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The Dissenter#1123 Philip Nitschke: Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die******Support the channel******Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenterPayPal: paypal.me/thedissenterPayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuyPayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9lPayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpzPayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9mPayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on******Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoBFacebook: https://www.f...
2025-07-141h 03
The DiscussionVoluntary assisted dying: pushing boundaries and the new role for AIVoluntary assisted dying is legal across Australia, much of Europe, Canada, and several US states, with dramatically varying implementations. Some countries permit advance directives for dementia cases, and AI is being developed to replace psychiatrist in the assisted dying process.While some jurisdictions focus on terminal illness with strict safeguards, others expand access to mental illness. In this episode of The Discussion, host Bill Crews examines these complex ethical, medical, and legal issues with Dr. Philip Nitschke, a prominent advocate who offers insights into global approaches and lessons from this evolution in human au...
2025-07-1419 min
The Life Challenges PodcastWhat’s Trending? Assisted Suicide Implant, Artificial Blood, RFK Jr. and the Vaccine “Establishment” and moreModern medical advances often solve one ethical dilemma while creating new ones. The question isn't just whether we can implement cutting-edge technologies, but whether we should—and what considerations must guide these momentous decisions.Consider Japan's promising artificial blood trials, a direct response to their dramatically aging population and declining birth rates. With younger generations shrinking and fewer blood donors available, this innovation could extend blood shelf-life from weeks to years. Yet at $5,000-$9,000 per unit compared to $215 for donated blood, such solutions highlight healthcare disparities between wealthy and developing nations where blood supplies may only reach 40% of...
2025-07-0133 min
Sunday Nights with Rev. Bill CrewsVoluntary assisted dying- pushing boundaries and the new role for AIBill speaks with Dr. Philip Nitschke about Voluntry Assisted Dyng and AIs See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-06-2219 min
How It Ticks: The Swiss Culture, Business & Life PodcastSuicide as a Human Right & Sarco Pod Controversies | Philip Nitschke PT2In this episode, Philip reflects on his journey as the first doctor to administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection and the emotional and professional challenges that followed. We discuss the ongoing Swiss federal investigation into the first use of the Sarco Pod in Schaffhausen, the role of mental health and age in assisted suicide decisions, and the broader ethical and societal implications.
Expect to learn about The Peaceful Pill Handbook and its impact, the state of global assisted dying laws, and why Switzerland is at the center of this debate. This conversation is a thought-provoking exploration of human rights, autonomy...
2025-02-0424 min
How It Ticks: The Swiss Culture, Business & Life PodcastSuicide as a Human Right & Sarco Pod Controversies | Philip Nitschke PT1In this episode, Philip reflects on his journey as the first doctor to administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection and the emotional and professional challenges that followed. We discuss the ongoing Swiss federal investigation into the first use of the Sarco Pod in Schaffhausen, the role of mental health and age in assisted suicide decisions, and the broader ethical and societal implications.
Expect to learn about The Peaceful Pill Handbook and its impact, the state of global assisted dying laws, and why Switzerland is at the center of this debate. This conversation is a thought-provoking exploration of human rights, autonomy...
2025-02-0344 min
The Ethical Frontier#49 - The Future of Assisted Suicide | Philip Nitschke (Part 2)You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy
This is part 2 of my interview with Philip Haig Nitschke, who is an Australian humanist, author, former physician, and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International.
Website: https://www.exitinternational.net/about-exit/dr-philip-nitschke/
Summary:
In this interview, we discuss the future of the Sarco suicide pod, the use of AI to assess decision-making capacity, and Nitschke's proposal for an implantable device that will release a toxin to cause a person's death.
2024-10-2745 minThe Ethical Frontier#48 - Suicide is a Right | Philip Nitschke (Part 1)You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy
Philip Haig Nitschke is an Australian humanist, author, former physician, and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International.
Website: https://www.exitinternational.net/about-exit/dr-philip-nitschke/
Summary:
In this interview, we discuss why Dr. Nitschke is supportive of assisted suicide. Essentially, he believes suicide is every rational person's right. Nitschke is so supportive of suicide that he invented a suicide pod that people can 3D print. We also discuss hard cases—euthanasia in the case of infants, people with advanced dementia, an...
2024-10-2751 min
Tommaso Scandroglio - BastaBugie.itLa nuova etica procedurale della capsula per suicidarsiTESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜ https://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=7936LA NUOVA ETICA PROCEDURALE DELLA CAPSULA PER SUICIDARSI di Tommaso ScandroglioSarco. Così si chiama perché ricorda un sarcofago. Solo che nei sarcofagi venivano messi i cadaveri ed invece nel Sarco ci finiscono le persone vive per poi diventare cadaveri. Ne avevamo già parlato a suo tempo: Sarco è una capsula dove la persona entra, preme un pulsante e infine viene liberato nella capsula dell'azoto che provoca prima il sonno della persona e poi la sua morte. Questa bara per vivi e morituri è stata ideata da Philip Nitschke, il fonda...
