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Matt discusses the topic of immediate vs delayed aspiration. He touches on benefits of each and how COVID-19 has changed his perspective.

In this episode of The Open Casket Podcast, Matt talks with Madeline Lyles & Dana Taylor from After Life Mortuary Services. They cover a broad range of topics ranging from jaundice to being the first women in Tennessee to own and operate a funeral home.

Matt and John discuss COVID-19 and proper long term preservation techniques.

Matt sits down with a couple of Australian embalmers (Tara Mackay and Sofiya Bouabdullah) to discuss the difference in embalming culture on the other side of the world.

S1E8 - Matt Discusses Jaundice with Steve Spann PART 2 by Frigid Fluid Company

S1E7 - Matt Discusses Jaundice with Steve Spann PART 1 by Frigid Fluid Company

Professional Trade Embalmer Matt Smith details exactly how he breaks down and treats a body suffering from both jaundice and edema.

Professional Trade Embalmer Matt Smith discusses tissue gas with fellow embalmer Aason Fortune.

Season 1 Episode 4 - Educator Dr. Ralph L. Klicker, PhD by Frigid Fluid Company

In this episode of The Open Casket's, host Matt Smith discusses how the current opioid crisis is affecting the death care industry and what embalmers can do to deal with it. He interviews his brother, John Smith, a funeral director and embalmer from Tennessee and touches on the how it has effected him.

In The Open Casket's second episode, host Matt Smith touches on a sensitive personal subject close to his heart, interviews Co-worker and friend Nelson Sanchez about the importance of continuing education and then ending the episode with discussing the proper way to evaluate an embalmers salary!

Introductory Episode of The Open Casket Podcast where host Matt Smith goes over his professional history and interviews Frigid CEO Brian Yeazel about the intentions of partnering with Matt to spread proper embalming education around the world.