Best What do you think happens when you die Podcasts (2024)

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#179 - A State Auditor - Josh Lewis 37:55

28m ago37:55

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Josh Lewis is a CPA who lives in Tulsa and works for the Oklahoma State Auditor's Office. A former candidate for City Auditor with over a decade of experience in auditing governments, Josh has a unique and practical perspective as an outside observer of politics put into practice. For more, please visit his site: Saving Elephants. Please rate us on…

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Non-Dual Thinking with Mary Cait Walthall 1:29:26

1d ago1:29:26

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Improviser, actor, and teacher Mary Cait Walthall directed Feed Wolf Ice Cream, the one-man show this podcast grew from. I talk to her about how the project has evolved and the comas that lead away from the dream of fame. Content warning: punishment, parenting, enlightenment, death of childhood friends, talking circle funeral, Karens. If you believ…

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#178 - Consciousness Researcher - Dean Graves 25:03

4d ago25:03

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Dean Graves is a spiritual teacher, author, and podcaster with over two decades of experience in meditation and mindfulness instruction. He has conducted numerous workshops and group sessions on self-healing and personal growth, guiding many individuals on their journeys toward greater self-awareness and enlightenment. He also produces an internati…

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Give Up All the Other Worlds 43:07

9d ago43:07

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Moving from Chicago to Cleveland, how do I pay tribute to my home of 22 years, my entire adult life? I do this. Read the poem I reference (and read), David Whyte's Sweet Darkness. If you believe in This Is Your Afterlife and want more solo (and other bonus) episodes, become a patron for $5 or $15/month at patreon.com/davemaher. Follow this show on …

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#177 An Enneagram Astrologer - Indra Rinzler 34:12

11d ago34:12

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Indra Rinzler is a lifetime spiritual seeker. He’s a healer, teacher, and offers life readings for clients. Astrology and the Enneagram of Personality are the main modalities that he shares. He’s been studying astrology and spirituality for fifty years. He first learned of the Enneagram of Personality in 1999. He uses these two modalities individua…

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The Solidarity of the Ages with Daniel Bachman 1:30:05

16d ago1:30:05

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It's an all-time-great This Is Your Afterlife with artist, musician, and independent folklorist Daniel Bachman. Daniel creates huge concept albums like Almanac Behind, which documented the climate crisis with field recordings of extreme weather that sometimes swallowed his guitar playing, and writes pieces on his Substack like “Well Seasoned”: A Hi…

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#176 - A Philosopher/Psychologist - Joel Bouchard 38:20

19d ago38:20

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Joel Bouchard is a doctoral student in psychology, a multi-instrumentalist record producer, author, painter, Army veteran, business leader, local government official, and host of the philosophy podcast From Nowhere to Nothing. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discu…

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How We Make Political Performance Art with Bindu Poroori 46:00

21d ago46:00

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How do you make political art that isn't dogmatic or trite? What are ways to reimagine live performance to activate an audience instead of creating a seated mass of mindless consumers? It's my performance chat with Bindu Poroori! If you believe in This Is Your Afterlife and want fun bonus episodes, become a patron for $5 or $15/month at patreon.com…

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What If I Was Vulnerable Right Now? with Bindu Poroori 1:02:00

23d ago1:02:00

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Bindu Poroori is a warm, deep, brilliant writer, performance artist, and singer whose creative practice can't be summed up tidily. She's in a band called Do the Needful, and her time hosting Salonathon made her the live performer she is. We bonded over our approaches to performance and the struggle to make political art that is authentic to us, so …

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#175 - Non-Profit Founder - Jesse Cohen 31:13

26d ago31:13

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After 19 years practicing law, Jesse Cohen has returned to his artistic roots. As founder and executive director of Mount of Angels, he oversees the vision and strategy of the foundation, which provides resources and mentorship for young artists in the LA area. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a pub…

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Where Are You At With the Christian Stuff? with Devin Bustin 1:29:00

1M ago1:29:00

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Devin Bustin is not just a poet, songwriter, musician, and, gulp, minister (official title: Director of Spiritual Growth and Students). He's one of the most influential people in my life. Listen to us plumb our shared evangelical Christian history, the possible different functions of doubt in our lives, our shared love of poetry, and the entry of r…

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#174 - Death & Consciousness Influencer - Stephanie Chevrier 28:12

1M ago28:12

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Stephanie Chevrier is a visual artist living on the west coast of Canada. She began exploring death, consciousness, and the afterlife several years ago, and after noticing positive shifts in her life, she became passionate about sharing her research with a wider audience. She encourages all of us to approach one of the greatest mysteries of life wi…

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The Bittersweet Files with Annie Share 50:36

