Obsessed With Death

Rosie Grant joins the podcast to discuss her time as an intern in the archives of a Washington cemetery and how she finds and cooks gravestone recipes from the last 30+ years. Follow Rosie on Instagram and TikTok - @ghostly.archive

As her father nears the end of his life, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson stages his death in inventive and comical ways to help them both face the inevitable. You can watch Kirsten Johnsons film on Netflix now! 

Nick Thune is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He joined the show to discuss his struggles with addiction, near-death in rehab, losing friends to alcoholism and much more.  If you'd like to see him perform live check out - nickthune.com

Oaktree was founded after losing beloved family members and experiencing first-hand how difficult it can be to find memorial products that we would be proud to wear or have in our home. Oaktree provides you with a one-of-a-kind collection of urns and memorials. For more info go to, oaktreememorials.com

Meghan Herbst is a research editor and contributing writer at Wired Magazine in San Francisco. She writes about science, culture, technology, and has also covered housing, homelessness, crime, and politics.  Check out more of her work at www.meghanherbst.com

Happy Halloween! Today on the podcast Marc Hartzman joins us to share some ghost stories and discuss his new book Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural.  marchartzmanbooks.com

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events. More info @ TheCrowdedBookshelf.com

Titan Casket was founded with a singular mission: to offer designer caskets at revolutionary prices, while driving affordability and transparency in the funeral industry. www.titancasket.com

Still Standing is a documentary following the lives of George Saltz and Natalie K. Levant, two stand up comedians in their 80s, both starting stand up comedy after their 80th birthday. What begins as a story about comedy becomes a deeper conversation about aging, mortality, and creative persistence. Please enjoy my conversation with director Elizabeth Zephyrine McDonough.  Watch Still Standin...

Maya Belle Jewelry creates custom hand-crafted memorial jewelry, including pet nose prints, fingerprint keepsake charms, handwritten charms, good luck charm coins, and more. For more details check out their website below.  www.mayabellejewelry.com

Rachelle Younie, the host of the Mortality & the Morgue podcast, joins the show to discuss collecting bones as a teen, working at a morgue, and writing death-related comedy. We also spend some time on our  minor  obsession with Bill Hader. Enjoy. Listen to Mortality & the Morgue here.

A unique combination of science and style, Divya Anantharaman is New York City's premiere taxidermist. An award winning licensed professional preserving animals with honor and compassion for clients ranging from museums, high end designers, gallerists, and collectors. Her specialties are birds, small mammals, and anatomic anomalies, with a select number of commissions open for pets. www.gotha...

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events. Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more!

Marcus McKenzie and Daniel Principe are an award-winning Australian filmmaking team working under the moniker Cinemâché. Shifting between the worlds of narrative and documentary storytelling, their work spans both film and television. This documentary hybrid interrogates capital punishment through death row inmates’ final meal requests. Through mesmerizing cinematography, food becomes a larger tha...

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events.  Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more!

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We are starting a death book club! Kinda, sorta.  The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events.  Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more! 

Mary-Frances O'Connor is a renowned grief expert and neuroscientist who shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning. Make sure you check out her new book, The Grieving Brain.

In recent years, much of the developed world has seen the emergence of end-of-life debates and increasing pressures for legalization of physician-assisted dying. This is the practice where a physician provides a terminally ill patient, at their explicit request, with a prescription for a lethal medication that they can take on their own. 

Chris Buck is a photographer and director based in New York and Los Angeles. His portraits have won placement in the prestigious annual American Photography over forty times, and he was the first recipient of the Arnold Newman Portrait Prize.  Chris has photographed some of the biggest names in the world. He spoke with me about his time working with, Chris Farley, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Elli...

Kelly Christian is a Chicago-based archivist and writer. She is interested in the intersection of technology and systems of power in relation to death and mourning in American culture. Kelly photographed military funerals in Maine at the height of the Iraq War. Her graduate work explored post-mortem photography, and related visual representations of grief and their cultural ramifications.

Alyse holds a master's degree in pathology, a bachelor's degree in psychology, and an associate degree in mortuary science. She has over 13 years of experience working in hospitals, morgues, and funeral homes throughout her region. Follow her @autopsy.pathology - and check out her free ebook! 

Crimes, unfortunately, continue to happen. Which means someone needs to clean them. Join us as we discuss the process of cleaning up after a death, crime, or murder. Make sure you leave a review, give five stars, and subscribe. Follow @obessedwithdeathpod for more. 

The world is ending. Like, currently. The end is here; let us talk about it. 

Author Kathy Benjamin is on the podcast this week. If you need help or worried about how to plan the best funeral of your life, this episode is for you! Her new book "It's Your Funeral!" is out now! Find it wherever you get your books! - Make sure you give a review and five stars!