about loss, death, dying, and provides curated resources to families and communities.  https://www.endinmindproject.org/resources/ If you enjoyed this conversation, please leave a review in your podcast app. CancerTalks is a platform for anyone who has been touched by cancer. If you're moved to donate, please visit cancertalks.com/donate

Sara and Jolene promised short episodes and this one runs a little longer but it's worth it. Having conversations around end-of-life planning are not easy and the paperwork that accompanies them doesn't make it any easier. Teresa talks about the documents you'll want to have on hand and she shares why end of life conversations are vital to living. In this episode Teresa references two books: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' book On Death & Dying.

Welcome to Sizzling samachar of the day on OTTplay, I'm your host Nikhil News first  up,Netflix announces new thriller inspired by real eventsStreaming giant Netflix has announced a new thriller film titled Silverton Siege. The film is based on real events that transpired in South Africa in 1980. The story will focus on the freedom struggle of the subjugated black community against the state machinery in apartheid South Africa. The film will be released on April 27.Aziz Ansari's directorial debut film adds Seth Rogen to its castAziz Ansari's directorial debut titled, Being Mortal, has added Seth Rogen to its cast. The film also stars Bill Murray and Ansari himself. The film is an adaptation of the non-fiction book by Atul Gawande titled, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, and it follows the life of the author as a surgeon. Sylvester Stallone's upcoming gangster series, Tulsa King, adds new cast members   Acclaimed filmmaker and showrunner Taylor Sheridan's upcoming series, Tulsa King, has added new members to its cast. The crime-drama series stars Sylvester Stallone in the lead and is joined by Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jay Will,  and Vincent Piazza, The new series will follow the life of a gangster named Dwight Manfredi. Eighth instalment of Mission: Impossible begins filmingThe untitled eighth film of Tom Cruise's hit action film franchise, Mission: Impossible, has begun filming. The seventh film is still in post-production and has had its budget increased to $290 million. The back-to-back production of both films was delayed over the last few years due to the pandemic. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the seventh film is expected to be released this year while the eighth could hit theaters in 2023. Kevin Bacon series City on Hill announces release dateShowtime's crime drama series, City on a Hill, starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, will return for a third season this year on the 10th of July. The series is set in early 90s Boston and follows the unlikely partnership between Bacon's character, Jackie Rohr, a former corrupt FBI agent and Hodge's character, Decourcy Ward the honest Assistant District Attorney, as they investigate the corruption in the city.  Matt Reeves releases deleted Joker scene from The BatmanThe Batman director Matt Reeves has released unseen footage from the film on social media. The scene features an interaction between Robert Pattinson's titular hero and Barry Keoghan's Joker. Keoghan's Joker was only teased in the film and never officially confirmed. The deleted scene all but confirms it and features a facially disfigured Joker, similar to Cameron Monaghan's portrayal of the character in the TV series Gotham. Andhra Pradesh theater sets up barbed wires next to the screenThe highly anticipated release of SS Rajamouli's film RRR, starring NTR Jr. and Ram Charan, have prompted unique security measures by theater owners. After a screen was damaged by over-enthused film fans during the screening of Pushpa, a theater in Andhra Pradesh has set up barbed wires next to the screen. Well that's the news for today from the world of movies and entertainment. Until the next episode it's your host Nikhil signing off.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se pooch

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This week Grant and Zoe were joined by Amy Mackinnon an award winning national security and intelligence reporter for Foreign Policy. They discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, Biden's response, and the impact it has had on the ground. In the final segment, Zoe talks about a new book How the Color Line Bends: The Geography of White Prejudice in Modern America by Nina M. Yancy, Amy recommends Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, and Grant suggests your read Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. If you are under 40 and interested in being featured on the podcast, be sure to fill out this form: https://airtable.com/shr5IpK32opINN5e9 Note: All participants are speaking in their personal capacity.

Welcome to Sizzling Samachar of the day on OTTplay, I'm your host Nikhil.Sizzling News first up,Aaron Pierre Cast in Blade rebootThe Underground Railroad and Krypton star, Aaron Pierre, has been added in an undisclosed role in the upcoming reboot of the Marvel Studios film Blade. Green Book, Moonlight, and True Detective star Mahershala Ali will play the titular character in the film replacing Wesley Snipes, who previously essayed the character in a trilogy of films in the 2000s. Bassam Tariq will direct the film. Emmy Rossum joins the cast of The Crowded RoomEmmy Rossum, famous for playing the lead role in the hit TV series Shameless, has been cast in the Apple+ TV series, The Crowded Room. Emma Laird, Sasha Lane and Christopher Abbott have also joined the cast which already boasts star names such as Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried. The seasonal anthology will be helmed by Akiva Goldsman, and it will focus on stories of those who have found relative peace and success in life despite mental illness.    Netflix announces new vampire film titled, Smile, directed by William McGregorBritish director William McGregor is set to work on his second feature film, Smile, after the critical success of the gothic horror film, Gwen. The new Netflix film will feature a story about a teenager named Millie who is forced to hunt and kill the vampire that bit her. She must do so before sunrise if she hopes to reverse the process of turning into a vampire herself. The movie will be available exclusively on Netflix.Spider-Man spinoff film Kraven the Hunter casts The White Lotus star, Fred HechingerKraven the Hunter film based on one of Spider-Man's greatest adversaries has added The White Lotus star Fred Hechinger, who is rumored to take on the role of the chameleon. Aaron Taylor-Johnson who has previously essayed role s as the titular superhero in Kick-Ass and as Quicksilver in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will play the lead as Kraven in the upcoming film directed by J.C. Chandor. Aziz Ansari's directorial debut film casts Bill Murray The upcoming untitled comedy-drama directed by Aziz Ansari, famous for co-creating the hit Netflix comedy series Master of None, has cast Hollywood veteran Bill Murray. The film is based on Atul Gawande's nonfiction book titled, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.Alden Ehrenreich and David Krumholtz added to cast in Christopher Nolan's Oppenhmier  Christopher Nolan's upcoming biopic on J. Robert Oppenheimer, often known as the father of the atom bomb, has added two new members to its vast ensemble. Alden Ehrenreich and David Krumholtz join a cast that already features stellar names such as Cillian Murphy as the titular character, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, and Kenneth Branagh. The film is set for a 2023 release. Black Samurai movie based on Blaxploitation book series being developed by Netflix Marc Olden's 70s novel titled Black Samurai is being adapted into a live-action film franchise by Netflix. John Schoenfelder and Russell Ackerman will serve as producers and the plot revolves around an American who is trained by a Samurai Well that's the OTTplay Sizzling Samachar of the day , Until the next podcast this is your host Nikhil signing off.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poocho

