Life's Milestones

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Life's Milestones is taking a break for a few months, so your host decided to say goodbye for now with a tongue in cheek episode where he asks the show's questions to his Amazon Alexa!In this episode, an electronic devices attempts to answer some very human questions and the answers are definitely peculiar and funny in places. Host / Editor: Mark Adams'Guest': AlexaTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Matt Lubbers-Moore: writer and one of the owners/team at ReQueered Tales publishers. In this episode, Matt shares stories about his life's milestones including his love of libraries from a young age and how he loved creating his own library by buying as much as he could from library book sales, how he ended up being faceplanted into a cake on his wedding day, and how he's planning on donating his gay comic book collection to a museum so that his memory lives on after he dies. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Matt Lubbers-MooreTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Nancy Shadlock: Life Coach and podcast host of The Coming Out Chronicles. In this episode, Nancy shares stories about her life's milestones including a story about her childhood imaginary friend Uncle George, her decision to get pregnant at the same time as her partner from the same donor, why her father weed whacking an aisle for her wedding was so important, and how her grandfather's gallows humour helped her when he was dying. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Nancy ShadlockTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Brad Shreve: Queer Crime writer and host of the Queer Writers of Crime podcast. In this episode, Brad shares stories about his life's milestones including a childhood prank involving a mean teacher; chickens and a frozen puddle, how he has had 4 marriages to two different people, what it's like coming out as gay in your late 30s, and how he helped a friend with AIDS to a dignified death. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Brad ShreveTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is India Bastien: podcast host of Southern Queeries. In this episode, India shares stories about her life's milestones including what it was like growing up as the daughter of a midwife in Mexico, how Covid-19 restrictions and the potential redaction of her marriage rights as a same-sex couple ruined her wedding plans and what she and her wife are doing post-covid, and how she dealt with the death of a relative that had been cruel to her and her mother.Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: India Bastien Twitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Steve Cummins: wrestling referee and podcast host of Play Your Pods Right, Bucket List Festival and When We Group Up. In this episode, Steve shares stories about his life's milestones including how he nearly got tumble dried as a child, what it was like growing up on a dairy farm, how poor service from wedding suppliers meant that his wife and he did it all themselves and made it so much more personal, and how the death of his mum at the age of 12 changed his life and allowed him to understand grief. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Steve CumminsTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

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Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Steve Valentino: musician, wrestler, poet, artist and goodness knows what else!In this episode, Steve shares stories about his life's milestones including how he was told that he was going to be a father by a partner who faked the pregnancy, how he'd like to personalise his own wedding with his own music and poetry, and how his life's outlook changed when his best friend took his own life. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Steve ValentinoTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Craig McKenzie: geek culture blogger on Kneel Before Blog and podcast host of Kneel Before Pod, Podcast 616 and Rarely Going. In this episode, Craig shares stories about his life's milestones including how he acquired his love of Star Trek as a child, the reason why he dislikes of kilts despite being Scottish, and how he dealt with the grief of losing a loved one and how it gave him insight into how to help others that are grieving. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Craig McKenzieTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: Patreon.com/wemadethis

