Bonus — Don Sires: Exit Interview
A few weeks ago Don Sires sent me a text. His nurse had given him four to six weeks to live and then he asked if we could do a wrap-up interview.
Don was one of the very first guests on this podcast. Before the anonymous format existed, before the show was really even the show. He sat down and talked openly about living with ALS, about his Baha'i faith, about what he believed waited on the other side. It became one of the most listened to conversations in the history of this podcast. People still reach out about it.
So when he texted, there wasn’t any decision to make but go.
This conversation is quieter than the first one. Slower. Don is still entirely himself. Curious, warm, willing to go places most people won't. He talks about what it means to choose peace over fear at the end of a life. About the gift he found inside a devastating diagnosis. About faith, and doubt, and why he believes all the great religions are really saying the same thing. About what matters when everything else falls away.
If you haven't heard his original episode, start there. Get to know him first.
Then come back here to hear from him one last time.
If you’d like to watch this conversation instead of just listening, you can find the video version on YouTube.
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