Podcasts about human composting

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In this special episode I talk with Serena Trexler about her experiences as a death care worker, death rights advocate and green death/human composting engineer. We Discuss Serena's personal relationship with the dead and their bodies (curious, honored to know them, not afraid) in contrast to many people's relationship with the dead (closed off, hopeful they won't be near, quite afraid). We explore the possibilities that open up when there isn't a requirement for fear of death and what might change if we had communities that supported us as we explored this universal, unavoidable part of our cycle. We discuss the biology of returning to the earth and the ways human's bodies might be used to heal wounds we've cause in our ecosystem.I feel amazement about Serena, incredible good luck to know her, and hope about what might come from this particular moment she's spending incarnate. 

What if your final farewell could help the planet thrive?

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, January 17, 20254:38 pm: Clark Aposhian, Chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council and host of Gun Radio Utah on KNRS joins Greg for a conversation about a proposal to be considered by Utah lawmakers that would require public schools to teach students about firearms safety beginning in kindergarten through the high school years.6:05 pm: Senator Jen Plumb joins the program to discuss her proposed bill that would make human composting (turning a body into soil), also known as natural organic reduction, legal in the state of Utah.6:38 pm: Utah Senate President Stuart Adams joins Greg to discuss his priorities for the 2025 Utah Legislative session, which begins Tuesday.

Terramation, Natural Organic Reduction, Human Composting –  whatever you call it, let's get down in the dirt to discuss this body disposition option! In this earth-shattering episode, I talk with Mike Reagan about how a Colorado company is taking this innovation in body disposition in a different, yet down-to-earth direction. Mike says, “We want to enable existing funeral homes and crematory operators to open up their own termination facilities and serve their local communities. These folks are passionate about embracing this green option and serving their community, and we are here to help.” Innovation and expansion?! Let's dig in! (All puns intended.) ⁠https://www.thenaturalfuneral.com/⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thenaturalfuneralcolorado/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thenaturalfuneral

As traditional funerals take a toll on the environment, a new wave of eco-friendly options is emerging. This episode reveals the surprising choices for sustainable farewells. Are you ready to rethink your final act?

Human composting officially became legal in the First State this year.It's a process that involves the body decomposing into soil, which is then given back to the families of the deceased. Delaware is just one of 12 states to allow it as more Americans look for environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional burial and cremation.Earth Funeral, an organic reduction provider in Washington State, helped guide Delaware's plans for the alternative funerary practice.Delaware Public Media's Kyle McKinnon recently spoke with CEO and co-founder of Earth Funeral Tom Harries about human composting and how it works.

Wow, compost lovers, we made it to season three! Thank you. That's three years of compost love being shared and celebrated. This season is going to be awesome. It will be as wide and varied as the microbes in our piles. We'll be talking with composters of all scales, new technologies, legislation, science, and some about the second compost operation, my farm, Earth Care Farm, is opening up in the neighboring state of Connecticut. There are so many ways to make compost, diverse materials, and varied scales of operation. We need it all. Let's talk about all of it. Can you feel the momentum gaining? I can.  Speaking of diverse ingredients, what an honor to kick off the first episode of season three with Katrina Spade of Recompose. Recompose specializes in human composting. Yes, we are starting this season with human composting. Such a fascinating niche in our industry. Katrina talks about the incredibly thoughtful design process Recompose uses to help connect the general public to the reverence of composting. This is a deep, caring process, fully honoring the life of the one who passed and the loved ones left behind. Human composting isn't legal in all states yet, so you'll hear how Katrina helped get that legalized in Washington in 2019. It's now legal in seven states, but so far only happening in Washington and Colorado. In my state of Rhode Island, it hasn't passed yet, but seems like it will soon. Join me in this rich conversation with Katrina Spade. Support the folks who support The Composter You can learn more about Viably, formerly Komptech, and their portfolio of compost solutions at thinkviably.com. While there, request a complimentary consultative meeting to discover how Viably can help your compost operation deliver what is possible. The OSC Pack Pact is a collective action campaign that works to reduce single-use packaging in the natural products industry. Receive a discount code to shop select products from leading natural products brands that you love. Click the link in the show notes to join the Pack Pact! Compost use and selection decisions involve many factors and are not one-size-fits-all. The U .S. Composting Council's Seal of testing assurance, STA program helps you make the best decisions for your application. Learn about the three Cs of the STA program, clarity, consistency, and confidence and enroll at compostingcounsel.org