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 249: Yoga for Older Grownups with Maria Kirsten   Description: Have you considered teaching older grownups as your niche in yoga? Many yoga teachers have not, and may feel some fear or apprehension when it comes to teaching people in older bodies. In this episode, Maria Kirsten sheds some light on what teaching yoga to older grownups can be like.   Maria Kirsten was a yoga therapist working mainly with pain and mental health, and offered yoga classes to grownups and older grownups in her community. She also taught teacher trainings about how to support older grownups and regarding general mental health. For Maria, the focus was always on intelligent movement that reconnects people to the joy of being alive in their bodies, and helping people connect with the intuitive wisdom of the body, and nurturing their innate capacity to heal through simple, joyful movement.   Maria shares openly about what inspired her to start teaching yoga for older grownups and how her classes are structured. Maria addresses the fear and caution that some yoga teachers may feel when it comes to teaching older bodies, and gives advice on things to avoid in a yoga class with older people. She explains the mental health benefit yoga can have, and also talks about some of the words that can be triggering for older grown ups.   This interview was so valuable in understanding what teaching yoga to older grownups can be like and how to approach teaching this group of people.   Note: This interview was conducted in January 2021, and Maria passed away back April 2021. The information she shared was invaluable, and we are glad to be able to share this interview with you now.   Key Takeaways: [5:08] Shannon introduces her guest for this episode - Maria Kirsten. [10:24] Shannon gives a shout out to Schedulicity and a listener who left a review. [15:33] How did Maria come up with the name Yoga for Grown Ups? [17:21] What is the age range for grownups vs. older grownups? [18:55] What does Maria usually teach in classes for older grownups? [20:10] Shannon and Maria discuss some of the fears and lack of confidence older people have, particularly around falling. [22:40] Maria shares a little more about some of the education she does for her students about what's happening in their bodies and their movements. [25:55] How does Maria use chairs in her yoga classes? [27:50] Sit to stand and stand to sit is an important movement, and not all of us do it correctly! [29:59] Shannon shares more about the S breath and claw fingers to engage the pelvic floor. [31:01] What are some things that Maria does not do with older grown ups? [34:19] The thing is not to be scared of older people. [36:09] What are some things Maria has learned about teaching yoga for older grown ups? [38:15] What are some conditions that yoga teachers working with bodies with more experience on Earth should be aware of? [42:01] Yoga for older grownups also has mental health benefits. [43:01] Maria explains a bit about her experience with cancer. [44:00] Do Maria's older grownups do online yoga? [45:58] What are the restrictions on yoga classes in Australia? [48:06] Maria also has a Yoga for Older Grownups training online. [51:01] Shannon reflects on a mistake she made with naming a class for older people. [53:07] Certain words can be triggering for older people and we need to be mindful of that. [54:22] Shannon and Maria discuss the idea that mental health is a spectrum, and something that needs to be cultivated and built. [58:13] When it comes to mental health and aging, we need to consider what a sustainable practice is. [59:51] Learn more about Maria's work by visiting her website. [61:26] Shannon shares her key takeaways from this interview with Maria. Links: Maria Kristen, Yoga for Grownups Maria's Courses Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimerer The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 203: Do Politics Belong in Yoga? with Chara Caruthers & Maria Kirsten The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 173: Social Justice, Politics & Yoga with Chara Caruthers & Maria Kirsten Live Like You Love Yourself Podcast The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 246: Anger, Forgiveness & Self-Care with Jacoby Ballard Stephanie Maxwell, thepregnantpelvis.net Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande Theo Wildcroft Yoga for Pelvic Health Training Dynamic Aging: Simple Exercises for Whole Body Mobility, by Katy Bowman, Joan Virginia Allen, Shelah M. Wilgus, et al. The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 070: Yoga for Seniors? with Shannon Crow Yoga Classes for Seniors Is Age Nothing but a Number? The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 247: Being Wrong is Part of Learning with Shannon Crow Mindfulness Daily with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach on Sounds True Shannon Crow on Instagram The Connected Yoga Teacher Facebook Group   Gratitude to our Sponsors, Schedulicity, and Pelvic Health Professionals (Coupon: Connected2021).   Quotes from this episode: "The biggest risk for falling is fear of falling."   "The thing is not to be scared of older people. If you give them the education and tell them what you're doing and why then they can make educated choices about what options they'll take or when they'll rest and then they feel really empowered."   "Don't underestimate what people are getting [out of your yoga class]."   "Only you know when enough is enough or too much is too much."   "Mental health is a spectrum and the thing that people don't understand, I think, about mental health, is that they don't just get it for free. People are really shocked when mental health isn't fantastic all the time."   "As teachers were trying to empower people in the class, but we're also trying to empower them to do home practice because as soon as they practice on their own at home, everything changes."  

