Mark Dowie-Judith Letting Go
Former publisher/editor and founding member of Mother Jones, Dowie’s award-winning career as an investigative journalist covered much ground, including death. But nothing moved him like his conversations with poet Judith Tannenbaum as she prepared to die.
Bevival: Exit Interviews is also on your favorite podcast platform.
Please follow and leave us a review!
Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
Mark Dowie
JA: What inspired you to write about death and dying?
JA: What does death literacy mean to you?
Getting it.
JA: What is your Most Treasured Possession?
Life. You know why
JA: What Do You Hope For?
Long life and good health for my children and grandchildren.
JA: What do you believe is life’s most essential lesson?
Mortality.
JA: Do you have a favorite quote?
No.
JA: What are you reading, what’s on your bedside table?
Histories of math.
JA: Do you have a favorite writer or book?
No favorites.
JA: What book would you like to be buried with?
One an Orca would read.
JA: What is your exit plan? How would you like to die?
Floating in glacial melt.
JA: If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
An Orca.
JA: If heaven exists, what would you like to hear when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“Hi.”