Best Philip Nitschke Podcasts (2024)

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What I should have told Kenny - the first nitrogen hypoxia execution 41:51

5M ago41:51

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The first execution of a prisoner, Kenny Smith, using nitrogen hypoxia, took place in the US state of Alabama on 25 Jan 2024. A few weeks earlier I had visited Holman prison to inspect the new equipment they planned to use, and met Kenny on death row with his lawyer Robert Grass. I gave evidence at a hearing in Montgomery a week later in an attempt…

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Exit Podcast - Nitrite and the Kenneth Law Affair 25:05

10M ago25:05

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First Exit Podcast for 2023 featuring Fiona Stewart in conversation with Philip Nitschke. The topic is the coming Canadian trial of Kenneth Law a distributor of the lethal legal salt, sodium nitrite. Described by some as a 'serial killer', but by many members of Exit as a savior who provided them with a reliable means for a peaceful death, the tria…

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Exit Podcast No 24 - The Huib Drion Letter: 30 Years Later 30:48

3y ago30:48

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When former Dutch Supreme Court Judge, Huib Drion, wrote a short but pointed letter to the editor of the newspaper, NRC, little could he have known what his legacy would be. Drion argued that all older people should have a right to terminate their lives at a time of their choosing. He argued that this was a separate social need to that of euthanasi…

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Exit Podcast No 23 - The Azide Wars 31:02

3y ago31:02

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The Azide Wars have come about with the advent in the Netherlands of Middel X as an end of life method. As a country where voluntary euthanasia has long been legal, there has been a groundswell of discontentment amongst older people who resent having to ask doctors for help to die. Addressing this souring mood has been activist group CLW who have s…

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Exit Podcast No 22 - Retrospective: Philip Nitschke reflects on 25 years of political activism 28:03

3y ago28:03

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The May 2021 Exit Podcast (note name change) features an interview with Philip Nitschke as he reflects on the highs / lows of 25+ years of end of life political activism including the effect on his work of his move to the Netherlands, how it feels to be politically persecuted, major turning points in the debate and where the next generation of acti…

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Doxit No 21 - The Push Back: Towards a New Human Rights-based Focus 22:34

3+ y ago22:34

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In early April, Dutch activist group, CLW launched legal action against the Dutch state arguing that the prohibition on assisted suicide and assisted suicide drugs should be abolished. These should be abolished because they prevent self-determination at the end of life. If self-determination is a fundamental human right, they argued that a nation S…

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Doxit No 20 - Katie Engelhart's new book The Inevitable 31:30

3+ y ago31:30

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Exit first met Katie Englehart about 5 years ago when she was part of the production team behind the Vice documentary, Time to Die. After 4 years of filming, Vice had footage on just about everyone that Philip Nitschke had met. It was via this immersion that Engelhart would change mediums, and bring the stories of 3 Exit members into her written wo…

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Exit Podcast No 19 - The USA Lethal Mixtures 26:48

3+ y ago26:48

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Since the scarcity of Nembutal - the best end of life drug - in the US due to both its prohibitive price and the refusal of EU drug manufacturers to sell the drug in that country (because of objections to its use in capital punishment), other alternatives have needed to be examined by doctors working under death with dignity laws. In this Doxit Pod…

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Doxit No 18 - Premedication & Potentiation 26:54

3+ y ago26:54

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In this week's Doxit Podcast we discuss the January 2021 update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook which focuses on the two issues of premedication and potentiation and the role both play in a peaceful and reliable death. Potentiation of lethal drugs is relevant if one has old drugs or substances or if they are from dubious sources or if they have been…

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Doxit No 17 - 2020 Looking Forward/ Looking Back 37:57

3+ y ago37:57

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The year that was thanks to COVID-19 but it was not all bad news. Exit’s Doxit Podcast ‘Looking Back Looking Forward’ reflects on the good and the bad to come out of the pandemic experience. For example, like so many organisations around the world, Exit moved our core operations online. Face to face workshops were abandoned in preference of Zoom wo…

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Doxit Podcast No 16 - Australian/ NZ Legal Wave of Change 31:50

3+ y ago31:50

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From 25 years ago when voluntary euthanasia for the terminally ill was so controversial that the Federal Government of Australia used a hitherto unknown section of the Australian Constitution (s122) to overturn the Northern Territory's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act to today when politicians can't act fast enough getting behind assisted dying law…

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Doxit Podcast No 15 - Physiology of a Good Death - why it works & how! 29:24