We laughed, we cried, we discovered Nick is the Devil. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (2014) Vs A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859).

“If end-of-life discussions were an experimental drug, the FDA would approve it.” ― Atul Gawande, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/40015533 (Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End) From this book: http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/ (http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/)

Are nursing homes for seniors a relatively new concept? How did nursing homes become a key institution for elder care in the United States? Professor Emeritus Tom Broman talks to Christina Matta (Ph.D. '07) about the history of elder care in Europe and the United States. They discuss the origins of hospitals in medieval Europe, the 19th and 20th-century demographic and social changes that shifted responsibility for care of the poor and elderly to the public, and the federal policies that shaped the development of the the nursing home industry in the United States. Episode Links: Tom Broman is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. https://history.wisc.edu/people/broman-thomas-h/ Tom is the co-director the Wisconsin 101, a collaborative public history project that explores Wisconsin's diverse, interconnected history through objects. https://wi101.wisc.edu/ Christina Matta is the Career Advisor and Alumni Coordinator in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her Ph.D. in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from UW–Madison in 2007. https://history.wisc.edu/people/matta-christina/ Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (London: Picador, 2014). https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250076229 Karen Humes, “The Population 65 Years and Older: Aging in America,” in The Book of the States v. 37 (Council of State Governments, 2005), pp. 464-468. https://www.csg.org/knowledgecenter/docs/BOS2005-AgingInAmerica.pdf Frank B. Hobbs with Bonnie L. Damon, 65+ in the United States (Bureau of the Census, 1996). https://www.census.gov/prod/1/pop/p23-190/p23-190.pdf Our music is “Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea CC BY 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Please send us your questions for a historian: outreach@history.wisc.edu

On today's episode, Julia, Rider, and Tod talk about all the things human beings never want to talk about: death, pain, sickness, and more, when we discuss Atul Gawande's seminal 2014 book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Today's sponsor: This episode is supported by GreenChef. Go to GreenChef.com/90disco and use code 90disco to get $90 off including free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When should "end of life", "goals of care" and hospice conversations be introduced to patient discussions? How can these conversations be made easier for providers, patients, and their families? What is the best way to manage expectations for patients, while giving the agency and without taking away their hope? This week, The Docs go into all of this and more, recounting their own experiences with patients.  If you'd like to read Atul Gawande's, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, you can order it online from Black-Owned Bookstore: Uncle Bobbies--New Episodes every Tuesday! Rate and Subscribe so you don't miss a beat! Also, join us for our monthly live podcasts on Facebook and Youtube!Join the Conversation! Follow us on social media!3 Black Docsfacebook.com/3blackdocstwitter.com/3blackdocsinstagram.com/3blackdocsYouTube.com/3blackdocsDr. Karen Winkfieldfacebook.com/drwinkfieldtwitter.com/drwinkfieldinstagram.com/drwinkfieldDr. Zanetta Lamarfacebook.com/drzanettainstagram.com/drzanetta

人固有一死，本期节目球姐和LJ就来聊聊死亡这个我们不可逃避的话题，你将听到： 1. 为什么推荐你现在就立遗嘱 2. 斯多葛派两大最重要的生活哲学 3. 如何找到个人存在的意义？ 4. 为什么需要学习哲学？ 5. 如何让生活变得简单？ 6. 濒死体验和亲人离世对我们的影响 7. 如何从虚无主义当中走出来? 8. 建立什么样的世界观才能更好地处理情绪？ 9. 如何对待社会中的「坏人」？ 10. 如何处理至亲去世带给你的影响 延伸阅读： 1. 《Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 人生七部曲》电影 2. 《Rick and Morty and the Meaning of Life 从瑞克和莫蒂探讨人生意义》https://medium.com/hackernoon/rick-and-morty-and-the-meaning-of-life-6640df17e263 3. 《How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) 如何选择职业》by Tim Urban https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html 4. 《The Man from Earth 来自地球的人》电影 5. 《The Outsider局外人》by Albert Camus 6. 《Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 最好的告别》by Atul Gawande

For the first time in history, it's possible to "bracket death." But death is the one thing we can all be certain of. So, what does it mean to be mortal? Why do many struggle in Western culture with elderly care? Nathan and Cameron "think out loud" about these questions, pulling from Dr. Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End to take a timely and deeply helpful meditation on our mortal condition, end of life ethics, and more.Follow the Thinking Out Loud hosts on Twitter: Cameron McAllister - @CamMcAllister7Nathan Rittenhouse - @N_Rittenhouse1

For the first time in history, it's possible to "bracket death." But death is the one thing we can all be certain of. So, what does it mean to be mortal? Why do many struggle in Western culture with elderly care? Nathan and Cameron "think out loud" about these questions, pulling from Dr. Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End to take a timely and deeply helpful meditation on our mortal condition, end of life ethics, and more.Follow the Thinking Out Loud hosts on Twitter: Cameron McAllister - @CamMcAllister7Nathan Rittenhouse - @N_Rittenhouse1

