Overview
- Sasse’s conversation on a New York Times podcast spread widely this week after host Ross Douthat teared up at his steady talk about death.
- Sasse said he was diagnosed in December with Stage IV pancreatic cancer that doctors deemed inoperable with only months to live.
- He said he is in a clinical trial at M.D. Anderson using an experimental drug that triggers bleeding, peeling, and rashes.
- Sasse said his belief in the Resurrection gave him peace about dying and removed much of his fear.
- He voiced worry about leaving his children without a father, noting a teenage son and two adult daughters.