4y ago29:24

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In this Doxit Podcast we explore the physiology behind the good death. Taking the recent new Peaceful Pill eHandbook chapter on 'Death Physiology' as our starting point, we discuss the science behind the efficacy of some methods as distinct from others (eg. Nembutal over Opiates) and consider how each strategy discussed in the book falls into one o…

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Podcast No 14 - A Letter from Ireland with Tom Curran 33:38

4y ago33:38

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Exit first met Tom Curran in 2008 when he attended our initial Irish workshop at the Seomra Spraoi anarchist collective in Dublin (because no other booked venue would host the public meeting and workshop): such was the controversy surrounding assisted suicide/ assisted dying in Ireland. Fast forward a decade, and Tom has become the legitimate face …

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Podcast No 13 - NuTech 2020 Conference Program for Sat 26 Sept: a sneek peak! 27:59

4y ago27:59

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The NuTech Conference was held on Saturday 26 September with a 100% online program, drawing speakers from the Netherlands, US, France, Australia, Scotland & more. NuTech is the only global group to explore the possibilities offered by new technologies in regard to a peaceful and reliable death, instead of doctor-administered voluntary assisted dyin…

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Doxit No 12 - In Conversation with Professor Sean Davison 31:05

4y ago31:05

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In 2011, Sean Davison pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his mother (who was dying of cancer). He helped her to die when her hunger strike failed. Sean served 5 months home detention in New Zealand for his compassion. In 2020, Sean entered a plea bargain of guilty to the murders of three seriously ill/ disabled men in South Africa. He is cur…

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Doxit No 11 - Sarco X Euthanasia Capsule Arrives 46:00

4y ago46:00

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Sarco X is a 3D-printed euthanasia capsule that provides a peaceful and reliable death. First exhibited at the Amsterdam Funeral Fair in 2018 and then at Venice Design in 2019 and Cube Design Museum in 2020, the latest iteration of the Sarco - Sarco X - has recently undergone its final lab testing at Haarlem in the Netherlands and is now ready for …

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Doxit No 10 - Is a Nembutal Death 'Cruel & Unusual'? 27:45

4y ago27:45

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In this week's Podcast, we discuss the controversial use of Nembutal in capital punishment executions in the US. In particular, we examine the argument that prisoners have recently presented to US Courts that death by pentobarbital injection causes flash pulmonary edema. Flash pulmonary edema, they say, constitutes cruel & unusual punishment. And c…

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Doxit No9: Do You Need a Doctor? 31:59

4y ago31:59

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This week's Doxit Podcast examines the topic of the medicalisation of death. Whereas once a death was the domain of religion, and suicide was considered a sin against God, more recently the public discourse on suicide has medicalised the act, treating it as a mental illness. No rational person could ever wish to end their life, regardless of the re…

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Doxit No8: Miscarriage - The Story of Graham Morant 31:02

4y ago31:02

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In 2018, Graham Morant was found guilty of inciting (and assisting)his wife Jenny to suicide. This is the first case where a charge of incitement to suicide has led to a conviction. Graham received 6 years for assisting Jenny's suicide and 10 years for inciting. These sentences were to be served concurrently. but... At the time of his trial the Cou…

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Doxit No7: The R2D Debreather, more on the lethal salts, plus CNN story on Cindy Shepler & her trip to Pegasos 24:51

4y ago24:51

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This week we pick up on two of the issues covered in this month's June update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook (Nitrite & the Debreather) and discuss the recent CNN article on ME/ CFS sufferer, Cindy Shepler and her VAD at Pegasos in December last year. The R2D Debreather is a device that enables a person to end their own life by breathing air within…

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Podcast No 6: The Rise & Fall of Chloroquine 24:12

4y ago24:12

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Long before President Trump touted that chloroquine would be the ‘game changer’ in the fight against COVID-19, this under-rated and useful end of life drug was making something of a comeback since it was first promoted by the French suicide manual Suicide Mode d’Emploi in 1982. The ready availability of this anti-malarial has contributed to its gro…

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Doxit Podcast No 5: Lethal Salts Part II 30:28

4y ago30:28

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This Podcast continues the discussion of the Lethal Salts by taking a look at a number of eye witness accounts and teasing out some of the elements of the Exit RPA Test - the Reliability, Peacefulness, Availability Test as it is discussed and used in The Peaceful Pill eHandbook.

