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Death Curious
by Death Curious
Death is really scary, and is hard to talk about honestly. The Death Curious Podcast is here to change that. Our mission is to eliminate death avoidance and bring people together through death-positive education. Hosted and created by Alexandra Jo (they/them), Director of Outreach and Education at Parting Stone. Produced by Parting Stone.To stay up to date on articles, the podcast, and more, sign up for the Death Curious Newsletter: https://justincrowe635.lpages.co/death-curious-newsletter-podcast-bio/To learn more about Parting Stone and solidified remains visit https://hubs.la/H0W4_Gm0
Episodes
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Episode 13: Looking at Funerals from Alternative Perspectives
This week we return to my conversation with Christopher Stoll, artist, illustrator, and my very dear friend. Chris is the owner and creator behind Multiverse Books and, as a very important person in my own life, is one of the people I most frequently talk with about hard things– like death. I...
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Episode 12: Mortuary School and Funeral Professional Licensing
This week I have the pleasure of talking with Faith Haug (she/her) Program Chair of the Mortuary Science program at Arapaho Community College. This conversation covers unique aspects of the Arapaho Mortuary Science program and more general mortuary program requirements. We also discuss the fact...
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Episode 11: AI and the Future of Death Care
This week we return to my conversation with Chase Downs (he/him), Demand Gen Specialist at Gather, an innovative technology platform built specifically for funeral homes, that helps both funeral directors and families. In this part of our conversation, Chase and I discuss AI and the future of…
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Episode 10: Destigmatizing Death from Suicide Pt. 1
Content warning: this episode is all about suicide, and grief from suicide loss. This topic might be triggering or challenging for some people, so if that’s you, skip this one and join us next month. If you or a loved one struggle with suicidal ideation, call or text 988 to reach the national...
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Episode 9: Evolving International Death Care
This week, I welcome Jennifer Muldowney (she/her), also known as The Glam Reaper, onto the podcast to talk about how death care is evolving around the world today. Jennifer founded Muldowney Memorials a death planning company that offers celebrant services and specialized memorial planning. She…
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Episode 8: Taxidermy and Tangible Grief, Part 1
This week, I have the absolute pleasure of talking with Kiki Klonis (she/her) from Burning Sentients taxidermy. Kiki and I talk about processing grief in tangible ways, like creativity, art, and, for Kiki, taxidermy. We discuss how grieving actually led to Kiki’s career as a taxidermist, what…
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Episode 7: Grief, Relationships, and Polyamory
This week we are doing things a little differently… I’m joined by artist, illustrator, and my dear friend and loved one, Christopher Stoll (he/him). Chris is the owner and creator behind Multiverse Books As a very important person in my own life, Chris is one of the people I most frequently talk...
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Episode 6: What Happens When We Die?
This week I’m delighted to talk with Brian Waters of Undertaking the Podcast. Brian is a licensed funeral director and CFSP. Our conversation was such an unexpected pleasure because it took some really unexpected turns and departures from what I was expecting, and is really different from what I...
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Episode 5: The Value of Being Death Curious
This week I return to my conversation with Stephanie Poirier, Partner Success Manager at Parting Stone, to touch on why being a “death curious” person can be beneficial to your family, friends, and community. From starting difficult conversations, to protecting the rights of marginalized folx in...
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Episode 4: Death on Social Media
This week I have the pleasure of talking to Eileen Hollis, Licensed Funeral Director at Hollis Funeral Home, about death on social media! Eileen runs the TikTok and Instagram accounts for Hollis Funeral Home and has built a following of nearly a million people between the two platforms. In this...
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Episode 3: Technology and the Death Care Profession
In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with Chase Downs (he/him), Demand Gen Specialist at Gather, to talk about Technology in the Death Care Profession. Gather is an innovative technology platform built specifically for funeral homes, that helps both funeral directors and families.…
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Episode 2: The Spiritual Weight of Death Avoidance
This week I’m so excited to return to my conversation with Rev. Cat Webb (they/them), Metaphysical Celebrant, Spiritual Educator, and Psychopomp, to talk about the spiritual weight of death avoidance. Both death avoidance and grief avoidance are pervasive in our society. In this conversation…
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Episode 1: Alkaline Hydrolysis 101
This week I’m excited to talk with Stephanie Poirier, Partner Success Manager at Parting Stone, about all things alkaline hydrolysis! Stephanie was instrumental in getting alkaline hydrolysis legalized in California, and explains this gentle, eco-friendly disposition option in detail for us. We...