1M ago50:36

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The snap of a good jerky stick. The taste of very wet eggs. Venturing off alone to see art. Performing as a Neo-Futurist. Annie Share enjoys her life! It's a skill she's cultivated through a careful selection of little treats. Content warning: yearbook enemies, wanting to die young and riding your bike, imaginary friend Gerald Oliver Dickens (G.O.D…

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#173 - An Estate Planner - Adam Zuckerman 31:20

1M ago31:20

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Adam Zuckerman is Founder of Buried in Work (www.BuriedinWork.com), a company focused on easing the burden of estate planning, the tasks surrounding end-of-life activities, and estate transition. He is an Eisenhower Fellow, an attorney, an MBA, and has a background that spans multiple industries, including finance, consumer package goods, clean ene…

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We Should Collect Acorns and Record Ourselves with Brad E. Rose of Foxy Digitalis 54:51

1M ago54:51

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Brad E. Rose is a musician, podcaster, music writer, label owner, graphic designer, and dad, and we talk about his motivations beneath and for all of that. Content warning: COVID, parenthood, legacy, the undertow, extremely metal Capsula Mundi alternative, Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air. If you believe in This Is Your Afterlife and want fun …

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#172 - A Hospice M.D. - Dr. Luyi Kathy Zhang 33:34

2M ago33:34

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Dr. Luyi Kathy Zhang is a certified integrative life coach and hypnotist & hospice/palliative care doctor. She combines the wisdom learned from caring for dying patients with the science of brain change to help high achieving women of color rediscover the joy of being themselves. She also helps people to clear their limiting beliefs, dismantle perf…

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How to Stop Dressing Like a Magician with Case Blackwell 50:00

2M ago50:00

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Is this the first ever Twitch streamer guest on This Is Your Afterlife? I believe it is! But comedian Case Blackwell (from sketch group Cigarette Sandwich) is much more than a streamer. I've known him a while, and I was surprised by most of our conversation. Take a listen to hear a brilliant silly guy get vulnerable. Content warning: ALS, dementia,…

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#171 - Mental Health Advocate - Lisa Sugarman 29:58

2M ago29:58

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Lisa Sugarman is an author, a nationally syndicated columnist, a survivor of suicide loss, a mental health advocate, a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project, and a storyteller with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She writes the syndicated opinion column It Is What It Is and is the author of How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids A…

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Four Thousand Mondays 38:40

2M ago38:40

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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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What Kind of Pangea Do You Want to Be? with Maria Jacobson aka Fran 59:48

2M ago59:48

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When I saw musician Maria Jacobson (the creative force behind Fran) was starting a new podcast called Godless—asking guests, "Do you believe in God?" and all the other questions it encompasses—I knew I had to have her on This Is Your Afterlife. So here she is! It's a warm, fun, easy convo about hard stuff, just like we like it. Content warning: anx…

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#170 - Pet Detective - Kat Albrecht 32:55

2M ago32:55

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Kat Albrecht is a police detective-turned-pet detective, mystery and nonfiction author, and inspirational speaker. Since 1998 she has trained professional and volunteer pet detectives (including dogs trained to track lost pets) through her online pet detective academy. You can read her quirky and fascinating stories at Armed Robbers 2 Airedales. Pl…

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One Last Wipe with Phylicia McLeod 54:00

2M ago54:00

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Second City and Matt Damon Improv's Phylicia McLeod sits down with me to hash out how to deal with strict Christian parents whose idea of what's best for you is different than yours. Content warning: dead sibling, alcoholism, Pentecostal childhood, playing Lil Boosie/Boosie Badazz at your funeral, presence as the solution to boredom in paradise, ma…

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#169 - NDE Researcher - Joseph Khasho 42:43

2M ago42:43

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Joseph Khasho is a Board member of the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, a non-profit affiliated with Dr. Jeffrey Long founder of NDERF.org. NDERF.org is a publicly available website that aggregates and disseminates near-death experiences (NDEs) from around the world. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.c…

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The Way the Mind Actually Works with Nick Turner aka Tyresta 56:00

2M ago56:00

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When everyone went scrambling to therapy during lockdown in 2020, what did the therapists think? Find out in this sweet and intimate conversation with Nick Turner, aka the experimental ambient musician Tyresta. I've had lots of musicians who are in Nick's orbit as guests, but he's the first one to really delve into the music-making process, so this…

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#168 - Writer & Philosopher - Eric Kaplan 25:58

3M ago25:58

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Eric Kaplan is a writer and philosopher who has written for Futurama, The Flight of the Conchords, The Big Bang Theory, and Young Sheldon. His philosophy book, Does Santa Exist? deals with ontology, logic, mysticism, and the philosophy of religion. His comedy philosophy podcast “Terrifying Questions” (with Taylor Carman of Barnard College) is avail…