Highlights: 1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 2. It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand 3. Signs From Pets In The Afterlife: Identifying Messages From Pets in Heaven 4. The Denial of Death 5. The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully 6. Grief & Loss: Will the pain ever end? 7. The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life  Connect with host Edward Tay

This week's episode discusses the important book "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End". This book focuses on autonomy in aging and dignity in dying.  It is written by physician, surgeon and best-selling author Dr. Atul Gawande.   Host Molly Watts shares some of the most important insights from this book and how planning for death is actually part of living a happier, longer life. The review of the book doesn't do it justice, but provides important conversation starters as well as questions to ask yourself as to what makes life worth living for you.  The overwhelming idea you should have after listening to this podcast is that you want to read this book. In fact, Molly suggests that everyone NEEDS to read this book.  Resources mentioned: FRONTLINE PBS Documentary Trailer Google Talk Atul Gawande TED Talk Atul Gawande Amazon: "Being Mortal" For a complete transcript: 

Palliative care does not mean hospice: it is illness treatment and it improves function. Join Shirley Otis-Green, an expert in this subject as she shares her wealth of knowledge and a plethora​ of resources.This is so important for people to understand. Quality of life is affected greatly for the better when patients and their families understand palliative care and its true purpose. A national expert, Dr. Otis-Green is quite frankly an incredible resource.Great organization to check out: The Center to Advance Palliative Care, a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality health care for people living with a serious illness.Several Books Shirley Otis-Green references:Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,- Atul GawandeA Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, - BJ Miller and Shoshana BergerWhen the Focus is On Care: Palliative Care and Cancer - Kathleen Foley with the American Cancer SocietyThe Human Side of Cancer: Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty - Jimmie C. Holland and Sheldon LewisThe Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life - Ira ByockFor additional resources from the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link, visit us online at nbmtlink.org or call us at 800-546-5268.This season of Marrow Masters is sponsored by the nbmtLINK, Seattle Genetics, and our esteemed link partners.

Meredith and Kaytee are ready to chat about one of their favorite topics this week: local libraries, how to love them well, and how to enjoy them extensively. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a bookshelf purge and new library bliss. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got scary stuff, apocalypses, children’s fiction, and books everyone needs to read. We’ll move on to a short Slow But Steady update from each of us, and some observations from our listeners about what they’re reading for SBS. For our deep dive this week, we are showering love on our local libraries. We’ve got tips and tricks for how to use your library well, but we’ve also got the inside scoop on what you can do to help your library and keep it going strong. So many words, and we tried to rein it in! Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books Into Your Hands. Our books are great complements to each other, in that one will be thought-provoking and essential and maybe even emotional or difficult while the other is fun and feisty and sweet. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . 1:20 - Sleep at a Book Hotel! 6:29 - Babysitter’s Club Graphic Novels by Ann M. Martin 6:39 - Sisters by Raina Telgemeier 6:41 - Smile by Raina Telgemeier 9:59 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 12:45 - Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware 15:01 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 15:22 - Shelf subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville 15:58 - From the Front Porch podcast 18:37 - The Stand by Stephen King 19:07 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd 20:33 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 20:39 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 26:31 - The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Janssen 30:54 - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 31:52 - Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 34:12 - Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 34:31 - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 34:58 - A Torch Against the Night (Book 2) by Sabaa Tahir 35:40 - A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 36:12 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 37:08 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 38:02 - Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery 39:11 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 39:49 - Patreon 40:15 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 42:28 - Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher 43:11 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 43:12 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 43:46 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff 46:36 - Library Extension for your browser 51:59 - Library Elf to manage your holds and such 53:20 - Keep scrolling down for the full list of ways to help your library from our Bookish Friend and local library board member, Sarah McGuire! 54:05 - Friends of the Library membership - your local library will probably have a link to THEIR friends program on their website 58:01 - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 1:00:18 - La Cucina by Lily Prior 1:00:28 - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 1:00:30 - Chocolat by Joanne Harris 1:03:14 - Currently Reading Drinkware 1:03:16 - Currently Reading Sherpa Throw __________________________________________________________________________________________ Options for helping your library from a board member: - share a talent (grant writing, graphic design, etc.) - join the library "friends" group or at a minimum attend a meeting or two and help at fundraising events - maybe even volunteer to chair an event.  In this day and age of dwindling book sales as a major fundraiser, new ideas are encouraged! - if your library has a membership campaign/fundraising drive, donate even if just $10-15 - if every town resident donated even $5, we'd raise a ton during our annual membership drive! - if you donate and have company match, submit it and double your dollars if your library qualifies as a non profit - consider a recurring donation if your company promotes that (right from your paycheck if your library qualifies as a non profit) - attend budget meetings and support your library.  Get the facts and if there are budget cuts that you do not agree with, go and advocate for library funding.  If you can't attend, send a letter for public forum/comments advocating for your library. - attend programs your library holds - they love to see people at their programs! - ask your library director what they need! - donate GOOD books for book sales/book carts - share your enthusiasm with friends and your community - advocate for your library! - ask if there is something you can help with (I stuff envelopes, write thank yous, etc) - donate items for fundraising drives - our library does an annual auction and we usually put together baskets - get a small group of friends to donate items for a basket!  Have season sport tickets/theater tickets you can't use? Donate them! If you know a local business, ask them for donations - it takes a village to put together a good silent auction! Thank you, Sarah, for all these amazing tips!

