Mischke interviews the author of “American Afterlives,” Shannon Lee Dawdy. This sends him down the road of mortality, including learning that Friday surgeries get you closer to the grim reaper than Monday surgeries, and a light-hearted conversation with a listener who gets reminded five times a day that HE’S GOING TO DIE!!

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