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We're Dying Here

Jane Baker & Micah Sherman

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Is it the finality? Is it final? Is it the unknown? Is it the dread? What the fuck is it about dying and death that consumes Jane with angst and Micah with amusement? Everyone in the history of the world had done it and yet, secretly, Jane thinks she might be able to avoid this all together by outthinking death. Micah says no. So what is this podcast? Just a stroll through the fears of Jane until Micah can calm her the hell down. Is this a comedy? A drama? A tragedy? Yes to all.
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In the last episode of the season, join Jane and Micah as we chat it up with Barbara Becker about her new book, Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind. We discuss her near death adventure in a car that got hijacked, the losses she has experienced and for fun we venture into the death of Rasputin and find out a few too many correlations w…
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Daryl Ray is an Actor, Photographer and Producer who had a groovy near death experience where he was told what needed to be done to save his life, so he woke up and told the doctors and then signed a bunch of papers so they would follow his instructions. Because of that message and his acting on it he's here today! We talk about this experience as …
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Our guest this week is an International Aid Worker recently evacuated from Myanmar and previously a church bus accident avoider. Mr. Matt Pietz joins Jane and Micah for a fun romp through covid, a terrible bus driver encounter, evacuations and how future Matt Pietz on a deathbed makes decisions. Here is a link to donate to Medecins Sans Frontieres,…
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Our guest, Sharon Gentry explains the reasons we should make wills and make our choices about how we want to live, through living wills, clear and legal. The big point here is that it is not so much for you, but a gift to your loved ones to take difficult decisions off their hands. So do it! Follow We’re Dying Here at https://www.facebook.com/wered…
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So in the first episode with Brian we got the deets on what went down when he went down. Now we dive deeper into what it all meant and how his sharing of the experience is both important and moving for him! Follow We’re Dying Here at https://www.facebook.com/weredyinghere & https://www.instagram.com/weredyinghere If you have a moment, please rate, …
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Joining Jane and Micah on the pod this week is none other than David Koechner. You might know David as the sportscaster Champ Kind in Anchorman or the traveling salesman Todd Packer from the Office or from one of his other 200 IMDb credits. However you know him, you haven’t heard him like this before. We talk with David about moving from Catholicis…
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It’s Fathers’ Day 2018. One minute, Brian is playing in a friendly, organized game of baseball and the next thing he remembers is losing consciousness, detaching from his body and arriving in front of a door with an entity communicating, “You’re done,” to him. What could it all mean? Jane and Micah are on the case! Follow We’re Dying Here at https:…
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Joining Jane & Micah on the pod this week is none other than Jane’s high school classmate and Saturday Night Live vet, Cheri Oteri! We talk reincarnation, growing up Catholic, and Micah’s crush on Cheri when he was in high school. Enjoy! Follow Cheri at https://twitter.com/cherioteri & https://www.facebook.com/CheriOteri And follow We’re Dying Here…
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Chef Erica has been referred to as the “Jon Stewart of food” and has a web series called Funny People Making Food that’s like a dash of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” with a pinch of “Dinner for Five.” And Micah is in the most recent episode featuring friend of the pod Mia Jackson! Check out Micah’s episode of Funny People Making Food: https://…
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Join Jane and Micah and our guest Divya Anantharaman, owner of Gotham Taxidermy! We talk all things death and dying and how taxidermy has given Divya a greater appreciation for life. We also chat about Taxidermying Micah but apparently it's very expensive. What about a reality show for competitive Taxidermy? It could happen! Visit Divya at Gotham T…
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Come listen to Jane and Micah chat with Lori Gunty Becker, a teacher and old friend of Jane's. They met in college and have been friends since. They discuss Mushroom trips, and a near death experience of a colonoscopy. Lori talks about her father, the late Borscht Belt Comic Morty Gunty, hanging around backstage with Cher's drag queens while her fa…
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Join Jane and Micah on this week's episode with guest Kory Batschke! Kory grew up in a flower shop and has been around the funeral industry his entire life. This led him to work as a funeral associate who is currently in training at the Wayne State University Mortuary Science Program to become a certified funeral director. He must love the program …
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Hilary Sheaves is a Crime Scene Investigator who deals with death pretty regularly! We talk about very alive bodies, like athletes, to very not alive bodies, like dead people. We also have a very fun little conversation about hair, single shoes on the side of the road and eating ribs. I'm not kidding. Check Hilary out on Instagram at pitmama15 or a…
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Join us and our guest Phil Rosenthal! We talk about the irony of jumping from a moving vehicle, Groucho Marx's final words, his most impressive achievements, marrying Monica, and being Dad to Ben and Lily. Phil is a Showrunner, Writer and Creator who has been thinking more about death recently! Check them out on Netflix on his show Somebody Feed Ph…