Wow, compost lovers, we made it to season three! Thank you. That's three years of compost love being shared and celebrated. This season is going to be awesome. It will be as wide and varied as the microbes in our piles. We'll be talking with composters of all scales, new technologies, legislation, science, and some about the second compost operation, my farm, Earth Care Farm, is opening up in the neighboring state of Connecticut. There are so many ways to make compost, diverse materials, and varied scales of operation. We need it all. Let's talk about all of it. Can you feel the momentum gaining? I can.  Speaking of diverse ingredients, what an honor to kick off the first episode of season three with Katrina Spade of Recompose. Recompose specializes in human composting. Yes, we are starting this season with human composting. Such a fascinating niche in our industry. Katrina talks about the incredibly thoughtful design process Recompose uses to help connect the general public to the reverence of composting. This is a deep, caring process, fully honoring the life of the one who passed and the loved ones left behind. Human composting isn't legal in all states yet, so you'll hear how Katrina helped get that legalized in Washington in 2019. It's now legal in seven states, but so far only happening in Washington and Colorado. In my state of Rhode Island, it hasn't passed yet, but seems like it will soon. Join me in this rich conversation with Katrina Spade. Support the folks who support The Composter You can learn more about Viably, formerly Komptech, and their portfolio of compost solutions at thinkviably.com. While there, request a complimentary consultative meeting to discover how Viably can help your compost operation deliver what is possible. The OSC Pack Pact is a collective action campaign that works to reduce single-use packaging in the natural products industry. Receive a discount code to shop select products from leading natural products brands that you love. Click the link in the show notes to join the Pack Pact! Compost use and selection decisions involve many factors and are not one-size-fits-all. The U .S. Composting Council's Seal of testing assurance, STA program helps you make the best decisions for your application. Learn about the three Cs of the STA program, clarity, consistency, and confidence and enroll at compostingcounsel.org

When we die, there are usually just two choices for our remains-- burial or cremation. But what if there was a third option? For the past two years, State Representative Michelle McGaw has been pushing for a bill that would make human composting legal in Rhode Island. She joins us to explain. Tips and ideas? Email us at rinews@globe.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Nearly 1/3 of LAPD shootings since 2017 involved a person in a mental health crisis. Missouri woman came to Los Angeles with her children looking for fame and fortune… we all witnessed her driving the wrong way on the 405 freeway evading police and finally (bloodied face) was arrested. What human composting is really like for the dead and their loved ones.

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Death is understandably difficult – and for some people, nearly impossible – to conceive of and talk about. Especially our own. It may seem like there's nothing we can do to prepare for our last moments on earth, but several innovative panelists at the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival would disagree. Alua Arthur is a “death doula,” who helps people find peace with themselves when nearing the end of their life. A former lawyer, she founded the organization Going With Grace to help redefine the end-of-life experience. Dan Diaz was thrust into advocacy when his wife, Brittany Maynard, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2014 at age 29. Maynard wanted control over how she died, and the couple moved to Oregon for the last months of her life, where medical aid in dying was legal. Diaz has been pushing to expand legalization of medical aid in dying ever since, and has helped pass legislation in several states since Brittany's death. Designer Katrina Spade invented a way to turn humans into compost after life, and founded the company Recompose. Human composting is now legal in five states, thanks to efforts led by Recompose. Stanford medical professor and health care culture advocate Dr. Lucy Kalanithi moderates the conversation. Kalanithi's husband Paul Kalanithi died of cancer in 2015, after writing the memoir “When Breath Becomes Air.” aspenideas.org