2024-10-1505 min
Apropos – der tägliche PodcastSterben im «Sarco»Erfinder der Kapsel ist der Australier Philip Nitschke. Der ursprüngliche Arzt und Sterbehilfe-Aktivist möchte die Suizid-Kapsel in der Schweiz einweihen, da es hierzulande bereits eine lange Tradition der Sterbehilfe gibt.Doch das ist gar nicht so einfach: Es gibt juristische Fragezeichen – und Unklarheiten bei den Zuständigkeiten. Gleichzeitig haben etablierte Sterbehilfeorganisationen wie «Exit» nur begrenzt Freude an der neuen Methode, aus dem Leben zu gehen. Und ebenso an der Art und Weise, wie diese beworben und publik wurde.Wie steht es grundsätzlich um die Sterbehilfe in der Schweiz? Und warum schalten sich jetzt au...
2024-09-1116 min
NZZ AkzentSuizidkapsel: bald in der Schweiz?
Noch in diesem Jahr soll der erste Mensch in der Suizidkapsel sterben. Doch für Philip Nitschke, den Erfinder von «Sarco», läuft es nicht nach Plan.
Gast: Simon Hehli, Inlandredaktor
Host: Nadine Landert
Produzentin: Alice Grosjean
Weitere Informationen zum Thema:
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/du-brauchst-dein-geld-sowieso-nicht-mehr-die-frau-die-als-erste-in-der-suizidkapsel-sterben-sollte-erhebt-schwere-vorwuerfe-ld.1841701
Wenn Sie selbst Suizidgedanken haben oder jemanden kennen, der Unterstützung benötigt, wenden Sie sich bitte an folgende Organisationen:
Schweiz: https://www.143.ch/
Deutschland: https://www.telefonseelsorge.de/telefon/
2024-08-0815 min
NebelspalterinnenSterben und sterben lassen: Suizidkapsel und Sterbehilfe in der SchweizPointiert. Politisch. Persönlich. «Nebelspalterinnen», der Podcast mit Maria-Rahel Cano und Camille Lothe
Shownotes
«Suizidkapsel mit Blick aufs Matterhorn? Philip Nitschke plant den grossen PR-Stunt»: NZZ
«Suizidkapsel hofft in der Schweiz Fuss zu fassen»: Swissinfo.ch
«Ein Ethiker zur Suizidkapsel Sarco: 'Das ist eine sehr unmenschliche Art des Sterbens'»: NZZ
Sterbehilfe Begrifflichkeiten: admin.ch
Schweizer Gesetzgebung: admin.ch
Kommentar: «Die Sterbehilfe in der Schweiz ist längst ausser Kontrolle»: Swissinfo.ch
«25 Jahre Dignitias: Wenn Menschen zum Sterben in die Schweiz kommen»: SRF
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2024-07-2343 min
Creative Careers in Medicine PodcastREWIND EPISODE: Dr Philip Nitschke on voluntary euthanasia rightsIn this throwback episode of the CCIM Podcast, we hear a candid conversation with Dr Philip Nitschke on the controversial and complex topic of voluntary euthanasia. Dr Nitschke shares personal and professional experiences related to his involvement in the euthanasia issue and his evolving views on this sensitive subject. Dr Nitschke, known for his pioneering work in voluntary assisted dying, reflects on his early experiences in social justice activism, his commitment to pacifist principles, and his journey towards advocating for euthanasia laws.The discussion delves into the challenges and ethical discomfort surrounding voluntary euthanasia, including t...
2024-01-081h 10
MALESBACA026. Malesbaca, pengennya mati: Peaceful Pill oleh Philip Nitschke dan Fiona StewartDisclaimer: kalau kamu pengen bunuh diri, carilah bantuan secepatnya. Hubungi mimin kalau ga ngerti harus kemana atau hotline bunuh diri ga bisa dihubungin.
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2022-12-2137 min
Hey Human PodcastDr. Philip Nitschke: For The Right To DieE334 Dr. Nitschke became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection. He is the founder of Exit International, a foundation that believes “it is a fundamental human right for every adult of sound mind, to be able to plan for the end of their life in a way that […]
2022-10-2055 min
A Little Bit Of ScienceWhy We Forgot The Cure For ScurvyScurvy is zero fun. We’re not sure how much you know about this disease but it’s not a walk in the park. Okay, it’s fair to say that not many diseases are a gentle stroll through a pretty field of flower-filled gardens, but scurvy really is an incredible bastard. The only thing going for it is that you’re generally dead pretty quick. You start off feeling a little tired, sore and short of breath. Your gums start to hurt and your legs swell. Then, your darkening, swelling legs develop purple, black, red or blue spo...
