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

DEAD AIR #71

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death and Dying 17-19 Nov. 2023. Deadline for submissions: 31 Aug

Detroit International Festival of Darkness 7 Oct. 2023 Deadline for submissions: 1 Aug,

IANDS International Association for Near-Death Studies Conference 30 Aug.-3 Sept. 2023, Washington, DC. Videos

‘Day Schildkret: The Transformative Power of Ritual’ Podcast with Johanna Lunn

RSPCA Victoria’s Home Ever After program, email: homeeverafter@rspcavic.org.au, call: 9224 2238

‘In the End: A parting gift for your loved ones’ by Lisa Doust and Melanie Vugich. Book review by Ellen Hill. Purchase here

‘Ecuador: ‘dead’ woman who was found alive in her coffin dies in intensive care’ The Guardian.

Safety Coffins - Smithsonian Magazine article

TRACKS: Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson / Hunger for a Way Out – Sweeping Promises / Opus – Uranium Club

DEAD AIR #70

Chat with Jonathon Dutton, creator of the doco ‘It Happens To Us All’ showing his Sunday 18 June, 11.30am-2pm. Book here: It Happens To Us All Q&A following the 60 min. screening at The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel

‘Why Did Tyke the Elephant Have to Die?’ Ask a Mortician YouTube channel

‘Elephant Mourning Rituals - Decades of research and observation show elephants experience sorrow and grief’ By Kathleen Clohessy.

Review of ‘Santa Sangre’ (1989) a film by Alejandro Jodorowsky  

TRACKS: Paranoia – C.C.T.V / Young & Successful - DIÄT