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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Abigail Bengson, one half of the composing / performing / grief-working & dumb joke-writing, award-winning duo The Bengsons, talking about dissolving ravenously into the awe-filled urgent enoughness of loving & grieving LIFE. the bengsons’website: https://www.bengsons.com/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebengsons ig: https://www.instagram.com/thebengsons/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alica Forneret, educator, speaker, & consultant dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore grief & grieving, talking about her mother’s death & how this loss led to her work with PAUSE, an organization focused on supporting Communities of Color through grief & end of life. alica forneret’swebsite: https://alicaforneret.co/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/alica.forneret/ PAUSE: https://www.timetopause.org/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM 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, talking 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: https://www.patreon.com/YG2D ani difranco’swebsite: http://anidifranco.com/ memoir: http://anidifranco.com/book Righteous Babe Records: https://www.righteousbabe.com/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Do or Die” by Ani DiFranco”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with neuroscientist poet Brian Isett & storytelling artist Claudia Biçen, as they talk about their new book The Forgotten Teachers, where ideas from the field of evolutionary biology are fused with poetic prose, brought to life by intricate & dreamlike watercolor illustrations, describing the evolution of life on Earth. the forgotten teachers’kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theforgottenteachers/the-forgotten-teachers claudia biçen’sig: https://www.instagram.com/claudiabicen/ website: https://claudiabicen.art/ brian isett’sig: https://www.instagram.com/brisett_writes/ website: https://brianisett.com/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Excerpt from The Forgotten Teachers” by Brian Isett, read by Claudia Biçen, scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with death doula & therapist caroline lee., as they talk about the potentially complicated emotional experience of pregnancy, the story that led to caroline’s work in the world, & ABANDONMENT ISSUES! caroline lee’swebsite: https://www.agencyindying.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/howcarolinecarolines/ death work ig: https://www.instagram.com/death.ed_ venmo: @howcarolinecarolines Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with American songwriters Liam Robinson & Jean Rohe, as they talk about the medicine of music, & the story of life, love, & loss that led to their new album “Into the Night,” out May 26th, 2023 on Righteous Babe Records. Robinson & Rohe’swebsite: https://www.robinsonandrohe.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/robinsonandrohe/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robinsonandrohe preorder their album INTO THE NIGHT, out on May 26th, 2023 on Righteous Babe Records: https://www.robinsonandrohe.com/store Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Into the Night” off the album of the same name, by Robinson & Rohe”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer, rapper, & writer Dessa, as they talk about what it means to lead a moral life as an atheist, the kindness-potential of mortality, & how the hardest times of our life may inspire a life of generous heartfelt engagement with others. Dessa’swebsite: https://www.dessawander.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/dessa/ twitter: https://twitter.com/dessadarling facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dessadarling/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”I Hope I'm Wrong,” off the album CHIME, lyrics & vocals by Dessa”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with creative energy healer Jenna Bowers, aka The Way Witch, as they talk about the life-changing deaths of her nephew & father, the ways death can propel life forward, death & ancestor rituals & practices, & her work crossing over our ghosts who need it. Jenna Bowers/The Way Witch’swebsite: https://www.thewaywitch.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/thewaywitch tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewaywitch Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”Dog Beach” from the album Some Good Lives by Shook Twins”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with novelist & television writer Shanthi Sekaran, as they talk about her new book Boomi's Boombox, how she went about tackling the issue of grief for a fictional 12-year old, & her secondhand experience of death/grief, mostly in story form, from her own mother. Shanthi Sekaran’swebsite: https://www.shanthisekaran.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/shanthi.sekaran/ pre-order/order Boomi's Boombox: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/boomis-boombox-shanthi-sekaran ”Imperfect Eulogy for Elmer Morrissey”: https://www.zyzzyva.org/2012/04/25/imperfect-eulogy-for-elmer-morrissey/ [an excerpt from this piece was included in this episode] Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick JainaExcerpt from “Imperfect Eulogy for Elmer Morrissey” by Shanthi Sekaran, scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with artist & musician Karima Walker, as they talk about the hypnotizing death of her mother, the difficulties/complications of being in a potentially necessary changing relationship with our dead, & making art in the wake of loss. Karima Walker’swebsite: https://www.karimawalker.com/ bandcamp: https://karimawalker.bandcamp.com/music ig: https://www.instagram.com/karimawalker/ tip karima via venmo: @karima-walkerAn organization karima really loves is Borderlands Restoration Network: https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/donate.html Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina”Reconstellated” from the album Waking the Dreaming Body by Karima Walker FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé, father to Alethea & Kyah, grateful life-partner to Ije, son & brother, widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, & author, as they talk about his father’s death when Báyò was 15 years old, what it would take to dissolve the wall that death brought