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The Noir and Bizarre - Nobody Gets out Alive: Death Through the Ages

Throughout all of human history, human beings have consistently struggled with how to grapple with their own mortality.  The faces we give to Death, in our dreams and our nightmares, can be extremely revealing when trying to understand our deepest fears.

Katie is joined by Joanna Ebenstein, Founder of Morbid Anatomy, to talk about our complicated relationship with Death.

Music in this episode includes:
 
Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saens 
 
Troika from Lt. Kije Suite – Sergei Prokofiev 
 
The Movie Clip is from Woody Allen’s 1975 “Love and Death” 

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