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Uchenna Umeh aka Dr Lulu the Momatrician: a Nigerian American pediatrician who hosts a podcast about prevention of youth suicide. Dr Lulu shares stories about her life's milestones including growing up in Nigeria with a father who had seven wives, the difference between her first wedding to her first husband and her second to her current wife and how important bright colours will be for her funeral. Dr Lulu also goes into detail about the the traditions in Nigeria for Naming Ceremonies, Weddings and Funerals. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Dr LuluTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Coop (Mark Cooper): a rock events manager, rock musician and host of the Spoken Metal Podcast. In the longest and most chaotic episode of the podcast yet, Coop shares stories about his life's milestones including the epic inter-school fights of his childhood, the reasons behind choosing The Final Countdown by Europe for his wife to walk down the aisle, and how he learned a lot from being a resident of the cardiology unit of his local hospital due to his tilted heart in his early 30s and how it changed his attitude towards death. Mark and Coop also go into deep detail about the joy of being an uncle, the taboo about talking about death, and the malicious lie regularly told by priests that there are no atheists in foxholes. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Mark CooperTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Manoj Kumar Singh: bi-lingual podcast host and writer from India. Manoj shares stories about his life's milestones including his how he has lived with hemophilia, his farming background, how Hindu babies are given their names, what is more important to him than an elaborate wedding ceremony and how and how he dealt with the death of his younger brother during his childhood. they also discuss the differences between Humanist and Hindu ceremonies. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Manoj Kumar SinghTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Wendy Andrew: a Pet Bereavement Councillor who runs the Scottish Pet Bereavement Counselling Service and the author of How To Recover From Pet Loss: Supporting You On Your Journey To Acceptance. Wendy shares stories about her life's milestones including her life with animals, her dad's tell when she was a girl that meant she could always tell how angry he was, how she'd like to incorporate her love of Strictly Come Dancing into her wedding and the alternative eco-friendly way she'd like to be used to dispose of her body. They also discuss the loss of a pet and the bereavement process that people go through. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Wendy AndrewTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guests on this episode are Emily Van Fleet and Nathan Jones: the first married couple on the podcast. Emily and Nathan are American podcasters who host the show Twice As Less Not Perfect: A Messy Marriage Podcast and it seemed like a perfect fit for married podcasters to come onto Life's Milestones! Emily and Nathan share stories about their life's milestones including how they were both 'accidents' but loved as children, how they made a trash can into a wedding alter and made mix CDs for favours at their microwedding, and their experiences of seeing dead bodies. They also share some insight about the dwindling popularity of open caskets in America and how to become a Wedding Officiant. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuests: Emily Van Fleet and Nathan JonesTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Rob Maltman: sports interviewer working for Superstar Speakers who's interviewed an incredible array of sports stars including Ric Flair, Ryan Giggs and Alan Shearer. Rob shares stories about his life's milestones including how he acquired professional levels of baking skill, the reason why Elvis Prestley means a great deal to his family, how he had his first pint with his dad and why football and memorabilia is so important to him. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Rob MaltmanTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Hollywood Fletch who is one of the hosts of the the Super Tat Film Club Podcast alongside Mark and Malachi J Matthews (the guest on the last episode of Life's Milestones). Fletch shares stories about his life's milestones including how he ended up being covered in pigeons in his childhood, wants a Bjork track for the first dance at his wedding and wants a Jedi ghost at his funeral.Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Hollywood FletchTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Mat Davies who plays the Malachi J Matthews character on the British wrestling scene and alongside Mark and Hollywood Fletch on the Super Tat Film Club Podcast. Mat shares stories about his life's milestones including how knowing a wrestler got him front seats at a wrestling show as a kid, how coronavirus has postponed his wedding and how he wants to leave his mark on the world by doing dangerous and quirky things! Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Mat DaviesTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Andrew Copson. Andrew is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and the President of Humanists International. He is also a best selling author alongside Alice Roberts with the recently released Little Book of Humanism.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_CopsonAndrew shares stories about his life's milestones including the time he attempted to resuscitate a slug as a child, the reason why he is still in a civil partnership with his partner rather than married, and how losing family has strengthened his Humanist worldview.Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Andrew CopsonTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Tony Black. Tony is the Network Chief of the We Made This Podcast Network and has hosted a large number of 'casts on the network including The X Cast, Make It So, Between The Notes and the new Blair Witch Minute. Tony shares stories about his life's milestones including the first time he swore in front of his mother, how converted a barn for a one off venue for his wedding and how he doesn't think he'll need to be buried as he wants to be cryogenically frozen! Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Tony Black Twitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Daniel Lang. Dan is the host of Pretty Fly on the We Made This Podcast Network and lives in Sydney, Australia. Dan shares some fascinating stories about his life's milestones including being chased by 13 angry funnel we spiders when he was a boy, 'rickrolling' the guests at his wedding and the idea of making his own death into a murder mystery event. Mark and Dan also spend some time comparing and contrasting the differences in the cultures of the UK and Australia when it comes to birth, marriage and death. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Daniel LangTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Brandi Jackola. Brandi is the host of numerous podcasts including The Vedek Assembly, Head Canon and The Dark Corners. Brandi shares stories about her life's milestones including a detailed account of how she grew up as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints community but left in her adulthood, clashing with her mum on her wedding day and the Goth music playlist she'd like for her wake. Mark and Brandi also spend some time comparing and contrasting the differences in the cultures of the UK and the USA when it comes to birth, marriage and death. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Brandi JackolaTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Carl Bryan. Carl is the host of Cerebral Jukebox and Shipwrecked & Comatose on the We Made This Podcast Network and designed lots of the Network's podcast logos. Carl shares some candid stories about his life's milestones including some deep discussion about losing both his parents at an early age, what it's like to be the uncle of a successful Reggae DJ and anecdotes from his time as a wedding videographer. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Carl BryanTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Lucy Openshaw. Lucy plays in the band Yesteryears, and is a wrestling ring announcer and campaigner for Mind, a mental health charity. Lucy shares some wonderful stories about her life's milestones including her perfect beach wedding, her frustration with dollies and dividing her nan's ashes into three equal parts!Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Lucy OpenshawTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Colin Jackson-Brown. Colin is the host of Free With This Month's Issue and We Dig Music on the We Made This Podcast Network and has playing in a number of different bands. Colin shares some brilliant stories about his life's milestones including playing at his own wedding and how music has influenced his life from everything from the name of his daughter to a particularly peculiar reason why he'll need a double slot at his funeral. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Colin Jackson-BrownTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Cat Allen. Chris is 'Agnetha' in UK Bjorn (an ABBA tribute act) and the owner of Noodle Performing Arts (a performing arts company in Knutsford that provides workshops and dance lessons for children of all ages). Cat has some fascinating stories about her life's milestones including having Portuguese christenings for her boys and whether or not she'd sing at her own wedding. Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Cat AllenTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Chris Clough. Chris is Mark's oldest friend, and he is the owner/ brewer/ drayman/ etc for Torrside Brewery who brew craft beer in New Mills. Chris has some fascinating stories about his life's milestones including reasons why he didn't want to get married and alternatives to cremation.Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Chris CloughTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Fraser Somers. Fraser is a Masters student in media, and has worked for Nicolodeon, Thorpe Park, Fab Radio International and KMTV; Mark and Fraser have worked on various media projects together for over 5 years too. Fraser has some fascinating stories about his life's milestones including how his time in Americamp has influenced his choices in life and that he wants to have his wedding at Disneyland!Host / Editor: Mark AdamsGuest: Fraser SomersTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant. Mark's guest on this episode is Guy Otten. Guy is also a Humanist Celebrant, but he is also a Humanist Chaplain, a retired lawyer, and a Green Party campaigner. Guy has some fascinating stories about his life's milestones including that he has been married two and a half times! Host / Editor: Mark AdamsTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones!Mark Adams introduces the show and talks you through what you can expect week on week...Host / Editor: Mark AdamsTwitter: @LifesMilestonesWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwww.wemadethispod.com