2022-09-2954 minA Little Bit Of SciencePhilip Nitschke's Quest to Allow Us To DieIf you were knocking on death’s door and the door wasn’t opening quickly enough, would you want to be able to give it a shove yourself? To have agency over your death is a tricky subject, but that hasn’t stopped Philip Nitschke from diving into it head first. To understand why Nitschke felt compelled to go down such an onerous path, let’s first give you a sense of his personality as a young chap. When he was 18, someone stole Nitschke's car radio. The police were...
2022-09-221h 04
MINDTHEGAP PodcastSuicide PodNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Switzerland has sparked a debate on Twitter after revealing that they are developing a “suicide capsule”. Developers state the 3D-printed pods will allow people to choose the place where they want to die an assisted death.
“We want to remove any kind of psychiatric review from the process and allow the individual to control the method themselves,” developer Dr. Philip Nitschke said. “Our aim is to develop an artificial intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity. Naturally, there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrist...
2022-07-1738 min
The Wrants Show265: Suicide pod creator invents implant that would kill you if forgotten aboutIf you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, please call National Suicide Prevention LifelineAvailable 24 hours. 800-273-8255https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/By now you’ve probably seen the 3D-printable ‘suicide pods’ doing the rounds on social media. The sleek, sci-fi worthy capsule is designed to allow users to end their own life, via a switch that can only be operated from inside the chamber.The inventor of the machine, known as the Sarco, is Dr Phili...
2022-06-3010 min
Let's Get Psyched#129 - The Suicide PodFounder of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International and former physican, Phillip Nitschke, has created the Sarco suicide pod. Dr. Nitschke (who also has a PhD in Physics) is planning to make the plans accessible for 3-D printing to "democratize" euthanasia technology. Is this a step towards making suicide a human rights issue or an international public health nightmare? Listen to our interview with Dr. Nitschke and decide for yourself.
Hosts: Eyrn, Toshia, Alan
Guest: Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS
References:
Berman, Athey, A., & Nestadt, P. (2021). Effectiveness of restricting access to a suicide j...
2022-04-1132 minLet's Get Psyched#128 - The World's Foremost Advocate for Assisted SuicideDr. Philip Nitschke is an Australian physician who campaigned successfully for the world's first assisted suicide law. He went on to found the non-profit, pro-euthanasia organization, Exit International. How did a physician trained under the medical ethics of beneficence and non-maleficence decide to make euthanasia and assisted suicide his life's work? Listen to our interview with him and decide where you stand.
Hosts: Eyrn, Toshia, Alan
Guest: Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS
References:
Owens D, Horrocks J, House A. Fatal and non-fatal repetition of self-harm. Systematic review. Br J Psychiatry. 2002 Sep;181:193-9. do...
2022-04-0135 min
Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / ShowDr. Philip Nitschke, MD, PhD - Founder, Exit International - The Future Of End-Of-Life TechnologiesSend us a textDr. Philip Nitschke, MD, Ph.D. is a medical doctor, humanist and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International (https://www.exitinternational.net/), a leading end-of-life rights advocacy and information non-profit. Dr. Nitschke has written extensively in the area of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide, including three books, including: Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill, The Peaceful Pill eHandbook, and Damned if I Do. Dr. Nitschke holds a Ph.D. in applied physics from Flinders University and is a graduate of Sydney Medical School. He...
2022-03-2452 min
Banter SavvyThe Suicide Booths from Futurama are real?!Listen as we talk about The Sarco Suicide Pod, invented by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke. The concept of a capsule that could produce a rapid decrease in oxygen level, while maintaining a low CO2 level, (the conditions for a peaceful, even euphoric death) was the belief behind the Sarco. The Sarco pod is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. "Sarco" is short for "sarcophagus" It is used in conjunction with a...
2022-03-2126 minLet's Get Psyched#120 - The World's Foremost Advocate for Assisted SuicideDr. Philip Nitschke is an Australian physician who campaigned successfully for the world's first assisted suicide law. He went on to found the non-profit, pro-euthanasia organization, Exit International. How did a physician trained under the medical ethics of beneficence and non-maleficence decide to make euthanasia and assisted suicide his life's work? Listen to our interview with him and decide where you stand.
Hosts: Eyrn, Toshia, Alan
Guest: Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS
2022-01-1634 min
Pick Truth38. You Have A Brain To Make ChoicesIn this episode of The Pick Truth Podcast, hosts Dr. Vicky Harris & LaMont Hearn Jr. read and rate some sweet, emotional, weird, and crazy confession stories. The rating ranges from Bell Pepper, Poblano, Jalapeno, Thai Chili, and Reaper. Vicky and LaMont start the conversation by reviewing their experiences for the past week.In today’s episode, the hosts share the confession of a guy who’s very guilty of masturbating in the bathroom at his father's funeral. He did so because one of the high school friends who came to show him support was a girl, he had...
2021-12-2927 min
Monday Morning Ketchup#14: The Artist Formerly Known as SpanksyMind Goblins have invaded the brainmeat of your intrepid hosts this week. But the nuggets of delicious, festering ketchup are able to usher those goblins into the laughmines where they belong!