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Many people I speak to have asked me about the idea of a body becoming a tree.  Pretty cool concept since our collective conscience is becoming aware of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants. Maybe this is the answer! Not so fast....The designers of a body becoming a tree: Capsula Mundihttps://www.capsulamundi.it/en/https://www.thelivingurn.comListen and read my blog: https://whilewerestillhere.com Reach me at kathy@whilewerestillhere.comStarting with Episode 56, the episode music was added. It was composed, produced and provided by Kyle Bray specifically for this show. Reach out to me if you want the score. The logo artwork was provided by Maddie's Plush Pouch - maddelinesplushpouch@gmail.com

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The Delaware dead may soon be eligible for composting as a legal alternative to burial or cremation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bruce and Gaydos discuss a new form of burial- human composting!

There is a recent trend of states passing a law that permits an ecological death - human composting. This describes the process and how to plan in Texas for your bodily remains after death.

Welcome to episode 149 where we discuss legal cannibalism, the future of human composting and a very interesting subject The Replacement Theory. Was what is happening in western countries with mass migration planned or foretold decades ago? Please share and enjoy the show. Follow us Ron from New England (@thewickedplanetpodcast) | Instagram Tristan.A.Buckley (@tristan.a.buckley) | Instagram Twitter Rondal Lane (@ronfromne) / Twitter Kristen (@ethereal.ghost919) • Instagram photos and videos Deer and Crow

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Bishop Konderla and Derek join in studio to discuss the problem of Aquamation and Human Composting; while taking a look at the Catholic Perspective on the Bodily Resurrection and Human Dignity.In this Podcast:The Dignity of the Human Body The Bodily Resurrection Cremation and the Church Resources:Catholic Answers: “What We May and May not Do with the Body After Death”USCCB: The Proper Disposition of Bodily Remains Watch Tulsa Time on YouTubeStream, Download, and Listen on Your Favorite PlatformFollow @dioceseoftulsa Here on the "Eastern Oklahoma Catholic" Podcast, you can find all things Catholic in the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma.Stream, listen, and subscribe on your favorite platform now!Sign up for the diocesan email or follow social media at:Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Cllr. Charlie O'Connor reacts to the HIQA report into Sally Park Nursing Home in Firhouse, Dublin. Frankie Gavin decries the lack of lay-bys from Galway to Athlone. Ollie Greene believes human composting could be of great benefit to Ireland. Tim is concerned about the forthcoming Deposit-Return Scheme.

A new bill under consideration in the legislature would give you the option upon death... to be turned into a moist pile of nutrients that can nourish the soil.    KSL Newsradio’s Don Brinkerhoff has the story.

Human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation. AZ State Rep Laurin Hendrix submitted a bill to allow for just that. SNL flashback "Common Knowledge" trivia game

Join Scarlet and Blackbird as they discuss Blackbird's recent virtual attendance at a death cafe held through Ritualcravt in Denver; another virtual space she has also been involved in called The Human Library; SOIL SCIENCE, Hockey Magic, and so so much more!  The witches are determined to make it to Episode 100 before the end of 2023, so stay tuned and join them for a great conversation that is sure to expand your mind!  

What an awesome converastion with Micah Truman - CEO and Founder of Return Home. Return Home is a Seattle based company with a mission to ensure families have access to gentle, inclusive, and transparent death care that continues the cycle of life, and contributes to the sustainability of our planet. Check out the podcast I did with Bri (CFO) from Return Home: Listen Here https://returnhome.com/about-us/ Podcast Sponsor: SigNature Touch | Use code 'JLA' for 10% your first purchase. www.oursignaturetouch.com Follow me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jalba/ Podcast Insta: https://www.instagram.com/oursocietyw...

