You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, cherished oracle & community accountable Black feminist author & scholar, talking about the life, love, & death of her father, how she stays in relationship with him “by every means” possible, & how important it is to give one another permission to be in conversation with our ancestors. Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ website: https://www.alexispauline.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/ UNDROWNED, DUB, & all her books: https://www.alexispauline.com/books 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 Barbara Becker, ordained interfaith minister & author of "Heartwood: The Art of Living With the End in Mind," talking about how sometimes the dying just need you to watch Jeopardy, applying the fruits of our spiritual endeavors to real life, & the powerful presence of skeletons, not in our closets, but our homes. Barbara Becker’s website: https://barbarabecker.com/ book: https://barbarabecker.com/heartwood/ 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 stand-up comedian Sheng Wang, talking about how growing up Taiwanese American may or may not result in a career in stand-up comedy, the grounding value of visiting cemeteries, & why purchasing clothes at the grocery store is a sign of maturing enlightenment. Sheng Wang’s website: https://www.shengwangtime.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shengwangtime/ twitter: https://twitter.com/shengwangtime 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 Hospice Nurse Penny Smith, a nationally certified hospice & palliative care registered nurse, talking about her recent experience as a bystander to a fatal car accident & what she learns in life&death moments like these to offer others, like the wisdom she offers host Ned about the death of his own mother. Hospice Nurse Penny’s tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicenursepenny instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursepenny/ youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hospicenursepenny Resources American Hospice: https://americanhospice.org/learning-about-hospice/ Five Wishes [the nation’s only national advance care planning program]: https://www.fivewishes.org/ Dementia Directive: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0128cf8fd4d22ca11a405d/t/60c51d29f5c2833ef87698d1/1623530793274/dementia-directive.pdf 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 award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, a collage-comics graphic memoir about a friendship-gone-wrong & the unreliable nature of memory. MariNaomi’s website: https://marinaomi.com/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marinaomi Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”The Flowers Above You Are Blooming This Time of Year” by Lake Mary ”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 Mangda Sengvanhpheng, artist & the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on loss & grief while providing services & offerings that renew our engagement to life, meeting one another from the stories of their mothers’ deaths & where those losses place them, with mutual understanding, working in the context of death & dying. ALL THINGS MANGDA SENGVANHPHENG Bacii: https://bacii.co/ Bacii on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_bacii/ Consider enrolling in YU:EXIST at https://bacii.co/yuexist SUPPORT Mangda’s work & being in the world via Venmo: https://bacii.co/donate 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 Dorota Szuta & Stelth Ulvang, the songsmiths of desert grunge trio Heavy Gus, as they talk about the story of the early years of their coming together, peppered with much grief & loss, but also with the life, love, & music that emerged from their deepening relationship. ALL THINGS DOROTA & STELTH & HEAVY GUS Heavy Gus: https://www.heavygus.com/ Heavy Gus IG: https://www.instagram.com/heavygus/ Heavy Gus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heavygus4432 Stelth on IG: https://www.instagram.com/stelthulvang/ Dorota on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mydorota/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina ”Breathe” from the album Notions by Heavy Gus 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 author Lisa Wells, as they talk about the kind of love that sits at a deathbed [for a fellow human or a dying planet], our culture's relationship to life/death/the planet, & her book Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World. ALL THINGS LISA WELLS Get Lisa’s book Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World: https://www.lisawellswriter.com/believers Get her book of poetry The Fix: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609385477 Read “To Be a Field of Poppies: The Elegant Science of Turning Cadavers Into Compost” in Harper’s Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2021/10/to-be-a-field-of-poppies-natural-organic-reduction-composting-corpse/ On IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_wells_writer/ Nick Jaina’s book SPEKTRUM: https://nickjaina.com/spektrum 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 Sophie Strand, writer & “neo-troubadour animist w/a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories,” as they talk about her new book The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine, THE ANIMATE EVERYTHING, & slowing down to “turn to each other, arms open, ears pricked, & ask with complete rapt attention: ‘What troubles you?’” ALL THINGS SOPHIE STRAND Get Sophie’s book The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Flowering-Wand/Sophie-Strand/9781644115961 Sophie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/cosmogyny/ Sophie’s Webby: https://sophiestrand.com/ Sophie’s Substack: https://sophiestrand.substack.com/ & Sophie requests that you check out Fungi Foundation: https://www.ffungi.org/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”The Final Benediction” by Sophie Strand, scored by Nick Jaina ”Just to Sing Here” by Chelsea Coleman ”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 veteran artist, songwriter, touring musician, & producer Thao Nguyen, as they talk about the death of her grandmother, the influence of familial Buddhism on her relationship to mortality, & creating bridges of vulnerability to transmit love, as an artist & a human being. All Things Thao… IG: https://www.instagram.com/thaogetstaydown/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thaogetstaydown Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andnowthao/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thaomusic Webby: https://thaothaothao.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”How Could I (Strings Version)” by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced 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.