蜜芽传媒

This is a deeply personal story of guilt 鈥� how to live with it, and its power to transform us.

Four years ago, producer Dave Anderson caused a climbing accident that badly injured his partner, Cassie. In this series, Dave and Cassie try to piece together their very different experiences of what happened. Through difficult and intimate conversations, they tell the whole story, from the first traumatic seconds to the emotional fallout years later.

For Dave, the guilt has been overwhelming. Now, he鈥檚 searching for ways of living with it, talking to people with unique perspectives on this painful emotion. What are we misunderstanding about guilt? And how can we tap into its hidden power?

In Episode 4, Cassie is finally taken into the operating theatre for major surgery on her spine. Everyone is waiting to see what her life will look like afterwards. Dave meets someone who is wrestling with an even more extreme experience of guilt. She has hard-won lessons for all of us.

Featuring 鈥淪andpiper鈥�, by Elizabeth Bishop. Read by Daniel Ryan.

Presenter and Producer: Dave Anderson
Sound-design and mix engineer: Charlie Brandon-King
Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma
A Reduced Listening production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4