You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Staci K. Haines, a national leader in Somatics & the author of The Politics of Trauma: Somatic, Healing and Social Change, while they talk about the shock & ceremony of her mom's diagnosis & dying, their co-creating a Vision for the end of life, & how these personal experiences of loss connect to social justice. This interview originally aired July 22nd, 2021. staci haines’ website: https://www.stacihaines.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/stacikhaines/ books: https://www.stacihaines.com/books Register for The Politics of Trauma: Embodied Transformation, Social Action and Love online course: https://www.stacihaines.com/enroll Staci recommends offering money, time or other resources to… BOLD - Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity: https://boldorganizing.org/ Black Futures Lab: https://blackfutureslab.org/ Indigenous Environmental Network: https://www.ienearth.org/ SURJ - Showing Up for Racial Justice: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”Wow” by The Feelings Parade ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Prentis Hemphill, writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, & therapist, talking about how a simple gaze offered the opportunity for a new legacy of love, getting to the work of grieving the past, & how their being in the world can be traced back to an 11-year-old Prentis who found God in a hiding place. TW: The general act of “suicide” is mentioned, but nothing in detail. prentis’ website: https://prentishemphill.com ig: https://www.instagram.com/prentishemphill 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Aditi Sethi, hospice & palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, & musician, talking about her work as Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Conscious Living & Dying, the dying of Ethan Sisser captured in the documentary The Last Ecstatic Days, & how Aditi’s life journey has led to her work & being in the world. aditi’s website: https://www.aditisethimd.com/ Center for Conscious Living & Dying: https://www.ccld.community/ Sign up for the CCLD updates & news: https://www.ccld.community/subscribe Support the CCLD: https://www.ccld.community/donation Or Venmo @ConsciousLivingDying The Last Ecstatic Days website: https://www.thelastecstaticdaysmovie.com/ The Last Ecstatic Days on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheLastEcstaticDays The Last Ecstatic Days on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelastecstaticdays/ The Last Ecstatic Days on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelastecstaticdaysmovie/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”Seva” performed by Aditi Sethi & The Appalucians ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer-songwriter Adrienne Shamszad, crying & laughing their way through a conversation about living a life worth dying for, music as a way forward in the darkness of mental health struggles & existential crises, & honoring our ancestral lineage in song. adrienne’s website: https://adrienneshamszad.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/aidishams/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adrienneshamszad facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adrienneshamszadmusic/ bandcamp: https://adrienneshamszad.bandcamp.com/ spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aIWNyQhH7GELkGMLDOZ3k Freight & Salvage Show - August 31st, 2023: https://secure.thefreight.org/12814/adrienne-shamszad Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”Untitled Poem” by 14th Century Author Hafez ”Nakhaahad Maand [It Won’t Stay Like This]” composed by Mahsa Vahdat & Adrienne Shamszad, performed by Adrienne Shamszad ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with New York Times best-selling illustrator & graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton, talking about her book “How to Say Goodbye: The Wisdom of Hospice Caregivers,” combining drawings from her artist’s residency inside The Zen Hospice Project Guest House, with words of hospice caregivers she interviewed, including a list of The Five Things to help us say goodbye. wendy’s website: https://www.wendymacnaughton.com/ "The Grown-Ups Table" substack: https://substack.com/@drawtogether book - How to Say Goodbye: https://www.wendymacnaughton.com/illustration/how-to-say-goodbye Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with return guests & friends BJ Miller & Ladybird Morgan, talking about their work in the world, together with Mettle Health, & Mettle Health’s Annual Convening happening in Nevada City, CA on August, 17th 2023, an event meant for everyone who will be touched by the subject of aging, illness, death, & grief... mettle health annual convening’s website: https://mettlehealth.com/annual-convening-2023 Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk, in conversation with Alua Arthur - Death Doula, Ordained Minister, Recovering Lawyer, Perpetual Seeker of Nothing to be Found & Founder of Going with Grace - while they talk about death activism, the touchstone of nihilism, & being in the question marks of dying. This interview originally aired February 4th, 2021. alua arthur’s ig: https://www.instagram.com/going_with_grace/ TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkeuKPZxEhM Going with Grace: https://goingwithgrace.com/ Going with Grace End of Life Education and Planning: https://www.goingwithgracecourses.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Laura Sullivan Cassidy, writer/editor, creative consultant/coach, artist/experience maker, & grief/death/funeral care worker, talking about the personal experience of death when your profession is deathwork, using “Griefmapping” for navigating loss, & our necessary responsibility more than ever for community care with grief/death/dying. laura sullivan cassidy’s substack: https://grieversball.substack.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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mara June of MOTHERWORT + ROSE, educator, facilitator, community weaver, writer, caregiver, death doula, & community herbalist, talking about the value of approaching death before we’re in the midst of it, their work with our herbal allies, especially MOTHERWORT + ROSE, & how important it is to remember death, like birth, is not meant for any of us to do alone. mara june’s website: https://www.motherwortandrose.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/motherwortandrose/ 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with psychotherapist, writer, & soul activist Francis Weller, talking about the saturation of sorrow we’re faced with in these times - the Long Dark - & how we might trust, befriend, & accompany our grief with slow encounters, to return with medicine for our community, as we more wholly & fully re-enter LIFE.   francis weller’s website: https://www.francisweller.net/   Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard ”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.