Funeral Planner Podcast

A conversation with Meredith Sheehan about loss in 4th grade, sharing stories, inescapable impermanence, being the youngest of three, intentionality about meals, the power of spirituality, and doing the crossword. Thank you Mere! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Ben Nudelman about optimism, the former Soviet Union, eternity, Cleveland, sharing, the movie The Rescue, and birthday hikes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Budi Sosrodjojo about Kobe, reading a book a month, Manchester United, parting gifts, Jasmine the Jeep, complacency, Avatar, and making ice cream out of clouds. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Eva Bartels about participating, Keanu Reeves, vitamins, the color red, privileges, sun rooms, travel restrictions, and art tools. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Sandra Silva about Japanese rock bands, MPNA GREEN, pacific parrotlets, her dad, tradition, tying loose ends, healthcare, post-mortem flowers, post-mortem e-mails, and post-mortem care. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with James Damato about New Jersey, Italian heritage, devout catholicism, financial stability, Lovewell Pond, swimming with dolphins, his arms, and surprises. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Alondra Torres-Navarro about love, Gödel's incompleteness theorem, mushroom suits, daoism, funeral clowns, yoga, IT consulting, Trixie Mattel, outer space, trisomy 18, and the Collatz conjecture. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Ellen Flight about the Hemlock Society, infirmity, fire, Unitarian Universalists, passing away, singing, the Keystone Kops, condolence cards, and spirit of life. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Lea Kramberg about Soul, finding your spark, helicopter seeds, the Haunting of Hill House, dampness, Terror Management Theory, “Obit”, and strangers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Mymai Yuan about eggshells, ghosts, the Andaman Sea, gentle suggestions, angelizing, pie, her diaries, Land Before Time, feeling safe with each other, and death bringing us peace. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Legos Gallegos about the thickest book you've ever seen, ballistic missiles, the natural order of things, grave sites, national parks, the death penalty, bright yellow, and sunflowers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with a Spencer Whiteman about wanting the present away, Criminal the podcast, mental health, Texas BBQ, open mic standup, student loans, action movies, and if we are mountain or beach people. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Elena Karis about the buckle of the Bible Belt, case management, Ologies, necromancers, Heather's death by suicide, a box made of pine, natural burials, Cherva Kadisha, and her LFU. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Christine O'Brien about hospital visitors, bird clocks, Irish funerals, an A+ death, yankee candles, mediums, her Pop and recording his stories. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Luke Shover about being the oldest grandchild but not the favorite child, strokes, auras, dignity, days of death, and going quietly in the night. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Grace Dickman about pickleball, Her Hoop Stats, taking on going with the flow, wether everything works out for a reason, CTE, Irish wakes, and her aunt Kathy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Eunbie Coe about security, “daughter from California syndrome”, minimizing burden, Wellesley's motto, convalescent homes, her mission, and thicker blood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Emily Plotkin about queer death studies, sitting shiva, being alone with yourself, the way you use limited energy, the end of an old movie, what should happen to her journals, and dreaming of dying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Erin about waking up when you die, searching for her funeral venue, living in Mexico, Norway, and Singapore, having your ducks in a row, her first Christmas, the phantom of the opera, and a cliffhanger decision. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with George about muddy cemeteries in China, a memorial Meatball Parm, one-liners, Mackie's death, supporting mourners, his ceramics mugs, lacking motivations, Me & U, and his mother. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Premchai Bunsermvicha mostly about asking hard questions, Thai funeral wreaths, Margaret Mead, a sense of duty, Ender's Game, sustainability, my interview themes, and servons. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Adria about anthems, scrupulosity, Chickasaw and Mormon traditions, The Good Place, eternity, grief counseling, and lockets, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Sophie Finn about park benches, reincarnation, belonging to each other, Ali Wong, spirituality, not missing anything meant for you, and tiny desk concerts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Amey Zhang about Thanatology, speed-dating at a funeral, suicide and septic shock, tricking herself, letting her friends DJ, her hands, wild animals, and the grace of life. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Mason Bryan about a slaughtered cow, a reinvigorating funeral, great intention, letters of affection, what nourishes him, the isle of langerhans, secular faith, and what simultaneously gives him life and takes it away. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Alexis Hill about Georgian cemeteries, static remains, an open-door ceremony, making amends, obituaries being stilted or reductive, and her wishes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Byrne Fahey about legacy, “Long Live”, a funeral guest book, milking it at the world's best restaurants, boomeranging into the grave, Anne's dope extra limey extra salty margarita, and asking “but why do people have to die?”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Summer Matthews about her dictatorship, something in her own words for her funeral, the first scene in Love Actually, levity, doing things beyond herself, Jordanian culture, and “Here Comes the Sun”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Annelise McGough about death as the biggest FOMO, mushroom soufflé, when life is someone else's turn, wanting good foot massages, what Deborah Landy is doing, and more flowers, less balloons. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Clare W mostly about what segment of the podcast we are in at any given moment but also about life remote controls and life movie theaters, first encounters, America's mortality priorities, not feeling alone, song and dance, and goodie-bags of ashes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Brianna DiTullio about risk thresholds, proof of heaven, non-emotive grievers, the Brianna DiTullio 5k, loving wake, turning inward, and “If We Were Vampires”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Willa about consciousness, being missed, not being a burden, scattering ashes out of a helicopter, prioritizing the needs of loved ones, formaldehyde, and concerts that are worth going by one's self.

A conversation with Michelle White about the curious lives of human cadavers, connecting energy networks, toasting her life with tea, soundtracks for homeostasis, being poised between beauty and death, and Philip Glass. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Claire Walker about death with dignity, our experiences at work, the pain of a body breaking down, peace, and a “do what you what, wear what you want” funeral. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Nate Wilson - in which he says “when I was a kid” a few times - about the life-span of stars, bodies powering off, who gets in heaven, being buried with his NASA employee badge, and if there is carriage of justice with the death penalty. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A conversation with Lindsay Arader about asking people “did you wish to die this week”, her homemade tortilla recipe, the motivations behind picking up a phone call from your parents, the movie Coco, and boozy dinner party funerals, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hello! My name is Eliza Giles and I am the host of Funeral Planner's podcast. Are you interested in thinking about death, your life, and your end of life with me? If you want to talk about what might happen after we die, what song you might want played at your memorial, and who or what has shaped your views on life and death, I would love to have you on as a guest. I also hope that recording these ideas will be useful to your loved ones someday and that thinking about how we want to be remembered reminds us each of how we want to live. To see the questions and structure of the interview go to the @funeralplannerpod facebook or instagram. In the bio is a google forms link to learn more and sign up! Thank you so much for considering!