On this (slightly spooky!) episode of Angreement, Michelle and Katherine share their love of the fall season, talk about scary movies, haunted houses, and the parable of “the Ant and the Grasshopper.” Plus a new way to deal with dead bodies and much much more! “Should We Compost Human Bodies?” Science VS, October 6, 2022, https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/76helb5 Recompose, Human Composting: https://recompose.life Creep, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2428170/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (available on Netflix) The Brumley Haunted Castle House, https://hauntedcastlehouse.com Mystic Manor Ride, Hong Kong Disneyland 2017 by Attractions 360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KreK25UbWp4 “Discovering Toni Morrison at Princeton University” https://dpul.princeton.edu/tonimorrison/feature/they-ve-got-game-the-children-s-books-of-toni-slade-morrison

Death is a process of decomposition, how can we come to embrace this reality? This week, guest Katrina Spade joins Ayana for a fascinating conversation on the possibilities of burial practices, ways to connect with death, and the value in thoughtful death plans. Sharing her journey to founding Recompose, “a licensed, full-service, green funeral home in Seattle offering human composting,” Katrina shares that the way we design death rituals matters in how connected we feel to the process of death. Detailing the science, logistics, and art behind human composting, Katrina imbues the conversation with passion, concern, and a spirit of learning. Through Recompose, Katrina has witnessed the beauty that comes from watching new life blossom from death, and from the connections family members of the deceased can have with the soil created from the composting process. The intention and compassion we put into death-care matters.  As Katrina reminds us, there is so much to be gained from intimacy with death.Katrina Spade is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a public benefit corporation leading the transformation of the funeral industry. Katrina is a designer and the inventor of a system that transforms the dead into soil (aka human composting).Since founding in 2017, Katrina and Recompose have led the successful legalization of human composting in Washington State in 2019. Recompose became the first company in the world to offer the service in December of 2020. The process is now also legal in Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, California., and New York.Katrina and her team have been featured in Fast Company, NPR, the Atlantic, BBC, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times. She is an Echoing Green Fellow, an Ashoka fellow, and a Harvard Kennedy School Visiting Social Innovator.Music by Yesol. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

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Dr. Patrick Fletcher, Senior Advisor for Theology and Social Doctrine at Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, discusses the Church's thinking on controversial new ways of disposing of human remains. The Vatican's Document: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20160815_ad-resurgendum-cum-christo_en.html The Canadian Bishops' Document:https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CCCB_Burying_the_Dead.pdf?utm_medium=Pamphlet&utm_campaign=BTD The US Bishops' Document: https://www.usccb.org/resources/On%20Proper%20Disposition%202023-03-20.pdf Watch a short video about St. John Seminary's Online in M.A. in Pastoral Ministry Program: https://vimeo.com/790530996 If you are interested in learning more about the online M.A. in Pastoral Ministry Program for lay students at St. John's Seminary, email Dr. Stuart Squires at mapm@stjohnsem.edu

CBS Sunday Morning ran a fascinating story on human composting. We discuss “Burden of Proof” on Max. Wow! What happened? We play a fun game of 5 Second Showdown! And said hey to our friend Liz who we met through Friends & Co. Tuesdays With Liz is brought to us by Right At Home.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As part of our farewell to The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with the folks behind the scenes who make the show happen every day. Today, we're highlighting the work of Mary Steffenhagen — an award-winning investigative journalist and producer who joined The Takeaway just over a year ago — by listening back to a few of her favorite segments: • "When Women's Survival is Criminalized" and "Corrections in Ink" • "A Culture of Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Southern Baptist Convention" • "How Trains Left Indelible Tracks on American Culture" • "Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso" • "The Realities of Race in Assisted Reproduction" • "Human Composting is Legal in New York—Now What?" Mary Steffenhagen's original reporting on labor organizing, social activism, and the political movement behind homeschooling has earned awards from the Sidney Hillman Foundation (Hillman Award), the Newswomen's Club of New York (Front Page Award) and multiple national student journalism associations. She has reported for outlets including Teen Vogue, City Limits and Chalkbeat. She was also a Fulbright scholar in the 2022 Berlin Capital Program and previously interned at Salon and Coda Media, where she helped produce a weekly news podcast. She earned a masters' in investigative and audio journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2021.  Find her on Twitter @marynotmerry__ and at www.marysteffenhagen.com