You're Dead Too - Episode 22 - Summer Break & Being Mortal (Book Report)   John sits down alone at the mic to talk about Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. It's a beautifully written book that explores the dying process, how we deal with it, what we avoid talking about and how we can make it as comforting and open for those experiencing it. It's a wonderful book that can impart deep wisdom on a difficult subject. Link to the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JCW0BCY?ref=dbs_p2d_P_R_popup_yes_prpp_T1   You're Dead Too is a podcast about our shared, inevitable demise! No matter in life what you try to do, you're dead too. So let's talk about what that means and how we deal with it.

Surgeon, public health researcher, and MacArthur fellow Atul Gawande discusses his #1 NY Times bestseller, "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End." Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should do. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering produced by medicine’s neglect of the wishes people might have beyond mere survival. To find out what those wishes are, we need to ask. We haven’t been asking, but we can learn. Riveting, honest, and humane, this remarkable book, which has already changed the national conversation on aging and death, shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life—all the way to the very end. Get the book here: https://goo.gl/AU2BCb  Moderated by Tom Smith. Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/BeingMortal to watch the video. 

This month we’re discussing Which Book Should We Read? Once a year we pick one title that we all read and discuss. This year we each suggest one title and are asking you to vote for which one we’ll read. Also discussed: Books & Beverages library displays, The Podcaster’s Dilemma, poetry clocks, touching, smelling, and tasting podcasts, and a fantasy novel that’s a collection of found and fragmentary historical documents. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards The Nominees! Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (Meghan’s pick) The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wong (RJ’s pick) The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (Anna’s pick) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Matthew’s pick) (It didn’t win the Hugo in early June 2016, so who knows what happened then.) Vote for which book we’ll read! (Polls will close by July 14th) Twitter Facebook Google Form (Shortlists only include books that none of us had read.) Meghan’s Shortlist Black Leopard, Red Wolf by by Marlon James All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and  Amelia Nagoski She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal RJ’s Shortlist Little Fish by Casey Plett nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon Mistakes to Run With by Yasuko Thanh Anna’s Shortlist Orlando by Virginia Woolf The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison We are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Matthew’s Shortlist Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey Links, Articles, and Things Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Canada Reads (Wikipedia) Meet the 2019 Combat national des livres contenders - The geographic region that got left out of Le combat des livres was BC Epistolary novel (Wikipedia) Episode 033 - Legal Thrillers Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (the fantasy novel) Masquerade, Initiation, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy: N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor in Conversation “I am still not sure what that [Afrofuturism] is,” Jemisin said. “I write what I write; you put whatever label makes you feel comfortable, have fun with it. I would write these stories whether they were getting published or not. […] I don’t have a problem with labeling, as long as it’s not too restrictive or conservative. People do try to hammer me into this little slot, but I don’t let them. I write what I feel like writing.” Suggest a genre or book! Fill out the form to suggest a genre or book! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, July 2nd when we’ll be talking about the non-fiction genre of True Crime! Then on Tuesday, July 16th we’ll be talking about the American Library Association annual conference and books we’re looking forward to in the second half of 2019!

In this episode of Critical Matters, we explore the intersection of high-altitude medicine and physiology with critical care. Our guest is Robert B. Shoene, MD, FACP. Dr. Shoene is Associate Director, ICU and Critical Care, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Shoene is a prolific author and researcher with more than 100 publications. His research has focused on pulmonary physiology and altitude medicine, and he has been part of numerous research expeditions to locations such as Mt. Everest and Denali. Additional Resources: Arterial Blood Gases and Oxygen Content in Climbers on Mount Everest: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0801581 A comprehensive review on illnesses at high altitude: https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(08)60216-0/fulltext Everest: The West Ridge by Thomas Hornbein: https://www.amazon.com/Everest-West-Ridge-Thomas-Hornbein/dp/1594857075/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520812701&sr=8-1&keywords=everest+the+west+ridge Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Journey by Alfred Lansing: https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520812797&sr=1-1&keywords=endurance Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/1250076226/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520812921&sr=1-1&keywords=Being+mortal Intensive Care, a poem by Dr. Robert Schoene: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1348231?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

“What does a good day look like?” That question — when asked of both terminally-ill and healthy people — has transformed Atul Gawande’s practice of medicine. A citizen physician and writer, Gawande is on the frontiers of human agency and meaning in light of what modern medicine makes possible. For the millions of people who have read his book “Being Mortal,” he’s also opened new conversations about the ancient human question of death and what it might have to do with life. Atul Gawande practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He’s also Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was recently named the CEO of Haven, a healthcare venture spearheaded by the leaders of Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway. He’s been a staff writer for “The New Yorker” magazine since 1998 and is the author of four books, including “The Checklist Manifesto” and “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.” Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

“What does a good day look like?” That question — when asked of both terminally-ill and healthy people — has transformed Atul Gawande’s practice of medicine. A citizen physician and writer, Gawande is on the frontiers of human agency and meaning in light of what modern medicine makes possible. For the millions of people who have read his book “Being Mortal,” he’s also opened new conversations about the ancient human question of death and what it might have to do with life. Atul Gawande practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He’s also Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was recently named the CEO of Haven, a healthcare venture spearheaded by the leaders of Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway. He’s been a staff writer for “The New Yorker” magazine since 1998 and is the author of four books, including “The Checklist Manifesto” and “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Atul Gawande — What Matters in the End” Find more at onbeing.org.