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Doxit Podcast No 4: Lethal Salts & the Law 30:56

4+ y ago30:56

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In some ways the Lethal Salts have remained under the right-to-die radar. But are they the new Drion pill? Are they the new peaceful pill? What does the law have to say on these relatively freely available lethal substances? And what of a clamp-down to prevent public access? Some even suggest that the Lethal Salts may start to be used by the Swiss …

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Doxit Podcast No 3: Happy Hypoxia in the Age of COVID & Dementia & Advance Directives in the Netherlands 32:21

4+ y ago32:21

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This week we take the lead from the plethora of news reports on 'happy hypoxia' vis a vis COVID-19 and a good death. The term ‘happy hypoxia’ first gained attention in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some people whose lungs were severely affected by the virus (so that oxygen could not readily cross into the blood), were found to be hypoxic…

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Doxit Podcast No 2: Advance Directives in the Time of COVID 30:30

4+ y ago30:30

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The COVID pandemic has brought new urgency to end of life planning, as far as Advance Directives go. The arrival of COVID-19 reinforces the need for everyone to prepare a legally-recognised advance directive document and arrange the appointment of a legal representative (eg. guardian, proxy, agent, etc.). An advance directive can outline the nature…

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Doxit Podcast No 1: Covid-19 & the Good Death 34:23

4+ y ago34:23

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The Doxit Podcasts is a series of discussions about a good death: focused on the monthly updates to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook & global news / developments on assisted suicide etc. Podcast No 1 addresses the April 2020 COVID-19 Update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook, examining issues such as COVID-19 pneumonia, active & passive ventilation, the 'ga…

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Jeremy Ervine-Doc filmmaker-Fade to Black 28:08

8y ago28:08

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Our guest today is Jeremy Ervine. Jeremy is an Australian film producer whose latest project is Fade to Black, a documentary featuring former Shell / Coles Express CEO, Peter Short, a fellow Australian who died of oesophageal cancer in 2014. The purpose of Jeremy’s documentary was to open up a conversation about dying and allow people to see the ar…

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Ep. 12-Dr. David Swanton-Ethical Rights 21:52

8y ago21:52

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Our guest on this episode is Dr. David Swanton, director of the organisation Ethical Rights. To quote from their website, “Ethical Rights has been established to challenge people to think more rationally about important ethical, human rights, scientific and related issues’. Dr Swanton has a doctorate in theoretical chemistry, he is a euthanasia adv…

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Ep. 11- Brian Green Adams - Atheist Community 15:11

8y ago15:11

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Our guest today is Brian Green Adams. Brian is a labour lawyer and atheist community activist in Toronto Canada. Brian has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and a Bachelor of Laws. He hosts the counter-apologetics podcast A Salmon of Doubt and he is co-founded the Atheist Community of Toronto.By Euthanasia: Pro and Con

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Ep. 10: Philip Nitschke - Founder of Exit International 23:15

8y ago23:15

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Our guest on this episode is Dr. Philip Nitschke is the Founder of Exit International.In 1996, Philip became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection under the short-lived Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT).Four of Philip’s terminally ill patients used this law to end their suffering before the law was…

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Episode 9: Ted Leck - Pastor, Church in the City 12:12

8y ago12:12

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Our interview today is with Pastor Ted Leck Ted Leck. Ted is pastor at the Church in the City, an urban-based church located in Toronto. Ted has been married for 24 years and has 3 daughters. Ted, who grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, has been a pastor for 23 years. He grew up in Sudbury, On.By Euthanasia: Pro and Con

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Episode 8: Ian Wood, Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia 22:48

8y ago22:48

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Our guest on Episode 8 is Ian Wood. Rev. Trevor Bensch, together with fellow Christian Ian Wood, decided to establish a group to allow Christians to voice their support, and Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia was born in February 2009. Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia is based in Australia. Their website is: …

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Episode 7: Senator Betty E. Unger 16:01

8y ago16:01

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Episode 7: Senator Betty E. Unger by Euthanasia: Pro and ConBy Euthanasia: Pro and Con

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Episode 6: Ruth von Fuchs - Right to Die Society of Canada 15:08

8y ago15:08

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Our guest today is Ruth von Fuchs, President of the Right to Die Society of Canada. Quoting from their website… We inform/advise regulators (e.g. elected or appointed officials) and policy-makers (e.g. medical associations and governing bodies).We participate in think tanks devoted to improving the availability of humane and reliable self-deliveran…

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Ep. 1 - Welcome to my podcast 5:09

8y ago5:09

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Welcome to Euthanasia: Pro and Con where I will present both sides of the issue. My guests will include politicians, interest groups, ethicists, medical professionals, religion experts, and terminally-ill patients.By Euthanasia: Pro and Con

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