So, Life Wants You Dead

Nora Logan
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So, Life Wants You Dead

So, Life Wants You Dead is a weekly podcast of intimate interviews with patients from around the world and the narrative of one woman’s experience of her own illness. It's a show about the intersection of creativity and disability hosted by Nora Logan, a writer, well-being advocate and liver transplant recipient.  Nora went into unexpected liver failure in 2015 at age 28 whilst working in late-night comedy TV. She received a life-saving liver transplant a few weeks later. Whatever caused her liver to fail was never diagnosed and remains a mystery to this day. She has tried to make sense of her calamity through writing and sharing her experience and by connecting with the patient community. noralogan.substack.com

Episodes

  1. Chronic Illness With No Diagnosis: Ronaé Fagon On Navigating a Medical System Not Set Up to Cater to a Mystery Illness

    01/24/2023

    Chronic Illness With No Diagnosis: Ronaé Fagon On Navigating a Medical System Not Set Up to Cater to a Mystery Illness

    In this episode, we talk to Ronaé Fagon, a sustainability thought leader, illustrator, fashion designer and co-founder of the sustainable e-commerce platform SlowCo. We talk about Ronaé’s experience living with a mystery chronic illness for which she’s yet to receive a diagnosis, how grinding at a demanding job contributed to burning out in 2018 and what it’s like to navigate the medical system when you don’t have a diagnosis.  Follow us on socials: Instagram Tiktok Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    48 min
  2. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Claudia Walder on Shame, Community + Finding New Ground after Disability

    01/17/2023

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Claudia Walder on Shame, Community + Finding New Ground after Disability

    In this episode, Nora talks to Claudia Rose Walder, a London-based editor and creative director working within the realms of styling, image direction and journalism. She is also a disability activist, model and the founder of Ablezine, a magazine dedicated to disabled and chronically ill communities, young people and creatives. We talk about Claudia’s experience living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, the difficulty of finding appropriate care, her creative outlets and what led her to create Ablezine. Follow us on socials:  Instagram Tiktok Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 7m
  3. Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy: Playwright Matilda Ibini on Humour, Writing Your Way Through

    01/10/2023

    Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy: Playwright Matilda Ibini on Humour, Writing Your Way Through

    In this episode, Nora talks to Matilda Ibini. Matilda is a Nigerian Londoner and an award-winning bionic, Queer playwright and screenwriter with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. Their work often centres women, disabled people, Queer people and the Black British experience seen through a magical realist lens. Today we talk about their work as a playwright and screenwriter, what it was like to grow up with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, the 90s and finding Black role models in girl bands, the Sugababes, Matilda's creative process and their play on BBC Sounds, Little Miss Burden. You can listen to Little Miss Burden here. You can find Matilda's website here. Here is a link to donate to Tonya Ingram's memorial fund. Follow us on socials: Instagram  Tiktok  Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 4m
  4. Alexa Wilding on Caregiving, Minor-Major Characters in Your Story & Two Cancer Diagnoses in One Family

    01/04/2023

    Alexa Wilding on Caregiving, Minor-Major Characters in Your Story & Two Cancer Diagnoses in One Family

    In this episode, Nora talks to Alexa Wilding, a writer, musician, and mother of two whose cancer and caregiving experience has both built community and informed her creative life. We talk about what it’s like to be a caregiver and mother of twins, dubbed on her Instagram #twinmagic, her own breast cancer experience, her writing practice and what it means to reframe resilience. We talk about the book Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad, the writer Kate Bowler and US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.  Follow us on socials  Instagram Tiktok Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 22m
  5. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Charlie Fitz On Using Art to Reclaim the Medical Narrative

    12/20/2022

    Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Charlie Fitz On Using Art to Reclaim the Medical Narrative

    In this episode, we talk to Charlie Fitz. Charlie is a UK-based sick and disabled artist, arts practitioner, writer, co-director of the remote artist studio TRIAD³ c.i.c and medical humanities postgraduate at Birkbeck, where she is a recipient of the Wellcome Trust studentship.  Since becoming sick, Fitz has turned to her art practice as a meditative process, a form of disability activism, and as a means to understand and reclaim her experiences of illness and trauma.  In today’s episode, we talk about Charlie’s experience with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, her time in the hospital, and having to outsource care and fundraise for surgery. We also discuss mental health, interdependence, collective care and her art practice.  Content warning: We talk about death and suicide in this episode. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal ideation or needs support, please reach out. Help is here for you. Charlie's Instagram Charlie's Website Resources:  UK:  Samaritans: Call: 116 123 free  National Suicide Prevention Helpline at 0800 689 5652  USA: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is: 988  Follow us on socials:  Instagram Tiktok Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 13m
  6. Lupus: Poet Tonya Ingram on Navigating the Organ Donor System

    12/13/2022

    Lupus: Poet Tonya Ingram on Navigating the Organ Donor System

    In this episode, we talk to Tonya Ingram, a poet and mental health advocate living with Lupus. During our conversation, we discuss Tonya’s experience being on the kidney transplant waiting list, the darker side of the organ transplant process and OPOs, her poetry practice, and choosing to blossom — despite the conditions of the soil.   Follow us on socials: Instagram Tiktok Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    43 min
  7. Liver Transplant: Nora’s Story of Liver Failure, Reimagining Dreams and the 'Why' of So, Life Wants You Dead

    12/04/2022

    Liver Transplant: Nora’s Story of Liver Failure, Reimagining Dreams and the 'Why' of So, Life Wants You Dead

    In this episode, Nora talks about her illness, what happened when she went into liver failure and her subsequent liver transplant surgery. Speaking to her friend and former colleague Christine Cestaro she talks about why she wanted to start So, Life Wants You Dead, the power of community and what this show is all about. Follow us on socials: Instagram Tiktok Youtube Get full access to Serenity Never at noralogan.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 12m
  • 7 Episodes

4.8
out of 5
18 Ratings

About

So, Life Wants You Dead is a weekly podcast of intimate interviews with patients from around the world and the narrative of one woman’s experience of her own illness. It's a show about the intersection of creativity and disability hosted by Nora Logan, a writer, well-being advocate and liver transplant recipient.  Nora went into unexpected liver failure in 2015 at age 28 whilst working in late-night comedy TV. She received a life-saving liver transplant a few weeks later. Whatever caused her liver to fail was never diagnosed and remains a mystery to this day. She has tried to make sense of her calamity through writing and sharing her experience and by connecting with the patient community. noralogan.substack.com

Information

  • Creator
    Nora Logan
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nora Logan
  • Show Website
    So, Life Wants You Dead

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