Luke Dittrich

Longform Podcast #214: Luke Dittrich

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Show Notes

  1. Dittrich on Longform
  2. [2:15] Longform Podcast #66: Andy Ward
  3. [2:45] "The Brain That Couldn’t Remember" (New York Times Magazine • Aug 2016)
  4. [4:15] "Possessed" (Atlanta Magazine • Nov 2003) [Google Books]
  5. [4:15] "The Red Zone" (Atlanta Magazine • Jul 2004) [Google Books]
  6. [4:30] Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (Random House • 2016)
  7. [12:00] "The Brain That Changed Everything" (Esquire • Oct 2010)
  8. [13:30] The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell • Pocket Books • 1977)
  9. [16:00] Egypt Today
  10. [20:15] journalismjobs.com
  11. [18:15] Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story (John Berendt • Vintage Books • 1999)
  12. [19:15] "Pageants Are My Life" (Oxford American • May 2001) [sub req’d]
  13. [24:00] "H.M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82" (Benedict Carey • New York Times • Dec 2008)
  14. [32:30] "A Book Examines the Curious Case of a Man Whose Memory Was Removed" (Seth Mnookin • New York Times • Aug 2016)
  15. [37:15] "Faculty at MIT and beyond respond forcefully to an article critical of Suzanne Corkin" (MIT News Office • MIT News • Aug 2016)
  16. [37:45] "Questions & Answers about ‘Patient H.M.’" (Medium • Aug 2016)
  17. [43:00] "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die" (Esquire • Sep 2007)
  18. [43:00] "The Prophet" (Esquire • Jul 2013)
  19. [46:30] Chris Hansen’s new “predator” project
  20. [47:00] "Esquire Article on Eben Alexander Distorts the Facts" (Robert Mays • International Association For Near Death Studies • Aug 2013)
  21. [48:45] Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife (Eben Alexander • Simon & Schuster • 2012)
  22. [50:45] "'Heavenly Father!' 'I love you all!' 'I love everyone!' 'Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!' 'I love all of you!'" (Esquire • Sep 2011)
  23. [51:30] "Chuck Berry Goddamn!" (Esquire • Dec 2011)

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