Episode 2. Dying to Meet You

Dead Honest by Georgie Vestey

Jul 5, 202020:52Science & Medicine

When Andy Holter sees his first dead body he is riveted. He also knows he’s found his vocation. He leaves the police and decides to become a funeral director. We discuss working with death, the mourners that get forgotte...

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