Grave Matters

Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Why we die. false 2009-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can’t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal. Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science…how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs… why Mexican cemeteries look like villages… and a doctor’s fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Bass">Bill Bass</a> - Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060875283?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060875283">Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060875283" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061284742?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061284742">Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061284742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.</li> <li><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/brandes.html">Stanley Brandes</a> - Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RN86SS?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000RN86SS">Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000RN86SS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.pathology.washington.edu/faculty/profile?id=585">Matt Kaeberlein</a> - Pathologist, University of Washington</li> <li><a href="http://www.rossdonaldson.com/">Ross Donaldson</a> - Doctor and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HRY186?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002HRY186">The Lassa Ward</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002HRY186" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-asuntos-graves/">Descripción en español</a>

We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can’t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal. Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science…how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs… why Mexican cemeteries look like villages… and a doctor’s fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Bass">Bill Bass</a> – Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060875283?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060875283">Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060875283" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061284742?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061284742">Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061284742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.</li> <li><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/brandes.html">Stanley Brandes</a> – Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RN86SS?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000RN86SS">Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000RN86SS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.pathology.washington.edu/faculty/profile?id=585">Matt Kaeberlein</a> – Pathologist, University of Washington</li> <li><a href="http://www.rossdonaldson.com/">Ross Donaldson</a> – Doctor and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HRY186?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002HRY186">The Lassa Ward</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002HRY186" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-asuntos-graves/">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: Bill Bass; Stanley Brandes; Matt Kaeberlein; Ross Donaldson

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Grave Matters