You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Elton Beardy, an Anishinini cultural educator, storyteller, & writer from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, while they talk about the legacy of the life & death of his mother, the inherited impact of Canada’s Indian Residential School System, & the work of honoring & integrating where we all come from, culturally & ancestrally.Connie Walker’s CBC Story on the first­hand legacy of residential schools: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1261239363717 Indigenous Relations at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay, Canada: https://sjcg.net/services/Indigenous-Relations/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Petitioning Mirth” written by Francesca Hernandez-Singer & 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with podcaster & comedian Tawny Platis, while they talk about her husband’s death, using dark humor to cope with grief, & creating community after loss with real, raw, visible being in the world.Check out Death is Hilarious - the podcast & 501(c)3 nonprofit: https://deathishilarious.com/ Follow Tawny on IG HERE: https://www.instagram.com/tawnyplatis/ And HERE: https://www.instagram.com/thatdeathpod/Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”HUSTLE” written & 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Wesley Schultz, the guitarist & lead vocalist for the American folk rock band The Lumineers, while they talk about the impact of his father’s death on his work & music & being in the world, why we should sometimes keep doing the thing everyone else thinks we should quit, & creating music to help ourselves, & others, feel wholly & fully seen.Check out The Lumineers HERE: https://www.thelumineers.com/ Follow Wesley on IG HERE: https://www.instagram.com/wesleyschultz/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”A Letter by Ted Hughes” written by Ted Hughes, read by Wesley Schultz, 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.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with documentary filmmaker Taylor Rees, while they talk about the stories beneath the surface, being a woman documentary filmmaking at the edge [literally & metaphorically], & the intentional act of storytelling as a way to presence humans - ecological beings - to what’s at stake, AND what’s still possible, for our home - planet Earth.Connect to Taylor’s work & being in the world HERE: https://www.taylorfreesolorees.com/ Taylor on IG: https://instagram.com/taylorfreesolo?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=TAYLOR’S PROJECTS:Ashes to Ashes - https://youtu.be/-2Q97pXZE2g From Kurils With Love - https://youtu.be/kHGarqZFY1k The Last Tepui - https://youtu.be/vmPredMTXpgBehind the Scenes [The Last Tepui] - https://youtu.be/RlBlylIrPqg Moonwalk - https://youtu.be/2xKSOrHm8Zs Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Two Northern White Rhinos Taking Mud Baths” Field Recordings by Taylor Rees & 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 FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with best-selling author, psychotherapist, & grief advocate Megan Devine, while they talk about how it’s okay that it’s not okay, the complicated case of Prolonged Grief Disorder, & how the work of other people’s grief might impact us & what’s required to keep doing it.Connect to Megan’s work & being in the world HERE: https://refugeingrief.com/ And HERE: https://www.megandevine.co/ ”How Do You Help a Grieving Friend?”: https://youtu.be/l2zLCCRT-nE 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 POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROM…THE ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION - https://ernestbecker.org/ & LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

In our newest episode, You’re Going to Die: The Podcast & Life is A Festival partner up, with respective hosts Ned Buskirk & Eamon Armstrong in conversation about the story of You’re Going to Die, how the process of losing Ned’s mother & mother-in-law led to the creation of his unique open-mic, including a whole lot of public grieving, crying, & celebrating life with community.Check out Eamon Armstrong & his podcast Life is A Festival HERE: https://www.eamonarmstrong.com/Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Olivia PepperSoundscaping 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 FROM…THE ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION - https://ernestbecker.org/ & LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with psychologist, author, and the founder of Shanti Project Dr. Charles Garfield, while they talk about his 50 years working with people at the end of life, his personal origin story which led to the meaningful offerings of his work & being in the world, and how our own mortality, the advisor of our own finitude, can be our strongest mentor.Connect to Dr. Garfield’s work & being in the world HERE: http://www.charlesgarfield.com/ Check out Shanti Project: https://www.shanti.org/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Olivia PepperSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“I Make A Prayer ” by Stephen Jenkinson, read & 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 FROM…THE ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION - https://ernestbecker.org/ & LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with broadcaster, writer, & performer Salena Godden, while they talk about the value of writing non-fiction AND fiction to work out our grief, the community of connectedness created when we vulnerably share our work in the world, & how her debut novel Mrs. Death Missed Death is a container made to hold & offer healing for all the grief - not just for the author, but for all of us, too.To get special content from Salena Godden reading her own words, scored by producer Nick Jaina, become one of our precious podcast patron’s today: https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.You can listen to You’re Going to Die: The PodcastON ANY OF YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST APPS!HERE: https://pod.link/yergoing2die Connect to Salena Godden work & being in the world HERE: https://linktr.ee/salenagoddenFollow Salena on Isntagram here: https://www.instagram.com/salena.godden/ Get your copy of Mrs. Death Misses Death HERE: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/mrs-death-misses-death_salena-godden/29041513/#isbn=1838851194 Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Olivia PepperSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Mrs. Death” by Salena Godden, 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 FROM…THE ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION - https://ernestbecker.org/ & LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, while they talk about her father’s death, how we can tend to relationships with our dead, “grief as a window” to what’s possible, & the ways we can heal collective grief with restorative justice.To listen to an UNEDITED version of this conversation with Ani DiFranco, become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.Get at everything Ani DiFranco HERE: http://anidifranco.com/ Check out Righteous Babe Records: https://www.righteousbabe.com/ Read Ani’s Memoir: http://anidifranco.com/book Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Do or Die” by Ani DiFranco”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 FROM…THE ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION - https://ernestbecker.org/ ANDCORACAO CHOCOLATE - https://www.coracaoconfections.com/discount/Feelgreat15 AND BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with actress & improvisor Jean Villepique, whose credits include The Office, 30 Rock, & most recently a series regular on NBC/Peacock's A.P. Bio, while they talk about coping with grief when auditioning & performing, navigating the death of a parent with whom you have a difficult relationship, miscarriages, failed IVF, & the eventual adoption of her little boy Bruce.Connect to Jean…On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/villepique/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/villepique Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Bruce” recorded by Jean Villepique, 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 POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with dear friend & PhD-in-Death candidate Laura Powers, while they talk about the excel spreadsheet-worthy list of losses she’s incurred in a lifetime, the ways the death of our loved ones leaves us less than whole, & how such loss can inform our aliveness.In 2021, Laura lost several loved ones, including a beloved college friend from colon cancer and her best friend's dad to a rare neurological disease.Donations to their families' nonprofits of choice would be deeply appreciated... For Anita: https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/ For George: https://www.psp.org/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Windchimes” recorded by Laura Powers”Chapter 52 - Hitomi” by Nick JainaTo get a copy of Hitomi visit 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 POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with poet & activist Andrea Gibson, in laughter & tears on the chemo-brain railroad, talking about the record skipping parts of our lives’, the poetry of cancer, chronic disease, & panic attacks, & what it means to consider what’s available when faced with the hardest parts of being mortal.All things Andrea Gibson: https://andreagibson.org/Buy their book “You Better Be Lightening”: https://buttonpoetry.com/product/you-better-be-lightning/ Subscribe to their newsletter “Things That Don’t Suck”: https://andreagibson.bulletin.com/subscribe Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Time Piece” by Andrea Gibson/Soundscaping by Nick Jaina”Whale & Mouse” by Liza Maytok: https://soundcloud.com/liza-maytok/whale-mouse ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Johanna Warren - singer/songwriter, actor, & Level III Reiki Master-Teacher - as they talk about the fatal accident that returned her to her magical child self, drawing pentagrams in the sandbox to invoke our unicorn lover, & how to remember that life loves & needs us.All things Johanna Warren: https://www.johannawarren.com/Support Johanna…On Bandcamp: https://johannawarren.bandcamp.com/ On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johannawarren Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Broken Machine” with Words by JP/Read by Johanna Warren/Soundscaping 