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Hi, I’m Lauren. I started When I Die, Let Me Live back in 2017 as a medical student because I was struck by how hidden and how deeply human conversations around death can be. Now, as a physician in Palliative Care, Geriatrics, and Addiction Medicine, I have the privilege of sitting with people in some of life’s most vulnerable moments.

This show is my way of honoring those conversations.

Each episode invites you into real, personal stories from patients, caregivers, and clinicians about navigating life and finding meaning in the midst of serious illness. If you’re curious, seeking answers, grieving, or just human, there’s something here for you.

This is an independent, self-funded project. If the show moves you, please consider making a donation to help us keep going.

 
 
 
 

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Archive: Death by a Thousand Cuts (Part 2)

Have you ever had to make a decision that someone told you was "life or death"? Maybe it's another round of chemo, a surgery, or an experimental treatment. The stress at these crossroads can be intense. In Part 2 of 'Death by a Thousand Cuts,' Jay Fishman faces a choice...

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Archive: Death by a Thousand Cuts (Part 1)

When a diagnosis of ALS turned former Travelers Insurance CEO Jay Fishman's world upside down, he leaned into his disease. But acceptance never comes easily, and there was much to be learned in Jay's journey through his illness. In Part 1 of our premiere episode, Jay tells the story of...

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Archive: Welcome to 'When I Die, Let Me Live'

Summary: This is 'When I Die, Let Me Live,' a new podcast where we take up the taboo, fraught, delicate, but universal topic of death. We'll invite you into the lives of our guest, many of whom are patients, caregivers, and health professionals, as we try to understand what it means to live

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