
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

Mar 21, 2024 • 41min
To Coexist With Grief w/Hyunhye Seo
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hyunhye "Angela" Seo, artist, multi-instrumentalist & vocalist, best known for her role in American experimental band Xiu Xiu, as they they talk about grief & music, grief & fear, grief & community.
hyunhye seo's
website: https://angelaseo.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/hyunnies/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Mar 21, 2024 • 55min
Bonus Episode w/Hyunhye Seo, Brenda Covarrubius, & Julie Lu
A bonus episode this week as accompaniment to Hyunhye "Angela" Seo's episode, continuing the conversation with her friends, Brenda Covarrubius, an occupational therapist who has worked with cancer patients, & Julie Lu, a doctor, talking about grief in community.
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Mar 14, 2024 • 51min
Conscious Grieving w/Claire Bidwell Smith
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with one of today’s foremost experts on grief, Claire Bidwell Smith, a licensed therapist, international speaker, & author, while they talk about her newest book, Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss, out March 12th 2024!
claire bidwell smith's
website: https://clairebidwellsmith.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/clairebidwellsmith/
new book: https://clairebidwellsmith.com/books/#consciousG
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Mar 7, 2024 • 1h 9min
Singing to the Plants w/Justin Robinson
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician, ethnobotanist, & culinary historian Justin Robinson, while they talk about the genocides of plant lives, cultivating relationship to plant species and plant individuals beginning with communication, and the work of ancestral relations.
justin robinson’s
ig: https://www.instagram.com/countrygentlemancooks/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Feb 29, 2024 • 1h 6min
No Chance to Grieve w/Rachel Cargle
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, activist, entrepreneur, & philanthropic innovator, while they talk about the death of her Mother, Sister, & Grandmother, all just in the last year, & the powerfully potent process of grieving with curiosity.
rachel cargle’s
website: https://rachelcargle.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.cargle
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatunlearn
retreat at the Art of Living Center in Boone, NC - April 5-7th, 2024: https://artoflivingretreatcenter.org/event/faculty/rachel-cargle/a-renaissance-of-our-own/
book - A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir and Manifesto: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635409/a-renaissance-of-our-own-by-rachel-e-cargle/
Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Center - you can support this small Black, -owned bookshop here: https://bookshop.org/shop/Elizabeths
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Feb 15, 2024 • 1h 14min
The How w/Krista St-Germain
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Krista St-Germain, Master Certified Life Coach, Post-Traumatic Growth and grief expert, widow, and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast, while they talk about her husband's death in 2016, how her life was flipped upside down, and how therapy helped her uncurl from the fetal position and move on to discover Life Coaching, Post Traumatic Growth, and the tools she needed to create a meaningful life after loss.
krista st-germain’s website: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Feb 8, 2024 • 1h 4min
We Blossom w/Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, bereaved mom, founder of the MISS Foundation, author of "Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, & the Heartbreaking Path of Grief", Arizona State University Professor & director of its Graduate Certificate in Trauma & Bereavement Program, while they talk about the death of her daughter in 1994, how it led to her work in the world, & the story of founding the Selah Carefarm, the first carefarm for the traumatically bereaved in the United States & a haven for animals rescued from abuse, neglect, & torture.
dr. jo’s
website: https://www.centerforlossandtrauma.com/
selah carefarm: https://www.missfoundation.org/selah-carefarm/
”open letter to grievers”: https://www.centerforlossandtrauma.com/an-open-letter-to-grievers
book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bearing-the-Unbearable/Joanne-Cacciatore/9781614292968
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Feb 1, 2024 • 1h 7min
No Tragedy Please w/Dan Mangan
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician and songwriter Dan Mangan, while they talk about how death and endings foster gratitude and give meaning to life, how sorrowful music connects community, and how trauma/grief/loss might be the one thing that unites us more than anything else.
dan mangan’s
website: https://danmanganmusic.com/
newsletter: https://danmangan.substack.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/danmanganmusic/
tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@danmanganmusic
twitter: https://twitter.com/danmanganmusic
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ByjU6oarxRC2Y85JpKx1n?si=OUGAzh3yTt6tAF3QyNrj9Q
phone number: 310.347.4597 (USA & Canada)
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
"No Tragedy Please" by Dan Mangan
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Jan 25, 2024 • 60min
The Sum of a Life w/Dr. Lucy Kalanithi
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University & the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, while they talk about her ongoing relationship to Paul, his impact/presence in her life still, & parenting their daughter in the wake of his death.
dr. lucy kalanithi’s
website: https://lucykalanithi.com/
twitter: https://twitter.com/rocketgirlmd
podcast GRAVITY: https://lucykalanithi.com/podcast
dr. lucy kalanithi wants you to support
Be A Hero: https://beaherofund.com/
Camp Kesem: https://www.kesem.org/
Caring Across Generations: https://caringacross.org/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Jan 18, 2024 • 1h 25min
Is It Ever Enough? w/John Craigie
Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with traveling songwriter & storyteller John Craigie, while they talk about the death of his father & how grief, mortality, loss, & heartbreak find a way into his music.
john craigie’s
website: https://johncraigiemusic.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/johncraigie/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
"Pagan Church" by John Craigie
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.