There's a process called alkaline hydraulysis, which is legal in 13 states now only. You take one human body, not living, and you add 92 gallons of water, four gallons of lye. And then what's left are some well cooked bones. Some other disposition methods are buried at sea there's also promession,. This process she invented, it's where you're freeze dried kond o, like astrono ice cream, and then you are vibrated into dust. There's also viking funerals. I think a lot of people want to go out this way. So i went down a rabbit hole watching mortitian and founder of the death positive movement,
Hoooo boy. We're all up in death and dying's bizness and to Alie's shock, it's not a bummer. Confront and perhaps OVERCOME existential anxiety as we discuss not only the science of death but the nature and goddamn beauty of life. Everything from burial methods, the latest in eco funerals, what a funeral director hates most, how gnomes die, and how to regret less. Meet your new favorite thanatologist and oddly, get the guts to be the you you want to be.
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