Obituaries From My Father
SYNOPSIS
Illustration by Stephanie Singleton
When Dr. Augie Lindmark first started receiving obituaries in the mailbox, he wasn’t sure whether to be amused or afraid. But soon he discovers the identity of the sender, and enters into a rare an unexpected dialogue about aging and mortality.
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Dr. Augie Lindmark is a primary care physician originally from the Midwest. He practices and teaches in New Haven, CT, where he is faculty at the Yale School of Medicine.
Host
Emily Silverman is an internal medicine physician at UCSF and Creator of The Nocturnists. Her writing has been supported by MacDowell and published in The New York Times, The Virginia Quarterly Review, JAMA, CHEST, McSweeneys, and more. She was the Hellman Artist-in-Residency at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center in 2020 and served on the COVID Crisis Group, which recently published the book, "Lessons from the COVID War." She lives with her husband and daughter in San Francisco, and tweets @ESilvermanMD.
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Resources
CREDITS
Article/Story: "As a doctor, I thought I was familiar with death. Until it came for my son” by Bonnie Chen in the San Francisco Chronicle (2023)
Hosted by Emily Silverman
Produced by Emily Silverman and Jon Oliver.
This episode’s interview was recorded at Aerial View Studio in Minneapolis (January 2024)
Edited and mixed by Jon Oliver.
Peter’s story was coached by Kristin Moe and Molly Rose Williams. This season’s stories were originally performed live in Minneapolis in April 2023 at "Rebirth", a performance by The Nocturnists and The Center for Art in Medicine at The University of Minnesota
The Nocturnists original theme music by Yosef Munro
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
Illustrations by Stephanie Singleton
This season of The Nocturnists is sponsored by The Physicians Foundation
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The Nocturnists: Stories from the World of Medicine
Season 6: Episode 7:"Obituaries From My Father"
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