Grave Matters

Published: July 19, 2010, 3 a.m.

b'We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can\\u2019t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal.\\nPlus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science\\u2026how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs\\u2026 why Mexican cemeteries look like villages\\u2026 and a doctor\\u2019s fight against one of the world\\u2019s deadliest diseases.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nBill Bass - Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel.\\n\\n\\nStanley Brandes - Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond\\n\\n\\n\\nMatt Kaeberlein - Pathologist, University of Washington\\n\\n\\nRoss Donaldson - Doctor and author of The Lassa Ward\\n\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'