Redefining death

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Death used to be fairly self-evident, but new technologies have forced us to ask: When is someone actually dead? And now, new research is raising a further question: Could death someday be reversible? For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.0	It's unexplainable. I'm Noam Hasenfeld.
1:08.0	And on today's episode, Bird Pinkerton and Brian Resnick are talking about death.
1:13.0	So just a quick warning before we get going.
1:15.0	They're tackling the idea in general, but they do talk about the death of a young girl.
1:20.0	There's also a discussion about some experiments done on dead animals.
1:24.0	If that's not for you, we understand.
1:30.0	According to Bob Drug, death used to be pretty obvious.
1:35.0	Up until about the 1950s, there was no confusion about what death meant.
1:40.0	Bob's a bioethicist who thinks a lot about what death means.
1:44.0	And he says that for a long time...
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