We got otter attacks, derriere deviants, suicide salesmen, marmoset abuse, and a whole lot more weirdness awaiting you in this, our latest and greatest Monday Morning Ketchup!
Fun Fact: The man behind the Swedish suicide pod, Dr Philip Nitschke, has been nicknamed Doctor Death for his efforts. Far from a used car salesman, he aims to make the pods 3d-printable for anyone with an...
2021-12-1347 min
The Hidden W/Toren & AidenSuicide CapsuleIn today's episode hosts Toren and Aiden discuss a controversial subject called Sarco pod or suicide capsule. Real-life participants will start trying the coffinlike “Sarco” during trials set to begin in early 2022, the capsule’s creator, Philip Nitschke, told The Washington Post this week. A legal analysis commissioned by his nonprofit, Exit International, recently concluded that use of the pod will not violate Switzerland’s assisted suicide laws, he said. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255). You can also text a crisis counselor by messaging the Crisis Text Line at 741741
2021-12-1331 min
Territory Story278. Weekends with Walshy - Clown TownEach weekend we invite, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, on the podcast to talk about some of the stories making news in the Territory. This week’s stories are:
1. United NT Businesses and the legal challenge to the vaccine mandate
2. NT Children's Commissioner Colleen Gwynne fronts Darwin court over abuse of office charges
3. ICAC general manager moves to NT Police role amid reports of investigation into his office
4. Labor MLAs and head public servant silent over a...
2021-12-101h 15
Exit Podcast - The Good DeathExit Podcast No 24 - The Huib Drion Letter: 30 Years LaterWhen former Dutch Supreme Court Judge, Huib Drion, wrote a short but pointed letter to the editor of the newspaper, NRC, little could he have known what his legacy would be.
Drion argued that all older people should have a right to terminate their lives at a time of their choosing. He argued that this was a separate social need to that of euthanasia for the seriously ill.
Drion bemoaned that older people like himself were ill-equipped to take this step in way that was peaceful and dignified. He noted that while doctors and pharmacists...
2021-10-1730 min
Exit Podcast - The Good DeathExit Podcast No 23 - The Azide WarsThe Azide Wars have come about with the advent in the Netherlands of Middel X as an end of life method.
As a country where voluntary euthanasia has long been legal, there has been a groundswell of discontentment amongst older people who resent having to ask doctors for help to die.
Addressing this souring mood has been activist group CLW who have strongly advocated the use of Middel X, an available, legal inorganic salt they claim provides individuals with a reliable end of life option.
In opposition has been the Dutch Medical...
2021-08-1531 min
Pb Living - A daily book reviewA Book Review - The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die Book by Katie EngelhartA riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue.As much of the world's population grows older, the quest for a "good death," has become a significant issue. For many, the right to die often means the right to die with dignity. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours--far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation--and the people who help them, loved ones...
2021-06-2404 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathExit Podcast No 22 - Retrospective: Philip Nitschke reflects on 25 years of political activismThe May 2021 Exit Podcast (note name change) features an interview with Philip Nitschke as he reflects on the highs / lows of 25+ years of end of life political activism including the effect on his work of his move to the Netherlands, how it feels to be politically persecuted, major turning points in the debate and where the next generation of activists will come from and who they are.
2021-05-3028 min
heretics.Dr. Death & his assisted suicide machinesThis episode with Philip Nitschke (Dr. Death) is really controversial, because it's with the first doctor to perform an assisted suicide in Australia. He has some interesting things to say, but listener discretion is advised.
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2021-05-031h 03Exit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 21 - The Push Back: Towards a New Human Rights-based FocusIn early April, Dutch activist group, CLW launched legal action against the Dutch state arguing that the prohibition on assisted suicide and assisted suicide drugs should be abolished. These should be abolished because they prevent self-determination at the end of life. If self-determination is a fundamental human right, they argued that a nation State that keeps the right un-exercisable makes the right a false one and the State is acting unlawfully.
The Dutch have taken their lead from recent constitutional court decisions in Germany and Austria which confirm that self-determination is a human right that the government...
2021-04-1922 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 20 - Katie Engelhart's new book The InevitableExit first met Katie Englehart about 5 years ago when she was part of the production team behind the Vice documentary, Time to Die.
After 4 years of filming, Vice had footage on just about everyone that Philip Nitschke had met. It was via this immersion that Engelhart would change mediums, and bring the stories of 3 Exit members into her written word.
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die is as weighty as an academic tomb, but as engaging and easy to read as a popular biography.
The strength of the book is the...
