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 Episode SummaryKaren calls her younger sister to speak openly for the first time about the cancer diagnosis that changed their relationship and their lives forever, and why we should talk about death with those we love most. Episode NotesF...

When I was thirteen, I was a fat kid who was tired of being bullied, called ugly by girls, getting chosen last for sports and games, and just being slow and lethargic. Then one day I tried a simple run at a nearby school track, and it changed me.&nbs...

 Episode SummaryFarewelling goes to opening night of the 2019 Reimagine End of Life Festival in San Francisco, and talks with folks arriving at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on why they want to be there, and why we should have more open conversat...

While traditional burial was the only choice for many decades, we've entered a new phase, and people are looking for something different. Innovations abound, some of which are a reaction to increasingly scarce land or other environmental concerns. He...

When do you tell people that someone important to you has died? “Mommy, Mommy!” It was the voice of my nine-year-old son, who can be pretty darned persistent even when he just wants more macaroni and cheese before soccer practice. At the time, I...

My family are big-time music lovers, each with their own preferences. But when I planned funerals for my dear Italian grandmother and my own father, it wasn’t yet a trend to play nontraditional music at a funeral service. For my grandmother, it...