Nick's Non-fiction

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers―some willingly, some unwittingly―have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 3:00 About the Author 4:20 Ch1: A Head Is a Terrible Thing to Waste 11:20 Ch2: Crimes of Anatomy 19:45 Ch3: Life & Death 24:40 Ch4: Dead Man Driving 28:10 Ch5: How to Know If You're Dead 33:45 Ch6: Alternate Endings 38:20 Next Time & Goodbye!