2021-03-1431 min
Tommaso Scandroglio - BastaBugie.itLa macchina per morire: premi "muori" e ciaoTESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6502LA MACCHINA PER MORIRE: PREMI ''MUORI'' E CIAOEutanasia per tutti: la morte in pochi minuti senza dolore attivabile con un codice anche da disabili (c'è anche il pulsante ''Stop'' se ci ripensi all'ultimo secondo)di Tommaso ScandroglioTutti a bordo di "Sarco", una navicella spaziale che ti porta nell'Aldilà attraverso un viaggio bello da morire. "Sarco" sta per sarcofago e si tratta di una specie di capsula, che ricorda gli aspirapolvere di ultimo modello, dove tu entri e non esci più. Almeno da vivo. Infat...
2021-03-0206 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 19 - The USA Lethal MixturesSince the scarcity of Nembutal - the best end of life drug - in the US due to both its prohibitive price and the refusal of EU drug manufacturers to sell the drug in that country (because of objections to its use in capital punishment), other alternatives have needed to be examined by doctors working under death with dignity laws.
In this Doxit Podcast, Peaceful Pill Handbook authors, Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart, discuss the evolution and emergence of the USA Lethal Drug Mixtures.
The alternative multi-drug compounds provide a reliable, peaceful death for a...
2021-02-2126 min
The Random IntellectualDr DeathWhen we talk about Dr. Death we’re talking about assisted suicides. We’ll tell you all about Philip Nitschke and Jack Kevorkian and the death machines they used to help kill people who desperately wanted to die. We’ll talk about all the moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding assisted suicides and what consequences these two had to deal with for doing what they believed was right. You won’t want to miss it.
2021-02-1250 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 18 - Premedication & PotentiationIn this week's Doxit Podcast we discuss the January 2021 update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook which focuses on the two issues of premedication and potentiation and the role both play in a peaceful and reliable death.
Potentiation of lethal drugs is relevant if one has old drugs or substances or if they are from dubious sources or if they have been stored for a long time. Potentiators are also the drugs that bring about sedation, ensuring a more acceptable ‘sleep while you die’ process.
2021-01-2426 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 17 - 2020 Looking Forward/ Looking BackThe year that was thanks to COVID-19 but it was not all bad news. Exit’s Doxit Podcast ‘Looking Back Looking Forward’ reflects on the good and the bad to come out of the pandemic experience. For example, like so many organisations around the world, Exit moved our core operations online. Face to face workshops were abandoned in preference of Zoom workshops. Four, fully-online 4 hour meetings were held between June and October across different global time zones.
The NuTech 2020 conference was also held entirely online in September. In retrospect, it seems...
2021-01-0337 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 16 - Australian/ NZ Legal Wave of ChangeFrom 25 years ago when voluntary euthanasia for the terminally ill was so controversial that the Federal Government of Australia used a hitherto unknown section of the Australian Constitution (s122) to overturn the Northern Territory's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act to today when politicians can't act fast enough getting behind assisted dying laws as a show of compassion and humanity, the right to die has come a long way.
And so 2020 draws to a close with New Zealand finally passing a binding referendum that will see an End of Life Choice Act introduced in that country while...
2020-12-1331 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 15 - Physiology of a Good Death - why it works & how!In this Doxit Podcast we explore the physiology behind the good death.
Taking the recent new Peaceful Pill eHandbook chapter on 'Death Physiology' as our starting point, we discuss the science behind the efficacy of some methods as distinct from others (eg. Nembutal over Opiates) and consider how each strategy discussed in the book falls into one of four categories of hypoxia: hypoxic, hypermic, ischemic & histotoxic.
In understanding better how the different methods work on the body, there can be increased confidence in the efficacy of a method to provide a peaceful and reliable...
2020-11-0800 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathLetter from Ireland with Tom CurranExit first met Tom Curran in 2008 when he attended our initial Irish workshop at the Seomra Spraoi anarchist collective in Dublin (because no other booked venue would host the public meeting and workshop): such was the controversy surrounding assisted suicide/ assisted dying in Ireland. Fast forward a decade, and Tom has become the legitimate face of the Irish right to die movement. A director of Exit International, Tom's commitment stems from the experience of his late partner, Marie Flemming who died in 2013 after suffering for many years from MS. In recent weeks, the Irish Parliament has voted to progress...
2020-10-1800 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathPodcast No 13 - NuTech 2020 Conference Program for Sat 26 Sept: a sneak peak!NuTech is back in 2020 at 16.00 (CET), Saturday 26 September with a 100% online program drawing speakers from the Netherlands, US, France, Australia, Scotland & more.
NuTech is the only global group to explore the possibilities offered by new technologies in regard to a peaceful and reliable death.
This year's NuTech conference theme is the 'Dementia Dilemma'.
Keynote speakers such as Marije de Haas, Bert Keizer and Michael Laufer explore the role of implanted switches (eg. The Plug). French investigative researcher Guillaume Coudray takes on the Nitrite debate while Hugh Wynne will talk 'nitro foam...
2020-09-1327 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 12 - In Conversation with Professor Sean DavisonIn 2011, Sean Davison pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his mother (who was dying of cancer). He helped her to die when her hunger strike failed. Sean served 5 months home detention in New Zealand for his compassion.
