Episode 88

Dying with Dignity

THE THREE-HEADED MAN recounts a request from an acquaintance who wants advice on his wish to end his life with assisted suicide. This experience leaves the boys questioning their own soon-to-be-a-reality death, and they ask: how can one die with dignity?

To understand death, THE THREE-HEADED MAN recalls the death of their fathers and grandfathers. The podcast ends with Phreddie's recollection about working in a funeral home.

About the Podcast

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The Three-Headed Man
Talking To Ourselves For Over 25 Years

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Fred M Schill

I like to do. I like to make things. And, I like telling stories. I tell stories to myself and to others.

First, a short biography, which is, of course, is a story. I was born in Cleveland, played sports, and attended university. Later, after a few years in the radio business, I returned to university to study education and literature.

With a teaching certificate in my file folder, I began working in high schools, first as a strike-breaking scab substitute teacher in Cleveland's far suburbs, and then in Chicago, mostly in private high schools.

Cleveland and Chicago. My two main towns, and I escaped them both. Presently, I live in a tiny, isolated, mountain village in Spain. I am reluctant to write the name of the town because I don't like tourists. When the tourists arrive, they look at me as if I am an animal in a zoo.