Making a podcast helped one family talk about aging, dementia and death

Colby McCaskill (right) is the grand prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge. His<em> </em>entry features his grandparents Kathy and Dick McCaskill (left) and discusses her dementia, something Colby had been scared to confront.

This year’s winner in NPR’s College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including dementia. It’s the story of a family learning to talk about hard things.

(Image credit: Matthew Coughlin for NPR)

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