You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with neuroscientist poet Brian Isett & storytelling artist Claudia Biçen, as they talk about their new book The Forgotten Teachers, where ideas from the field of evolutionary biology are fused with poetic prose, brought to life by intricate & dreamlike watercolor illustrations, describing the evolution of life on Earth. the forgotten teachers’ kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theforgottenteachers/the-forgotten-teachers claudia biçen’s ig: https://www.instagram.com/claudiabicen/ website: https://claudiabicen.art/ brian isett’s ig: https://www.instagram.com/brisett_writes/ website: https://brianisett.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”Excerpt from The Forgotten Teachers” by Brian Isett, read by Claudia Biçen, scored 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with death doula & therapist caroline lee., as they talk about the potentially complicated emotional experience of pregnancy, the story that led to caroline’s work in the world, & ABANDONMENT ISSUES! caroline lee’s website: https://www.agencyindying.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/howcarolinecarolines/ death work ig: https://www.instagram.com/death.ed_ venmo: @howcarolinecarolines 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with American songwriters Liam Robinson & Jean Rohe, as they talk about the medicine of music, & the story of life, love, & loss that led to their new album “Into the Night,” out May 26th, 2023 on Righteous Babe Records. Robinson & Rohe’s website: https://www.robinsonandrohe.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/robinsonandrohe/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robinsonandrohe preorder their album INTO THE NIGHT, out on May 26th, 2023 on Righteous Babe Records: https://www.robinsonandrohe.com/store Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”Into the Night” off the album of the same name, by Robinson & Rohe ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer, rapper, & writer Dessa, as they talk about what it means to lead a moral life as an atheist, the kindness-potential of mortality, & how the hardest times of our life may inspire a life of generous heartfelt engagement with others. Dessa’s website: https://www.dessawander.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/dessa/ twitter: https://twitter.com/dessadarling facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dessadarling/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”I Hope I'm Wrong,” off the album CHIME, lyrics & vocals by Dessa ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with creative energy healer Jenna Bowers, aka The Way Witch, as they talk about the life-changing deaths of her nephew & father, the ways death can propel life forward, death & ancestor rituals & practices, & her work crossing over our ghosts who need it. Jenna Bowers/The Way Witch’s website: https://www.thewaywitch.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/thewaywitch tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewaywitch Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”Dog Beach” from the album Some Good Lives by Shook Twins ”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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with novelist & television writer Shanthi Sekaran, as they talk about her new book Boomi's Boombox, how she went about tackling the issue of grief for a fictional 12-year old, & her secondhand experience of death/grief, mostly in story form, from her own mother. Shanthi Sekaran’s website: https://www.shanthisekaran.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/shanthi.sekaran/ pre-order/order Boomi's Boombox: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/boomis-boombox-shanthi-sekaran ”Imperfect Eulogy for Elmer Morrissey”: https://www.zyzzyva.org/2012/04/25/imperfect-eulogy-for-elmer-morrissey/ [an excerpt from this piece was included in this episode] Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Excerpt from “Imperfect Eulogy for Elmer Morrissey” by Shanthi Sekaran, scored 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with artist & musician Karima Walker, as they talk about the hypnotizing death of her mother, the difficulties/complications of being in a potentially necessary changing relationship with our dead, & making art in the wake of loss. Karima Walker’s website: https://www.karimawalker.com/ bandcamp: https://karimawalker.bandcamp.com/music ig: https://www.instagram.com/karimawalker/ tip karima via venmo: @karima-walker An organization karima really loves is Borderlands Restoration Network: https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/donate.html Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina ”Reconstellated” from the album Waking the Dreaming Body by Karima Walker 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé, father to Alethea & Kyah, grateful life-partner to Ije, son & brother, widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, & author, as they talk about his father’s death when Báyò was 15 years old, what it would take to dissolve the wall that death brought between them, & considering what new “cosmology of death” we all may need for these “modern times.” Báyò Akómoláfé’s website: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/ ”We Will Dance With Mountains” - September 2023: https://course.bayoakomolafe.net/ ”I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist.”: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/i-coronavirus-mother-monster-activist facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayoakomolafeampersand twitter: https://twitter.com/bayoakomolafe linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bayoakomolafe/ 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with The Death Empath - Jess Reis Mendivil, an Ancestral Death Doula, Shadow Empath, Grief Guide, & Life Coach, talking about being “in the sad,” the dark, the shadows, efficiently moving through it all by creatively alchemizing Grief, Death, & Loss of Self, & how integrating death & shadow helps garner kinder, softer, humans that are in awe of their own lives. ***EPISODE TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide Ideation*** Jess Reis Mendivil’s website: https://thedeathempath.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/deathempath/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.death.empath 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amanda Yates Garcia, writer, witch, & the Oracle of Los Angeles, talking about the “underworlds” we must endure, what it means to come back from that dark with a burning torch to share with others who need that light, & the story of her becoming a witch [available in her book INITIATED: MEMOIR OF A WITCH]. Amanda Yates Garcia’ website: https://www.oracleoflosangeles.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/oracleofla/ book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-yates-garcia/initiated/9781538763070/ Between the Worlds podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/between-the-worlds-podcast/id1437333094 substack: https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.com venmo @Amanda-YatesGarcia 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.