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The Dead Club Podcast is an 8 part podcast series that brings to life British band, Tunng’s ground-breaking collaborative musical project, Dead Club: a meditation on loss and a riotous trip through life in all its goodness, oddness and wonder. We have interviewed people who have studied death, written about it, and documented it, but also those whose lives have touched it and have been close to it as well those for whom death is all in a day’s work. In this podcast series we’ll hear their vo ...
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Nobody wants to talk about death, the elephant in the room. We all act as if will never happen to us and go about living our same lives the same way every day. But what if you changed your perspective? What if you, instead of thinking about the life you've lived thus far, started to think about how many years you have left. Would you make choices, some which that might change your life from this point moving forward? Each week, The Bucket founder David Abend brings you a different perspectiv ...
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How many Monday’s do you have left? And how are you going to use them? That’s what Jodi Wellman wants to know. Jodi is the Founder of Four Thousand Mondays where she dedicates all her Mondays to helping people live squander-free life. Unafraid to take on the Grim Reaper himself, Jodi combines her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology with her 25 y…
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Need some help getting out of your own way? (don’t we all?) Then listen to this podcast with Laura Berman Fortgang, one of the founding members of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), a best-selling author and a professional speaker Her innovative approach to life and career coaching has earned appearances on numerous television programs in…
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Can acknowledging and planning for your own death lead to fewer death-bed regrets? That’s the question I pose to Gabrielle Elise Jimenez, hospice nurse, end-of-life doula and the author of eight books that offer tools, tips and wisdom on end of life caregiving. But it is her class, The Best Three Months, that offers the evidence that planning for y…
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Why does a folktronica band embark on an album about death and dying? Find out in this revealing podcast with Sam Genders and Becky Jacobs, two of the founding members of the English band, Tunng, that recently released a 12 song album and eight episode podcast called, Tunng presents…Dead Club. “We are a band that is known for being playful and for …
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"It’s easy to get caught up in the crap of life where we get stressed out and get frustrated. That’s why it’s important to have reminders that life is short. And pep talks when we’re down.” If you’re in need of a pep talk on the living life to its fullest, then cue up this podcast with Kate Manser, author of the book, and creator of the website, “Y…
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Tunng Presents The Dead Club Podcast with Speech Debelle. In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Becky speaks to musician Speech Debelle, who is a long time friend and collaborator with Mike Lindsay from Tunng who produced tracks on her 2009 debut album, Speech Therapy which went on to win the Mercury Music Prize. Speech spoke to Becky very hone…
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Tunng Presents The Dead Club Podcast with Alain De Botton. In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Sam speaks to Alain De Botton. Alain is a Swiss born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasising philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He is also the founder of The School of Life. Sam d…
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Tunng Presents The Dead Club Podcast with Kathryn Mannix. In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Sam speaks to Kathryn Mannix who is a British author and palliative care physician, who has spent her medical career working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses. Sam spoke to Kathryn after reading her autobiographical book 'With The En…
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Tunng Presents The Dead Club Podcast with AC Grayling. In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Sam speaks to AC Grayling who is a British philosopher and author and Master of the New College of the Humanities in London. Grayling has written widely on the application of philosophy to life and death, both for an academic audience and for the wider …
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Tunng Presents The Dead Club Podcast with Kevin Young In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Becky speaks to Kevin Young. Kevin is an award winning poet, and writer, and is the Poetry editor of The New Yorker. He is also Director of the Schomburg centre for research in Black Culture in New York. The Dead Club Podcast is an 8 part podcast series …
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In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Sam speaks to Mentalist and Illusionist, Derren Brown. He does not have magical powers or psychic ability but became a household name for his Mind Control TV show which was all about the art of psychological manipulation. His book 'Happy' was a big interest and inspiration to Sam for this project. The Dead …
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In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Becky speaks to Forensic Anthropologist, Dame Professor Sue Black. Sue is an eminent British forensic expert who has lead forensic teams identifying human remains in the aftermath of war and natural disaster all over the world. The Dead Club Podcast is an 8 part podcast series that brings to life British ba…
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In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Sam speaks to author Max Porter. Max is a highly acclaimed British writer who's book, Grief is The Thing With Feathers was one of the main inspirations for this project and who has written two prose pieces for the Dead Club album. The Dead Club Podcast is an 8 part podcast series that brings to life British…
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The Dead Club Podcast is an 8 part podcast series that brings to life British band, Tunng’s ground-breaking collaborative musical project, Dead Club: a meditation on loss and a riotous trip through life in all its goodness, oddness and wonder. We have interviewed people who have studied death, written about it, and documented it, but also those who…
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“People who are willing to contemplate their aging, vulnerability and mortality often live better lives in old age and illness and experience better death than those who don’t.” Right out of the gate, this podcast with Katy Butler, best-selling author of The Art of Dying, explores how acknowledging your mortality can be a catalyst for making choice…
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Are you stuck? Stuck in your career? Your relationship? Or even in your retirement? Then take a few minutes to listen to this podcast with Dave Evans who, along with Bill Burnett, has harnessed the power of “design thinking” to help people create meaningful and fulfilling lives. What started as a course at Stanford University to help students explo…
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Death is not a game. Or is it? Listen to Lori LoCicero and Lisa Pahl talk about their bold new card game, “The Death Deck” and how it’s helping people have healthy conversations about dying — and living. From sample questions to poignant stories, they explain the reason they created the game and how they use humor and lively game-play to break down…
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In 1973, Billy Starr’s backpack was packed and he was all set to leave for a dream trip hiking in Nepal. But like George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”, Billy never got out of town. His mother was diagnosed with cancer and Billy spent the next year at her side in the hospital. When she died in 1974, Billy’s mind was not on the Himalayas, it was …
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You may already know that David McCullough is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of such best sellers as John Adams, The Wright Brothers, Truman, Brave Companions, The Johnstown Flood, The Path Between the Seas, and The Pioneers. Or you may recognize his voice as the narrator of The American Experience, the film, Seabiscuit, or Ken Burn’s miniseries…
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Life is precious. And no one knows that more than Andy Wirth. Andy recently retired as the CEO and President of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort. He’s also a former backcountry ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park. In 2013, while skydiving over Lodi, California, a perfect storm of events caused Andy to collide with a high-tension wire that …
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Dr. Sanjiv Chopra is a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School, a motivational speaker, an accomplished author and a man who is often referred to as a happiness guru. Why? Find out in this fascinating podcast in which Dr. Chopra explains the four traits of happiness and how anyone can choose to achieve them. In this episode of The Bucke…
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“Miss the bus.” That’s the advice of renowned palliative care doctor BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger, editorial director of the global design firm IDEO. Together, they wrote the breakthrough book, “A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice on Living Life and Facing Death.” In this podcast we discuss their refreshing approach to managing both th…
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Can embracing your mortality lead to a more fulfilling life? Yes, says David Abend, founder of The Bucket, an online magazine that helps you live fully and die well. In this episode, David talks about all things Bucket. From the genesis of the idea more than 30 years ago, to the clarity of the “Zoo” metaphor, David explains the counterintuitive val…
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Introducing The Bucket Podcast. An unexpectedly refreshing series of interviews that transform the taboo of death into a catalyst for living fully and dying well. Hosted by The Bucket founder David Abend, the series features an eclectic mix of notable authors, entrepreneurs, adventurers, philosophers, musicians, doctors, soldiers and innovators who…
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