No regrets and the wonder of life

48-year-old Guardian journalist Simon Ricketts talks about having terminal cancer – and no regrets. An uplifting end to the series.

Simon

Hospital chaplain

Carenza Hayhoe was Britain's first female Navy hospital chaplain.  Here, she remembers the many cases of regret she’s witnessed, and contemplates whether it’s possible to have none.

Carenza

Take the picture or help

Ian Berry is an award-wining Magnum photojournalist.  Now 82, he reflects on his life, regrets, and the morality of taking the picture vs helping.

Young mum with cancer

Katie Scarbrough died at the age of 32.  Here, we bring to life the blog she wrote as the wife and mother of two battled terminal bowel cancer.

Katie

Things I could have done

Jo was only 27 when she tested positive for FTD, a rare early onset dementia that will eventually rob her of the ability to eat, talk, stand, and swallow.  Now 32, she reflects on her life, and the things she wished she had done differently.

A promise not kept

An anonymous parent's heart-breaking regret about not visiting their son when he was critically ill.

Anonymous

Death Row

Mike Lambrix has been on Florida’s death row for 34 years. Convicted of double-murder, he’s been scheduled to die three times, with a fourth execution date expected soon. 

Here he tells us what it feels like waiting, the regrets he holds, and what happened on that late night in Glades County.

Based on years of letters, written and read by Lambrix, and recorded on location in Florida State Prison.

Mike

A podcast about life.

In 2000, Heather Pratten helped her son commit suicide. Now 80 years old, she relives what led up to that life-changing decision and the regrets she still holds.

Heather

An introduction to the podcast. Features clips from all 8 epsiodes, and Georgina Scull's personal motivation for making it.

Trailer

A podcast about life

Regrets of the Dying is a podcast about life, death and regrets, with each of the 8 episodes featuring a different person’s story.

Regrets of the Dying

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