DEAD AIR #107

‘I’m a death expert. I designed eight questions to help you think about dying’ The Guardian

Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye - SBS On Demand

The Death Letter Project – Tina FiveAsh LETTER: Lance Proctor | Embalmer / Death Mask Creator

Festival of Death and Dying, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 November

BOOK: Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life by Joanna Ebenstein Purchase HERE

BOOK: Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth Purchase HERE

TALK: ‘Stories of connection and community in planning for end of life’ with Frances Logan and Harpreet Kalsi-Smith, Saturday 9 November, 9-11am AEDT BOOK HERE

Queer as Death Collective – Death Café. Naarm/Melbourne, Sunday 10 November, 3-6pm BOOK HERE

TRACKS: BYE BYE - Kim Gordon / Breathe - Kai Cult

DEAD AIR radiothon special 2024

SPECIAL GUESTS! Jenny Valentish & Frank Magree from the Spirit Levels Podcast

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FIRST Alkaline Hydrolysis business in Australia, and it is in Tassy - Alluvium Water Cremations

FIRST 100% Natural Conservation burial site in Australia, and it’s in NSW - Walawaani Way Conservation Burial

Dying to Know Day August 8 (and the whole of August) - Dying To Know Day 2024

WAYS OF BEING WITH A FAMILY WHEN A PERSON IS DYING with Annie Whitlocke. Thursday 25 July 2024, 7-8.30pm AEST. Presented by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, book HERE

WATER CREMATION IN AUSTRALIA with Brendan Cooper and Luke Cripps. Saturday 10 August 2024, 9-11am AEST. Presented by the Natural Death Advocacy Network, book HERE

SHOUT OUT TO: Queer as Death Collective, check out their Facebook page for upcoming events HERE

DEAD AIR has generously been sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk trashcult.com.au

DEAD AIR #104

I'll be back Monday 3rd June 2024, stay well!

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

‘An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates’ – ABC News

‘When natural burial doesn’t meet the needs of mourners’ – The Bottom Drawer Book

SPECIAL GUEST Samantha Rennie. Art of Grieving Workshop, Community House Castlemaine BOOK HERE Three sessions: Sat 11 May, 9.30am-4pm + Wed 15 May, 7-9.30pm + Wed 22 May, 7-9.30pm

Online talk: Traditions in Death and Burial, Dr Helen Frisby – Presented by NDAN BOOK HERE. Thurs 6 June, 9am AEST.

Online talk: Grieving Lahaina: Past and Present. Presented by The Collective for Radical Death Studies BOOK HERE. Sat 11 May, 7am AEST.

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

TRACKS: Bakirköy Havsi – Zen / Are You Dead – Rainbows are Free / Obur Dünya – Cem Karaca, Mogollar