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This week our guest on the podcast is Dr. Rich Krueger, a Neonatologist and Neuroscientist who cares for the highest risk babies out there! We talk about his work with infants in neonatal intensive care units, how he has time for a music career and the worst ways to die! To learn more about Rich go to http://www.richkrueger.com and http://www.rocki…
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Robin Garrett is a long time friend and mentor to Jane. She is a new friend of Micah's. She is a smarty pants that has retired from professing and nursing both! Enjoy! Near death experience, check. REM sleep aficionado, check. Woman who thinks her kids should bury her near a headstone she likes but not buy one for her, check! Thanks for listening f…
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Greg Kotis is the author of many plays and musicals including Yeast Nation (Book/Lyrics), The Truth About Santa, Pig Farm, Eat the Taste, Urinetown (Book/Lyrics, for which he won an Obie Award and two Tony Awards), and Jobey and Katherine. His work has been produced and developed in theaters across the country and around the world, including Actors…
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Bethany Van Delft’s “hip & grounded, laid back delivery” has earned her the honor of performing at cool ass festivals like J4L and opening for comedy faves like Reggie Watts, Ronnie Chiang and Maria Bamford. She was named “Best Comic” by Boston Magazine in 2019 & 2020, her debut comedy album “Im Not a Llama” dropped Dec 2019 to good reviews and an …
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Simone Norman is a comedian, actor, and writer based in Brooklyn. She's performed stand up, sketch, and improv in venues and festivals across New York City, and has appeared in independent films, web series, and national commercial campaigns. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Teen Vogue, ELLE, and Reductress. You can catch her as Elea…
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Join Jane and Micah as we do a deep dive into the medical world and experiences of our guest Dr. Jeremy Morrison. Jeremy is my doctor. He went to medical school as an adult, so he had met death before anatomy class. He is happy, married, and has two children. He has never killed anyone directly or been killed himself. This is his first time appeari…
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Join Jane Baker and Micah Sherman as we talk death, dying and murder with Mark Beltzman. Mark Beltzman wears a bunch of hats as an ACTOR - TEACHER- DIRECTOR - WRITER TUBAPLAYER and PRIVATE ACTING COACH He is the Co-Founder of Maui Improv in 2014 and also one of the founding members of Improv Olympic in Chicago where he worked with the legendary gro…
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Find out why Larry David causes stress. If Josh would dominate over a group of Russian hijackers and other fun death topics. Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who incubated in Boston before moving to New York City, where he currently lives and works as a writer and producer for Desus & Mero on Showtime. Previously, he spent five years at Last…
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Myq Kaplan is a comedian named Myq Kaplan. He is a 2010 Last Comic Standing Finalist and has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, Louie, and many other places that you might not care about. His CD, Vegan Mind Meld, was one of iTunes top ten best-selling comedy albums. We had a great time chatting all things death and dy…
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Joe List began his comedy career in Boston, Massachusetts in 2000 just weeks after graduating from high school. Since that time he has been featured on The Late Show with David Letterman as well as multiple appearances on Conan. He’s featured in Season 2 of The Netflix Series “The Stand Ups”. In 2015 List was a finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing…
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Jane and Micah ask all the good questions of Medium, Lisa Swick. What are we doing here, what's "the other side," like and how many times are we going to do this thing called life? Get all the answers, kinda. Lisa Swick was born with abilities, and in recent years has worked to understand and develop them. She prefers to think of herself as a ‘come…
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Join us as we chat it up with Mia Jackson. Mia was brought up in the south as a Southern Baptist! That makes her less afraid, or more afraid? We're still not sure. But a good time is had by all except for the gentleman who was our "Death of the Week." He did not have a good time! To revel in even more Mia Jackson head over to miajackson.com To ask …
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Well, Jane is not comfortable with this discussion at all. Micah is having the time of his life! Join us for a deep dive with Stephanie! You can also find Stephanie on TikTok as 1032queen_embalmer Also, Stephanie is a proud advocate against bullying and If you are so inclined please contribute to and follow Keegan's Krew. You can find them on tikto…
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Stephanie was our first Bonus Episode guest and stayed on to do a regular jaunty episode for your listening pleasure. You can find her on Tiktok at @1032queen_embalmer Also, Stephanie is a proud advocate against bullying and If you are so inclined please contribute to and follow Keegan's Krew. You can find them on tiktok at @keeganskrew on FB at Ke…
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Jane and Micah are talking some more, it's not getting any easier. We are taking about death until Jane is no longer deathly afraid of death! There's a death of the week, and obit of the week, some personal questions, some practical issues and of course a quiz. Let us know how much you want us to stop talking about all this! Jane and Micah…
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