DEAD AIR #111

Notes from the ‘Death care for the Australian LGBTQI community’ online talk (Sat 7 Dec).

d’Vine Creations Coffins - regenerative coffin weaving, NSW.

Your Path Guide partnering with Travel Managers Australia. A travel service assisting with final trips and bucket list destinations.

Online Book Talk: “Faithful Unto Death: Pet cemeteries and Animal Memorials with Writer and Photographer Dr. Paul Koudounaris” – Morbid Anatomy Museum. Fri 13 Dec, 11.30 AM AEDT (Thur 12 Dec, 8:30 PM ET/NYC time). Buy the book on Booktopia. 

Research Article: Becoming a Bone Buddha: Fragmenting and Remaking Death Rites in Contemporary Japan by Hannah Gould.

IN PERSON: Expiry D8, at MPavilion, Melbourne. Thu 12 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm. Book HERE

16 Days of Activism - We Can Change the Story Loddon Mallee. Choose Respect.

Guide to assisting others struggling through the holiday season, RUOK?

TRACKS: Every Night – Paul McCartney / Lily and Parrots – Sun Kil Moon / Myrrh – The Church

DEAD AIR #110

A Guide to Writing on Death, Dying, and Grief – Talk Death

Blueprint drawn up to deliver ‘unprecedented transformation’ of end of life care - The Guardian

ELDAC (End of Life Directions for Aged Care) - Overview of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australian States and Territories.

‘Enduring grace and the truth of our belonging’ by Chloe Hope, Death & Birds - Substack 

ONLINE: Exploring the Masculine Response to Death and Grief - Wed 4 Dec, 7-8.30pm AEDT Register HERE

 IN PERSON: Expiry D8, at MPavilion, Melbourne - Thu 5 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm & Thu 12 Dec 2024, 6:30-9:30 pm

 ONLINE: Death care for the Australian LGBTQIA+ community - Sat 7 Dec, 9-11am AEDT Register HERE

TRACKS: Paranoia – C.C.T.V / Young & Successful – DIÄT / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant / The Lottery – Uranium Club

DEAD AIR #109

16 Days of Activism - We Can Change the Story Loddon Mallee. Choose Respect For more info about this approach, visit Our Watch, and head down to the Castlemaine Library to see what’s on locally.

‘What is methanol? How does it get into drinks and cause harm?’ - The Conversation

The corpse flower/titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), bloomed at the Geelong Botanic Gardens 11-12 Nov 2024. ‘Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up’ - The Conversation

‘Dying Confessions: Secrets Loved Ones Reveal on Their Deathbed’ - Taboo Education

Intro to Home Funerals – Australian Home Funeral Alliance

NDAN Presents – ‘Death care for the Australian LGBTQIA+ community’ Speakers: Catherine Petropoulos – Natural Grace Funerals, Hini Hanara – Queer Death Collective, Ben Gibson – Life Rites Funerals, Victoria Spence – Life Rites Funerals and Shannon Beresford – Your Path Guide. Sat 7 Dec 2024, 9-11am AEDT

TRACKS: Derail - Divide & Dissolve / Two Suns - Ragana / Psunspot - Kanaan / Death is the Punishment for Love - Dorthia Cottrell