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Deathcare Decoded is now the Death Curious Podcast!
Deathcare Decoded is expanding! We are rebranding to expand our content and mission statement, and in this special transitional episode, I will walk you through the inspiration behind this growth. Death Curious is a platform for death exploration and a community of like-minded, death positive...
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Episode 72: The Funeral Rule
This week, we return to my conversation with Mark Harrison (he/him), President of Certified Safety Training, and Ebone Dukes (she/her), Funeral Service Program Director at Northwest Mississippi Community College to talk about the funeral rule, which was recently up for review. We talk about what...
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Episode 71: What is a Psychopomp?
This week I’m joined by Rev. Cat Webb (they/them), Metaphysical Celebrant, Spiritual Educator and Psychopomp to talk about spirituality at end of life and beyond. In this episode we talk about end of life work that occurs after someone has died, what it means to be a psychopomp, and why it’s...
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Episode 70: The Demand for Eco-Conscious Deathcare
In this episode I share research and data that I've been gathering, which shows that large numbers of death planners care about having more eco-conscious and green options in death care. We look at studies from Kates Boylston Publications, IBM Institute for Business Value, Passare, and Choice...
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Episode 69: Deathcare Workplace Equity
This week I return to my conversation with Mark Harrison (he/him), President of Certified Safety Training, and Ebone Dukes (she/her), Funeral Service Program Director at Northwest Mississippi Community College, to continue our discussion about equity over equality in the workplace. In this part…
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Episode 68: Regulation Compliance and Workplace Equity in Deathcare Part 1
This week I have the pleasure of being joined by Mark Harrison, President of Certified Safety Training, and Ebone Dukes, Funeral Service Program Director at Northwest Mississippi Community College. We talk about the importance of funeral business regulation compliance and the effects that...
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Episode 67: How Talking About Death Can Enrich Lives- Part 2
This week I return to my conversation with Dianne Hullet, death educator, death doula, and founder of Best Life Best Death. In this episode, we continue our conversation about how more open and honest conversations about death and grief can improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of our…
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Episode 66: The Value of Curiosity and Creativity in Death Care
This week, I return to my conversation with Glenda Stansbury, VP of InSight Books, Co-Founder and Dean of the InSight Institute Certified Celebrant Program, adjunct professor in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Funeral Department, and licensed funeral director and embalmer. We discuss the…
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Episode 65: Parting Stone and Best Life Best Death
This week I return to my conversation with Dianne Hullet, death educator, death doula, and founder of Best Life Best Death. In this part of our conversation, we change things up, and Dianne interviews me about my role at Parting Stone, my own journey into the death profession, and why forward...
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Episode 64: Death Cafes!
This week, I return to my wonderful conversation with Tiana Dargent (she/her), Founder of Queer Community Deathcare in Ontario Canada, to discuss Death Cafes! We talk about what death cafes are, the benefits they offer, and why death cafes should be available in every community. We also touch on...
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Episode 63: How Talking about Death Can Enrich Lives- Part 1
This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Diane Hullet (she/her), death educator, death doula, and founder of Better Life Better Death, about how more open and honest conversations about death, dying, and grief can improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of our society. In part one of our...
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Episode 62: Cultural Competency and the Role of Ritual in Deathcare
This week, I’m delighted to bring Joél Simone Anthony (she/her) back to Deathcare Decoded. Joél, also known as the Grave Woman, is a sacred grief practitioner, licensed funeral director, and deathcare educator. She joins us this week to talk about some of her new courses on Cultural Competency in...
