{"id":1250,"date":"2014-09-14T09:51:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T01:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exitinternational.net\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2014-09-14T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T01:33:08","slug":"philip-nitschke-in-conversation-at-swf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/philip-nitschke-in-conversation-at-swf\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Nitschke in Conversation at SWF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Join Philip Nitschke in conversation with his partner Fiona Stewart at the 2014 Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Death and how you die, is a staple fixture at a lot of festivals, and these sessions always draw a crowd, whether they\u2019re in Perth, Darwin or Brisbane. Euthanasia is always a contentious issue, even though public polling reveals that over 70% of the population support it.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Nitschke is often one of mob talking \u2018choice of how and when you die\u2019 and here he is in conversation with his partner and co author, Dr Fiona Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>Banned books seem like something out of the 1970\u2019s, but this isn\u2019t the case with Nitschke and Stewart\u2019s book <em>The Peaceful Pill Handbook<\/em>. Originally published in the US in 2007 it is banned in Australia, in both printed and online forms.<\/p>\n<p>This conversation from the Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival is a disquieting insight into freedom of speech and the freedom to publish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Philip Nitschke in conversation with his partner Fiona Stewart at the 2014 Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival. Death and how you die, is a staple fixture at a lot of festivals, and these sessions always draw a crowd, whether they\u2019re in Perth, Darwin or Brisbane. Euthanasia is always a contentious issue, even though public polling reveals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/philip-nitschke-in-conversation-at-swf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philip Nitschke in Conversation at SWF - Exit International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join Philip Nitschke in conversation with his partner Fiona Stewart at the 2014 Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival. 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