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Karaoke As Revolutionary Act with Anna De Ocampo Kain 1:05:30

3M ago1:05:30

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Beneath the singing, performing, and party organizing, Anna De Ocampo Kain sees themself as a facilitator. I get to the bottom of how the pandemic has changed her career plans to explore my own anger about it. Content warning: seeing a dead body, dead friends, vocal hemorrhage, Lyme disease, storefront opera, funeral karaoke, rejecting institutions…

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#167 - Organizational Psychologist - Emerson Souza - "Hear Some Evil" 29:09

3M ago29:09

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Emerson Souza is an Organizational Psychologist by trade, working as a government consultant in the field of Human Capital, Human Centered Design, and Tech Integration and Development. He's an overtly curious person with a profound interest in people. For example, he went to five colleges, intentionally, to diversify the type of people he could mee…

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Humbled and Amazed by Dead Birds with Julie Mitchell 1:19:00

3M ago1:19:00

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Comedian, writer, and artist Julie Mitchell and I get on like gangbusters in this episode that easily could have gone twice as long. The whole conversation felt like unhinging a release valve for me, despite taking on one of my toughest challenges yet as a host: Julie has a definitive coma moment, but it's too raw and unresolved for her to go into …

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#166 - Angel Communicator - Seph Deitlein - "The Souvenir of Expansion" 29:58

3M ago29:58

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Seph Deitlen is a human potential activator and a new thought leader. He is also a conscious filmmaker, content creator, certified hypnotherapist, angel psychic medium, and energy healer. He facilitates courses and events that empower others to access higher levels of consciousness through communication with their angels and the quantum field of in…

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Chicken Tenders Salt Lake City Sex Heaven with Chris Jusell 1:09:32

3M ago1:09:32

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The Fuubutsushi collection is complete! Chris Jusell, the ambient jazz band's violinist, joins me to jump down all the pop culture rabbit holes our brains present us as we try to get to the bottom of why Chris says he wants to take up as little space as possible. 'Cause does he really? Btw, I forgot to mention the Pigeon patrons on Patreon in my in…

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Laura Berman Fortgang: Yeah, But 34:03

3M ago34:03

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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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#165 - Psychic Medium - Jaime Lynn - "Volcanoes, Airplanes, and UFOs" 26:55

3M ago26:55

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Psychic medium Jaime Lynn is a distinguished 4th generation Psychic/Medium, certified and tested for her exceptional abilities. Beyond her psychic gifts, she is also a Medical Intuitive/Energy Healer, Clairsentience/Empath, Clairvoyant, Clairaudient, and a seasoned paranormal investigator. Holding an MBA and an alumna of Michigan State University, …

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Be With the Panic with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma 1:42:02

3M ago1:42:02

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"All the perfections are left in," I say in the intro to this perhaps-greatest-ever episode of the podcast, and yes, I meant "imperfections." But I enjoy the mistake, so it stays in, which is fitting for an episode I've minimally edited so that you can experience it as close to how I did as possible. And fitting for an episode in which legendary ex…

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#164 - A Clown - Cyrus Zavieh 29:08

3M ago29:08

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Cyrus Zavieh has worked for more than 30 years in New York City’s busiest hospitals as an administrator, and on weekends he is CiDO the Clown. He became CiDO 25 years ago after visiting sick children and geriatric patients during his time off. He has taught and traveled all over the world helping to spread the art of clowning. Please rate us on App…

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How Do You Relate to the Past? with Max Fox 47:18

4M ago47:18

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Does Pinko editor Max Fox have a thing with posthumous projects? We explore Max's relationship to death by talking about his work editing his friend Chris Chitty's book, Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy, and Capital in the Rise of the World System. Content warning: suicide, dead friends, anxiety, legacy, Accountability, history is real, gay comm…

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#163 - Civil Rights - Curtis Chin - "Riot Baby" 30:11

4M ago30:11

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Curtis Chin is a co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City and served as the non-profits’ first Executive Director. He went on to write for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. He has screened films at over 600 venues in 16 countries and has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the De…

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Casual Conversations #23 - UFO Expert - Preston Dennett 5:03

4M ago5:03

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he found out that his friends, family, and coworkers were having dramatic encounters. He has since authored hundreds of articles and 32 books on the subject, 10 of which are Amazon UFO bestsell…

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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez: Best Three Months 35:58

4M ago35:58

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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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The Better Life List with Mark Richardson 1:02:32