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Episode 61: Guiding Better Bereavement Care
This week, I return to my conversation with Cara McCarty (she/her), Founder and CEO of Betterleave, a bereavement care company which helps employers provide grief support and bereavement care benefits to employees. In this episode, we discuss how death care and bereavement regulations and laws...
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Episode 60: Directing the Future of Deathcare
This week, I return to my conversation with Glenda Stansbury (she/her), VP of InSight Books, Co-Founder and Dean of the InSight Institute Certified Celebrant Program, adjunct professor in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Funeral Department, and licensed funeral director and embalmer. This…
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Episode 59: Making Deathcare a Safer Space for the LGBTQIA2S+ Community
This week we return to my conversation with Tiana Dargent (she/her), founder of Queer Community Deathcare in Ontario Canada, to talk about how to make death and end of life care a safer space for the LGBTQIA2S+ population. We talk about specific roadblocks this community has to receiving safe and...
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Episode 58: Betterleave on the Value of Better Bereavement Care
This week, I have the pleasure of speaking with Cara McCarty (she/her), founder and CEO of Betterleave, a bereavement care company which helps employers provide grief support and bereavement care benefits and resources to employees. In this episode, Cara shares the personal story of why she…
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Episode 57: The Value of Celebrant Services
This week, I have the absolute joy of talking with Glenda Stansbury (she/her), VP of InSight Books,and Co-Founder, Dean of the InSight Institute Certified Celebrant Program, adjunct professor in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Funeral Department, and licensed funeral director and embalmer....
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Episode 56: Why Do We Need Queer Death Support?
This week, I have the pleasure of talking with Tiana Dargent (she/her), founder of Queer Community Deathcare in Ontario Canada which offers a space of support for all members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in matters regarding end of life, death, dying, and grief.. In part one of this conversation,...
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Episode 55: The Role of Marketing in Deathcare Employee Recruitment and Retention
This week, I return to my conversation with Courtney Gould Miller (she/her), Chief Strategy Officer at MKJ Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer at Tribute Technology, to talk about the role that marketing can play in solving the challenge of recruiting and retaining quality funeral service...
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Episode 54: Cremation Marketing and The Future of Ecommerce Business in Deathcare
This week I return to my conversation with Courtney Gould Miller (she/her), Chief Strategy Officer at MKJ Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer at Tribute Technology, to talk about successful marketing for cremation services and the future of ecommerce business in deathcare. We discuss how good...
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Episode 53: Innovations in Deathcare Today and Tomorrow
This week I return to my conversation with Lauren Bowser (she/her), Owner and Manager of Cusick Funeral Home to discuss unconventional areas of innovation in the deathcare space. We talk about the value of moving the profession forward with new technologies like green embalming fluids and…
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Episode 52: Keys to Marketing Success for Deathcare Businesses
This week I have the pleasure of talking with Courtney Gould Miller (she/her), Chief Strategy Officer at MKJ Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer at Tribute Technology, about the relationship between good marketing strategies and business success in deathcare. We discuss the value of working…
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Episode 51: Modern Tradition- Funeral Business Ownership in Today's World
This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Lauren Bowser (she/her), Owner and Manager of Cusick Funeral Home in Somerville New Jersey, to talk about being a first generation funeral business owner in today’s deathcare world. We discuss changes that funeral businesses saw during the Covid-19...
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Episode 50: Cemetery Equity
This week, I return to my conversation with Mel Bennett, Creator and Co-Founder of Life Forest, to talk about equity in cemeteries and permanent placement options. We discuss various ways that burial has historically been inequitable, various situations that might warrant special care and...
