The heart is at once of the most personal of organs, and yet it is transferrable. Every year, about 5,000 people worldwide receive someone else’s heart. What does it mean to have another person’s heartbeat keeping you alive? Will heart transplants be even more common in the future? 

In this episode, artist Ingrid Bachmann speaks with Clea Desjardins about the art of the heart transplant. With host Francine Pelletier.

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