You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

A Train Going By w/Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, cherished oracle & community accountable Black feminist author & scholar, talking about the life, love, & death of her father, how she stays in relationship with him “by every means” possible, & how important it is to give one another permission to be in conversation with our ancestors.Alexis Pauline Gumbs’website: https://www.alexispauline.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/ UNDROWNED, DUB, & all her books: https://www.alexispauline.com/books Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Lead With Love w/Barbara Becker

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Barbara Becker, ordained interfaith minister & author of "Heartwood: The Art of Living With the End in Mind," talking about how sometimes the dying just need you to watch Jeopardy, applying the fruits of our spiritual endeavors to real life, & the powerful presence of skeletons, not in our closets, but our homes.Barbara Becker’swebsite: https://barbarabecker.com/ book: https://barbarabecker.com/heartwood/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Keep It Kind w/Sheng Wang

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with stand-up comedian Sheng Wang, talking about how growing up Taiwanese American may or may not result in a career in stand-up comedy, the grounding value of visiting cemeteries, & why purchasing clothes at the grocery store is a sign of maturing enlightenment.Sheng Wang’swebsite: https://www.shengwangtime.com/instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shengwangtime/ twitter: https://twitter.com/shengwangtime Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

It’s Hard No Matter What w/Hospice Nurse Penny

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hospice Nurse Penny Smith, a nationally certified hospice & palliative care registered nurse, talking about her recent experience as a bystander to a fatal car accident & what she learns in life&death moments like these to offer others, like the wisdom she offers host Ned about the death of his own mother.Hospice Nurse Penny’stiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicenursepenny instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursepenny/ youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hospicenursepenny ResourcesAmerican Hospice: https://americanhospice.org/learning-about-hospice/ Five Wishes [the nation’s only national advance care planning program]: https://www.fivewishes.org/ Dementia Directive: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0128cf8fd4d22ca11a405d/t/60c51d29f5c2833ef87698d1/1623530793274/dementia-directive.pdfProduced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Grieving a Friendship w/MariNaomi

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, a collage-comics graphic memoir about a friendship-gone-wrong & the unreliable nature of memory.MariNaomi’swebsite: https://marinaomi.com/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marinaomi Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”The Flowers Above You Are Blooming This Time of Year” by Lake Mary”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Born for This w/Mangda Sengvanhpheng

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mangda Sengvanhpheng, artist & the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on loss & grief while providing services & offerings that renew our engagement to life, meeting one another from the stories of their mothers’ deaths & where those losses place them, with mutual understanding, working in the context of death & dying.ALL THINGS MANGDA SENGVANHPHENGBacii: https://bacii.co/ Bacii on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_bacii/ Consider enrolling in YU:EXIST at https://bacii.co/yuexistSUPPORT Mangda’s work & being in the world viaVenmo: https://bacii.co/donate Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Breathe w/Stelth Ulvang & Dorota Szuta

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dorota Szuta & Stelth Ulvang, the songsmiths of desert grunge trio Heavy Gus, as they talk about the story of the early years of their coming together, peppered with much grief & loss, but also with the life, love, & music that emerged from their deepening relationship.ALL THINGS DOROTA & STELTH & HEAVY GUSHeavy Gus: https://www.heavygus.com/ Heavy Gus IG: https://www.instagram.com/heavygus/ Heavy Gus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heavygus4432 Stelth on IG: https://www.instagram.com/stelthulvang/ Dorota on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mydorota/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina”Breathe” from the album Notions by Heavy GusFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

A Form of Healing w/Lisa Wells

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author Lisa Wells, as they talk about the kind of love that sits at a deathbed [for a fellow human or a dying planet], our culture's relationship to life/death/the planet, & her book Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World.ALL THINGS LISA WELLSGet Lisa’s book Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World: https://www.lisawellswriter.com/believers Get her book of poetry The Fix: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609385477 Read “To Be a Field of Poppies: The Elegant Science of Turning Cadavers Into Compost” in Harper’s Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2021/10/to-be-a-field-of-poppies-natural-organic-reduction-composting-corpse/ On IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_wells_writer/ Nick Jaina’s book SPEKTRUM: https://nickjaina.com/spektrum Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Death Is the Problem Solver w/Sophie Strand