In 2020, Sean entered a plea bargain of guilty to the murders of three seriously ill/ disabled men in South Africa. He is currently serving 3 years house arrest in Cape Town.
Sean Davison the Founder of Dignity South Africa and currently President of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
Sean has had an extraordinarily...
2020-09-0631 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 11 - Sarco X Euthanasia Capsule ArrivesSarco X is a 3D-printed euthanasia capsule that provides a peaceful and reliable death. First exhibited at the Amsterdam Funeral Fair in 2018 and Venice Design in 2019, the latest iteration of the Sarco - Sarco X - has recently undergone its final lab testing at Haarlem in the Netherlands and is now ready for use.
The Sarco works by creating a hypoxic (low oxygen) environment. It is 3D-printed in order to ensure it is lawful (you can print your own). The plans will be made available in The Peaceful Pill eHandbook. It is portable so it can...
2020-08-1646 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No 10 - Is a Nembutal Death 'Cruel & Unusual'?In this week's Podcast, we discuss the controversial use of Nembutal in capital punishment executions in the US.
In particular, we examine the argument that prisoners have recently presented to US Courts that death by pentobarbital injection causes flash pulmonary edema. Flash pulmonary edema, they say, constitutes cruel & unusual punishment. And cruel & unusual punishment is prohibited under the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Questions
Does Nembutal cause 'flash pulmonary edema' & is this a problem?
Is Nembutal still the best drug for a peaceful/ reliable death?
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2020-07-2627 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No9: Do You Need a Doctor?This week's Doxit Podcast examines the topic of the medicalisation of death. Whereas once a death was the domain of religion, and suicide was considered a sin against God, more recently the public discourse on suicide has medicalised the act, treating it as a mental illness. No rational person could ever wish to end their life, regardless of the reason.
In this week's discussion, Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart question the semantics surrounding rational/ irrational suicide/ VAD/ MAID, drawing in particular on a recent article by Anita Hannig in the journal Cultural Anthropology (Vol. 34, Issue 1, pp. 53–77). They ex...
2020-07-1231 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No8: Miscarriage - The Story of Graham MorantIn 2018, Graham Morant was found guilty of inciting (and assisting)his wife Jenny to suicide. This is the first case where a charge of incitement to suicide has led to a conviction. Graham received 6 years for assisting Jenny's suicide and 10 years for inciting. These sentences were to be served concurrently.
but...
At the time of his trial the Court was unaware of a series of emails that Jenny Morant had sent to Exit, pleading for help in her plan to suicide. She described her husband as unhelpful and unwilling to help her; a very different...
2020-06-2831 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit No7: The R2D Debreather, more on the lethal salts, plus CNN story on Cindy Shepler & her trip to PegasosThis week we pick up on two of the issues covered in this month's June update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook (Nitrite & the Debreather) and discuss the recent CNN article on ME/ CFS sufferer, Cindy Shepler and her VAD at Pegasos in December last year.
2020-06-1424 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathPodcast No 6: The Rise & Fall of ChloroquineHow much Chloroquine should President Trump take (should he be seeking a reliable (& peaceful) death)? We look at this intriguing drug in more detail in this week's podcast and look at one or two other issues on end of life choice that emerged this week.
Check out the June 2020 update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook at www.peacefulpillhandbook.com
2020-05-3124 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 5: Lethal Salts Part IIThe fifth Podcast continues discussion of the Lethal Salts by taking a look at a number of eye witness accounts and teasing out some of the elements of the Exit RPA Test - the Reliability, Peacefulness, Availability Test.
2020-05-2430 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 4: Lethal Salts & the LawIn some ways the lethal salts have remained under the radar. But are they the new Drion pill? What does the law have to say on these relatively freely available lethal substances?
2020-05-1730 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 3: Happy Hypoxia in the Age of COVID & Dementia & Advance Directives in the NetherlandsThis week we take the lead from the plethora of news reports on 'happy hypoxia' vis a vis COVID-19 and a good death. The second topic is the recent Dutch Supreme Court decision that confirmed that doctors should act upon an advance directive that contains a person's wish for euthanasia in the context of advanced dementia.
2020-05-1032 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 2: Advance Directives in the Time of COVID & DementiaThe COVID pandemic has brought new urgency to end of life planning, as far as Advance Directives go. The recent decision by the Dutch High Court which confirms a person's right to access euthanasia via an advance directive request - should they find themselves in the future - shows that the times of Advance Directives are indeed a' changing!
2020-05-0330 minExit Podcast - The Good DeathDoxit Podcast No 1: Covid-19 & the Good DeathThe Doxit Podcasts is a series of discussions about a good death: focused on the monthly updates to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook & global news / developments on assisted suicide etc. Podcast No 1 addresses the April 2020 Covid-19 Update to the eHandbook, examining issues such as Covid pneumonia, active & passive ventilation, the 'game changer' of chloroquine, developments to the Sarco project and more.
