Dying Well

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Is there a way to talk about death candidly, without fear ... and even with humor? How can we best prepare for it with those we love? This hour, TED speakers explore the beauty of life ... and death. Guests include lawyer Jason Rosenthal, humorist Emily Levine, banker and travel blogger Michelle Knox, mortician Caitlin Doughty, and entrepreneur Lux Narayan.

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0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:07.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
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0:15.0	Is that really what's 10 for us?
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0:18.0	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:19.0	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:22.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:26.0	Those talks.
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0:33.0	I'm Guy Roz.
0:38.0	So, how did you and Amy meet?
0:42.0	We met on a blind date.
0:44.0	And my third year of law school, my father-in-law's best friend, Uncle Jot.
0:50.0	He told me that Amy was moving back to town and I should give her a call.
0:56.0	And was it like, did you click right away?
0:59.0	Amy's version is that she fell in love with me when she opened the door
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