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Sophie Strand, writer & “neo-troubadour animist w/a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories,” as they talk about her new book The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine, THE ANIMATE EVERYTHING, & slowing down to “turn to each other, arms open, ears pricked, & ask with complete rapt attention: ‘What troubles you?’”ALL THINGS SOPHIE STRANDGet Sophie’s book The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Flowering-Wand/Sophie-Strand/9781644115961 Sophie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/cosmogyny/ Sophie’s Webby: https://sophiestrand.com/ Sophie’s Substack: https://sophiestrand.substack.com/ & Sophie requests that you check outFungi Foundation: https://www.ffungi.org/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”The Final Benediction” by Sophie Strand, scored by Nick Jaina”Just to Sing Here” by Chelsea Coleman”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

We Act Like Nobody Dies w/Thao Nguyen

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with veteran artist, songwriter, touring musician, & producer Thao Nguyen, as they talk about the death of her grandmother, the influence of familial Buddhism on her relationship to mortality, & creating bridges of vulnerability to transmit love, as an artist & a human being.All Things Thao…IG: https://www.instagram.com/thaogetstaydown/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thaogetstaydown Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andnowthao/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thaomusic Webby: https://thaothaothao.com/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”How Could I (Strings Version)” by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

I’d Rather Not w/Avi Vinocur

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Avi Vinocur, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, & producer, as they talk about the death of his father when he was 3 years old, the kinds of grief one lives through after loss like that, & what it means to both be grateful for a life perhaps made in some ways by death AND too simultaneously wish for those we’ve loved & lost to be a part of our lives now.Follow Avi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avispersonalprofile/ Avi’s Website: https://www.avivinocurmusic.com/ Avi’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/avivinocur Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”I’d Rather Not” performed by Goodnight, Texas, written by Adam Nash, Avi Vinocur, & Patrick Dyer Wolf”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman, & Ned BuskirkFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Our Dead Still Speak w/Caleb Wilde

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Caleb Wilde, author & sixth generation funeral director of 20 years who left his family's business this past August, as they talk about his decision to end his career as a funeral director, how the funeral industry shouldn’t exist, & creating the kind of funeral where our dead can actually be participants.Get Caleb Wilde’s newest book “All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak”: https://www.book.calebwilde.com/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman, & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Do You Want to Be Home? w/Hospice Nurse Julie

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden, BSN, RN, ICU & Hospice/Palliative Nurse, as they talk about her personal journey to work with the dying, knowing our options for the end of life before we need them, & how hospice is more about how we live at the end of life than how we die.Hospice Nurse Julieon TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicenursejulie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursejulie/ on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hospicenursejulie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Hospice-nurse-julie/100077937666311/ Get Nick Jaina’s book SPEKTRUM here: https://nickjaina.com/spektrum Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Grape Reduction” by Oilbhe Pepper, scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman, & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Death Is the Only Real Thing w/Rabbi Steve Leder

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Rabbi Steve Leder, author & senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, talking about his books - The Beauty of What Remains & For You When I Am Gone, how to show up for the dying, to trust your authentic self in those moments, & what it means to be lead by our heartfelt human being, instead of by our jobs or the systems we operate within.Connect to Rabbi Steve Leder HERE: https://www.steveleder.com/ And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve_leder/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman, & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Yoga Death w/Susan Marrufo

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Susan Marrufo, co-founder of Samarasa Center, yoga teacher, & meditation teacher, as they talk intimately, from personal experience, about ego death, taking responsibility for our minds’ projection of reality, a reality formed by our past, & sometimes our trauma, all as a doorway into Susan’s work with Samarasa Center & Yoga, + Death™️.Check out the Samarasa Center: https://www.samarasacenter.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samarasacenter/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/samarasacenterOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samarasacenter/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”The Ganges” by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

