Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Abigail Bengson, one half of the composing / performing / grief-working & dumb joke-writing, award-winning duo The Bengsons, talking about dissolving ravenously into the awe-filled urgent enoughness of loving & grieving LIFE. This conversation originally aired June 8th, 2023. GET TICKETS NOW for You're Goi…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author, musician, artist, grief coach and thanatologist Carla Harvey, who has spent over 15 years navigating the death industry and is passionate about bringing awareness to the death positive movement, writing about aging, grief, death and dying in a way that will appeal to a new generation of people with…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with friends Amanda Nagai and Chelsea Coleman, as they talk about suicide, the impact of a personal loss like this, and their creative expression navigating this kind of death in community. Amanda is a storyteller, ritualist, artist, and designer focused on the transformative power of grief and the need for emb…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jesse Moss, Director of Marketing at Experience Camps, in charge of developing strategies and content to create a more grief-sensitive culture and advocate for grieving children. Experience Camps is an award-winning national nonprofit that transforms the lives of grieving children through summer camp progr…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Damon McMahon, an American indie rock musician and the primary member of the musical project Amen Dunes. amen dunes' website: https://bedroomdrum.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Episode Artwork by Nick Jain…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done [a collection of his columns for the Guardian newspaper], as they talk about his newest book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, an…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with GaTa, American rapper, actor, & hypeman, best known for his role as a fictionalized version of himself, Davionate "Dave" Ganter / GaTa, in the FXX TV series Dave. GaTa's ig: https://www.instagram.com/gedgata/ Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit Soundscaping by Nick Jaina ”YG2D Podc…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Ira Byock, leading physician, author, and public advocate for improving care for people living with serious medical conditions. He is an emeritus professor of medicine and community & family medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. His books include Dying Well, The Four Things That Matter Most, a…

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You're Going to Die Presents: Alive Conversation w/Báyò Akómoláfé at The Lost Church in San Francisco, recorded for You're Going to Die: The Podcast on Friday, March 15th, 2024... Join host Ned Buskirk's LIVE conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé, father to Alethea and Kyah, grateful life-partner to Ije, son & brother, widely celebrated international sp…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Martín Prechtel, artist, writer, musician, storyteller, teacher, and healer, as Prechtel offers his introduction as generous story-telling of ancestral lineage & answers the question: "Why say ‘yes’ to being on a podcast called 'You're Going to Die'?" martín prechtel's website: https://floweringmountain.com/ Pl…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder of The Lumineers, American-Italian musician, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, talking about the loss of his older brother when Jeremiah was just 14 years old. jeremiah fraites's website: https://lnk.bio/jeremiahfraites ig: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahfraites/ t…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Sonya Renee Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of seven books, transformational thought leader, world-renowned activist, award-winning artist, and founder of the international movement The Body Is Not An Apology. sonya renee taylor's website: https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.c…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hyunhye "Angela" Seo, artist, multi-instrumentalist & vocalist, best known for her role in American experimental band Xiu Xiu, as they they talk about grief & music, grief & fear, grief & community. hyunhye seo's website: https://angelaseo.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/hyunnies/ Produced by Nick Jaina Asso…

A bonus episode this week as accompaniment to Hyunhye "Angela" Seo's episode, continuing the conversation with her friends, Brenda Covarrubius, an occupational therapist who has worked with cancer patients, & Julie Lu, a doctor, talking about grief in community. Produced by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit Soundscaping by Nick Jaina…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with one of today’s foremost experts on grief, Claire Bidwell Smith, a licensed therapist, international speaker, & author, while they talk about her newest book, Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss, out March 12th 2024! claire bidwell smith's website: https://clairebidwellsmith.com/ i…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician, ethnobotanist, & culinary historian Justin Robinson, while they talk about the genocides of plant lives, cultivating relationship to plant species and plant individuals beginning with communication, and the work of ancestral relations. justin robinson’s ig: https://www.instagram.com/countrygentlemanco…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, activist, entrepreneur, & philanthropic innovator, while they talk about the death of her Mother, Sister, & Grandmother, all just in the last year, & the powerfully potent process of grieving with curiosity. rachel cargle’s website: https://rachelcargle.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.co…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Krista St-Germain, Master Certified Life Coach, Post-Traumatic Growth and grief expert, widow, and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast, while they talk about her husband's death in 2016, how her life was flipped upside down, and how therapy helped her uncurl from the fetal position and move on to discover Life Coac…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, bereaved mom, founder of the MISS Foundation, author of "Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, & the Heartbreaking Path of Grief", Arizona State University Professor & director of its Graduate Certificate in Trauma & Bereavement Program, while they talk about the death of her daughter in 19…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician and songwriter Dan Mangan, while they talk about how death and endings foster gratitude and give meaning to life, how sorrowful music connects community, and how trauma/grief/loss might be the one thing that unites us more than anything else. dan mangan’s website: https://danmanganmusic.com/ newsletter…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University & the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, while they talk about her ongoing relationship to Paul, his impact/presence in her life still, & parenting their daug…

