This interview originally aired on "In the Moment" on SDPB Radio.
Chronic liver disease, most often connected to excessive alcohol use, is now the leading cause of death of people in their 30s in this state.
Taylor Nielsen of Lead is one of those South Dakotans. He was 35.
Megan Luther is a freelance journalist and chronicled Nielsen's liver failure and death in a piece for South Dakota News Watch. She joins “In the Moment” to take us into her reporting and her personal connection to the Nielsen family.