Welcome to Episode 5 of Tame, the podcast where we discuss quotes from Marcus Aurelius' 'Meditations' and how we can apply the lessons and logic from the book to our own lives to be stronger, kinder and better people.   Today we're discussing the following three quotes:   "You could leave life right now, let that determine what you do and say and think." Book 2, Chapter 11   "Don't be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish and if you have been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up, so what?" Book 7, Chapter 7   "Even if you’re going to live three thousand more years, or ten times that, remember: you cannot lose another life than the one you’re living now, or live another one than the one you’re losing. The longest amounts to the same as the shortest. The present is the same for everyone; its loss is the same for everyone; and it should be clear that a brief instant is all that is lost. For you can’t lose either the past or the future; how could you lose what you don’t have? Remember two things: i. that everything has always been the same, and keeps recurring, and it makes no difference whether you see the same things recur in a hundred years or two hundred, or in an infinite period; ii. that the longest-lived and those who will die soonest lose the same thing. The present is all that they can give up, since that is all you have, and what you do not have, you cannot lose." Book 2, Chapter 14   We hope you enjoy our podcast and encourage you to join the conversation by leaving comments, getting in touch on social media and sharing this with people you think would benefit from hearing it! ____________________________________________________   Tame is a podcast that uses philosophy to create rational arguments for better mental fortitude and resilience. Owen and Connor subjectively interpret writings from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, and adapt them to modern life.   Book mentioned on today's podcast: Being Mortal - Medicine and What Happens in the End by Atul Gawande.   Music: Can I Be Part Of Your Life - Barradeen   

This week is our Book Club of the Month Breakdown, and we are reviewing "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End " - By: Atul Gawande ... Exciting information, I hope you enjoy.This episode and every episode is brought to you by our LOF Shop where you can find products and services for reaching your fitness goals on any budget go to www.lifeofafighter.com/shop This episode is also brought to you by:ProLon Zion Medicinals Hemp Oil o2 TrainerDetach Coconut Water Audible 30 Day Free Trial Amazon Are you a Fitness and Nutrition Vault Member Click Here to access the Full Fighters Guide Section Social Media Accounts: @LifeofaFighter Twitter @MikeCaulo Twitter @TheLifeofaFighter Instagram @MikeCaulo Instagram Life of a Fighter Facebook Michael Caulo Facebook

For our first Narrative Medicine Rounds for Fall 2018, we welcome Dr. Haider Warraich, whose book Modern Death deepens and enriches the conversation about death and dying that’s been growing since Dr. Sherwin Nuland’s classic How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter and Atul Guwande’s Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. About the book, which was published last year by St. Martin’s Press, Siddhartha Mukherjee, who is the author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, and an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, writes: “Haider Warraich’s elegant and poignant book takes us on an unforgettable journey. A caring and thoughtful doctor, he also writes beautifully. He succeeds in humanizing a complex topic and gives us remarkable insights about the changing nature of ‘modern death.’” Dr. Warraich, who graduated from medical school in Pakistan in 2009, did his residency in internal medicine at one of Harvard Medical School's main teaching hospitals, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is currently a fellow in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. His medical and Op Ed pieces have appeared in many media outlets including the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and the LA Times among others.

Christine Walker, Owner of Christine Walker Physical Therapy, comes on the show to discuss her experience, education, and perspective working in various pediatric rehabilitation settings. She discusses her journey that led her to pediatrics, what she learned from school regarding pediatrics, pros and cons of her pediatrics training in school, how to overcome the most difficult aspects of working in pediatrics, her biggest mistakes she has made working with kids, tips on being the most successful with treating kids and dealing with parents, and much more! "Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff" by Chip Gaines: https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Gaines-Things-Learned-Stupid/dp/0785216308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531022767&sr=8-1&keywords=capital+gaines+chip+gaines  "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/1250076226/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531026268&sr=1-3&keywords=being+mortal&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER    Christine's PT Website Secrets Website: www.ptwebsitesecrets.com       Christine Walker Physical Therapy Website: http://www.drwalkerpt.com/   Christine's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/christine.walker.5055    Christine Walker's PT Website Secrets Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ptwebsitesecrets/    Christine's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/DrWalkerPT    Christine's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/walkercsw/  The PT Hustle Website: https://www.thepthustle.com/  Schedule an Appointment with Kyle Rice: www.passtheptboards.com    HET LITE Tool: www.pteducator.com/het       Biography: Christine Walker's interest in physical therapy started as a youth athlete when she was battling injuries in order to return to competitive soccer and springboard diving. Before becoming a physical therapist, she founded a springboard diving program at a local pool and provided sports-specific performance training to youth soccer players. Christine graduated with a B.A. in Exercise and Sports Science from UNC-Chapel Hill, and then completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. Christine specializes in working with pediatrics (particularly youth athletes) and active adults. Currently, she is pending graduation as a Professional Yoga Therapist (PYT) through Ginger Garner's Professional Yoga Therapy Institute. She is also certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist. Three years after PT school graduation, Christine started her own cash-based physical therapy practice, Christine Walker Physical Therapy, located in Charlotte, NC. She addresses movement dysfunction with a whole-body approach through exercise, manual therapy, yoga, stress management techniques, diet, and healthy lifestyle choices.

