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From the Radiolab podcast: What would you do if someone’s heart stopped right in front of you?
We get it, the world feels too bleak and too big for you to make a difference. But there is one thing — one simple, tangible thing — you can do to make all the difference in the world to someone, possibly even a loved one, at arguably the worst moment of their life.
Statistics show that one out of every five people on Earth will die of heart failure. Cardiac arrests can happen anywhere, anytime — in your bed, on the street, on your honeymoon. And every minute that passes after your heart stops beating, your chances of surviving drop dramatically. For all the strides modern medicine has made in treating heart conditions, the ambulance still doesn’t always make it in time. The only person who can keep you alive during those crucial first few minutes is a stranger, a neighbor, your partner, anyone nearby willing to perform CPR. Yet most of us don’t do anything.
Join Radiolab host Latif Nasser, ER doctor and Radiolab contributor Avir Mitra, and TikTok stars Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken, as we discover the fascinating science of cardiac arrest, hear a true and harrowing story of a near-death experience, and hunt down the best place to die (hint: it’s not a hospital). Plus, with the help of the American Red Cross and the Bee Gees, you, yes you, will learn how to do hands-only CPR!
Special thanks to Will and Kristin Flanary, of course. Check out the Glaucomfleken's own podcast Knock Knock, Hi — glaucomflecken.com/podcast
Special thanks to The Greene Space here at WNYC’s home in NYC: first of all Jennifer Sendrow, who really made it happen and helped us make it work at basically every stage of the process, and the rest of The Greene Space crew: Carlos Cruz Figueroa, Chase Culpon, Ricardo Fernández, Jessica Lowery, Skye Pallo Ross, Eric Weber, Ryan Andrew Wilde and Andrew Yanchyshyn.
Also, thank you to the Red Cross for helping us make this happen and providing the CPR dummies, and all the people we had there doing the training: Ashley London, Jeanette Nicosia, Charlene Yung, Jacob Stebel, Tye Morales, Anna Stacy and Aditya Shekhar.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by Avir Mitra.
With mixing help from Jeremy Bloom.
Fact-checking by Natalie Middleton.
Check out the whole show in its full glory here: youtube.com/live/VHx4aJ0k04o?si=JrpjbhzEsPIhZ_zH
Will Flanary’s YouTube channel, Dr. Glaucomflecken: youtube.com/@DGlaucomflecken
Data:
Worldwide causes of death: ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-number-of-deaths-by-cause
Music:
The perfect playlist for a CPR Emergency: open.spotify.com/playlist/7oJx24EcRU7fIVoTdqKscK
Classes:
If you’d like to sign up to learn CPR, and get certified, the Red Cross provides classes all across the country and online: redcross.org/take-a-class
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From the Radiolab podcast: What would you do if someone’s heart stopped right in front of you?
We get it, the world feels too bleak and too big for you to make a difference. But there is one thing — one simple, tangible thing — you can do to make all the difference in the world to someone, possibly even a loved one, at arguably the worst moment of their life.
Statistics show that one out of every five people on Earth will die of heart failure. Cardiac arrests can happen anywhere, anytime — in your bed, on the street, on your honeymoon. And every minute that passes after your heart stops beating, your chances of surviving drop dramatically. For all the strides modern medicine has made in treating heart conditions, the ambulance still doesn’t always make it in time. The only person who can keep you alive during those crucial first few minutes is a stranger, a neighbor, your partner, anyone nearby willing to perform CPR. Yet most of us don’t do anything.
Join Radiolab host Latif Nasser, ER doctor and Radiolab contributor Avir Mitra, and TikTok stars Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken, as we discover the fascinating science of cardiac arrest, hear a true and harrowing story of a near-death experience, and hunt down the best place to die (hint: it’s not a hospital). Plus, with the help of the American Red Cross and the Bee Gees, you, yes you, will learn how to do hands-only CPR!
Special thanks to Will and Kristin Flanary, of course. Check out the Glaucomfleken's own podcast Knock Knock, Hi — glaucomflecken.com/podcast
Special thanks to The Greene Space here at WNYC’s home in NYC: first of all Jennifer Sendrow, who really made it happen and helped us make it work at basically every stage of the process, and the rest of The Greene Space crew: Carlos Cruz Figueroa, Chase Culpon, Ricardo Fernández, Jessica Lowery, Skye Pallo Ross, Eric Weber, Ryan Andrew Wilde and Andrew Yanchyshyn.
Also, thank you to the Red Cross for helping us make this happen and providing the CPR dummies, and all the people we had there doing the training: Ashley London, Jeanette Nicosia, Charlene Yung, Jacob Stebel, Tye Morales, Anna Stacy and Aditya Shekhar.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by Avir Mitra.
With mixing help from Jeremy Bloom.
Fact-checking by Natalie Middleton.
Check out the whole show in its full glory here: youtube.com/live/VHx4aJ0k04o?si=JrpjbhzEsPIhZ_zH
Will Flanary’s YouTube channel, Dr. Glaucomflecken: youtube.com/@DGlaucomflecken
Data:
Worldwide causes of death: ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-number-of-deaths-by-cause
Music:
The perfect playlist for a CPR Emergency: open.spotify.com/playlist/7oJx24EcRU7fIVoTdqKscK
Classes:
If you’d like to sign up to learn CPR, and get certified, the Red Cross provides classes all across the country and online: redcross.org/take-a-class
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🌝 We have some exciting news! In our “Zoozve” episode, Radiolab named our first-ever quasi-moon, and now it's your turn! We've teamed up with The International Astronomical Union to launch a global naming contest for one of Earth’s quasi-moons. This is your chance to make your mark on the heavens. Submit your name ideas now through September, or vote on your favorites starting in November: radiolab.org/moon
Listen to the "Zoozve" episode here: youtu.be/AA-1Xg2t0wQ
Photo illustration by Jared Bartman
Video by W. Harry Fortuna
