Shortly after producer Kate Long began reporting a story on end-of-life forms – advanced directives – she realized that she, at age 59, could not advise others to fill out the forms when she herself had not done so. She ditched her original story plan and began exploring the fact that she, at age 59, was resisting the idea that she should fill out those forms. She turned for help to a friend who had died. She turned to a living friends who agreed to be named her power-of-attorney. She took listeners along as she explored.
