Death — Psychological aspects. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Interview with Gerda Lerner on her book A Death of One’s Own

Tricia Del Longo interviews Dr. Gerda Lerner (1920 – 2013), an historian and pioneer in the field of women’s history. She recently published the book “A Death of One’s Own,” about her experiences with death, particularly that of her husband Carl Lerner. She discusses the right to die, the institutional neglect of the dying, her…

August 24, 2025

Faithful, joyful and triumphant / produced by Lucia Chappelle.

Readings of letters from people with AIDS and their loved ones during the Christmas season.|FAITHFUL, JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT / produced by Lucia Chappelle. – Readings of letters from people with AIDS and their loved ones during the Christmas season. – CONTENT: Dear Santa — 1 liners — Richard — PWAL Hospital bed — Doug —…

August 24, 2025

Sleep, dreams and death / Dr. Ralph Greenson.

Psychologist speaks about sleep, dreams and death in our culture.

August 24, 2025

A Series from A to Z (part A) / SunRa, Cecil Taylor, and Sir Charles Abramson ; produced by Senga Nengudi Fittz.

Last of two programs comprised of conversations with SunRa, Taylor and Abramson, propagators of bolimia which is a metaphor for exploring the nature of creativity through the self-relection of Negro jargon. This is a three part conversation on life, death and the fear of living which explores how to handle the death of a loved…

August 24, 2025

Respecting death, caring for the dying : part 1 / Christine Longaker ; interviewed and produced by Sue Supriano.

Public affairs series which focusses upon people fighting injustice in the world. This is the first part of an interview with Christine Longaker, the director of the Hospice of Santa Cruz County. She shares some of her experiences in dealing with death and the dying process, helping people accept death’s inevitablity. Here, Longaker discusses how…

August 24, 2025

The Death of Ruth Tuck / produced by Scott Carrier and Ken Larsen.

A fictionalized ethnography which explores how we handle death. Composed of a series of dramatically produced interviews which people involved in a specific death: the pathologist, the divorced husband, an old friend, an estranged daughter, and so on, right up to the gravedigger.|THE DEATH OF RUTH TUCK / produced by Scott Carrier and Ken Larsen.…

August 24, 2025