THE EDGE

a monthly podcast for surviving our modern world
produced by California magazine
Listen to The Edge on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
Featured Episodes:
Five years after 29-year-old, terminally ill Brittany Maynard makes national news by choosing to end her life early, medically assisted death continues to face enormous legal and social barriers. And yet public support of the practice is high. As life-expectancy and palliative care improve, we face new questions: Under what circumstances are people allowed to choose when and how they die? And how might rethinking the conversation and practices around death change our very conception of it? To find out, Laura and Leah speak with California’s leading end-of-life doctor and a healthy octogenarian who plans to quit while she’s ahead.
How is it possible to be blind and able to see at the same time? In this episode of The Edge, we explore blindsight, a bizarre neurological condition that may offer clues about where consciousness comes from and why we have it. Leah is joined by Simon Lewis, a survivor of a tragic accident who has blindsight, and Berkeley experts. They discuss how blindsight works and its implications for understanding the origin of human consciousness.
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