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 POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Angela Hennessy - Oakland-based artist, teacher, & griever - while they talk about finding the ways we need to grieve on the spectrum, feeding our ancestors, & surviving a gunshot wound she incurred while interrupting a violent assault on the street in front of her house.Connect to Angela Hennessy: http://www.angelahennessy.com/ Support Angela Hennessy…via Venmo/cashapp: @thehouseofhennessy via PayPal: chocolatecosmo@yahoo.comProduced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“We Keep Breathing” by Angela Hennessy/Soundscaping 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 POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amelia Meath - Sylvan Esso’s musician, songwriter, producer, & dancer - while they talk about how rude death is, dancing with our own ghosts, & the strange experience of waiting to become a member of the shittiest club ever.Check out Sylvan Esso: https://www.sylvanesso.com/ Check out Mountain Man: https://www.wearemountainman.com/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Ashes” Recordings by Ned Buskirk/Baby Noises by Shay/Music by Mountain Man/Soundscaping 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 POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jonah Welch - transgender mystic & devotional artist who studies the ways that gender non-conformity intersects with the occult - while they talk about transness’ inherent proximity to death, gender dysphoria as a "change or die” messenger, & how trans beings bear death on their bodies, the inherent risk involved in pursuing their freedom. More from Jonah Welch: https://www.jonahwelch.com/ Support Jonah’s work via Venmo @jonahwelchFind Jonah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonahwelch/ Jonah suggests supporting GWORLS - a Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, & travel assistance: https://www.forthegworls.party/home Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Jonah Landscape” Recordings by Jonah Welch/Soundscaping 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 POSSIBLEBECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Allison Davis - television writer for American Horror Story [F/X, Netflix], The Underground Railroad [Amazon Prime] & David Makes Man [The Oprah Winfrey Network, HBO Max] - while they talk about writing the TRUTH from our living experience, what it’s like to write television during a pandemic, & how fun it is to finally write for a horror show. More from Allison Davis: http://www.itsallisondavis.com/ Equal Justice Initiative’s Lynching in America - Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror: https://eji.org/reports/lynching-in-america/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“The Dark” by Karis Taylor”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 FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Lata Mani - cultural critic, contemplative writer & filmmaker - while they talk about her life-changing car accident with a Pepsi-Cola truck, the gifts of life’s ruptures, & The Poetics of Fragility, a “videocontemplation” she conceived & scripted, interweaving stories of bodily frailty with optical vignettes of nature’s delicacy to reclaim fragility as intrinsic to existence, not something to be bemoaned or overcome.More from Dr. Lata Mani: https://www.latamani.com/ The Poetics of Fragility: https://www.thepoeticsoffragility.com/ Support The Poetics of Fragility exhibition w/a tax deductible contribution to Two Raven's Trust at The Intersections for the Arts: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MjU3NTQ=Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Birdsong Temple Trees” recordings by Lata Mani & soundscape 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 FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Rachael Cusick - producer at the public radio program & podcast Radiolab - while they talk about grief & cookies, the Burrito of Okayness, & her recent Rabiolab episode The Queen of Dying, an audio biography on the surprising life of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the woman who gave us The Five Stages of Grieving.Listen to Radiolab’s The Queen of Dying: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/queen-dyingProduced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“If I Were an Urn Garden, Where Would I Be?” recordings by Rachael Cusick & soundscape 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 FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Smiley Poswolsky - millennial workplace expert, motivational speaker, & author - while they talk about our disconnected lives, what to do about it & his book Friendship in the Age of Loneliness… & how a dear friend’s death connects it all.Get Smiley’s book “Friendship in the Age of Loneliness”: https://bit.ly/2Uvxj4e Get more of Smiley: https://smileyposwolsky.com/ Check out more music from Joey Pecoraro: https://www.joeypecoraro.com/Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Crosswalks” w/Levi Felix by Smiley & Nick Jaina"An Exchange of Gifts” by Alden NowlanMusic from Joey Pecoraro”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 FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com