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with traveling songwriter & storyteller John Craigie, while they talk about the death of his father & how grief, mortality, loss, & heartbreak find a way into his music. john craigie’s website: https://johncraigiemusic.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/johncraigie/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina …

Join You're Going to Die: The Podcast host Ned Buskirk & producer Nick Jaina as they ring in the [Happy?] New Year with some fresh commitments & a new precious perk for our Patreon community. BECOME A PATREON MEMBER NOW, FOR AS LITTLE AS $2 A MONTH AND START GETTING EARLY RELEASE EPISODES A WEEK BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE… Available right now, only on Pa…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with immersive installation artist, puppet-fabricator, & children’s book author Madison Girifalco, while they talk about grief, community connection, & support in her life & work with Holding Space, an art installation designed to acknowledge grief in community using immersive art & puppetry. madison girifalco’…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Erika Wright, while they talk about the story, the plant medicine, the spiritual path, that led to their self-appointed work as a codependency counselor, our society's relationship to grief & vulnerability, & how we've been programmed to avoid hard feelings & the truth behind them. erika wright’s website: …

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Adam Jackson, Sacred Sons cofounder, Chief Visionary Officer, & the host of Sacred Sons Podcast, while they talk about how his lineage of loss & suicide led to his work with Sacred Sons, processing grief & anger with men, community building & purpose fueled by our mortality. TRIGGER WARNING: suicide adam j…

Dr. Michael Wild is a Chiropractic Physician for 31 years, Functional Medicine practitioner for 15 years, certified Cellular Healing Specialist related to chronic inflammation and toxicity BioHacker for 5 years, owner of a Cellular Health Spa/Gym, and creator of "Functional Chiro-Hacking": a synergy of all 3 of these healing services. Dr. Wild deve…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician, visual/performance artist, & poet Andy the Doorbum, while they talk about his father's death process that inspired his new album, "OF TEARS, NO AMOUNT CAN QUENCH MOUTHS MAIMED BY DROUGHT," & how the album morphed into a grieving for the world & its current troubles. andy the doorbum’s bandcamp: h…

