Are you dying to know?

Are You Dying To Know?

Science EN ↓ 29 episodes

Tracy's a mortician, Trish is not. Together we discuss what goes on behind the mortuary doors and go behind the scenes of the funeral industry to shed some light on the final frontier - death. Answering your questions, talking about taboos, sometimes things get graphic, but it's always done with love, care and respect. Are you dying to know?

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Are you dying to know?

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The stages of decomposition - what happens naturally, after death 30.05.2023 40:39

In this episode mortician Tracy talks us through the stages of decomposition that begins the minute we die. It's confronting, sometimes gory and to some, may sound a little bit gruesome, but it's a natural process and one most of us don't know much about. Stay tuned to the end when Tracy 'lightens the mood' with a beautiful little story of reuniting a mother and baby acro...

Death, decomposition & the holiday lull 24.04.2023 44:07

In this episode we talk about Tracy's work to quell the smell of decomposition so that a family can have its final goodbye regardless of the state of the body. And even though the funeral business is a 24/7 operation, who would have thought there'd be busy times and predictable quiet times? No special guest in today's podcast, but for those of us not in the know, just hearing Tracy...

Easing the end of life 22.03.2023 49:27

In this episode we speak with Jancine, an end of life doula who works with families and those reaching their end of life, offering helpful and supportive services, plenty of information and enabling space for sometimes difficult conversations to occur. The role of an end of life doula has a wide scope from advocating for family wishes with funeral homes to working alongside palliative care to all...

Inside cremation - do bodies sit up? 16.02.2023 29:14

Welcome to our very first podcast. where we chat to Tim, who runs a crematorium to ask all the nitty gritty questions you may have about this unspoken of part of the funeral industry, like: How hot do cremators need to be? Does it take longer to cremate a man or a woman? and the age-old question, do bodies sit up during the cremation process? It's a candid discussion giving you all-areas acce...