Latif Nasser

This story starts out like that.

A family puts something out into the void, something very meaningful to them, without any expectation that they will ever hear back about it.

But then they decide, actually, wait a second, we do want to know what came out of that.

And so they go on a quest to find out.

It's an episode we originally released in 2015, and we've got a little update for you at the end.

I should say at the top, this episode discusses medical issues with a pregnancy, if that is a sensitive topic for you.

Either way, I think it's one of the most profound episodes we've ever put out at this show.

Here it is.

About a year after we originally aired this episode, Sarah Gray published a book with HarperOne called A Life Everlasting, The Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science.

It's a memoir that dives into the world of organ donation and medical science with a different perspective on the afterlife.

Sarah's also been up to all sorts of other stuff, too.

She actually stayed in touch with the scientist that was working on eye cancer in the episode, Dr. Arupa Ganguly, and they became friends.

And as a result of knowing her, Sarah actually wrote a nerdy rap song about Dr. Ganguly's role in a Supreme Court case.

And then she performed that rap song live at, I didn't even know these existed, an NIH talent show.

Sarah also published a beautiful short story about shame called The Lacemaker Fairy Tale.

Right now, she's working on a script for a movie as well as an album.

You can find links to her book and her short story at our website, radiolab.org.

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