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Episode 49: The Value of Death Care Conventions
This week I am joined by Dr. Sara Murphy and Timothy McLoone to talk about the value and experience of deathcare conventions and conferences. Timothy McLoone is a Licensed Funeral Director & Certified Celebrant and Dr. Sara Murphy is a death educator, certified thanatologist, and suicidologist…
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Episode 48: Cemetery Law and the Value of Permanent Placement
This week, I return to my conversation with Mel Bennett, Creator and Co-Founder of Life Forest, to talk about cemetery law and the value of permanent placement for families choosing cremation. We discuss what the process of starting a new cemetery is like, and the best way to protect the rights…
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Episode 47: Disenfranchised Grief
Dr. Sara Murphy is a death educator, Certified Thanatologist (Association for Death Education and Counseling), and suicidologist with fifteen years of scholarly, pedagogical, and professional experience in the field. In this conversation we discuss disenfranchised grief, what it is, what causes…
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Episode 46: Life Forest- Permanent Placement for Cremated Remains
This week, I talk with Mel Bennett, Creator and Co-Founder of Life Forest, about building the first cemetery created specifically for cremation families seeking burial for their loved ones’ remains. Mel shares her personal journey into the deathcare space, walks listeners through the grounds at...
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Episode 45: Reflecting on Covid-19 and the Future of the Funeral Profession
This week I return to a previous interview with Sandra Walker, Vice President of Strategic Business at Fairmount Memorial Association, to reflect on what her experience has been like as a deathcare professional during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sandra gives an honest account of what funeral service…
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Episode 44: Intro to Thanatology with Dr. Sara Murphy
This week, I am joined by Dr. Sara Murphy, death educator, Certified Thanatologist (Association for Death Education and Counseling), and suicidologist with fifteen years of scholarly, pedagogical, and professional experience in the field. In this conversation we discuss the in’s and outs of...
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Episode 43: The Value of Marketing and Strong Aesthetics for Funeral Businesses
This week I return to my conversation with Morgan Yarborough, Services Manager at Recompose, to talk about branding, marketing, and aesthetics in funeral businesses. We touch on the importance of funeral homes having both well designed physical spaces, and an appealing online presence in today’s...
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Episode 42: Eco-Consciousness and the Future of Funeral Services
This week I return to my conversation with Brie Smith, Services Director at Return Home, to talk about the importance of eco-consciousness in the funeral profession. Studies show that consumers across industries are changing their purchasing behaviors to be more eco-friendly, and death planning…
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Episode 41: The Future of Deathcare in a Changing World
This week I return to my conversation with Dr. Sara Murphy and Timothy McLoone to talk about grief and deathcare looking forward in the time of covid, and beyond. Timothy McLoone is a Licensed Funeral Director & Certified Celebrant and Dr. Sara Murphy is a death educator, certified thanatologist,...
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Episode 40: Slowing Down the Death Planning Process
This week I talk with Brie Smith, Services Director at Return Home, about the value of slowing down deathcare processes for grieving families. With the emergence of new, alternative forms of disposition like natural organic reduction which inherently take a long time, funeral professionals at the...
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Episode 39: Connecting with the LGBTQIA+ Community
This week we are joined by Dr. Sara Murphy and Timothy McLoone to discuss their recent NFDA Continuing Education Course “Connecting with the LGBTQ+ Community.” Timothy McLoone is a Licensed Funeral Director & Certified Celebrant at William R. May Funeral Home, in Glenside, PA and Dr. Sara Murphy…
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Episode 38: Ritual Building in Deathcare
This week I return to my conversation with Morgan Yarborough, Services Manager at Recompose, to talk about the importance of ritual building for grieving families. We talk about some of the ways that Recompose helps support families in ritual building including a walk-through of their carbon…
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Episode 37: The Evolution of Cremation Services 2
This week, I return to my conversation with Barbara Kemmis, executive director of CANA to talk about her 10 year anniversary in that role. We discuss CANA’s educational and research programs and the role that data collection and research plays in strategically planning funeral businesses. We talk...
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Death is really scary, and is hard to talk about honestly. The Death Curious Podcast is here to change that. Our mission is to eliminate death avoidance and bring people together through death-positive education. Hosted and created by Alexandra Jo (they/them), Director of Outreach and Education at Parting Stone. Produced by Parting Stone.To stay up to date on articles, the podcast, and more, sign up for the Death Curious Newsletter: https://justincrowe635.lpages.co/death-curious-newsletter-podcast-bio/To learn more about Parting Stone and solidified remains visit https://hubs.la/H0W4_Gm0
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