Andrew Denton revives Better Off Dead podcast after 5 years
Five-and-a-half years after Andrew Denton investigated Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying (VAD) law, the legendary television and radio presenter is bringing back his Better Off Dead podcast for a new season.
The original series was released in 2015, and looked into some of the reasons why more than 70% of Australians support making VAD legal, plus the powerful people who are working to prevent that from becoming a reality.
Better Off Dead was inspired by Denton watching his own father, Kit, die painfully at the age of 67. To record the first season, he spent 18 months travelling around Australia talking with doctors, nurses, politicians, as well as ethicists, priests, lawyers, and opponents of assisted dying.