Tune in for an episode on “Current Trends” – specifically, this episode dives into newer alternatives to post-death body care called human composting and aquamation. Sources and episode transcript can be found at: LegalTeaPodcast.com.

Today's guest Katrina Spade is changing the landscape of death care as CEO/founder of Recompose, an organization offering human composting as an environmental-friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.   Katrina is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a public benefit corporation leading the transformation of the funeral industry. She's the designer and inventor of a system that transforms the dead into soil (aka human composting). According to the Recompose website, Recompose became the first company in the world to offer the service in December of 2020. The process is now also legal in Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, California, and New York. Recompose utilizes a natural process that nourishes the earth and regenerates the soil. The Recompose team has been carefully curated to provide empathy and respectful response for the eight to 12 weeks that a body is in their care. Recompose also offers a pre-planning program called Precompose. Human composting is an environmentally friendly and gentle way to care for the dead, and offers an opportunity to give back to the earth at the same time.   Investing in Recompose is now open to everyone during their Community Round to raise $5M. Learn more and invest in Recompose by clicking here.  Learn more about human composting at recompose.life. Read about how Recompose works with you when a death occurs here. Learn about the process of natural organic reduction that Recompose uses here. Meet the Recompose team here. Plan ahead with Precompose here.  Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by sending an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.  Find more information about hospice philosophy, end of life care, and self care for both personal and professional caregivers here.   Connect with The Heart of Hospice podcast on The Whole Care Network, along with a host of other caregiver podcasts by clicking here.  Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com)

Today's guest Katrina Spade is changing the landscape of death care as CEO/founder of Recompose, an organization offering human composting as an environmental-friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.  Katrina is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a public benefit corporation leading the transformation of the funeral industry. She's the designer and inventor of a system that transforms the dead into soil (aka human composting).  According to the Recompose website, Recompose became the first company in the world to offer the service in December of 2020. The process is now also legal in Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, California, and New York. Recompose utilizes a natural process that nourishes the earth and regenerates the soil.  The Recompose team has been carefully curated to provide empathy and respectful response for the eight to 12 weeks that a body is in their care.  Recompose also offers a pre-planning program called Precompose.  Human composting is an environmentally friendly and gentle way to care for the dead and offers an opportunity to give back to the earth at the same time.   Investing in Recompose is now open to everyone during their Community Round to raise $5M.  Learn more and invest in Recompose by clicking here. Learn more about human composting at recompose.life. Read about how Recompose works with you when a death occurs here. Learn about the process of natural organic reduction that Recompose uses here. Meet the Recompose team here. Plan ahead with Precompose here.  Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by sending an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.  Find more information about hospice philosophy, end of life care, and self care for both personal and professional caregivers here.   Connect with The Heart of Hospice podcast on The Whole Care Network, along with a host of other caregiver podcasts by clicking here.  Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com)    

Justin and Christian are back in the original studio this time around, and yes, the chair is still squeaky. They discuss how fun it was to finally introduce their little nephews to Muppets Take Manhattan and see it through their eyes. Then a hardcore Canadian Shortie admits she didn't finish Breaking Bad and it blows Christian's mind. But she makes up for it with a WYR about fighting 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck. Finally, they listen to a voicemail from Tom about his humorous plans for his epitaph and why he'd want music from Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album at his funeral.Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/lifeisshort.Please support us by supporting our sponsors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the face of so many environmental crises caused by climate change, more and more Americans have been thinking about their carbon footprints. Not only the footprints we make by living — but also the ones we make by dying. An alternative method to burial and cremation has been gaining interest across the country, and it recently became legal in New York: human composting. But legalization is really just the start of the story. Human composting still faces a few major barriers before New Yorkers can actually choose it, and competing interests between businesses in the death industry are complicating matters. The Takeaway producer Mary Steffenhagen reports on what's next for human composting and what it says about how we commemorate our time on earth. Listen to The Takeaway's previous report on human composting with former producer Meg Dalton here.