2020-04-2634 min
On Grief: A Podcast about DeathThe Right to Die With Exit International's Philip NitschkeWhile most of us respect that the terminally ill or very old might want to exercise their right to die, not many have come around on the idea that any adult with mental capacity should have the right to end their life on their own terms.
Philip Nitschke joins me to explain why Exit International provides information and works to move legislation past a medicalized model to bring this crucial right to more people.
In this episode, we discuss:
Societal taboos around this topic
The interest by the general public in understanding this right
What are...
2019-10-3116 min
Creative Careers in Medicine PodcastPhilip Nitschke - Live from CCIM 2019Recorded live on the CCIM 2019 stage, this episode features the conversation between CCIM Chief of Pod, Andrew Bracey and Dr Philip Nitschke that kicked off Day 2 of the event. Philip Nitschke is a passionate activist, author, former physician and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in the Northern Territory and assisted four people in ending their lives before the law was overturned. He was the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection, after which the patient activated the syringe using a computer...
2019-08-241h 09
Creative Careers in Medicine PodcastPhilip Nitschke - Live from CCIM 2019Recorded live on the CCIM 2019 stage, this episode features the conversation between CCIM Chief of Pod, Andrew Bracey and Dr Philip Nitschke that kicked off Day 2 of the event. Philip Nitschke is a passionate activist, author, former physician and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in the Northern Territory and assisted four people in ending their lives before the law was overturned. He was the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection, after which the patient activated the syringe...
2019-08-231h 09
Canary Cry News Talk140 CCNT “We Tried To Tell Ya!” - 05.22.2019One Forty starts with the birth of Punchy, a fork race of Flippy, Joe Rogan’s creepy AI voice means doom for all podcasters, DNA scam alert, man is fined for avoiding UK face scan, and China plans to clone an army of police dogs. Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE! AGG for the WEEK of May 16th-May 22nd
2019-05-2329 min
The Andy Social Podcast134 - Philip Nitschke (Exit International, Voluntary Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Campaigner)Philip Nitschke became a household name in the 90s when he became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection to a patient under the short-lived "Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995". Within a year the law was overturned and Philip went on to commence his campaigning for assisted dying, not only for the terminally ill but for those of sound mind to make their own decisions of when to end their life.
Exit International (Previously known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation) was founded by Philip and their vision states "every adult of sound...
2018-06-281h 20
A Life & Death Conversation with Dr. Bob UslanderFaye Girsh Talks about the Right To Die, Ep. 9Hemlock Society San Diego (619) 233-4418 In this episode, Faye Girsh talks about the Right To Die and why she continues to support the movement. Faye was the President of the Hemlock Society USA from 1996-2002 and Senior Vice President of End-of-Life Choices (Hemlock’s temporary name) from 2002-2004. She had served on Hemlock’s national board and essentially succeeded its founder, Derek Humphry. While President of the Hemlock Society she started the Caring Friends program, in 1998, which provided free, personal information and bedside support to Hemlock members considering a hastened death. For the last 25 years, she has appeared in debates and sp...
2018-01-1900 min
Euthanasia: Pro and ConEp. 12-Dr. David Swanton-Ethical RightsOur guest on this episode is Dr. David Swanton, director of the organisation Ethical Rights. To quote from their website, “Ethical Rights has been established to challenge people to think more rationally about important ethical, human rights, scientific and related issues’.
Dr Swanton has a doctorate in theoretical chemistry, he is a euthanasia advocate, ethicist, atheist, humanist, scientist, writer and outspoken opponent of discrimination. He is also a chapter coordinator for Dr Philip Nitschke’s voluntary euthanasia organisation Exit International.
The website for Dr. Swanton’s Ethical Rights organisation is www.ethicalrights.com
You can find the link to Dr. Swanton...
2016-10-1221 min
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016The First Legal 'Physician-Assisted Suicide'On September 22nd 1996, an Australian doctor called Phillip Nitschke, helped cancer sufferer Bob Dent, to die. He had connected a computer to a syringe full of lethal drugs - allowing Bob Dent to choose the time of his death. It was all done under a new law which had just been brought in to Australia's Northern Territory. But soon afterwards, politicians began working to overturn that law. Kevin Andrews MP, led the campaign to outlaw assisted suicide in Australia. Both he, and Dr Nitschke have been speaking to Ashley Byrne about the case.Photo: Dr Nitschke with...
2016-09-2208 min
Euthanasia: Pro and ConEp. 10: Philip Nitschke - Founder of Exit InternationalOur guest on this episode is Dr. Philip Nitschke is the Founder of Exit International.
In 1996, Philip became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection under the short-lived Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT).
Four of Philip’s terminally ill patients used this law to end their suffering before the law was overturned in March 1997 by the Australian Parliament.
