
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 27, 2023 • 1h 13min
Time in a Bottle w/Laura Sullivan Cassidy
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.

Jul 20, 2023 • 1h 4min
Slower w/Mara June
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.

Jul 13, 2023 • 1h 13min
How to Trust Grief w/Francis Weller
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.

Jul 6, 2023 • 1h 2min
Buddhism in Prison w/Ven. Robina Courtin
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with the Venerable Robina Courtin, a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelugpa tradition & lineage of Lama Thubten Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche, talking about one of Buddhism’s first truths, death & impermanence, & the life-deepening lessons from our incarcerated community.
ven. robina courtin’s
website: https://robinacourtin.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/robinacourtin/
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.

Jun 29, 2023 • 1h 19min
This Body of Mine Is Here w/Andrea Gibson
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with poet & activist Andrea Gibson, in laughter & tears on the chemo-brain railroad, talking about the record skipping parts of our lives’, the poetry of cancer, chronic disease, & panic attacks, & what it means to consider what’s available when faced with the hardest parts of being mortal.
andrea gibson’s
website: https://andreagibson.org/
book - “You Better Be Lightening”: https://buttonpoetry.com/product/you-better-be-lightning/
newsletter - “Things That Don’t Suck”: https://andreagibson.bulletin.com/subscribe
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
“Time Piece” by Andrea Gibson/Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”Whale & Mouse” by Liza Maytok: https://soundcloud.com/liza-maytok/whale-mouse
”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.

Jun 22, 2023 • 1h 23min
Fear of Death Is Our God w/Richie Reseda
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with music, film, & content producer Richie Reseda, freed from prison in 2018, talking about how our culture is built around grief / loss / death / dying / mortality & how it serves capitalism more than it serves us, & how abolition is connected to our relationship with grief & dying.
richie reseda
@ Question Culture: https://www.questionculture.com/
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richiereseda/
& JJ’88’s single “Atlantic”: https://linktr.ee/jj_eightyeight
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Jun 15, 2023 • 1h 9min
How We Grieve Is Up To Us w/Claire Bidwell Smith
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with therapist, grief expert, & author Claire Bidwell Smith, talking about those of us who walk with a different awareness in the wake of loss, practicing expansion while living in the midst of the unknown, & using writing as a form of healing.
claire bidwell smith’s
website: https://clairebidwellsmith.com/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/clairebidwellsmith/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Jun 8, 2023 • 1h 30min
In the Truth w/Abigail Bengson
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Abigail Bengson, one half of the composing / performing / grief-working & dumb joke-writing, award-winning duo The Bengsons, talking about dissolving ravenously into the awe-filled urgent enoughness of loving & grieving LIFE.
the bengsons’
website: https://www.bengsons.com/
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebengsons
ig: https://www.instagram.com/thebengsons/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Jun 1, 2023 • 58min
Centering Our Selves w/Alica Forneret
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alica Forneret, educator, speaker, & consultant dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore grief & grieving, talking about her mother’s death & how this loss led to her work with PAUSE, an organization focused on supporting Communities of Color through grief & end of life.
alica forneret’s
website: https://alicaforneret.co/
ig: https://www.instagram.com/alica.forneret/
PAUSE: https://www.timetopause.org/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

May 25, 2023 • 1h 29min
Art Is a Little Death w/Ani DiFranco
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, talking about her father’s death, how we can tend to relationships with our dead, “grief as a window” to what’s possible, & the ways we can heal collective grief with restorative justice.
To listen to an UNEDITED version of this conversation with Ani DiFranco become a podcast patron now: https://www.patreon.com/YG2D
ani difranco’s
website: http://anidifranco.com/
memoir: http://anidifranco.com/book
Righteous Babe Records: https://www.righteousbabe.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Do or Die” by Ani DiFranco
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.