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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Sue Black: Forensic Supersleuth

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Bobi NYC

Science, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

She finds justice among the bones. Like helping to convict the genocidal murderers of Kosovo. And, she's just been made a Baroness! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Alan Alder and this is Clear In Vibid, conversations about connecting and communicating.

0:12.0

I had the most gorgeous lady came into my office one afternoon.

0:19.0

She must have been in her 70s and she was literally dressed to the 9s.

0:24.0

So she had the makeup, she had the jewelry and I said to her,

0:29.0

I said, you know, why would you want to donate to your body?

0:33.0

And she looked at me and she said, quite frankly young woman,

0:35.0

she said, this is just too good to burn.

0:38.0

And I thought to know, I love the fact that when you get closer to your own hole in the ground,

0:45.0

you look at your mortality with that sense of humor and I said to her,

0:49.0

yep, it is far too damn good to burn.

0:52.0

That's Sue Black. Sue is a forensic anthropologist who's spent an extraordinary career among the dead.

1:00.0

She's concerned with how forensic scientists communicate with juries

1:05.0

and as a brilliant forensic scientist herself, she's helped solve some horrendous crimes,

1:10.0

including the massacres and closeable.

1:13.0

She's also one of the most empathic people I've ever met and she's a great storyteller.

1:20.0

This is really great to be talking with you again.

1:24.0

I've enjoyed our talks in Times Pass.

1:27.0

Here you are, a world expert in this field that we haven't really talked about much on the show

1:34.0

if I don't think ever, forensic anthropology.

1:38.0

You've examined a lot of cadavers in your life.

1:42.0

Do you remember your first one?

1:45.0

Oh gosh, yes. I think everybody does.

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