How do you know when someone is dead? It might sound like a question with an obvious answer, but the United States didn't have a legal definition of death until 1981. Science writer Dick Teresi says that this law actually made it easier to be declared dead than any other time in human history. Teresi has written a book that explores how modern medicine – including the process of organ donations - is blurring the line between life and death. He joins Doug on Thursday.
Guest
Dick Teresi
Author, The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
Music
The Unicorns, Child Star
My Finder's Keeper, Fever Dream (by Iron & Wine)
Startle the Heavens, Can You Hear Them Singing?