Full episode 114: Last Words Act Three How The Living Use The Dead Transcript Writer Greil Marcus explains what rock fans use dead rock stars for. (4 minutes) ByIra Glass Song:“L'Anarchie Pour le U.K” by The Sex Pistols, performed on the accordion More in DeathView all 808: The Rest of the Story Aug. 18, 2023 Act Two: Oh Mother Where Art Thou? Contributor Samuel James thought he knew what happened to his mother. 793: The Problem with Ghosts Mar. 10, 2023 Act Three: Seance Fiction In the 1920s, at the height of the Spiritualism movement, a friendship blossomed between two men with opposing views on the topic: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 779: Ends of the Earth Sept. 16, 2022 Act One: Exit Strategy Amy Bloom tells the story of her husband, Brian, getting Alzheimer's and wanting assisted suicide. More by Ira GlassView all 824: Family Meeting Feb. 23, 2024 Act One: A Slow Decision Process That’s Mostly But Maybe Not Completely Over For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth. 781: Watching the Watchers Oct. 7, 2022 Act Two: I’ll Be Watching You A group of 6th grade boys are bothered by their teacher’s behavior. 777: Name. Age. Detail. Aug. 12, 2022 Margus Morrison Margus Morrison was a school bus aide, father of six.
808: The Rest of the Story Aug. 18, 2023 Act Two: Oh Mother Where Art Thou? Contributor Samuel James thought he knew what happened to his mother.
793: The Problem with Ghosts Mar. 10, 2023 Act Three: Seance Fiction In the 1920s, at the height of the Spiritualism movement, a friendship blossomed between two men with opposing views on the topic: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
779: Ends of the Earth Sept. 16, 2022 Act One: Exit Strategy Amy Bloom tells the story of her husband, Brian, getting Alzheimer's and wanting assisted suicide.
824: Family Meeting Feb. 23, 2024 Act One: A Slow Decision Process That’s Mostly But Maybe Not Completely Over For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth.
781: Watching the Watchers Oct. 7, 2022 Act Two: I’ll Be Watching You A group of 6th grade boys are bothered by their teacher’s behavior.
777: Name. Age. Detail. Aug. 12, 2022 Margus Morrison Margus Morrison was a school bus aide, father of six.