Death Talk Unscripted with a Deathwalker

America’s opioid policies were never designed for the elderly, the chronically ill, or the dying — yet they are the ones paying the highest price. This episode examines how federal regulation, DEA diversion rules, medication shortages, and fear‑based prescribing have created a national “War on Care,” where pain relief, sleep, and comfort are treated as risks instead of human rights. We explore the...

Choosing to Die: A Daughter’s Story of Supporting Her Mother’s End of Life Through Assisted Death In this episode of Death Talk Unscripted, Paula sits down with Theresa E. Evans, author of Choosing to Die, a powerful and intimate memoir documenting the final 86 days she spent caring for her mother as she prepared for her medically assisted death. Theresa brings a rare blend of clinical clarity and...

In this episode, we step into one of the most uncomfortable and urgent truths in American life: a new generation is refusing to caregive — and the system that has always depended on their unpaid labor is starting to crack. For decades, the U.S. has quietly relied on daughters, daughters‑in‑law, partners, and adult children to hold up a deathcare system that was never designed to function without t...

In this episode, we step into one of the most misunderstood and quietly urgent conversations in modern deathcare: why more Americans than ever are choosing whole‑body donation, and what this choice reveals about sovereignty, cost, and the systems that shape our final moments. As a deathwalker and ritualist, I’ve been flooded with emails and messages from caregivers, clinicians, and people planning...

We don’t talk enough about the fact that “legal” does NOT mean accessible in this country. MAID is legal in some states. VSED is legal everywhere. Refusing treatment is legal. Advance directives are legal. And yet — when people try to use these options, they hit wall after wall after wall. No providers. No support. No funding. No clinical pathways. No one willing to help. People are being funneled...

The Poisoned Apple — A Metaphysical Thriller in Disguise Season 4, Episode 2 — Death Talk Unscripted In this solo episode, I take you deeper into the heart of a story we’ve all inherited: the myth of death as the “poisoned apple.” We’ve been taught to fear it, avoid it, sanitize it, and pretend it isn’t coming. But what if the poison was never real? What if the nightmare was something we created a...

In this episode of Blood n Bone, host Paula A. sits down with Dr. David Casarett — palliative care physician, researcher, and author of Undiscovered Country: A Doctor’s Travel Guide to the End of Life. Together, they explore the biology of dying, the ways patients can design their end-of-life experience, and what medicine gets right (and wrong) about death. Dr. Casarett reframes dying not as a sin...

Gaslighting at the Veil: When Medicine Denies the Dying Their Voices What happens when the systems meant to heal become the ones that silence? This conversation pulls back the curtain on the subtle violences of medical authority—where dying people are dismissed, diminished, or denied their own truth. As a deathwalker, I name the gaslighting at the threshold: the way medicine can strip autonomy, mu...

In this episode of Death Talk Unscripted, Paula Adams, a Death Walker, explores the complex themes surrounding death, autonomy, and the experiences of those who are dying. She discusses the perception of time for the dying, the importance of allowing individuals to choose their end-of-life path, and the societal attitudes that often deny them this choice. Through personal anecdotes and philosophic...

In this episode of Death Talk, we shine a light on the 63 million unpaid caregivers who form the invisible backbone of hospice care. From financial strain to spiritual depletion, we explore the sacred labor of those who walk the dying—often in silence, often alone. With fresh data, ancestral insight, and deathwalker reverence, we ask: What does it mean to sacrifice everything for someone else's fi...

Let's talk about the Hippocratic Oath. Its 2,400 years old, Revered, Recited by every medical student. And yet-when it comes to death, Especially MAID-its often used as a shield. Not to protect the dying, but to avoid the conversation altogether. It's time to ask: Is the oath still healing or harming? What would it look like rewritten for this time and place.

🎙️ Welcome to “How to Survive and Stay Alive as a Caregiver” — a space for those holding others through illness, grief, and transition. Here, we share raw truths, practical tools, and ritual-rooted wisdom to help you stay nourished, grounded, and fiercely alive. Because caregiving isn’t just about survival—it’s about honoring your own sacred rhythm too.

In this soul-stirring episide, death walker Paula invites listeners into a sacred remembering od ancestral death rites-rituals that honored the dying with reverence, ceremony and sovereignty before systems soyght to sanitize and control the end of life. Through poetic reflection and storytelling, she explores how rooted traditions were shelved by medical, legal, and religious sectors-and how recla...

Here in the USA, we have put hospice on a pedestal. What if it's not that holy to a vast amount of the population? Then what? Should anyones death require someone elses permission to die a certain way? Join me for this episode as I ask some hard questions, reveal some awful truths, and talk unscripted.

They call it Medica Aid In Dying. A Legal Term. A medicalized phrase. for those attuned to the liminal spaces whete body meets soul-its a threshold, a cosmic hinge.

Frames body donation as a meaningful, hopeful, choice for societal benefit. Resources for body donation: Science Care Mayo Clinic Research for Life Universities in your state Medical School Programs.

This podcast session is highly charged action required. In America there are over 8 million Baby Boomers, 30 plus billion have died, that means 50 minion will be continuing to die leaving a wake of healthcare diaster. Want to hear more come ck It out.

Investigate the various fears people have about dying, from the fear of the unknown to the fear of pain and suffering. We continue to feed the fear from generation to generation..Break the Damn Cyle Already.

Today, we're diving into a topic that is often overlooked but offers a legacy that echoes through the halls of science and education—body donation.

Something is very wrong wig this country's deathcare. We must do better be better. Beware tough episode!!!

This episode dives into the medical side of life saving techniques. Do you want them? If so how far do you want them to go? Death Plans are important. I talk about the nitty gritty so be warned ⚠️.

Have we been spooked about death? ☠️ This episode of The Language of Death part 2 continues from episode 10 dives into the words we use surrounding mortality. We'll explore how language can shape our fear of dying, and ask if it's time to rewrite the narrative. Tune in for a thought-provoking look at death and the power of words.

In this episode, I talk about how language and words can create a mess of fear, shame, and awful vibrations when it comes to discussing death and the dying process in this country. We are such pussies about death and it doesn't have to be that way at all.

Natural Burials are not the same as conventional burials. These types of burials are making a huge cultural shift in the process of burials and how we choose to have our bodies handled after death. The cosmic connection is gaining momentum.

In this episode, we step away from the dogmas and explore the nuanced humanistic, and philosophic lenses through which we view mortality. In a world where diverse beliefs interact, the topic of death remains universal. While religious traditions offer solace and guidance, there exists a rich tapestry on non-religious perspectives that illuminate the journey beyond life. In this ep