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Hosted by Sean O'Connor · society · EN-US
A life-affirming Deathcast from Cape Town. How To Die is a series of conversations with people who dance on the edges of life, to discover what death can teach us. Because talking about death won’t kill you… it’s good for life.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA life-affirming Deathcast from Cape Town. How To Die is a series of conversations with people who dance on the edges of life, to discover what death can teach us. Because talking about death won’t kill you… it’s good for life.
How To Die is hosted by Sean O'Connor. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Performer" (7 March 2025, 65 minutes), "The Child Grief Counsellor" (21 February 2025, 49 minutes), and "The Pet Bereavement Doula" (7 February 2025, 47 minutes).
How To Die publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 41 episodes.
Booking probability for How To Die is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. How To Die requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. How To Die's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for How To Die are Funeral Services and Family & Social Services. How To Die has a society audience.
Sean O'Connor hosts How To Die, a society podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Episode #10
<p >The lights go down, people settle. A violin starts to play. Stage left, an elderly man walks onstage, alone, in a suit and tie, wearing a hat. This is John Cartwright, aged just 87 - The Performer. In this episode...
Episode #9
<p >Zodwa Mabusela works for Khululeka, the only organisation in South Africa focused on children's grief. In this episode, she explains why it’s often difficult to help children in their grief, and what we can do about...
Episode #8
<p >Dion Chang is a well-known trends analyst who has trained as a death doula. He uses his skills and insight both in the world of work and as a companion to those experiencing something called disenfranchised grief...
Episode #7
<p>Arabella Tresilian is an interpersonal mediator working in the medical care and end-of-life environment. She helps families find acceptance with each other and the challenges they face.</p><p>Arabella’s nuanced...
Episode #6
<p> Rhiannon Thomas has learnt a new way of doing law. Guided by purpose and values, Integrative Law a radically different approach to the win/lose adversarial approach of traditional law. Instead, here is a process...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode, Warrant Officer Stephné Le Roux of the South African Police Service (SAPS) provides intimate detail of her fascinating work identifying skeletal remains. </p><p>Frequently, this means determining...
Episode #4
<p>A whopper of an episode with an extraordinary guest, outgoing Emeritus Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Cape Town Medical School, Dr Graham Louw. We discuss body donation and what it’s like for...
Episode #3
<p>Eric Adjetey Anang grew up playing in his grandfather's carpentry workshop in Accra, where he learnt how to make the distinctive Ghanaian abebuu adekai - or 'boxes of proverbs.' These are the fantastic customized...
Episode #2
<p>Kirsty Horn is a Breast Cancer Warrior, no mere 'survivor.' In this episode, she shares extremely useful insight gained during her diagnosis and treatment journey, with candour, energy and a great sense of humour...
Episode #1
<p>Karen Borochowitz founded Dementia South Africa over 20 years ago, after caring for her mother who had Alzheimer's Disease. </p><p>She shares a lifetime's worth of wisdom and insight into how to care for someone...
Episode #10
<p >Jill Katz is the person you want by your side to help navigate all the stuff a loved one leaves behind. Both super-practical and compassionate, Jill is blessed with intuition and a deep understanding of...
Episode #9
<p >Keshnie Mathi is the Grief Companion - a human compendium of diverse emotion, humour, compassion and wisdom, wrapped in the professional ability to listen. In this episode, she details how she supports people in...
Episode #8
<p >Dr Ivan Schewitz is a veteran explorer of the thoracic cavity, having saved and improved many lives in his long and pioneering surgical career. In this episode, he reflects on what a lifetime's work has taught him...
Episode #7
<p >Adriaan Bester has a clear eye and a steady hand, in a business that provides a service as old as time. His insight, compassion and sensitivity is perfectly suited to this culturally diverse country, steeped in...
Episode #6
<p >Dr. Mary Ryan is a priest and soul carer, someone with great experience of providing spiritual care at the end of life. In this episode, she discusses her journey toward priesthood, and the challenges she...
Episode #5
<p >Ela Manga is an integrative medical doctor, highly attuned to the relationship between different systems in the body. She has a deep experience of death, and how breath plays a leading part in how we live and how we...
Episode #4
<p >Veteran teaching midwife Ciske van Straaten has vast experience of helping to bring life into the world, and has also been intimately involved in death. What has this taught her? What have these two moments got in...
Episode #3
<p >Author of 'Crossing the River Styx - Memoirs of a Death Row Chaplain,' Russ Ford shares his experience of accompanying those condemned to die in their final years, months and earthly moments. A humble, courageous...
Episode #2
<p >A brief yet comprehensive tour of the issues surrounding the legal challenge to grant South Africans the right to die, and autonomy over their own lives. For more, see DignitySA </p>
Episode #1
<p >Earth to earth, and dust to dust, right? Brie Smith from Return Home gives the lowdown on human composting, aka terramation, a process designed to enhance natural decomposition. No added chemicals, no fancy caskets...
Recent guests on How To Die. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Head of Business Growth and Skills, University of Liverpool
trends analyst, death doula, Flux Trends
Vice Provost for Research and Enterprise at Imperial College London, Imperial College London
integrative medical doctor, author, speaker, Breathwork Africa
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