Notes from the End of a Very Long Life with John Leland

“Journalism tends to look away from people at the end of life, especially at the undramatic end of a long life… Aging may be an ordinary bodily process, but like other bodily processes, it can elicit shame or embarrassment in others, maybe also fear or disgust.”
New York Times reporter John Leland is at the end of a very long project--7 years to be exact. His in-depth interviews with six people over the age of 85 were chronicled in the New York Times and in his book, “Happiness is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old.” Leland’s conversation with host Alan Campbell is an unflinching and enlightening look at the natural process of aging.
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