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Send us Fan Mail Today the boys discuss a very topic in the funeral service sector... Where has embalming gone? Dean has been away, AGAIN! Direct Cremations are a thing of the past? maybe... join the guys to get the scoop!

Send us Fan Mail Today is special, i interviewed Dean Weber on 30 years of funeral service. We covered all aspects of his time, his study, the changes and what he is grateful for. 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to 2025, today we discuss the curly one, are funerals expensive? We share our experiences and some justification on the matter. Thanks for joining us!

Send us Fan Mail Today we chat about death positivity, the language we use to help be more positive about the death journey, the personalization of a funeral and starting the grief journey well. 

Send us Fan Mail All tings Halloween, funeral ghosts, dreams, nightmares and the word FUNERAL.

Send us Fan Mail Today with special guest Cherie Stevenson from Stellar Creative Marketing we dive into the dynamics of how to market a funeral home, where to start, what things work and what doesn't. 

Send us Fan Mail Do you know what happens to your Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn when you die? Neither did we! So today we share what we learnt and how you can plan for this.

Send us Fan Mail Today we dive into the sticky one, funeral costs! ewwww.. always a difficult one, but one that needs to be addressed. Lets dive in!

Send us Fan Mail The Do's and Dont's of DIY, controversial? Yes. We chat through what we see as value, what DIY can do for you and what to avoid when DIYing!

Send us Fan Mail Today we are joined by End of Life Practitioner Michael Harrington who has been working in this space for almost 20 years. He shares some insights to his learnings that he has shared in his book Conscious Transition: A Journey into the Heart of Death & Dying. Michael has some great takeaways for the listeners in this episode!

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Ali from Align and Nourish to chat about her own personal grief journey. Ali was very open, vulnerable and has been diligent in her healing process. She had some great learnings and takeaways to consider when losing a loved one. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode looks into the memorable moments of our careers, the funerals that have stuck in our minds, the things that make you smile, the moments that glisten and most of all the achievements of creating a memorable farewell!

Send us Fan Mail The last of the catch up with Craig, Ben and Jordan on their overseas trip. 

Send us Fan Mail Today Dean sits down with international embalmers Craig Caldwell (US) Ben Whitworth (UK) and Jordan Goss (NZEA) to discuss embalming and international funeral trends.

Send us Fan Mail Today Dean sits down with international embalmers Craig Caldwell (US) Ben Whitworth (UK) and Jordan Goss (NZEA) to discuss embalming and international funeral trends. 

Send us Fan Mail Woaaaaaaah, been a busy few weeks with guests, lets draw back the curtain and catch up. 

Send us Fan Mail Today we catch up with Glenys Talivai who is the CEO of Public Trust New Zealand. We yarn today about wills, estates and everything we need to prepare for after death to administer an estate. A super interesting podcast with some wicked takeaways!

Send us Fan Mail Our third and last part of the series with Jordan Goss from the New Zealand Embalmers Association. A massive thank you to Jordan for his time and sharing of knowledge around embalming being the "gold standard" in funeral care. 

Send us Fan Mail The second part of our embalming series with special guest Jordan Goss - President of New Zealand Embalmers Association.  

Send us Fan Mail The first part of our embalming series with special guest Jordan Goss - President of New Zealand Embalmers Association. We discuss the pre embalming and starting of embalming in this podcast. The first of a three part series. 

Send us Fan Mail News story of the week, the week in sport and our topic of the day being what do you need to know when it comes to someone who is about to die and how can you prepare. 

Send us Fan Mail News story of the week, followed by a yarn on burials, natural burials, burials at sea and our thoughts on everything burial related. 

Send us Fan Mail Fun one today talking news story of the week, summer, sport and everything inbetween!

Send us Fan Mail The boys today discuss what to expect when someone dies expectedly and unexpectedly. The coroner, the pathologist, the mortuary technician and everything in-between. 

Send us Fan Mail We talk about how we think you can put the FUN in FUNeral. A fun way to really make those funerals that are bland and boring more interesting and what would we do to help?