Dr. Owen Schwartz is a holistic medical doctor specializing in psychospiritual therapy, soul journeys and transformative energy healing. In this conversation we explore Owen's journey of discovering spiritual healing and his process of guiding patients into the superconscious mind. Connect with Owen calgarytherapymd.com Connect with Abigail Faceboo…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Frank Ostaseski - internationally respected Buddhist teacher, visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, & founder of the Metta Institute - while they talk about remaining vulnerably present in service of patients, how we should let our tears run instead of hiding them, & moving beyond the idea of a g…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author & editor Michelle Tea, while they talk about the story of her writing onto stage, her history running -feminist spoken-word & performance art collective Sister Spit, & the “mental illness” of writing & why it matters for our lives, our trauma, our healing. Thanks to Beth Pickens for the “Death & God…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with writer, activist, & facilitator adrienne maree brown, while they talk about what's possible in our response to the world's atrocious injustices, how to make our heart soft & expanded & not let it shrink to the size of our oppressors, & in light of the fact that we're all going to die, we can live more full…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Katrina Spade, founder & CEO of Recompose, a Public Benefit Corporation based in Seattle & the world’s first human composting company, while they talk about her work with Recompose, the history that led to it, & the option of returning our bodies to the earth via composting. katrina spade’s IG: https://www…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with best-selling author, psychotherapist, & grief advocate Megan Devine, while they talk about how it’s okay that it’s not okay, the complicated case of Prolonged Grief Disorder, & how the work of other people’s grief might impact us & what’s required to keep doing it. This episode originally aired April 14th,…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with lifelong activist, revolutionary, thought leader, & psychic survivor Joshua Rose O’Hara, while they talk about their vastly varying experience with dying loved ones & ceremonies for those dead, their work protecting & expanding reproductive rights in Alaska, & their near death [or just plain dying] with pr…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with femme writer, spoken word poet, author, & teaching artist Megan Falley, while they talk about how two decades of hating her body shifted with her partner’s cancer diagnosis, how confronting mortality altered her idea of what beauty is, & how being a steward over her partner’s health lead to a decision to v…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Death Doula, End of Life Educator & Grief Guide Jamie Thrower, while they talk about parent loss, medical aid in dying, death care/planning/grief experiences & why it’s important to have inclusive support for all of the LGBTQ+ community. jamie thrower’s website: https://jamiethrower.com/ support via venmo:…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Staci K. Haines, a national leader in Somatics & the author of The Politics of Trauma: Somatic, Healing and Social Change, while they talk about the shock & ceremony of her mom's diagnosis & dying, their co-creating a Vision for the end of life, & how these personal experiences of loss connect to social ju…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Prentis Hemphill, writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, & therapist, talking about how a simple gaze offered the opportunity for a new legacy of love, getting to the work of grieving the past, & how their being in the world can be traced back to an 11-year-old Prentis who found God in a hidi…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Aditi Sethi, hospice & palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, & musician, talking about her work as Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Conscious Living & Dying, the dying of Ethan Sisser captured in the documentary The Last Ecstatic Days, & how Aditi’s life journey has led to her wor…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer-songwriter Adrienne Shamszad, crying & laughing their way through a conversation about living a life worth dying for, music as a way forward in the darkness of mental health struggles & existential crises, & honoring our ancestral lineage in song. adrienne’s website: https://adrienneshamszad.com/ ig…

Healing after a crisis

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with New York Times best-selling illustrator & graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton, talking about her book “How to Say Goodbye: The Wisdom of Hospice Caregivers,” combining drawings from her artist’s residency inside The Zen Hospice Project Guest House, with words of hospice caregivers she interviewed, includi…

Hey everyone!! It's been awhile!!! I want to share a little bit about a project I've been working on. While much has been written about cults like NXIVM, Rajneesh, The Children of God and more, the experiences of Black women and femmes in these communities is often underrepresented or completely left out of the conversation.I've been speaking with …

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with return guests & friends BJ Miller & Ladybird Morgan, talking about their work in the world, together with Mettle Health, & Mettle Health’s Annual Convening happening in Nevada City, CA on August, 17th 2023, an event meant for everyone who will be touched by the subject of aging, illness, death, & grief... …

Join host Ned Buskirk, in conversation with Alua Arthur - Death Doula, Ordained Minister, Recovering Lawyer, Perpetual Seeker of Nothing to be Found & Founder of Going with Grace - while they talk about death activism, the touchstone of nihilism, & being in the question marks of dying. This interview originally aired February 4th, 2021. alua arthur…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Laura Sullivan Cassidy, writer/editor, creative consultant/coach, artist/experience maker, & grief/death/funeral care worker, talking about the personal experience of death when your profession is deathwork, using “Griefmapping” for navigating loss, & our necessary responsibility more than ever for communi…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mara June of MOTHERWORT + ROSE, educator, facilitator, community weaver, writer, caregiver, death doula, & community herbalist, talking about the value of approaching death before we’re in the midst of it, their work with our herbal allies, especially MOTHERWORT + ROSE, & how important it is to remember de…

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with psychotherapist, writer, & soul activist Francis Weller, talking about the saturation of sorrow we’re faced with in these times - the Long Dark - & how we might trust, befriend, & accompany our grief with slow encounters, to return with medicine for our community, as we more wholly & fully renter LIFE. fra…