00:00:00
/
00:00:00
 
Press Play to start audio

Connect with us

September 19, 2013

01_1387.jpg

Photo: A cryopreservation manager
A cryopreservation manager
Credit: 
Murray Ballard

Frozen Immortality

Produced by: 
Phoebe Judge
Share

Murray Ballard is a Brighton, U.K., -based photographer who for the last five years has followed the practice of cryogenics and the people who choose to freeze themselves in the hopes that technology will allow them to come back to life. While there are advanced facilities for this practice in places such as Michigan and Arizona, people overseas often have to prepare procedures on their own. Ballard tells host Dick Gordon how he has documented these practices in state-of-the-art facilities in the U.S. and across Europe, including in Russia.

Related Website(s): 
Photo gallery: 'The Prospect of Immortality'
Tagged with: 
Photography
,
Life
,
Science/Technology
,
Medicine
and
Technology

You might also like…

Romeo And Tuyet

During the Vietnam War, many U.S. servicemen found themselves involved with Vietnamese women. Jerry White signed up for the Army, and was eventually stationed in a village outside of Saigon. His first day there the platoon leader warned him about a beautiful girl named Tuyet who was collaborating with the Viet Cong.

Share

A Second Chance

Finding a job these days is tough – and even tougher if you’re one of the 73 million Americans with a state criminal record. Most job applications have a box you’re supposed to check if you’ve ever been convicted of a crime. And that usually means you’re guaranteed not to be considered for the job. Juan Cruz spent nearly 15 years in prison after being convicted of a violent crime at age 18. 

Share

Listener Followup: Inmate to Teacher

John Berge made some poor decisions as a young person. While serving three years at a youth correctional facility in California, John decided to get an education and set his life on a more productive course. 

Share

Your Story: Getting His Credentials

Malcolm Morris was seven years old, living in London, when German bombs rained down on the city. Soon after, he got a small camera, and began shooting photographs.

Share

Fun Job: Carriage Driver

We've done a number of stories recently about who's still working in these times when so many people are losing jobs.

So, when we got a note from Lucy Carnaghi about her favorite job, we couldn't resist. For a time, Lucy drove a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Chicago. 

Share

Graduating Right On Time

Last week, 92-year-old Roscoe Dillard Griffin graduated from the University of North Carolina after leaving school seven decades earlier. At the very end of his senior year, Dillard says he left college to manage his family's shoe store. He also met a girl and fell in love.

Share

Homeschool of Rock

When teenager Blake Peebles first asked to leave regular high school to pursue a professional gaming career, his parents dismissed the idea. Then Blake established himself as one of the nation’s top Guitar Hero players in local and online tournaments, and his parents Mike and Hunter reconsidered. Also in this episode, Linda Kelso opened an online profile on Yahoo! hoping to meet the man of her dreams. Though she'd heard about internet scams, she never thought she would be a target. Linda soon was chatting with a man who identified himself as "Barry Mullen." Linda talks about what finally tipped her off that her Romeo was a con man - and how her willingness to be vulnerable has actually enhanced her experience dating online.

Share

Addicted To The Game

Mike Stachowiak knows the thrill of online gaming intimately. Mike spent three years during high school and college immersed in an online role playing game called EverQuest. When he quit, he was ranked the best player in the world.

Share

Computer Love Scam

Linda Kelso opened an online profile on Yahoo! Messenger hoping to meet the man of her dreams. She started chatting with a man who ended up trying to con her, but she says her willingness to be vulnerable has actually enhanced her experience dating online. Also on the show: bringing baseball to Cambodia.

Share

To Catch A Thief

For months, Karen Lodrick had been looking at the coat and glasses in an ATM photo while the woman wearing them was looting Karen's bank accounts. So when she actually saw the woman standing in a Starbucks line, she gave chase. For 45 minutes, she followed the culprit through the streets of San Francisco, all the while giving a play-by-play to a 911 operator on her cell phone. Also in this episode, Karen Brandt heard some of our "I met a celebrity" stories—Ted Danson, Richard Simmons, Nelson Mandela—and she wrote to tell us hers. Karen was a flight attendant in the 60s, and one night, Judy Garland boarded her flight from Las Vegas to New York.

Share

More from For Accused Witches, A Last Resort [9.19.2013]

For Accused Witches, A Last Resort

When Leo Igwe was a child in Nigeria, he saw his father get beaten for being accused of witchcraft. Igwe has made it his life’s work to help people accused of being witches and visits the camps where they take refuge.

Share

Daily Story Update

Get daily updates and special announcements about The Story.
 
Signup Now

Most Recent Stories

Where Are They Now?
Waving Man
Goodbye
The Opera Couple

Search all Stories

Produced by

WUNC North Carolina Public Radio 91.5 logo