Episode 117 (Elizabeth)

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Music

• Up Niek Mountain by Peter Broderick
• El cascabel de plata by Federico Durand
• We hear just a little bit of imgs/ r by Kara-Lis Coverdale
• Dissolving Clouds by Biosphere
• Nebula by Julianna Barwick
• Only in the Dark by Ben Lukas Boysen

Notes

• Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, & the Transformation of Illness by Chris Feudtner
• Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of A Medical Miracle by Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg
• I'd also recommend searching the New York Times archive for Elizabeth Hughes and Diabetes. It's remarkable to go back and watch the story unfold.