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Thanks For Asking

That Good Night

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.713.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s not just dying that is hard. It's not just the prospect of death. It's the recognition of it. It’s the conversation around it ... which is often no conversation at all. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Sunita Puri about care at the end of life — and why we need to start having those tough conversations. Support our independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

0:07.7

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

0:14.8

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

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1:03.6

There's a poem that's read at funerals at sick beds. Read in moments of English. The poem is by

1:10.3

Dylan Thomas. It's called Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night. I read it when my father was sick.

1:18.2

I read it when my own husband was dying. I read it over and over. I wept to it and I'll read part of it to you.

1:29.5

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night. Old age should burn and rave a close of day.

1:36.1

Rage, rage against the dying of the light. The wise men at their end, no dark is right.

1:42.0

Because their words had forked no lightning, they do not go gentle into that good night. Good men,

1:48.6

the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

1:54.7

rage, rage against the dying of the light. My father was 64 when he died, which is either young or old,

2:03.9

depending on who you are and how you see the arc of life. My husband was 35, which is old when you're a

2:11.2

teenager and young. It's just young. We do not all get the privilege of dying when we're old. We

2:19.1

do not all get the chance to rage against the dying of the light. For some of us, the switch will

2:24.5

flip suddenly without warning. Lights are snuffed out every day, every moment by accidents,

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