Terminal Diagnoses, Moments of Clarity & Whack-A-Mole
This week on the show, Tash spoke to Nathaniel Dye MBE, music teacher and campaigner, about who was diagnosed with stage 4 incurable bowel cancer at age 36. Together they spoke about the need for NHS reform and the mindset he has with less than a year to live. Tash also answered some of your questions about grief!
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Grief Camps, Movie Montages & Why Trauma Makes You Funny
This week on the show, Becky and Tash were joined by Michelle Cove from Experience Camps, an organisation which runs grief camps for grieving children across America. She spoke about the importance of supporting children through bereavement and how humour can be a useful tool for coping with trauma.
This week on the show, Tash is joined by special guest co-host and audio producer Talia Augustidis! Together they spoke to award-winning author Peter Godwin about his recent memoire 'Exit Wounds' and why he chooses to write about grief with humour. They also discussed his venture into ketamine therapy and how it has helped him move forward through his grief.
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Putting on an Act, Death in the Media & Sex Tapes from Beyond the Grave
This week on the show, Becky and Tash were joined by award-winning audio producer Talia Augustidis, who discussed her quest to find out more about her mum Sallie who died when she was three. Talia spoke about memorialising someone you don't remember and how her family dealt with her mother's death being dramatized by the media.
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Mushroom Caskets, Brat Funerals & "Beautiful Rot"
This week on the show, Becky and Tash were joined by CEO and founder of Loop Biotech Bob Hendrikx, who is pioneering the future of sustainable funerals. Bob revealed how he began the journey of creating caskets made out of mushrooms which decompose in just 45 days. They also discussed how humans can live and die in harmony with nature and become a source of new life when they die.
Becky Briggs and Natasha Spencer-Levy are on a mission to make death a less taboo topic, tackling it with humour, openness, and real talk. Having lost their parents young, they dive into everything from broken-heart syndrome and family issues to ghost stories and conspiracy theories, exploring death’s spiritual, cultural, and strange sides. With raw, often hilarious conversations, they’re showing that death can, surprisingly, be ‘a funny business.’
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