In January of this year, the doctors told my sister Kate that she had 6 months to live. What happened next? Find out as I have a candid conversation with her about life, death, and god. Mentioned in this episode: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Lotsa Helping Hands - website to get help for anything if you need it. Caring Bridge - A private place with tools you need to keep your family and friends updated during a difficult time. The Peaceful Life Podcast is a series with stories, inspiration, and affirmations to return your life to peace and joy. Make sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast player so you don't miss an episode. ________ The Peaceful Life Podcast is a production of Metta Yosemite - a mind/body/spirit wellness center in Oakhurst, California near Yosemite National Park. Yoga, Meditation, Art & Magical Gifts!

Creator of the Kindle Classroom Project Interview starts at 15:29 and ends at 43:19 “I don't think that the Kindle makes reading any more fun, but a lot of students--especially 9th Grade boys who have been turned off of reading, they get a Kindle, and the Number One thing that they do is they bump up that text size, because they don't like it to be so small, so they can really feel like they're achieving as a reader. Even though the book takes the same amount of time to read, they feel they are making more progress through the pages.” News Amazon Device Sale for Prime Members Amazon Key Home Kit on sale for up to $140 off Cities eligible for Amazon Key delivery The Essential W. S. Merwin (Paperback) “Apple poaches ex-Amazon, HP executive for growing software team” by Mike Wuerthele at AppleInsider - April 6, 2018 Jon McCormack Linkedin profile “Shhh...Alexa might be listening” by Alex Hern at The Guardian - April 11, 2018 U.S. Patent Application 20170323645 filed June 12, 2017 by Kiran K. Edara of Amazon Technologies Inc “Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant, coming aboard ambulances” by Alana Levene at The Boston Globe - April 5, 2018 Tech Tip “13 Amazon Echo Hacks to Get the Most Out of Alexa” by Jacob Kleinman at Mental Floss - April 6, 2018 Interview with Mark Isero Click here to donate a Kindle to the Kindle Classroom Project Amazon Allowance The Highlighter Podcast and newsletter Envision Schools Content My notes and highlights at Goodreads for Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Books in my Night Reading collection (mentioned in Tech Tip about Book Spinning): The Joy of Love: Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia on Love in the Family by Pope Francis Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer by Christian Wiman Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Next Week's Guest Hannah Howard, author of Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen, published on April 1, 2018 by the Little A imprint of Amazon Publishing Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

Atul Gawande is a surgeon, professor at Harvard Medical School, and writes about medicine and ethics for the New Yorker. He’s author of several best-selling books, most recently, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. The book questions the human cost of miraculous medicine, and urges a shift from the prevailing thought that human decline and death are signs of failures to instead think about how to make old age and the experience of dying better. Despite the grave topic, Gawande views it as a book about living. We spoke to him in the greenroom at The Music Hall in Portsmouth before a Writers on a New England Stage live event. Episode music by Uncanny Valleys. Please take a moment to take our listener survey at survey.panoply.fm  

Atul Gawande is a surgeon and the author of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Sarah interviewed him live, asking about the opioid epidemic, his work with end of life patients, and his terrible college rock band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even though we’re talking about death metaphorically in many ways this week, we’re actually going to talk about death literally as well today. Logan Lloyd is a chaplain at UK hospital. He’s also a deacon and a member at Central. So Logan knows first hand what it’s like to walk with folks through the shadow of death and grief--to minister to people at crucial transitions in life. He stopped by to share some stories of his experiences as a chaplain. So, we’ll be talking about end of life issues as well as substance abuse and domestic violence. Logan handles this with great care, but be aware if you’re listening with children or if some of these situations could be a trigger for you. Well also hear a piece by Central's sanctuary choir and a poem by Bill Campbell. Logan mentioned a few resources for dealing with grief and dying. Here are his suggestions: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Dying Well by Ira Byock, The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America by Ann Neumann. Please know that our ministerial staff is always ready to listen. If you’d like more information, contact the church office or our Associate Pastor of Congregational Care, Crystal Shepherd. www.lexcentral.com

Dr. Annette Mendola responds to Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande in this podcast of a Books Sandwiched In program (recorded June 22, 2016). Dr. Mendola comments, "The American healthcare system has ardently pursued heroic, lifesaving technologies. It has been less invested in helping people preserve the things that matter most to them in life, such as mobility, relationships, meaningful activity, and being at home. Gawande encourages us to question the way medicine is produced and consumed, and to ask ourselves what we really want from healthcare." Dr. Mendola’s experience as a nurses’ aide during high school and later on the inpatient psychiatric floor of a small county hospital naturally led to her interest in end-of-life issues and medical ethics. Prior to her current tenure as Director of Clinical Ethics at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, she was a lecturer in the Philosophy Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The first day of 2016 marked the official end of China’s one-child policy, one of the most controversial and draconian approaches to population management in human history. The rules have not been abolished but modified, allowing all married Chinese couples to have two children. However, the change may have come too late to address the negative ways the policy has shaped the country’s demographics and the lives of its citizens for decades to come. In this podcast, Jeremy and Kaiser talk with Mei Fong about the policy’s history, its effectiveness and the consequences of nearly four decades of mandating a family’s size. Mei also discusses her heartbreaking encounters with parents who lost their only children in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and their subsequent rush to have their vasectomies and sterilizations reversed. She provides insight into the people who designed the policy (rocket scientists — literally, rocket scientists!), those who enforced the rules, what lies ahead with the relaxation in the policy, the 30 million unfortunate bachelors who can’t find a mate, and the fate of grandparents who have only one descendant in a culture that used to regard a large family as the ultimate happiness. For further reading, don’t miss Jeremy Goldkorn’s Q&A with Mei Fong, in which she discusses her early life and career, from developing an interest in journalism after a meeting with Queen Elizabeth to winning a Pulitzer to navigating the white-male dominated ranks of the foreign correspondence field. Our Sinica backgrounder, “The past and future of China’s one-child policy”, provides different perspectives on the controversial subject, some of which highlight the benefits it may have had. Recommendations: Jeremy: China: When the Cats Rule, by Ian Johnson, on the 20th-century Chinese writer Lao She. Mei: The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee; Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande;When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Kaiser: The television show BrainDead.