The Call of Duty w/Alec With Pen

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with cartoonist & comedian Alec MacDonald, aka Alec With Pen, as they talk about how our guilty entertainment pleasures offer us needed relief from the intensity of EVERYTHING/LIFE, the accessible, effective, creative catharsis of drawing, & the deep significance of our pets’ lives & deaths.Check out Alec With Pen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alecwithpen/ And You’re Going to Die on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Alec at Night” by Alec MacDonald, scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Grief is Universal w/AmarAtma Khalsa

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with AmarAtma Khalsa, a Grief Coach, w/a Grief Recovery Specialist advanced certification, & a Board Certified Chaplain, w/a dual Master’s Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine & Divinity, meeting at the threshold of vulnerability to talk about how to face/embrace/release our intense & uncomfortable emotions, reclaiming humanness out of our dark nights of the soul, & how to use our body to access parts of ourselves, our lives, our emotional landscape, to find healing & peace.Check out AmarAtma here: https://amaratmacoaching.com/ AmarAtma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amaratmacoaching/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Preparation” by AmarAtma Khalsa, scored by Nick JainaGet more of Nick Jaina’s music: http://nickjaina.com/music ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

An Elaborate Hoax w/Eef Barzelay

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Eef Barzelay, singer/songwriter behind the band Clem Snide, as they talk about their moms’ deaths, who our dead are after they’ve died, & what their “great act of death” offers us, the living they leave behind.Check out Eef Barzelay & Clem Snide: https://www.clemsni.de/ Eef’s Bandcamp: https://eefbarzelay-clemsnide.bandcamp.com/ A Life In Song with Clem Snide podcast: https://linktr.ee/alifeinsong Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Page 150 of Spektrum” scored, written, & read by Nick JainaGet a copy of Nick Jaina’s book SPEKTRUM here: http://nickjaina.com/ ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

See Past the Burning House w/Reverend Bodhi Be

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Reverend Bodhi Be, ordained minister, funeral director, end-of-life/bereavement counselor, & casket maker, as they talk about bringing love to the work of dying, completing a life to leave in peace, & running The Death Store on the island of Maui, Hawaii.Read “Facing Death, A Conversation with Reverend Bodhi Be”: https://www.powells.com/book/facing-death-9781953508256 The Death Store: https://www.doorwayintolight.org/the-death-store.html Check out Founder Bodhi Be’s Doorway Into Light: https://www.doorwayintolight.org/ - join their e-newsletter, donate to their work, or attend our death doula trainingsCheck out ‘Īpuka’s Sanctuary Park & Natural Burial Ground, a sacred story of life & death interweaving in healthy community life, protected & cared for by a nonprofit organization in perpetuity: https://www.ipuka.org/ All the prison orgs, programs, retreat centers, etc. mentioned in this episode…Alive Inside: https://www.alive-inside.com/ Bellwether Farms: https://bellwetherfarms.com/ Death Penalty Action: https://deathpenaltyaction.org/ Horizon Prison Initiative: https://www.horizonprisoninitiative.org/ Think Make Live Youth: https://tmlyouth.org/ Ohio Innocence Project: https://law.uc.edu/real-world-learning/centers/ohio-innocence-project-at-cincinnati-law.html Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Untouched,” “The Evolutionary Pinnacle of Fire,” & "Moon King" by Nick Jaina - all songs available on a Bandcamp-only release: http://nickjaina.bandcamp.com/album/elemental-twoSounds from Bellwether Farm provided by Isaac Hollingsworth”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

A Lot to Hold w/The Feelings Parade

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with a couple of his favorite friends & musicians, Morgan Bolender & Scott Ferreter of The Feelings Parade, as they share the story of their debut full-length record “Let It Move You,” from its “places” of inception, to their surviving Morgan’s grand mal seizure, her “cavernous malformation” diagnosis, & ultimately the brain surgery to treat it, to the miraculous release of an album that holds it all.Check out The Feelings Parade: https://thefeelingsparade.com/ Get tickets to You’re Going to Die Presents… LET IT MOVE YOU - The Feelings Parade Album Release Show at Freight & Salvage on Tuesday, September 13th: https://www.yg2d.com/eventsandworkshops/letitmoveyou Get The Feelings Parade’s NEW ALBUM “Let It Move You” [& a ton of other wonderful merch!]: https://the-feelings-parade.myshopify.com/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina"The Tides" by The Feelings Parade”Strongest I Have Ever Felt” & “Let Go Into It” - album interludes by The Feelings Parade”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

