
You’re Going to Die: The Podcast
A creatively conscious mortality podcast for a 501(3) nonprofit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death and dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality.
For more info on You’re Going to Die check out www.yg2d.com.
Latest episodes

Jul 25, 2024 • 1h 8min
Keep Going w/Amanda Nagai & Chelsea Coleman
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with friends Amanda Nagai and Chelsea Coleman, as they talk about suicide, the impact of a personal loss like this, and their creative expression navigating this kind of death in community. Amanda is a storyteller, ritualist, artist, and designer focused on the transformative power of grief and the need for embodied collective ways to walk paths of mourning and healing together. Chelsea is a singer songwriter, the Creative Director of You’re Going to Die and head of its publishing program.
amanda's
book: https://www.yg2d.com/publishing
website: https://www.croneintraining.life/
chelsea's
album: https://chelseacoleman.bandcamp.com/album/the-beginning-of-days
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
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Jul 18, 2024 • 1h 3min
Grief Camp w/Jesse Moss
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jesse Moss, Director of Marketing at Experience Camps, in charge of developing strategies and content to create a more grief-sensitive culture and advocate for grieving children. Experience Camps is an award-winning national nonprofit that transforms the lives of grieving children through summer camp programs and innovative, year-round initiatives. Through compassion, connection, and play, they allow grieving children to embody a life full of hope and possibility.
Experience Camps'
website: https://experiencecamps.org/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/experiencecamps/
DONATE: https://give.experiencecamps.org/give/407095/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=D23ZWZZZZZ
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

Jul 11, 2024 • 1h 14min
Puzzles w/Amen Dunes
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Damon McMahon, an American indie rock musician and the primary member of the musical project Amen Dunes.
amen dunes'
website: https://bedroomdrum.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
"Round the World" performed by Amen Dunes, written by Bill Monroe & Damon McMahon, produced by Damon McMahon
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Jul 4, 2024 • 1h 7min
The Next Right Thing w/Oliver Burkeman
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done [a collection of his columns for the Guardian newspaper], as they talk about his newest book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, and making the most of our radically finite lives in a world of impossible demands, relentless distraction and political insanity [and 'productivity techniques' that mainly just make everyone feel busier].
oliver burkeman's
website: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

Jun 28, 2024 • 1h 5min
Happy With Nothing w/GaTa
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with GaTa, American rapper, actor, & hypeman, best known for his role as a fictionalized version of himself, Davionate "Dave" Ganter / GaTa, in the FXX TV series Dave.
GaTa's
ig: https://www.instagram.com/gedgata/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

Jun 25, 2024 • 1h 16min
Why Wait? w/Ira Byock
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Ira Byock, leading physician, author, and public advocate for improving care for people living with serious medical conditions. He is an emeritus professor of medicine and community & family medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. His books include Dying Well, The Four Things That Matter Most, and The Best Care Possible.
ira's
website: https://irabyock.org/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

Apr 18, 2024 • 59min
Báyò Akómoláfé - LIVE at The Lost Church in San Francisco
You're Going to Die Presents: Alive Conversation w/Báyò Akómoláfé at The Lost Church in San Francisco, recorded for You're Going to Die: The Podcast on Friday, March 15th, 2024...
Join host Ned Buskirk's LIVE conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé, father to Alethea and Kyah, grateful life-partner to Ije, son & brother, widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author.
báyò’s
website: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayoakomolafeampersand
twitter: https://twitter.com/bayoakomolafe
Recorded by Scott Ferreter
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER: https://givebutter.com/c/4YG2D
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Apr 11, 2024 • 1h 4min
Sit w/Martín Prechtel
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Martín Prechtel, artist, writer, musician, storyteller, teacher, and healer, as Prechtel offers his introduction as generous story-telling of ancestral lineage & answers the question: "Why say ‘yes’ to being on a podcast called 'You're Going to Die'?"
martín prechtel's
website: https://floweringmountain.com/
Please, Come Sit By My Fire - Martín Prechtel’s Audial Lecture Series - Talks from the Flowering Mountain: https://floweringmountain.com/pleasecomesitbymyfire/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER: https://givebutter.com/c/4YG2D
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 27min
Little by Little w/Jeremiah Fraites
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder of The Lumineers, American-Italian musician, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, talking about the loss of his older brother when Jeremiah was just 14 years old.
jeremiah fraites's
website: https://lnk.bio/jeremiahfraites
ig: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahfraites/
the lumineers: https://www.thelumineers.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
”Spirals” by Jeremiah Fraites
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER: https://givebutter.com/c/4YG2D
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Mar 28, 2024 • 57min
It All Matters w/Sonya Renee Taylor
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Sonya Renee Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of seven books, transformational thought leader, world-renowned activist, award-winning artist, and founder of the international movement The Body Is Not An Apology.
sonya renee taylor's
website: https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/sonyareneetaylor/
venmo @sonyareneetaylor
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
Episode Artwork by Nick Jaina
SUPPORT THE PODCAST & OUR 501(c)3 NONPROFIT BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER: https://givebutter.com/c/4YG2D
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.