The ODOC Podcast
Episodes
David Albert Jones – part 2
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 Professor David Albert Jones discusses conscience clauses and no detriment provisions with senior doctors from the devolved nations. Why t...
David Albert Jones – part 1
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David Albert Jones, Professor in Bioethics at St Mary’s University in London describes the experience of assisted suicide in other jurisdictions...
Mary Neal
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mary Neal, Reader in Law at the University of Strathclyde, explains why Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill (Scotland) will be stripped of co...
Anni Donaldson
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Anni Donaldson is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde and an expert in domestic abuse and gender-based violence. She expla...
Ramona Coelho
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ramona Coelho explains the rapid expansion of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying programme and why the UK needs to learn from Canada’...
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the UK Children’s Laureate and multi award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. He reflects on life, d...
Chelsea Roff
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Roff is founder of Eat, Breathe Thrive, an international eating disorder charity. She co-authored the first systematic review of deaths by eut...
Hon. Robert Clark
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hon. Robert Clark, Former MP and Attorney-General from Victoria, explains concerning realities about voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Australia. R...
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irene is a Professor of Intellectual Disability & Palliative Care in London. Her research into euthanasia cases in the Netherlands reveals why the...
Mark Komrad
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On suicide prevention day Prof Mark Komrad, clinical professor of psychiatry from Maryland, on the challenges of doctor-assisted suicide for psychiatr...
Mark Taubert
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Mark Taubert, palliative medicine Consultant in Cardiff and national lead for DNACPR decisions in Wales. Legalising assisted suicide would be lik...
David Randall
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Randall, a consultant nephrologist working in London, speaks with Gillian Wright, about what really concerns him if assisted suicide is legalise...