Episode 1: Old Man Jim in the Tobacco Field

It’s a balmy Saturday afternoon, and a heavyset seventy-four year-old man walks into the general store. No stranger to this place, its his lifeline for morning essentials: diet cola, a “dollar scratcher” (lottery ticket), and a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit with a “touch” of mayo. Two hours later, he was dead.

Sources for this Episode:

Abell, J. & Steptoe, A. (2019). Living alone and mortality: More complicated than it seems. European Heart Journal, 5(3). 187-188. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcz014

Graham, W. (2016). Dream cities: Seven urban ideas that shaped the world. HarperCollins.