Episode 56: Permanent Placement of Cremated Remains with Honnalora Hubbard
Today we're talking about something that sits in closets, on mantels, and even on kitchen counters across the country: urns holding the crem...
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Death, et seq.
Death, et seq. literally means "Death and what follows." This podcast addresses all aspects of death care in the United States -- options for funerals and disposition, the ways in which "tra...
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Episode 55: Why Good People Leave Funeral Service with Jon Raper
Today, more than 90% of mortuary school students are first generation funeral directors. Three out of four of them are women. And increasing...
Episode 54: Caitlin Doughty on the Oversight of Funeral Homes
On this week's episode, Caitlin Doughty discusses the most recent scandal in the funeral industry and what regulatory structures could be us...
Episode 53: Anna Jordan on Celebrants and the Home Funeral Alliance
On today’s episode, I’m joined by Anna Jordan. Anna is a funeral director and a certified life cycle celebrant and a member of the board of...
Episode 52: A Conversation with Funeral Director Tim Schramm
If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a while, you’ve heard from a lot of what I’ll characterize as “progressive” or “new” entrants i...
Episode 51: Tony Russo on Deathcare
Death, et seq. literally means "Death and what follows." This podcast addresses all aspects of death care in the United States -- options fo...
Episode 50: Human Remains and Medical Education with Emma Sherman
Anatomical dissection is a fundamental part of medical education. In this episode, medical student Emma Sherman walks us through the use and...
Episode 49: A Death Doula's Guide to a Meaningful End with Jane Callahan
Death, et seq. literally means "Death and what follows." This podcast addresses all aspects of death care in the United States -- options fo...
Episode 48: A Conversation with Sam Perry
Sam Perry is an Associate Lecturer at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, teaching in the Mortuary Science and Funeral Science progr...
Episode 47: Are Catholic Relics Illegal?
Alex Gracia, a third-year student at Wake Forest Law School, discusses the intersection between the Catholic practice of creating relics and...
Episode 46: Demystifying End of Life Planning Documents
Do you have your documents in order to allow for a trusted person to make decisions about your health care and property if you become incapa...
Episode 45: Empathy and End of Life with Stephanie Hopp
In today's episode, I talk to Stephanie Hopp, EdD, RN, CPN, an Associate Professor in the Undergraduate Nursing Program at Clarkson College...
Episode 44: The Strange Case of Jeremy DeWitte
In this episode of Death et seq., Professor Marsh talks to Wake Law student Spencer Maher about Jeremy DeWitte, the man who turned a Florida...
Episode 43: Regulating the Funeral Industry
In this episode of the Death Esq. podcast, Professor Marsh welcomes Jay Doshi to discuss the outdated regulatory structures of the American...
Episode 42: Green Burial with Suzanne Kelly
On this episode, I talk to Suzanne Kelly, chair of the Town of Rhinebeck, New York Cemetery Committee about green burial. The Town of Rhineb...
Episode 41: Grave Goods
“Riches do not so much exhilarate us with their possession, as they torment us with their loss.” This quotation comes from Robert Burton, a...
Episode 39: Evidentiary Body Parts
In this episode, we discuss the retention and disposition of human remains after they are seized by law enforcement as part of a criminal in...
Episode 38: Disposition of the Remains of Incarcerated Individuals
When a person dies while incarcerated, what happens to their remains? Do incarcerated individuals receive as much respect in death as other...
Episode 37: Cremated Remains and What to Do With Them
In this episode, third year Wake Forest Law student Connor Crotty compares the processes of cremation and alkaline hydrolysis (water cremati...
Episode 36: Early American Protestantism and Death
Tanya talks to Erik Seeman, a history Professor at University at Buffalo and the author of several books on early American attitudes towards...