Below is the third episode of our very own podcast, A Way To Go, Season 1, episode 3, “Couple Courageous: Defying the Odds“, produced by DignitySA.

Dieter Harck has been living with motor neuron disease since 2011, and his final chapter has not been written yet. Our newest podcast features the story of Dieter and his partner Lynne, who have been tireless advocates for assisted dying in South Africa. It is a touching tale of a couple who have drawn closer through adversity and forged a path where there was none. With humour and great candidness, the two of them share how they have navigated a terrifying terminal diagnosis and found peace along the way.

Below is the second episode of our very own podcast, A Way To Go, Season 1, episode 2, “Love’s Journey“, produced by DignitySA. In the second episode Pi Delport movingly shares their story of accompanying their partner, Una Karlsen, to Pegasos in Switzerland last year, in the hopes of giving them the gentle death that they sorely wanted. The process that they went through and their learnings along the way offer profound learning for us all.

Below is the first episode of our very own podcast, A Way To Go, Season 1, episode 1, “The Patient Patient“, produced by DignitySA. In this episode, we interview an extraordinary young man whose illness led him to contemplate exactly how he would like to end his life on his terms.