Kerry Sunderland

Deathwalker's Guide to Life

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Deathwalker’s Guide to Life is a podcast that explores how we can live life more fully by normalising our demise. In each episode, host and producer Kerry Sunderland takes you on a deep dive during this euphemism-free show that deals with everything about death and dying you wished you knew but were afraid to ask.

Author

Kerry Sunderland

Category

Society

Podcast website

deathwalkersguidetolife.com

Latest episode

Jun 17, 2026

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Episodes

Deathwalker's Guide to Life Season 4 ep07 Chris Dunn 17.06.2026

Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks to Chris Dunn about her work as a clinicial nurse educator at Nelson Hospice and how it's possible to live well with a life-limiting illness.

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S4ep06 Suvira McDonald 20.05.2026

In this episode, Kerry Sunderland speaks with ceramic artist Suvira McDonald about his life, his experiences with death, and the beautiful urns he makes.

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S4 ep05 Community Day of the Dead Auckland 2026 06.05.2026

The annual Community Day of the Dead Ceremony began in the Byron Bay region in 2007. This year’s ceremony, which will be held later this year, will be the 20th and the ceremony’s founder Zenith Virago recently travelled to Aotearoa to offer a training to local deathwalkers who may wish to run a Day of the Dead Ceremony in their own community. In this episode, Kerry Sunderland speaks with three par...

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S4 ep04 Fergus Wheeler 22.04.2026

Meet Death Without Debt founder and spokesperson Fergus Wheeler

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S4 ep03 Zenith Virago 08.04.2026

Zenith Virago, founder of Australia's Natural Death Care Centre, returns to the show to discuss the evolution of the Deathwalker Training programme with Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland.

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S4 ep02 Anna Groves 24.03.2026

Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with deep listener Anna Groves. Anna is a Centre for Nonviolent Communication certified trainer, co-creator (with Katie Lane) of Inner Nature Cards, and is currently undertaking a Masters in Counselling in narrative therapy. She is also a singer-songwriter who, with her husband Rob ten Broeke, wrote 'Stumble', the theme song for...

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S4 ep01 Catharine DeLong 11.03.2026

In this episode, Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with Utah-based Catharine DeLong during her recent visit to Aotearoa New Zealand. Catharine is a certified music thanatologist, hospice chaplain, end-of-life educator, and harp teacher, who tends to the emotional, physical and spiritual needs of palliative patients in Salt Lake City with harp and voice.

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 Special Summer Edition 23.02.2024

Meet : Deathwalker's Guide to Life host and producer Kerry Sunderland reunites with artist and deathwalker Aralyn Doiron to discuss 'A Knock on the Door' ,  Death on Screen : How Grief and Loss Can Feel Like a Ball in a Box

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep10b Marele Day, Briohny Doyle and Heather Rose 01.12.2023

Death in Print :  Reckless, Why We Are Here, Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here ,  Meet : Authors Marele Day, Briohny Doyle and Heather Rose (second half of panel discussion recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival),  Death on Screen : Lambs of God

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep10A Marele Day, Briohny Doyle and Heather Rose 17.11.2023

Death in Print :  Reckless, Why We Are Here, Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here ,  Meet : Authors Marele Day, Briohny Doyle and Heather Rose (first half hour of panel discussion recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival),  Death on Screen : Lambs of God

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep09B Hilton Koppe 03.11.2023

Death in Print :  One Curious Doctor  by Hilton Koppe,  Meet : Educator, author and doctor Hilton Koppe (second half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival),  Death on Screen : Patch Adams

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep09A Hilton Koppe 20.10.2023

Death in Print :  One Curious Doctor  by Hilton Koppe,  Meet : Educator, author and doctor Hilton Koppe (first half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival),  Death on Screen : Patch Adams

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep08 Anne Tiernan 13.10.2023

Death in Print :  The Last Days of Joy  by Anne Tiernan,  Meet : Author Anne Tiernan,  Death on Screen : A Man Called Otto

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep7b Hayley Campbell 06.10.2023

Death in Print:  All The Living And The Dead  by Hayley Campbell,  Meet:  Author and broadcaster Hayley Campbell (second half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival) , Death on Screen:  Q&A with Hayley Campbell

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep07A Hayley Campbell 22.09.2023

Death in Print:  All The Living And The Dead  by Hayley Campbell,  Meet:  Author and broadcaster Hayley Campbell (first half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival) , Death on Screen:  Q&A with Hayley Campbell

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep06 Caroline Barron 08.09.2023

Death in Print:  Ripiro Beach: A memoir of life after near death ,  Meet:  Author and literary citizen Caroline Barron , Death on Screen:  Taboo Education YouTube channel

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep05 Iona Winter 11.08.2023

Death in Print :  Loss Adjustment  by Linda Collins,  Meet : Author and publisher Iona Winter,  Death on Screen : On the Couch With My Depression by Paula Harris

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep04 Laura Manson 28.07.2023

Death in Print :  Goodbye: For Times of Sadness & Loss  by Melanie G Mason,  Meet : Funeral director, celebrant and death cafe co-host Laura Manson,  Death on Screen : The Undertaker by Green Renaissance Films

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep03 Sacha Hoogerwerf 14.07.2023

Death in Print :  Levels of Life  by Julian Barnes,  Meet : celebrant and deathwalker Sacha Hoogerwerf,  Death on Screen : The Flight Attendant

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep02 Ro Cambridge 30.06.2023

Death in Print:  Grey Urbanist columns,  Meet:  Writer and performer Ro Cambridge,  Death on Screen:  The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S3 ep01 Pinky Agnew 16.06.2023

Death in Print :  This is farewell: readings and meditations on death & dying  by Pinky Agnew,  Meet : Celebrant and author Pinky Agnew,  Death on Screen : Online Deathwalker Training

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S2 ep14 Frank Kueppers 26.11.2022

Death in Print :  Staying  by Jessie Cole,  Meet : Urologist, surgeon and assisted dying practitioner Frank Kueppers,  Death on Screen : Lecretia's Choice

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S2 ep13 Valerie Wycoff 12.11.2022

Death in Print :  Words of Comfort  by Rebekah Ballagh,  Meet : Threshold singing group director Valerie Wycoff,  Death on Screen : Threshold Choir website

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S2 ep12 Lynda Hannah 29.10.2022

Death in Print : 'Facing Extinction' by Catherine Ingram,  Meet : Environmental activist and Living Legacies founder Lynda Hannah,  Death on Screen : Living in the Time of Dying

Deathwalker's Guide to Life S2 ep11 Claire Turnham 15.10.2022

Death in Print :  Dying: A memoir  by Cory Taylor,  Meet : Home-based death care practitioner Claire Turnham,  Death on Screen : Death is not the endpoint featuring Zach Bush

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