303 - Self-Immolation: Protest Or Mental Health Crisis?

Two men, Alex Azzarello and Aaron Bushnell, recently died through the act of self-immolation. Some called it brave and even compared it to Thích Quảng Đức's act of self-immolation in 1963 to protest persecution of Buddhists by the Vietnamese government.

S H O W N O T E S

Tom Wood Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhACHC7vGl8

NYTs: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/max-azzarello-man-fire-trump.html

NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/19/578847198/self-immolation-rises-as-desperate-tunisians-seek-escape-from-poverty

NIH Study (Self-immolators): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070149/

CDC (suicide trends): https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal/trends.html

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