The Funeral Industry vs. Disneyland

Losing her job wasn't exactly the plan, but it gave this caller the reset she needed. She talks with Geth about ADHD, burnout, GenAI, and just how much drama happens offstage in community theater. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive au ... Show More

It's Friday, and we've finally caught up. All week, we've been following the Prison Bound caller from the original 2018 episode through three follow-ups recorded during her time in federal prison. Today, six years after our last conversation, we hear from her again. This is an al ... Show More

It's Thursday, and Prison Bound Week is almost caught up to the present. We started on Monday with the original 2018 call, then followed the caller through two check-ins from inside federal prison. Today's episode comes from October 2020, as she was getting close to release. Righ ... Show More

<p>The extraordinary measures put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ebola crisis placed restrictions on much of people’s lives, including the rituals and ceremony around death. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women whose work has supported grieving families during a time ... Show More

<p>Caitlin Doughty is a mortician who would like to put herself out of business. Our corporate funeral industry, she argues, has made us forget how to offer our loved ones an authentic sendoff. Doughty is the author of <em>Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crema ... Show More

Funerals and death can bring up all kinds of feelings that can be hard to make sense of, and also highlight family traditions and fault lines. Samantha shares a recent experience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Rhea and Marilyn have found each other on opposite sides of a coin during the corona pandemic. Marilyn talks about what it's like losing her job in the economic downturn. Rhea talks about what it's like to start a new job while on lockdown. We hope this episode helps you deal wit ... Show More

On today's episode, we are talking about life, death and grief in the time of Covid-19. This is a fraught issue, not just for those who've lost loved ones to the virus but for those with friends or relations that died during this very strange time of socially distanced funerals w ... Show More

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on people's lives in so many ways including the way we are able to say goodbye to our loved ones. Funeral ceremonies and burial rites have had to adapt to these challenging times. But what impact has not being able to be with loved ones at ... Show More

Death can be a scary topic to talk about sometimes, let alone make a career out of it. So, today for #MIXYouDoWhat?! Aishah, RD, and Prem see what it's like to be a mortician.