Boing Boing: NPR's "My Lobotomy" on MP3
Ryan says: "Yesterday on NPR's 'All Things Considered,' they aired a segment entitled 'My Lobotomy,'" a story of and narrated by a 56-year old bus driver from California named Howard Dully who underwent an transorbital (a.k.a. icepick) lobotomy in 1966 at the age of 12."Since his lobotomy, Mr. Dully has been tortured with the thought of how his life, personality, and soul was changed by the brutal procedure. I'm an avid NPR listener and this is the single best story I've ever heard on air."
I happened to catch this on the way home, and it was one of the hardest hitting stories I've ever heard. I felt nauseous, happy, outraged, all in the space of seconds. And when local NPR guy (I forget his name) signed off with "... if you ever doubted the value of public radio..." in a broken voice, before launching into the usual station ID spiel, it just got to me.
Posted by carlosmorales at November 17, 2005 11:34 AMIt is quite likely that Mr. Dully's leftward leanings are a direct result of his brain damage.
Posted by: Bruce at November 17, 2005 04:54 PM