DEAD AIR #112

‘Funeral industry insiders and bereaved families paint shocking picture of sector’ - ABC Background Briefing

Births, Deaths, Marriages Background Briefing podcast.

Life Rites Funerals response to above article on Instagram @liferitesfunerals

 Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ - The Guardian

BOOK: ‘How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom’ By Johanna Hedva

ASIA TOPA EVENT: ‘Opera for the Dead’. A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death. Melbourne, 21 - 23 February 2025 BOOK HERE

Castlemaine Fringe Festival opportunities - Good Grief Workshops: at the Northern Arts Hotel, hosted by Art-full Living. Over three Saturdays - 1st, 8th & 15th March, 11am–1pm. Frida Artist Call Out: EOI open now. Artists are invited to submit works in conversation with the life, death and art of Frida Kahlo.

CONFERENCE: “The Evolution of Palliative Care – Where to next?” International Palliative Care Conference “Kaleidoscope” 16 & 17 May 2025, Convention Centre Dublin. The 17th Kaleidoscope Conference, hosted by St. Francis Hospice Dublin.

DEAD AIR #103

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

Miscarriage Information Support Service MISS

I had a miscarriage. Why can't we talk about losing a baby? – The Guardian (video)

Time Immemorial at Bunurong Memorial Park. Part of the Six Feet Under – Design & Death weekend. [11am Memorialisation and Miscarriage panel conversation - with me:)]

BOOK: Briefly, Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur

Going with Grace - website + PBS interview

When children are disappeared from Death by Bec Lyons

PODCAST: SBS Grave Matters. Good Grief: The Importance of Rituals for Healing After Loss 

The Nature Connection Project - contribute stories (even death-related ones!)

The 7th International Symposium of the Death Online Research Network. University of Helsinki, Finland 3-5 October 2024. Abstracts due 26 April.

Death as Protest – A Short History Talk Death Daily Insta

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

TRACKS: Si ma chanson pouvait – Valerie Lagrange / R Die Glatze – Klaus Beyer

DEAD AIR #102

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

Open discussion with HUUM founders (NOR/human composting)

Contribute to discussions on NOR with Zach & Luke, submit form HERE

Centre for Death and Society's 2024 Conference - Death and Communities FULL PROGRAM

What are Your Chances of Being BURIED ALIVE Today? Taboo Education

PODCAST Don’t Be Caught Dead

Art of Grieving Workshop series in Castlemaine!

Six Feet Under: Design + Death, two-day symposium Open House Melbourne, and Design Week.

PSA Coffee Hearse Business for sale in country Victoria

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

Oni Street Wear – DEAD & Electric Heads (Chewton Primary School!) Sunday 21 April 1.30pm ALL AGES then Fundraiser for Palestine – at Theatre Royal 3-6pm

TRACKS: Tail Spin – DEAD / The Silent Dark - Scattered Order