4M ago1:02:32

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Mark Richardson (former Editor-in-Chief at Pitchfork, current rock and pop music critic at the Wall Street Journal) tells me about his tendency to help others rather than himself, being pushed into following his dream, and keeping a grasp on the substance of that dream. Content warning: anxiety, cancer, dementia, parents dying, Christian heaven sou…

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#162 - Brian Barrick - A Young Widower- "I’m Not a Good Actor” 29:41

4M ago29:41

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Brian Barrick is an active duty servicemember in the United States Navy. An avid toy collector, he spends much of his free time participating in and supporting that hobby. He’s travelled all over the globe and seen many things but still loves to come home and relax with an iced tea. He lives in San Diego, California. He’s a tragically young widower…

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Hanging Out With the Elephant in the Room with C. Fausto Cabrera 51:08

4M ago51:08

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After 20 years in prison, C. Fausto Cabrera is free. Six weeks post-release is quite a time to talk about transformation, and here we go. Content warning: prison, anxiety and depression, social death, not being a victim, dry room, Keats' negative capability, doing party drugs and getting lost at sea, beets and boiled eggs. If you believe in This Is…

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#161 - A Special Ed. Teacher - Eric Thurston - "Infinite Universes" 30:29

4M ago30:29

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Eric Thurston was raised in Indiana then moved to Wyoming where he worked on a cattle ranch. When it started snowing in August, he headed south and fell in love with Arizona. He then spent a year reading the classics and journaling, went to ASU, got married, and had kids. He worked in the printing industry then taught special education for 20 years…

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A Special Batch with Chaz Prymek 1:06:53

4M ago1:06:53

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Chaz texted me, "it’s pretty nice to be reciprocal fans dave." I texted back, "It’s so nice! Such a well of comfort and inspiration." Chaz is the third of four members of ambient jazz band Fuubutsushi who I've had on the podcast. And his solo-and-friends recordings as Lake Mary are divine. Enjoy this exploration of his artistry, pains, and loves, w…

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#160 – An Industrial Engineer – Tarek Taha – “Organized Effort” 33:16

4M ago33:16

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Tarek Taha is an engineering leader with more than 25 years of experience in the Transportation industry. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. After nearly dying from a lung infection that spread to his brain, Tarek’s life took a turn, and he has begun to investigate self-awareness and growth. He…

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Uncertainty As a Value with Abby Pajakowski 41:17

5M ago41:17

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Neo-Futurist Abby Pajakowski joins me for an in-person episode from my kitchen, and we get real specific on their hell, a party game, and the exact ways in which a single night in bed can change your life. Content warning: anxiety, depression, someone slowly approaching with a gun, Antz, mailed cremains, glorious limbo, losing your religion and it'…

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159 – Pet Cemetary Director – Ed Martin – “Don’t Be Judgy” 24:49

5M ago24:49

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Edward Martin is the Vice President of Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, the oldest operating pet cemetery in the world and a business his family has owned and operated since 1974. As a teen, Ed spent his summers working at Hartsdale and after college he dabbled as an attorney and Certified Public Accountant but eventually returned home to Hartsdale which he…

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Casual Conversations #22 - How to Argue about Not Arguing 7:10

5M ago7:10

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Sam and Mike talk about arguing, marriage, impasses, how to tell children they are wrong even if they’re right, and Sam drops a work story that might get him canned…By Mike Oppenheim and Sam Oppenheim

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That's the Old Way, Bro with Aaron Weaver 1:01:02

5M ago1:01:02

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Perfect This Is Your Afterlife guest alert! Aaron Weaver is a comedian who's been thinking about spirituality maybe his whole life? He shares the tools he's picked up recently for being present and staying in his body. Those are buzzwords, but we get specific. We also talk a lot about Aaron's friend, Kenny DeForest, an excellent comedian and amazin…

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#158 - A Funeral Celebrant - Colin Finch - "Cartoons and Funerals" 24:58

5M ago24:58

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Colin Finch is a Humanist (non-religious) Funeral Celebrant. He has been doing this for 4 years, carrying out 2-3 services per month. He finds Celebrant work incredibly rewarding from an emotional perspective, but the downside is being exposed to grief on a regular basis, so he maintains self-awareness to protect his mental health. His unique appro…

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Aim for the Ditch with Zach Peterson 46:46

5M ago46:46

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Zach Peterson wants to be the Butthole Surfers of comedy. Next step: release his new special, A List of Wet Celebrities, this Thursday, January 25! Content warning: anxiety, OCD, dead parents, Burger King panic attack, sobriety, success, Neil Young, cigarette heaven, Rick Rubin's "The Creative Act," John Prine's "The Tree of Forgiveness," outsider …

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