DIG w/Cara Levine

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with artist Cara Levine, talking about This Is Not A Gun [her multidisciplinary project aiming to create awareness & activism around police brutality through collective creative action], DIG: A Hole To Put Your Grief In [her week-long performance project digging a large-scale hole in the ground, around which other artists utilized the site as a container for new works relating to grief & mourning], & the personal health story that brought her to so many edges of her own mortality.Check out Cara Levine: http://www.caralevine.com/ DIG, A Hole To Put Your Grief In: http://www.caralevine.com/#/dig/ DIG, A Hole To Put Your Grief In DOCUMENTARY: https://youtu.be/bbqMBUeIF-E This Is Not A Gun: https://thisisnotagun.com/ CARA SAYS SUPPORT:NIAD - https://niadart.org/ Equal Justice Initiative - https://eji.org/ Critical Resistance - https://criticalresistance.org/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina"Ultimately" by Nick Jaina, with sounds from DIG, A Hole To Put Your Grief In DOCUMENTARY”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

I Had a Dream That You Died w/Kevin Sullivan of Field Medic

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Kevin Sullivan, artist behind the freak folk project Field Medic, talking about making music we really want/need to make [unless Beyoncé asks us to do a song], how the people we want to trade shoes with can save our lives, & the life of a mortal musician during these strange times.Check out Field Medic: https://www.fieldmedic.net/ Follow Field Medic on IG: https://www.instagram.com/_fieldmedic/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina"song I made up to stop myself from having a panic attack just now" by Field Medic, REMIXED by Nick Jaina”i had a dream that you died” by Field Medic”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

We Can’t Escape Ourselves w/Minna Jain

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Minna Jain, a disabled/non-binary/, artist/writer, plant/bee steward, & racial equity educator training as a Sōtō Zen Buddhist priest, as they talk about ghosts & monsters, drinking tea & whiskey in conversation with death, & living after almost dying.Support these two Minnesotan orgs that Minna recommends, doing work that’s always vital, especially right now…The SPIRAL Collective is a chronically ill, disabled, , trans, BIPOC-centered full spectrum reproductive + healing justice & care work nonprofit. They are committed to eliminating barriers to abortion access by honoring bodily autonomy & collective liberation: https://www.spiralmn.com/ QUEERSPACE works with LGBTQ+ youth & their families, the broader LGBTQ+ community & local organizations to create a strengthened LGBTQ+ support network & reduce LGBTQ+ youth isolation, suicide & homelessness: https://www.queerspacecollective.org/ FIND OUT MORE OF MINNA:www.minnajain.comwww.buddhistjustice.comwww.realtransformationtoday.orgwww.deeplisteningforsocialchange.orgWHEN YOU MEET THE MONSTER, ANOINT ITS FEET by Bayo AkomolafeProduced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick JainaExcerpt from ”A River is a Long Soul” by Minna Jain, scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Revolution Is the Family Business w/Tongo Eisen-Martin

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with San Francisco’s eighth poet laureate, movement worker, & educator, Tongo Eisen-Martin, while they talk about the wide-open-eyed work of revolution, the meditative practice of writing, & the murder of his cousin’s son at the hands of a white supremacist.MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN ANYTHINGsupport Tongo’s cousin as she seeks justice for her son’s murder at the hands of a white supremacist: https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-a-mother-get-justice-for-her-son Follow Tongo on IG: https://www.instagram.com/_tongogara_/Tongo’s We Charge Genocide Again! Curriculum for Operation Ghetto Storm: a 2012 Annual Report on the extrajudicial killing of 313 Black people by police, security guards, & vigilantes: http://www.operationghettostorm.org/curriculum.html Black Freighter Press [co-founded by Tongo]: https://www.blackfreighterpress.com/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Four Walls” by Tongo Eisen-Martin & scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY Katie Semro’s Project Til It’s Gone. Contribute to the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katiesemro/til-its-gone & THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROMLISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.