
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

Jan 11, 2024 • 17min
State of the Pod w/Ned Buskirk & Nick Jaina
Join You're Going to Die: The Podcast host Ned Buskirk & producer Nick Jaina as they ring in the [Happy?] New Year with some fresh commitments & a new precious perk for our Patreon community.
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Available right now, only on Patreon, 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 finds a way into his music. BECOME A PATRON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/YG2D
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
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Dec 14, 2023 • 1h 11min
Grief Dust w/Madison Girifalco
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with immersive installation artist, puppet-fabricator, & children’s book author Madison Girifalco, while they talk about grief, community connection, & support in her life & work with Holding Space, an art installation designed to acknowledge grief in community using immersive art & puppetry.
madison girifalco’s
websites:
www.holdingspacela.org
www.puppetsbymadison.com
ig: https://www.instagram.com/mindovermadison/
Holding Space ig: https://www.instagram.com/holdingspacela/
“Lunch Breaks w/Holding Space” on IG LIVE @holdingspaceLA, Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 12:30 PST: https://www.instagram.com/holdingspacela/
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.
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Dec 7, 2023 • 1h 24min
Everything About You w/Erika Wright
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Erika Wright, while they talk about the story, the plant medicine, the spiritual path, that led to their self-appointed work as a codependency counselor, our society's relationship to grief & vulnerability, & how we've been programmed to avoid hard feelings & the truth behind them.
erika wright’s
website: https://erikawright.org/
podcast: https://erikawright.org/podcast/
healing codependency support & counseling groups: https://erikawright.org/healing-codependency-support-counseling-group/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/erikawrighthcd/
chocolate company: https://supahstah.com/
transformational women's retreats: https://madeofstars.co/
Co-Dependents Anonymous: https://coda.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.
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Nov 30, 2023 • 1h 26min
Brotherhood w/Adam Jackson
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Adam Jackson, Sacred Sons cofounder, Chief Visionary Officer, & the host of Sacred Sons Podcast, while they talk about how his lineage of loss & suicide led to his work with Sacred Sons, processing grief & anger with men, community building & purpose fueled by our mortality.
TRIGGER WARNING: suicide
adam jackson’s
ig: https://www.instagram.com/adam___jackson/
sacred sons: https://www.sacredsons.com/
sacred sons ig: https://www.instagram.com/sacredsons/
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.

Nov 16, 2023 • 1h 18min
All Of It w/Andy the Doorbum
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician, visual/performance artist, & poet Andy the Doorbum, while they talk about his father's death process that inspired his new album, "OF TEARS, NO AMOUNT CAN QUENCH MOUTHS MAIMED BY DROUGHT," & how the album morphed into a grieving for the world & its current troubles.
andy the doorbum’s
bandcamp: https://andythedoorbum.bandcamp.com
ig: https://www.instagram.com/andythedoorbum/
fb: https://www.facebook.com/andythedoorbum/
X: https://twitter.com/AndyTheDoorbum
SUPPORT andy via Venmo, paypal, cashapp: @andythedoorbum
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
"HYMN OF DOLOR: singing away the spider bites" by Andy the Doorbum
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Nov 9, 2023 • 1h 2min
Our Tears Water a Heart That’s Been Too Dry w/Frank Ostaseski
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Frank Ostaseski - internationally respected Buddhist teacher, visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, & founder of the Metta Institute - while they talk about remaining vulnerably present in service of patients, how we should let our tears run instead of hiding them, & moving beyond the idea of a good death.
This conversation originally aired July 8th, 2021.
frank ostaseski’s
website: https://frankostaseski.com/
The Five Invitations: https://fiveinvitations.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/frankostaseski/
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.
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Nov 2, 2023 • 57min
What Have I Done? w/Michelle Tea
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author & editor Michelle Tea, while they talk about the story of her writing onto stage, her history running -feminist spoken-word & performance art collective Sister Spit, & the “mental illness” of writing & why it matters for our lives, our trauma, our healing.
Thanks to Beth Pickens for the “Death & God” chapter in her book Make Your Art No Matter What which offered a fitting launching off point for this conversation.
michelle tea’s
website: https://www.michelle-tea.com/
books: https://www.michelle-tea.com/books
IG: https://www.instagram.com/michelleteaz/
twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaMichelle
substack: https://michelletea.substack.com/
venmo @Michelle-Tea-1
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.
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Oct 26, 2023 • 1h 1min
Presence w/adrienne maree brown
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with writer, activist, & facilitator adrienne maree brown, while they talk about what's possible in our response to the world's atrocious injustices, how to make our heart soft & expanded & not let it shrink to the size of our oppressors, & in light of the fact that we're all going to die, we can live more fully, freely, & start operating together as the shared living organism we actually are.
adrienne maree brown’s
website: https://adriennemareebrown.net/
books: https://adriennemareebrown.net/books/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriennemareebrown/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adriennemaree
twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennemaree
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.
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Oct 19, 2023 • 56min
Alternative Burials w/Katrina Spade
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Katrina Spade, founder & CEO of Recompose, a Public Benefit Corporation based in Seattle & the world’s first human composting company, while they talk about her work with Recompose, the history that led to it, & the option of returning our bodies to the earth via composting.
katrina spade’s
IG: https://www.instagram.com/katrinaspade/
TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/katrina_spade_when_i_die_recompose_me
recompose’s
website: https://recompose.life/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/recomposelife/
FB; https://www.facebook.com/recomposelife/
newsletter: https://recompose.life/#signup
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.
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Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 14min
Holding Humans w/Megan Devine
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with best-selling author, psychotherapist, & grief advocate Megan Devine, while they talk about how it’s okay that it’s not okay, the complicated case of Prolonged Grief Disorder, & how the work of other people’s grief might impact us & what’s required to keep doing it.
This episode originally aired April 14th, 2022.
megan devine’s
website: https://www.megandevine.co/
And here: https://refugeingrief.com/
”How Do You Help a Grieving Friend?”: https://youtu.be/l2zLCCRT-nE
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.