You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Broth From the Bones w/Jenna Bowers

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with creative energy healer Jenna Bowers, aka The Way Witch, as they talk about the life-changing deaths of her nephew & father, the ways death can propel life forward, death & ancestor rituals & practices, & her work crossing over our ghosts who need it.Jenna Bowers/The Way Witch’swebsite: https://www.thewaywitch.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/thewaywitch tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewaywitch Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Dog Beach” from the album Some Good Lives by Shook Twins”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.

Tragedy Abounds w/Shanthi Sekaran

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with novelist & television writer Shanthi Sekaran, as they talk about her new book Boomi's Boombox, how she went about tackling the issue of grief for a fictional 12-year old, & her secondhand experience of death/grief, mostly in story form, from her own mother.Shanthi Sekaran’swebsite: https://www.shanthisekaran.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/shanthi.sekaran/ pre-order/order Boomi's Boombox: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/boomis-boombox-shanthi-sekaran ”Imperfect Eulogy for Elmer Morrissey”: https://www.zyzzyva.org/2012/04/25/imperfect-eulogy-for-elmer-morrissey/ [an excerpt from this piece was included in this episode]Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick JainaExcerpt from “Imperfect Eulogy for Elmer Morrissey” by Shanthi Sekaran, scored 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.

Ecstatic w/Karima Walker

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with artist & musician Karima Walker, as they talk about the hypnotizing death of her mother, the difficulties/complications of being in a potentially necessary changing relationship with our dead, & making art in the wake of loss.Karima Walker’swebsite: https://www.karimawalker.com/ bandcamp: https://karimawalker.bandcamp.com/music ig: https://www.instagram.com/karimawalker/ tip karima via venmo: @karima-walkerAn organization karima really loves is Borderlands Restoration Network: https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/donate.html Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina”Reconstellated” from the album Waking the Dreaming Body by Karima WalkerFOLLOW 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.

The Cosmic Shhh w/Báyò Akómoláfé

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé, father to Alethea & Kyah, grateful life-partner to Ije, son & brother, widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, & author, as they talk about his father’s death when Báyò was 15 years old, what it would take to dissolve the wall that death brought between them, & considering what new “cosmology of death” we all may need for these “modern times.”Báyò Akómoláfé’swebsite: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/ ”We Will Dance With Mountains” - September 2023: https://course.bayoakomolafe.net/ ”I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist.”: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/i-coronavirus-mother-monster-activist facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayoakomolafeampersand twitter: https://twitter.com/bayoakomolafe linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bayoakomolafe/ 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.

Shadow Work w/Jess Reis Mendivil

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with The Death Empath - Jess Reis Mendivil, an Ancestral Death Doula, Shadow Empath, Grief Guide, & Life Coach, talking about being “in the sad,” the dark, the shadows, efficiently moving through it all by creatively alchemizing Grief, Death, & Loss of Self, & how integrating death & shadow helps garner kinder, softer, humans that are in awe of their own lives.***EPISODE TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide Ideation***Jess Reis Mendivil’swebsite: https://thedeathempath.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/deathempath/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.death.empath 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 Biggest Deal w/Amanda Yates Garcia

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amanda Yates Garcia, writer, witch, & the Oracle of Los Angeles, talking about the “underworlds” we must endure, what it means to come back from that dark with a burning torch to share with others who need that light, & the story of her becoming a witch [available in her book INITIATED: MEMOIR OF A WITCH].Amanda Yates Garcia’website: https://www.oracleoflosangeles.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/oracleofla/ book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-yates-garcia/initiated/9781538763070/ Between the Worlds podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/between-the-worlds-podcast/id1437333094 substack: https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.comvenmo @Amanda-YatesGarcia 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.

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.