Dr Joel Zivot, an anaesthesiologist and intensive care medicine doctor, tells us about one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding lethal injection: that it is a painless form of execution. He shares a pattern he discovered while reviewing hundreds of autopsies of people executed by lethal injection - a pattern that challenges what we thought we knew about how lethal injection affects the body, and what that means for how we understand executions.
Kaigan Carrie is a criminologist, exploring what it's really like to be a prison officer. Connect with her below:
LinkedIn: Kaigan Carrie
Website: kaigancarrie.com
Information
- Show
- FrequencyEvery two weeks
- Published7 January 2026 at 06:00 UTC
- Length36 min
- Season3
- Episode1
- RatingExplicit
