In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida — at age 64. Hear her story.
In the weeks before his passing, Philip Gould describes his intimate experience and relationship with the notion of the ‘death zone’. In his final days he decides on a portrait. An image of himself, standing upon his grave site. Gould sends an impassioned message that reframes the perspective of life in the face of terminal illness. The portrait is on permanent exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Listen (or read) NPR’s November 8, 2013 story here.
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