Nobody likes to think about what happens to their bodies after they die, but it's an important decision. A bill expected to see House vote in Springfield this week would give Illinoisans a new environmentally friendly option: natural organic reduction, also known as “human composting.” Chicago state Rep. Kelly Cassidy is sponsoring the bill and tells producer Simone Alicea about how it works and why she put it in her own will. Some news: llinois lawmakers have until July 1 to draw a new district map for Chicago's forthcoming elected school board. Offer public comment by drawing your very own map for consideration. Lineups for Lollapalooza and Pitchfork are out now. Check out "The Love Jones Experience" at the Quarry Event Center in South Shore tomorrow night, and go back to listen to our episode about why "Love Jones" belongs in rom-com canon. Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our crisis, our challenge, our opportunity is complex. More than ever, it matters now that we not get caught in separate silos where we focus just on atmospheric carbon, or just on plastic pollution, or just on our cultural addiction to fossil fuels. We need responses that cover all of these fields, new stories that let us move into a future we can barely imagine. So, that's what this podcast is for: to give a platform to people whose perspectives are new or different or challenging or inspiring in ways that will help us all to weave new stories of how we could do things differently -  and this week, we're talking to Yuli Summe of Bellacouche, whose work has taken her from weaving to felt making to the creation of burial shrouds. Yuli is a maker, someone deeply grounded in our connection to the ancestry of the land and the ways we have sustained ourselves from it. She's been working with wool since childhood and is embedded in the rich lore of shepherd, farm and land, of the fullers and spinners and weavers that were so much a core of our history - and will be again as we move to a more localised, simpler economy and way of living. This conversation moved from the courage of one man in the second world war, to the courage of his daughter in laying to rest her fear of death, through fields and high tors and the rhythms of feltmaking. It felt to me like a song to our future and I hope it leads you forward in the same way. BioYuli was born in Norway and although she has lived most of her life in Devon, the traditional weaving and knitting heritage of Norway has deeply influenced her since she was old enough to hold needles to knit with.  She is a member of Make SouthWest and through this organisation, has been an active teacher of felt making and textile understanding in schools, and is part of the Green Maker Initiative.At the turn of the millennium, an Arts Council grant allowed Yuli to travel to Turkey to work with traditional master feltmakers, and it was there that she started thinking about a “lifetime” garment made of felt, inspired by witnessing the making of a ‘kepenek', a felt cloak traditional to Kurdish shepherds.  Yuli is a member of the South West FibreShed – a growing community of fibre and dye growers, processors, makers and manufacturers across the South West whose aim is to produce home-grown textiles and garments in a more healthy, resilient and regenerative textile ecosystem. This group is affiliated to the international FibreShed group.Another Man's Shoes https://www.waterstones.com/book/another-mans-shoes/sven-somme/9780954913731Yuli Somme Bellacouche https://www.bellacouche.com/yuli-somme/Human Composting  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJSEZ_pl3YGood Funeral Guide https://goodfuneralguild.co.uk/Natural Death Centre http://naturaldeath.org.uk/

We're talking about your dead body today! And what you should do with it. Want to feed your family from beyond the grave? Well, here's a beautiful way to do that. Oh, and we also talk about dust. It's awesome. --- You should totally guest co-host. Here's the submission form: https://forms.gle/nFnJp1UjCsoAZ3Wn7 Love the show and wanna show some love? Venmo Tip Jar: @WellThatsInteresting Instagram: @wellthatsinterestingpod Twitter: @wti_pod Oh, BTW. You're interesting. Email us YOUR facts, stories, experiences... Nothing is too big or too small. We'll read it on the show: wellthatsinterestingpod@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wellthatsinteresting/support

