Hosted by Rachel · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 15 episodes
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Exploring and improving our relationship with death through respectful enquiry. Here you’ll find conversations with those who work with the dead & grieving, plus episodes examining death through a lens of history & the arts, folklore & food. We’ll take you from ancient funerary rituals to forensic anthropologists via green burials and Persephone’s pomegranates. We hope the journey & stories will provide you with some of the knowledge & empathy you need to navigate this hidden world as well as shine a light on the kindness & tenderness displayed by the professionals who take care of our dead.
Rachel hosts A Question of Death, a society show with 15 episodes published.
About the Episode In this solo episode, I explore the connection between food, memory, & legacy. Autumn’s reflective mood leads me to discuss how cherished recipes can live on as powerful keepsakes, especially after the
About the Episode Amy & I discussed her moving and enlightening new book released on 30 September in the UK. About the Book “Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. In recent years, there has
About the Episode In this episode we discussed the ethics around eating meat, hunting for food and the cycles of life. Should we honour the sacrifice of the animal on our plate or have we gotten so far from the earth and
About the Episode Enjoy this fascinating conversation with Dr Icy Sedgwick about the Death Goddesses, Persephone & Hel via a short Hecate detour. We explore the connections between female deities and traditional views of
About the Episode “You’re going to die. That’s not meant as a threat, by the way. Just establishing a premise.” ― Evie King, Ashes to Admin: The Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer In this episode I had wonderful conve
About the Episode I spoke with the wonderful Dr Dan O‘Brien in a fascinating discussion about historic funerary journeys. In or conversation he shared how this area of historical research had first attracted him as well
About the Episode Samhain is celebrated by many of those who practice in the pagan tradition. As the veil between worlds thins during the end of October and beginning of November, we delve into the rich tapestry of tradi
About the Episode "Life really is so precious and so fragile. There's no greater lesson from my work than that." A fascinating and uplifting conversation with the incredible Lucy Easthope, A conversation with Lucy Eastho
About the Episode Have you ever said to a grieving friend or family member - ‘Let me know what I can do to help?’ This conversation gives some insight into why they might not ever ask. It also provides some ideas of tang
About the Episode A discursive conversation with the wonderful Dr Alessandra Pino exploring the complex relationship between food and death in fiction. We discussed The Garden Party by Katharine Mansfield, Lamb to the Sl
About the Episode A thoroughly interesting and enlightening conversation about the possibilities, expectations and choices in a modern funeral. Carrie Weekes is one half of the A Natural Undertaking, funeral directors in
About the Episode A fascinating conversation about Corpse Roads with the amazing Icy Sedgwick, folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. You can also buy her wonderful book: Rebel Folklore: Empowering T
About the Episode A wonderful warm conversation with Celebrant Ruth Graham who describes her role as: “an independent celebrant is free to conduct all kinds of services. From humanist (no religion whatsoever), through to
About the Episode A conversation with Ashley-Anne Masters. We spoke about Food, Funerals and Mourning in the Deep South of America which is well known for its traditions and rituals around food and funerals. We discussed
First Episode out Monday 11 March - Subscribe Now Exploring and improving our relationship with death through respectful enquiry. Here you’ll find conversations with those who work with the dead and grieving, in addition
Dr Icy Sedgwick
folklorist, author, and host of The Fabulous Folklore Podcast · Fabulous Folklore Podcast
2 appearances on this show
Dan O'Brien
chief economist · IIEA
1 appearance on this show
Dan O’Brien
historian of undertakers and funerals · Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
1 appearance on this show
Lucy Easthope
author of When The Dust Settles
1 appearance on this show
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Purchasing Agent · Ope Outdoors
1 appearance on this show
Alessandra Pino
Food historian
1 appearance on this show
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