That same year, Philip formed the Voluntary Euthanasia Research foundation (now called Exit International). Ongoing pressure from the Australian Medical Board led him to hand in his medical registration in 2015, and he now works fu...
2016-08-3123 min
Lost the Plot PodcastEpisode 4 - Lost BooksJoin us at Lost the Plot for all things books.
This month we talk Harry Potter news, lost books, more book experiments and June reads.
Links:
Books for the World
https://books4theworld.com/
Border Force Seizes Books
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jun/16/border-force-seizes-copy-of-assisted-suicide-book-written-by-philip-nitschke
ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author - Tara Moss
http://www.anu.edu.au/events/anuthe-canberra-times-meet-the-author-event-with-tara-moss
ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author
http://www.anu.edu.au/events/anuthe-canberra-times-meet-the-author-series
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Actors
https://www.pottermore.com/news/cursed-child-first-look-at-weasleys-in-character
Pottermore
https://www.pottermore.com/
How to Talk To Girls at Parties Graphic...
2016-07-1200 min
inspireland podcastE44 Dr Philip Nitschke: EuthanasiaFor episode #44 I was joined by Dr Philip Nitschke of Exit International. In 1996, Nitschke became the first doctor to administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection to a terminally ill patient. For the short period that euthanasia was legal in Australia Nitschke oversaw 4 voluntary suicides. Philip recently ran a show at Edinburgh called Dicing with Dr Death that attracted a lot of media attention. Philip made for a thought provoking and informative guest and his argument that euthanasia should be available to those that want it is difficult to counter. Our episode covered the following topics;...
2016-05-3100 min
Better Off Dead#14 Australia's Dark Little SecretThe repeated call by opponents of assisted dying is that the elderly and the vulnerable must be protected from coercion. In this, they are right – and there are many safeguards built into existing laws overseas which do exactly that. But what of the elderly described in this episode by two of Australia’s coroners: rational men and women from loving families – who, faced with an irreversible and painful decline into death, are deciding to kill themselves violently instead? Left: Joan Upton (with cake) pictured with her children Greg, Annette and Robert. Right: Philip Nitschke — Photos: Supplied...
2016-03-2952 min
Like I'm A Six-Year-Old32 - Philip NitschkeAgain, apologies for the delay, everyone. It's been a while, but I'm back with a doozy of an episode.
Philip “Dr. Death” Nitschke has been the face of the controversial right-to-die debate in Australia for almost 20 years. He is the founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International and author of The Peaceful Pill Handbook – a book describing ways to commit suicide that has been banned in Australia.
I’ve always been fascinated by Philip’s arguments and his tenacity in presenting them. When I heard he was performing a one-man comedy show at the Edinbur...
2015-09-051h 24
Eureka Street PodcastsA euthanasia parable in the outbackDismayed by the prognosis that he has only three months to live, Broken Hill cabbie Rex abandons his work, home and mates and sets out for Darwin to seek the help of prominent euthanasia advocate Dr Nicole Farmer (a fictional Dr Philip Nitschke). The story is as much about the journey as the destination, although there are those who would argue that its pat 'choose life' message just feels too easy.
2015-08-0506 min
Roo and Ditts For BreakfastRoo & Ditts For Breakfast 31 July 20141) Commonwealth games in Adelaide?
2) Ditts still doesn’t have a PIN for his credit card
3) Roo watched the Bachelor with his wife
4) James Lake for Commonwealth in Glasgow - Sally Pearson and Aussie assault charge
5) Dr Philip Nitschke - maybe being charged by police for assisting Max Bromson suicide
6) Travis Boak from PAFC
7) Leon Bignall - Commonwealth Games in Adelaide?
8) Dave Gleeson on the latest Rock News
9) Toyota Project Reno Winner - Houghton Football Club
10) Tony Modra after inducted in SANFL Hall of Fame
11) Jars for Blood Donor Week at Red Cross
12) Might snow in Adelaide tomorrow - Ben Domencino fr...
2014-07-3154 min
Roo and Ditts For BreakfastRoo & Ditts For Breakfast 25 July 20141) Eamon Sullivan - overnight Commonwelath Glasgow update
2) Blakey - Ditts pronouncing "Hayatudin"
3) Toyota Project Reno
4) Nick Xenophon - 20th Anniversary of pokies in SA
5) Ian Horne from AHA - Pokies
6) Mike Willisee - Sunday Night on CH7
7) Tom Lynch, Crows Player
8) Euthanasia is it right or wrong?
9) Talking Footy with Eddie McGuire
10) Dr Philip Nitschke, Euthanasia advocate
2014-07-2552 min
cameronreilly.comGDay World 375 – Dr Philip Nitschke on EuthanasiaDr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation.
A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK – after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering.
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2009-05-0449 minPodcast Archives - cameronreilly.comGDay World 375 – Dr Philip Nitschke on EuthanasiaDr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation.
A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK – after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering.
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2009-05-0449 min