"What do you think happens when you die?"

Coffin Talk

Coffin Talk explores how our views on death affect the way we live our life. Join Mike Oppenheim each week as he interviews people from all ages and cultures to explore The Meaning of Death. mikeyopp.substack.com

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"What do you think happens when you die?"

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Education

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Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

#44 - A Street Survivor - Francois Paradis - "Morality Is a Choice" 21.11.2021

Francois  was born into a life filled with a range of abuses starting at the age of 2.  The feeling of being broken and the desire to end his own life were at the center of his mind for many years. This also took him deep into the underbelly of drug addiction and street life.  Having come close to death from overdoses, alcohol poisoning, and suicide attempts gave him a special relationship with de...

#43 - Provda Practitioner - Margot Berlin - Affiliation of Commonalities" 14.11.2021

Margot Berlin is a Provda Practitioner, writer, multi-media artist and songstress.  A transplant from Portland, Oregon, to Mesa, Arizona, she is fiercely a desert flower now. She is also currently seeking representation for her experimental, genre-bending novel, Detective Harold Finn in: The Disappearance of Mr. Whiskers. To hear more of her poetry, please check out her Poetry Open Mic Meetup . Fi...

#42 - Media Entrepreneur - Jen Amos - "The Answer Isn't Important" 07.11.2021

Jen actively seeks to find common ground through conversation and storytelling to foster connection, community and collaboration. She is known for her active listening skills, candidness, and ability to uncover powerful stories and universal lessons. Her favorite topics involve military families, entrepreneurs, women, and mental health. Since summer 2019, she has conducted 500+ podcast interviews....

#41- A Nurse - Robin Wayland - "Defibrillating Your Life" 31.10.2021

Robin was raised in Connecticut before moving to Denver where she received a BA in languages and education. She then met her husband and raised three children and returned to nursing  school which led to a thirty year career as a nurse in Virginia and California. She is  a  cancer surviver who spent a lot of time working with cancer patients, including her first husband, who she assisted as he pas...

#40 - A Content Strategist - Alan Woods - "Tune Your Radio" 24.10.2021

Alan is a writer and content strategist originally from Miamisburg, Ohio. His words have been featured in veterinary publications, gardening catalogs, online listicles, and on printer packaging, brochures, chalkboards, and restroom stalls. For a short time, he worked at Eugenio’s where he made the best meatball sandwich in Portland and got to sit at the feet of some of the town’s most storied musi...

#39 - Suicide Parent - Janet Swartz - "Be in your Bliss" 17.10.2021

Janet received her MA in Higher Educational Administration from Maharishi International University and has used that along with her unique skills to navigate through many exciting careers.  In 2010, her 25-year-old son Dan took his life after many years of suffering from emotional struggles. Janet wrote a best-selling book, How to Hug a Light Being: A Spiritual Journey (available on Amazon) while...

#38 - Cancer Survivor - Amber VonLiberty - "We Have Choice" 10.10.2021

Amber VonLiberty is a celebrator of life, lover of all animals (much to the chagrin of her husband), musician, writer, and esteemed front porch philosopher. Amber supports this lifestyle through her work as a freelance Land and Title Legal Consultant for energy companies across the country. She now happily resides with her husband,  six pugs, two mini pigs, and one grumpy Scottish cat on their far...

#37 - Past-Life Therapist - Amy Gordon-Fisher - "The History of Time" 03.10.2021

Amy Gordon-Fisher spent twenty years in the fashion industry, primarily in menswear wholesale, until a stressful medical procedure that showed her the all too common side-effects of anxiety in hospitals and treatment processes. She became certified in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and opened a private practice treating patients for stress, anxiety, addiction, and phobias, including past-life regression...

#36 - Stephen Minister - Mary Sheridan Floyd - "A Cup of Cold Water" 26.09.2021

Mary Sheridan Floyd is a self-described "dilletante’ and ‘sometimes practitioner’ of theological, metaphysical and Eastern philosophies," as well as a Stephen Minister to those in need of an ear without judgement. She also ran two programs through the Georgia Department of Corrections - one at a pre-release house for work-program eligible inmates. What she doesn't put on her resume...

#35 - Travel Journalist - Chris Christensen - "Fire Starter" 19.09.2021

Chris Christensen is a podcaster, blogger, journalist, and software veteran with over 40 years experience with Silicon Valley and tech firms working for IBM, HP, Apple, and more. Since 2005 he has been podcasting with his weekly amateur traveler show and Christian faith podcast. He has also been running a biweekly “this week in travel” podcast for about a decade. Chris has won a Lowell Thomas Awar...

#34 - A Jainist - Shekhar Chaware - "Look Around" 12.09.2021

Shekhar Chaware was born and raised in central India (Maharashtra) in the Jain religious tradition. Jainism is one of the world’s oldest religious traditions. It preceded and influenced both Buddhism and Hinduism. It emphasizes non-violence, including vegetarianism, fasting, and prayer. Shekhar is an English teacher and lifelong spiritual seeker who practices his religion alongside yoga and medita...

#33 - Social Media Expert - Megan Janik - "Heaven Is a State of Mind" 05.09.2021

Megan is a social media specialist from Richmond, VA. She spent her 20's in the field of video and media production, working on anything from reality TV to corporate videos, before getting a degree in Public Relations. While not religious, she has recently begun exploring her spirituality through an interest in paranormal investigation and research. Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe!...