This season was produced with support from the Google Podcasts Creator Program through PRX and our patrons. If you want to support the show, Head to www.patreon.com/thewind or click the link on the website. Set up a monthly donation to keep this thing going.Thanks to Cory Mcabee for speaking with me for this episode, and to Lori Leanord of the River Fork Ranch Preserve, Katrina Spade, and John Christian Phifer of the Conservation Burial Alliance.For more information on I_Butterfly and the Red Planet Planning Commission, along with other Links, photos, Live show calendar, Merch and more, visit Thewind.org.The music in this episode was almost entirely by Cory Mcabee, Most of it was from his album Small Star Seminar, plus that one was from his film, a space western called Stringray Sam.  The piece I played under Carl Sagan was an altered version of The Magic Flute by Mozart, The original was included by Sagan on the Golden Record, a collection of music that was present on Voyager 1 when it took that picture of our pale blue home.  Finally, Wedding of the Winds is from the public domain. 

Patrick answers questions about how to help a young person with a porn addiction, if the Church has a rule about “human composting” instead of burial or cremation, and he offers advice on how to talk to an adult child who says they are gay Daniel - I think my grandson has an addiction to cellphones and porn. How can I help him? Patrick recommends “Legacy: A Father's Handbook for Raising Godly Children” by Stephen Wood and “Good Pictures Bad Pictures” which can be found at www.holyheroes.com Becky - Thank you for a suggestion you made on air. I disagree with you that we should not attend weddings of Catholics outside the Church. Patrick responds to an email from a Mormon listener about Jesus and healing and how the Sacrament of Confession can only be found in the Catholic Church and there's nothing else that comes close Mike – Matthew 1: What does it mean that Joseph did not 'Know' her until Jesus' birth? Peter - A parishioner asked me for advice for his daughter who came out as gay. What should I do? Does the Church have an opinion about “Human Composting?”

At least 14 people are dead after torrential rain in California caused flash flooding across the state. KQED's Dan Brekke joins us. And, Drexel University professor Josiah Kephart talks about the potential federal ban on gas stoves. Then, New York is the latest state to give residents the option of composting their loved ones instead of using the standard burial or cremation. Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Seattle's Recompose, offers what she calls "ecological death care." Software manager Nina Schoen says her end-of-life plan includes human composting.

Brie Smith is chief operating officer at Return Home, a service that is providing families access to inclusive, gentle, transparent death care that continues the cycle of life. This week the fellas speak to Brie about the state of current death care in the U.S. and its impact on the planet. Brie explains the beautiful alternative being practiced at Return Home. 'Terramation' is where your last act on earth is one that gives back to it by returning life-giving soil to the earth (AKA human composting). Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Episode Description Our future corpses have more options than ever, with eco-friendly processes like aquamation and composting being legalized across the U.S. and Canada. Find out the nitty-gritty truths on what goes into making these death alternatives a reality where you live.  Host, Caitlin Doughty talks to Recompose founder, Katrina Spade who has been the driving force behind legalization efforts, and Order of the Good Death Executive Director, Sarah Chavez.  Episode Resources Stay up to date with efforts to legalize composting in your state By signing up for the Recompose newsletter. (https://recompose.life/who-we-are/#public-policy) Learn more about the composting in the Order's Resource guide. Episode Credits: Hosted by Caitlin Doughty Produced by the Order of the Good Death: Sarah Chavez and Lauren Ronaghan Edited by Alex de Freitas Music by Kissed Her Little Sister Podcast artwork by Jessica Peng The Order of the Good Death (https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com) Is supported by listeners like you. Support the Order by becoming a member (https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate?)

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