Adventures of Momento Mori
Meg, here. There’re some new death kids on the block, and they aaiight. The Adventures of Momento Mori launched about a month ago at the…
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May 26, 2014
Grave Matters… Muahahahaha!
Grave Matters (podcast)
BackStory, with the American History Guys (May 23, 2014)This week the genius history podcast BackStory rebroadcasted their show “Grave Matters” in honor of Memorial Day.
Did you know that the term “funeral parlors” was a marketing riff on the Victorian parlor room of the home, the inevitable site of the wake and funeral? To kick the dour image of death, the parlor eventually morphed into the “living” room. BOOM!
Do check it out. Always informative and entertaining, BackStory is one my (Meg’s) favorite podcasts.
Grave Matters (podcast) BackStory, with the American History Guys (May 23, 2014) This week the genius history podcast BackStory rebroadcasted their show “Grave Matters” in…
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August 2, 2010
Casket Trust-busting on the Horizon?
Consumer Advocates Want More Competition in Casket Market April Dembosky, Marketplace (August 2, 2010) American Public Media’s Marketplace has a short radio segment about a…
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March 16, 2010
The Sisters Fox
Episode 27: The Sisters Fox Nate DiMeo, The Memory Palace (March 12, 2010) In his latest podcast at The Memory Palace, Nate DiMeo tells the…
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November 3, 2009
Vote or Die… or, “and”
Episode 20: This Ungainly Fowl Nate DiMeo, The Memory Palace (October 16, 2009) In honor of Election Day in the United States and in roundabout…
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August 11, 2009
“Dead Spiritualist Silent”
Radiolab: Proof originally aired August 10, 2009. It appears Radiolab had more great death meditations than they knew what to do with. Following up on…
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July 28, 2009
Radiolab: After Life… Now with John Troyer!
Radiolab: After Life originally aired July 27, 2009. So somehow John got on Radiolab. Sure, it’s only a few seconds, but MAN this guy gets…
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June 7, 2009
TAL: Business of Death
This American Life: Business of Death originally aired April 18, 1997. This American Life delves into the death business, with readings from Thomas Lynch (The…
