21 episodes

For real people who need real stories about how to cope with death and its many complexities, the Death Diaries is the Podcast that delivers an exploration of life’s inevitable exit strategy, because deeper meaning and coping skills make it a lot less scary.

The Death Diaries The Death Diaries

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 27 Ratings

For real people who need real stories about how to cope with death and its many complexities, the Death Diaries is the Podcast that delivers an exploration of life’s inevitable exit strategy, because deeper meaning and coping skills make it a lot less scary.

    Recompose

    Recompose

    On this episode I talk with Anna Swenson, communications manager at Recompose. Recompose provides ecological, regenerative death care and is the first company in the world to offer natural organic reduction, a process that gently converts human remains to soil.
    https://www.recompose.life/

    • 39 min
    Are the dead taking over Facebook?

    Are the dead taking over Facebook?

    On this episode I talk with Carl Öhman, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. His research looks at the ethical and political challenges that arise from the growing volume of ‘digital human remains’ – data left by deceased users – on the internet. This includes questions of about what happens to our data when we die, what should we do with dead people's data? And who should decide?
    Links:
    How to Setup a Legacy Contact on Facebook The Oxford Internet Institute, Digital Ethics Lab Edina Harbinja Research  

    • 29 min
    The Death Deck

    The Death Deck

    On this episode, I talk with The Death Deck founders Lisa Pahl and Lori LoCicero. Their motivation and desire to help people become comfortable with conversations about mortality and end of life wishes led to their partnership and creation of the game.
    Links:
    The Death Deck

    • 27 min
    When a Pet Dies

    When a Pet Dies

    On this episode, I talk with Dr. Page Yaxley, a board-certified Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine veterinarian at The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. We talk about quality and end of life care for animals.
     
    Links:
    International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinary Society for Hospice and Palliative Care

    • 37 min
    3 Things I’ve Learned From Starting a Podcast

    3 Things I’ve Learned From Starting a Podcast

    A year ago today I was nervous as hell to hit publish on the very first episode of The Death Diaries. If you haven’t heard it, I encourage you to go back and look for Episode 1, 'Introducing the Death Diaries.‘
    In this bonus episode, I share three things I've learned from starting this podcast.

    • 3 min
    A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die

    A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die

    On this episode I talk with Gail Rubin, CT, The Doyenne of Death, author and coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. 
    Links:
    A Good Goodbye (website) Before I Die Festival  

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

AlwysListning ,

Come back

I’m hopeful this will continue as a podcast because we need to normalize this taboo topic. The ideas and people interviewed as well as the host are excellent.

JodyPodywoowoo ,

My new favorite podcast

After my husband was diagnosed with a fatal degenerative Nuerological disease I stepped into multiple new roles which are in sync with the topics covered by this podcast. The Death Diaries format, topics and guests are not just informative; this series is a balm to my soul as I move towards the inevitable outcome of my husbands illness

Polarbear6 ,

It's a family show!

I finished listening to all of the currently available episodes this weekend. My son (who is 8 and loves Radiolab and This Is Love and a variety of other non-kid podcasts) and I had a fantastic conversation about my headstone (which I will not actually have, we decided) after listening to the episode with Paul Williams. Emmett was duly fascinated by the double lightning strike and the ability for families to do the refilling of the grave rather than a backhoe. He’s bummed that I don’t plan to have my body placed, in its entirety, into the ground…but he seems to have moved on. 😊

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