Welcome, friends, to episode 7 of Drunk Booksellers! We’re here with Sam Kaas, Events Coordinator at Village Books in Bellingham, WA.   Epigraph Bitches in Bookshops Our theme music, Bitches in Bookshops, comes to us with permission from Annabelle Quezada.  Introduction   [0:30] In Which We Reminisce About the Good Ol’ Days and Emma Only Has Time to Read Books About Productivity Currently drinking: Left Hand Milk Stout from Longmont, Colorado. Emma’s reading The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories by Etgar Keret, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande (also mentioned: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson, Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters by Charles Wheelan)   Sam’s reading Clinch by Martin Holmen (pubs 7 June), Goodnight, Beautiful Women by Anna Noyes, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth L. Ozeki   Kim’s reading Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson, A Life Apart by Neel Mukherjee (also mentioned: The Lives of Others), Curb Stomp by Ryan Ferrier   New/forthcoming books we’re excited about: Welcome Thieves by Sean Beaudoin Dodgers by Bill Beverly (pubs 5 April) The People in the Castle by Joan Aiken (pubs 26 April) Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw (pubs 19 April) Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss (pubs 5 April) The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing (also mentioned: The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking) All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister (also mentioned: Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick) Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye   Chapter I   [18:04] In Which We Discuss Radioactive Bookworms, Lawnmowers, and What Makes a Good Event     Chuck Robinson wrote a book about opening Village Books & Paper Dreams: It Takes a Village Books: 30 Years of Building Community, 1 Book at a Time Shout out to Watermark Books in Anacortes, WA. Another shout out to Third Place Books (opening a new store this year in Seward Park). If Tom Robbins requests a pocket road map of Venezuela, don’t question it, just get him one. Len Vlahos is a rockstar. Here’s proof:   Shit. Wrong image. I meant this:   See? Rockstar. I mean, he’s also a bestselling author and co-owns a little store in Denver, CO called The Tattered Cover. NBD. In other celebrity news, check out Chuckanut Radio Hour. Our favorite events tip: People shouldn’t be calling to ask if there’s an author event tonight, they should be calling to ask what the event tonight is. (hat tip to the fine folk at Elliott Bay Book Company [Kim pumps her fists in victory, even though she has absolutely nothing to do with events at EBBC]) Originally posted by mtv   So, yeah, you should check out Village Books’ event schedule, ‘cause it’s pretty great. Chapter II   [33:37] In Which Sam Builds Us His Wheelhouse, Discusses e-Reading, and Emma and Kim think dedicated e-readers are necessary for e-reading. You can buy one here.    [sign from @wordbookstores​] Kim can’t count. “A novel trying to answer big difficult questions and not necessarily succeeding but at least giving it a go.” = 19 words, not 16, but Sam still succeeded in the 20 Word Wheelhouse Challenge   Emma will read anything blurbed by Kelly Link. Sam will read things blurbed or compared to George Saunders or Sara Vowell. Also books about musicians. (Emma recs Rob Sheffield. Kim recs Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein) Chapter III   [43:25] In Which We Discuss Book Problems in the Apocalypse, Kim & Emma Learn About Cities in Canada, and Sam & Emma Get In a Fight Sam’s Station Eleven book: Ulysses by James Joyce, assuming Shakespeare has been saved by wandering bands of theater nerds Sam’s Wild book: Lyrics & Poems 1997-2012 by John K. Samson (songwriter, rhythm guitarist, & singer of The Weakerthans) Emma and Kim are embarrassingly uninformed about Canadian geography, so in case anyone was wondering, here’s Winnipeg:   Sam’s Reader Confession (a la Bookrageous, Episode 85): Sam believes he might be the only millennial to not finish the Harry Potter series. Emma has lost all respect for Sam. We move on (kind of).   Sam’s go-to handsells: City of Thieves by David Benioff and The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter Sam’s impossible handsell: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Epilogue   [53:50] In Which Sam Has Never Met a Bookstore He Hasn’t Liked and Discusses His Luddite Cynic Award Sam’s favorite bookstore (aside from Village Books): Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA Sam’s favorite literary media: LitHub, BookRiot, The Paris Review’s Art of Fiction interviews, and old-school physical magazines (such as The New Yorker) Despite the fact that Sam has the Luddite Cynic Award hanging on his fridge and is the last bookseller on Earth not on Twitter, you can hang out with Sam and his mom on Facebook. Or email Sam at sam@villagebooks.com. UPDATE: Just before we posted this episode, Sam made himself a Twitter account. Go welcome him. You should probably follow us on Twitter @drunkbookseller if you’re not doing so already. We’re pretty okay. Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes nerdy bookish things for Book Riot. Kim tweets every few months or so at @finaleofseem. Make sure you don’t miss an episode by subscribing to Drunk Booksellers from your podcatcher of choice. Also, if you read this far in the show notes, you should probably go ahead and rate/review us on iTunes too. Share the love, y’all.

Guest Atul Gawande, surgeon and journalist, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.”