#32 - Civic Engineer - Rachel Feeck - "The Architecture of God" 29.08.2021

Rachel Feeck is a Gen-Z southwest native currently hiding out in Phoenix, AZ. As an engineer-in-training, her time is split between learning new things and realizing just how much there is that she doesn’t know. She tries now and then to listen to the news, but she’s more likely to be found reading an old fantasy book, where evil is black and white, and folks can discuss morality without the trapp...

#31 - A Buddhist - Dr. Beverly Poellnitz - "Easing the Fear" 22.08.2021

Dr. Beverly Poellnitz, also known as Dr. Bev, is a practicing Buddhist, educator, and owner of Great Attitude International, a virtual health and wellness center. Dr. Bev has a Doctorate in Education specializing in Health and Wellness along with consulting and storytelling workshops for non-profit organizations. Dr. Bev uses her many talents to entertain, inspire, and help people to live a happy,...

#30 - Energy Worker - Sahar Rezai - "It's an Ego Death" 15.08.2021

Sahar Rezai was born in the Philippines and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia,  Canada.   With a keen interest for the “non-physical” she recently completed her third and final year in Transpersonal Psychology in order to integrate Energy Psychology into her practice. Sahar believes that we are all energy, so we have the potential to achieve anything we want by changing our state of consciousn...

#29 - A Civil Attorney - Morgan - "The Barometer of Justice" 08.08.2021

Morgan has spent the last 17 years practicing law in all areas of civil litigation.  He has also served on administrative review boards, taught college level legal studies courses, and high school civics programs.  Morgan has a passion for educating others about the legal system and taking away some of the fear of interacting with courts and lawyers.  Come hear Morgan explain his take on negligenc...

#28 - A Miracle Mom - Stephanie Hauser - "The Space Between Love" 01.08.2021

Stephanie Hauser is the writer and host of The Zev Project, a podcast that shares the story of her son Zev, who was born at 23-weeks gestation, and the miracles she witnessed as he overcame impossible odds to live a healthy and thriving life. She has a passion for encouraging others and championing hope for the future, believing that whatever is happening in this season of your life is not the end...

#27 - Expat in London - Danny - "Losing Your Mind in the Matrix" 25.07.2021

Danny is a born and raised New Yorker with some deep Miami forming roots who currently resides across the pond in London. When he is not talking about his psychedelic new-agey spirituality, he works as a Visual Effects Producer for major motion pictures. He loves to waffle on about existential philosophy, but his wanderlust is really the driving force behind what’s shaped his character and his out...

#26 - Child Psychologist - Dr. Lisa Oefinger - "Beyond Measurement" 18.07.2021

Dr. Oefinger is a licensed psychologist, serving San Francisco and the Greater Bay Area.  She completed her doctoral studies in school psychology at Columbia University.  She specializes in child and adolescent psychological assessment, including testing for learning differences, attention differences, and social-emotional traits impacting development.  She also provides individual and family ther...

#25 - Transcendental Mediation Teacher - Craig Berg - "The Culprit Is Time" 11.07.2021

Craig Berg has been practicing Transcendental Meditation daily for 50 years. He was personally trained as a TM teacher by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and has individually instructed in TM more than 1,000 people, including several years in India, Brazil, Philippines and Portugal. He has a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Maharishi International University, and a Doctorate in Maharish...

#24 - Reality TV Producer - Geraldine Belafsky - "The Romantic Soul" 04.07.2021

Geraldine is a 38-year-old wife, mother, wine lover, and reality TV producer. Originally from Miami, FL, then Los Angeles, CA, she now lives in Phoenix, AZ and wants to live in a nicer world. Come hear how a 'slow-motion ankle break' in college led to a lifelong passion for gratitude, grace, and an unexpected Romantic concept of the soul. Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web:...

#23 - A Prison Worker - Glenn Few - "Accountability for Narcissism" 27.06.2021

Glenn Few is a 70-year-old semi-native of Phoenix, AZ.  The U.S. Air Force called him an “information specialist” in his early twenties, but he thinks a more accurate title would’ve been “propaganda specialist.”  Later he got interested in psychology after going somewhat crazy himself, and took a job as a “rehabilitation & treatment specialist” (aka “orderly”) at an institution for the crimina...

#22 - A Medium - Tracy Pittman - "A Bridge to the Other Side" 20.06.2021

Tracy’s passion in life is bridging people from where they are stuck to where they desire to be. She does this with intuition and  inherited gift of mediumship, and by implementing her certified skills in NLP Life Coaching and Timeline® Coaching. From puppies to babies to witches, come hear Tracy explain her thoughts about our life and "the other side." IG @alchemistofchange FB @alchemis...

#21 - Pastor & Psychotherapist - Dave Pillar - "It Depends on When You Ask" 13.06.2021

Dave studied theology and psychology at Pepperdine University and Princeton Theological Seminary and has worked nearly 30 years as both a pastor and licensed psychotherapist. His lifelong passion has been to explore the mystery of human transformation and help facilitate this psychological and spiritual growth in others—that ever emerging, irrepressible yearning within each of us for a deeper conn...

#20 - Lesbian Theologist - Alex Nichols - "The Dichotomy of Inner Conflict" 06.06.2021

Alex Nichols was born in a small town in Minnesota famous for producing a certain Gen X actress with a fondness for five-fingered discounts. She holds degrees from Smith College and The Graduate Theological Union and currently lives in San Francisco. Come hear her explain her experience of being a Lesbian in a Seminary School and how it helped her develop her theories on the dichotomy of inner con...

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