between them, & considering what new “cosmology of death” we all may need for these “modern times.” Báyò Akómoláfé’swebsite: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/ ”We Will Dance With Mountains” - September 2023: https://course.bayoakomolafe.net/ ”I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist.”: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/i-coronavirus-mother-monster-activist facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayoakomolafeampersand twitter: https://twitter.com/bayoakomolafe linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bayoakomolafe/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with The Death Empath - Jess Reis Mendivil, an Ancestral Death Doula, Shadow Empath, Grief Guide, & Life Coach, talking about being “in the sad,” the dark, the shadows, efficiently moving through it all by creatively alchemizing Grief, Death, & Loss of Self, & how integrating death & shadow helps garner kinder, softer, humans that are in awe of their own lives. ***EPISODE TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide Ideation*** Jess Reis Mendivil’swebsite: https://thedeathempath.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/deathempath/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.death.empath Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amanda Yates Garcia, writer, witch, & the Oracle of Los Angeles, talking about the “underworlds” we must endure, what it means to come back from that dark with a burning torch to share with others who need that light, & the story of her becoming a witch [available in her book INITIATED: MEMOIR OF A WITCH]. Amanda Yates Garcia’website: https://www.oracleoflosangeles.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/oracleofla/ book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-yates-garcia/initiated/9781538763070/ Between the Worlds podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/between-the-worlds-podcast/id1437333094 substack: https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.comvenmo @Amanda-YatesGarcia Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, cherished oracle & community accountable queer Black feminist author & scholar, talking about the life, love, & death of her father, how she stays in relationship with him “by every means” possible, & how important it is to give one another permission to be in conversation with our ancestors. Alexis Pauline Gumbs’website: https://www.alexispauline.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/ UNDROWNED, DUB, & all her books: https://www.alexispauline.com/books Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Barbara Becker, ordained interfaith minister & author of "Heartwood: The Art of Living With the End in Mind," talking about how sometimes the dying just need you to watch Jeopardy, applying the fruits of our spiritual endeavors to real life, & the powerful presence of skeletons, not in our closets, but our homes. Barbara Becker’swebsite: https://barbarabecker.com/ book: https://barbarabecker.com/heartwood/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with stand-up comedian Sheng Wang, talking about how growing up Taiwanese American may or may not result in a career in stand-up comedy, the grounding value of visiting cemeteries, & why purchasing clothes at the grocery store is a sign of maturing enlightenment. Sheng Wang’swebsite: https://www.shengwangtime.com/instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shengwangtime/ twitter: https://twitter.com/shengwangtime Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hospice Nurse Penny Smith, a nationally certified hospice & palliative care registered nurse, talking about her recent experience as a bystander to a fatal car accident & what she learns in life&death moments like these to offer others, like the wisdom she offers host Ned about the death of his own mother. Hospice Nurse Penny’stiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicenursepenny instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursepenny/ youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hospicenursepenny ResourcesAmerican Hospice: https://americanhospice.org/learning-about-hospice/ Five Wishes [the nation’s only national advance care planning program]: https://www.fivewishes.org/ Dementia Directive: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0128cf8fd4d22ca11a405d/t/60c51d29f5c2833ef87698d1/1623530793274/dementia-directive.pdf Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, a collage-comics graphic memoir about a friendship-gone-wrong & the unreliable nature of memory.MariNaomi’swebsite: https://marinaomi.com/ patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marinaomi Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”The Flowers Above You Are Blooming This Time of Year” by Lake Mary”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick JainaFOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mangda Sengvanhpheng, artist & the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on loss & grief while providing services & offerings that renew our engagement to life, meeting one another from the stories of their mothers’ deaths & where those losses place them, with mutual understanding, working in the context of death & dying. ALL THINGS MANGDA SENGVANHPHENGBacii: https://bacii.co/ Bacii on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_bacii/ Consider enrolling in YU:EXIST at https://bacii.co/yuexistSUPPORT Mangda’s work & being in the world viaVenmo: https://bacii.co/donate Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dorota Szuta & Stelth Ulvang, the songsmiths of desert grunge trio Heavy Gus, as they talk about the story of the early years of their coming together, peppered with much grief & loss, but also with the life, love, & music that emerged from their deepening relationship. ALL THINGS DOROTA & STELTH & HEAVY GUSHeavy Gus: https://www.heavygus.com/ Heavy Gus IG: https://www.instagram.com/heavygus/ Heavy Gus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heavygus4432 Stelth on IG: https://www.instagram.com/stelthulvang/ Dorota on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mydorota/ Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jasmine PritchardSoundscaping by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina”Breathe” from the album Notions by Heavy Gus FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIEon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.