DEAD AIR #120

Ancient Egypt’s First Fully Preserved Funeral Home Has Been Discovered In The City Of The Dead – all that is interesting

Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos? – Ask a Mortician (YouTube)

Bereavement Assistance - bereavementassistance.org.au

Potter’s Filed Funerals (social enterprise) - pottersfieldfunerals.com.au

‘Theatre of the Last Breath’ by Annie Caulfield at Grass Roots Death Care Support the project HERE

ONLINE: 2025 CDAS Conference ‘Death in transition’ 12-13 June 2025

AHFA & Good Death Impact Network workshops: Adelaide 5-6 April & Melbourne 12-13 April 2025. To be considered, submit an EOI: https://shorturl.at/r9w3D closes 24 Feb. Limited places available.

TOMORROW: Community Lunch, Tues 11 Feb, 12.30pm Castlemaine Town Hall. This lunch is dedicated to dear friend and long-serving volunteer, Austin Crocker, who died unexpectedly last week. Time will be set aside to honour and remember Austin’s memory.

TRACKS: Fat Hans Gone Mad - Party Dozen / Dread - Thank

DEAD AIR #101

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

MIT Technology Review - The Biggest Questions: What is death?

‘Colin Apelt volunteers for happy hour’ - ABC News

Grief and bereavement care - NDAN 

‘Reimagining what a funeral can be’ with Rebecca Lyons Palliative Care Australia

‘Going through my father’s hoard now after his death, all I want is him’ - The Guardian

The Mushroom Cook Podcast

BOOK Breath by Carly Jay Metcalfe

BOOK ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter’ By Margeta Magnusson. ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning’ - SBS Series

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Oxytocin – Billie Eilish / I Am Pentagon – The Make-Up

DEAD AIR #73

The Guardian: ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK

ABC News: Launceston store launches range of products to help bereaved parents remember their babies and YouTube

Pregnancy Loss Podcast, Episode 11 ‘what I wish I knew after pregnancy loss’ and Instagram page

ONLINE: Dr Kerrie Noonan in conversation with Author of ‘The Great Dead Body Teachers’ Jackie Dent. Tues 8 Aug 2023, 7-8:30pm. Register HERE 

ONLINE: Seth Viddal - Human Composting in Colorado. Sat 12 Aug 2023 9- 11am. Book HERE

ONLINE: Death Doula Dialogues with Tracey Rusden of EOL Bucketlist & Heidi Greig of Kangaroo Island Doula Service. Fri 4 Aug 2023, 7- 8:30pm. Book HERE

GRAVE AFFAIRS, Goldfields Gothic Festival. Speakers: Lyndie Shaw, Bec Gallagher & Caitlin Epps Hayley West & Amanda Collins. Facilitated by Jenny Valentish. Sat 5 Aug 2023, 2.30pm. Book HERE

Celebrating D2KDay! A lighthearted talk around the fear of death with Peter McConvill & Margie McConvill. Tues 8 Aug 2023, 2-4pm Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre. To book email: events@dncentre.org.au or ph: 5348 3569.

TRACKS: Eighties - Killing Joke / Seven Years - Eyeless in Gaza / Mr. Clarinet - The Birthday Party