When You Die
When You Die
Sometimes funny, sometimes emotional, always interesting and informative. If it has to do with death and dying we're talking about it. Podcasts, documentaries, resources. www.WhenYouDie.org
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Mar 8, 2019 • 26min
'Recompose' and the Future of Green Burial with Katrina Spade
Katrina Spade is popularizing the idea of 'Recomposition', a green burial method that converts human remains into soil. It's among the most promising eco-friendly options that may be available in the near future. She discusses this unorthodox alternative to cremation and how it's rise could change our approach to saying goodbye.
Mar 8, 2019 • 45min
Death Salon 2018 with Mandy and Jeremy from TalkDeath
Mandy Benoualid and Jeremy Cohen from TalkDeath.com and qeepr.com recap the 2018 Boston Death Salon — America's premier #DeathPositive gathering and death conference.
Dec 13, 2018 • 39min
Endwell Symposium 2017 Recap with Death Doula Jill Schock
As the 2018 Endwell Symposium: Design for the End of Life Experience approaches, we're revisiting last year's recap podcast from #Endwell 2017 with our favorite death doula.
Dec 7, 2018 • 23min
Peggy McGuire, Palliative Care
Cambia Health Foundation President Peggy Maguire talks about the ins and outs of palliative care and what the rest of the healthcare system could learn from it.
Nov 2, 2018 • 39min
Dr. Jessica Zitter, Changing the Death-Phobic Culture
Dr. Jessica Zitter, author of 'Extreme Measures' and star of the Netflix doc 'Extremis' on what she calls the 'End of Life Conveyor Belt' most Americans wind up on and how introducing Death Ed in schools could change a death-phobic culture in one generation.
Sep 13, 2018 • 41min
DIY Dying Funeral Director Shawn LaValleur-Adame, Unorthodox Burial Methods
Funeral Director Shawn LaValleur-Adame of DIY Dying discusses unorthodox burial methods like sending ashes to the moon, a volcano summit and the bottom of the ocean.
May 10, 2018 • 36min
Charley Rosicky, Complicated Grief
'Complicated Grief' with Charley Rosicky: Longtime hospice worker, grief counselor and meditation teacher, Charley Rosicky, discusses 'complicated grief' and shares stories of working with the dying and those left behind.
Mar 13, 2018 • 34min
Gay Dillingham, Dying to Know
Gay Dillingham, producer/director of ‘Dying to Know’ the documentary that chronicles Tim Leary and Ram Das’s friendship in the final days of Leary’s life shares her own tale of pouring her own loss and grief into the award-winning film.
Mar 12, 2018 • 52min
Death Salon Recap 2017 with Death Doula Jill Schock
Death Doula LA Jill Schock and host Kelly MacLean recap the 2017 Seattle Death Salon and discuss themes from the world's leading #deathpositive conference.
Oct 27, 2017 • 37min
Aquamation with Jocelyn Roth
Jocelyn Roth, Co-owner of Resting Waters, Washington's first aquamation site, explains the growing trend of water cremation - legalized in California in October 2017. Kelly and Jocelyn discuss this and other "green burial" practices making their way into the mainstream.
