
2 plays · Jan 7, 2026
Dr Joel Zivot, an anaesthesiologist and intensive care medicine doctor, tells us about one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding lethal injection: that it is a painless form of execution. He shares a pattern he discovered while reviewing hundreds of autopsies of people executed by lethal injection - a pattern that challenges what we thought we knew about how lethal injection affects the body, and what that means for how we understand executions.
Kaigan Carrie is a criminologist, exploring what it's really like to be a prison officer. Connect with her below:
LinkedIn: Kaigan Carrie
Instagram: @evolvingprisons
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