Dying to Know More

Meet Scott Ginsberg and Josh Siegel of Titan Casket—two men on a mission to bring transparency, choice, and even a little humor to an industry that hasn’t changed in over a century. In this episode, you’ll hear how they’re reshaping funeral planning, explore their one-of-a-kind casket selection (yes, even mushroom caskets), meet their cheeky mascot Mort, and discover which caskets they’ve personal...

Embalming has a critical role in history dating back centuries. In this DTKM Mini, we discuss how the Egyptians really put embalming on the map, and then we journey through history and look at how critical this science became during the Civil War, and finally we take a critical look at its relevance in modern times when people are more eco-minded and burial numbers are on the decline.

Before the internet, when someone died, the only things they left behind were tangible belongings and treasured memories. Today, though, when you die, you leave an entire digital footprint behind. It's called your digital afterlife, and it's actually becoming something people are becoming more and more mindful of. In fact, there are companies that help people get their digital afterlives in order...

Discover the fascinating history of obituaries—how they began, what they reveal about society, and how they’ve evolved into modern storytelling. This episode explores their role as both public record and personal tribute.

On this episode of Dying to Know More, we talk to Kristin Keiper-Berneman, founder of Good Grieve Nashville. She is on a mission to help teacher parents and adults how to help children navigate their grief. Children's grief is much different for adults' grief. She works with families and groups that work with children to help parents and leaders understand this nuance in an effort to best serve ch...

We are launching our podcast with our first episode focused on anticipatory grief. We talked with Kristin Scaglione, whose husband Mike passed away on March 1, 2025, after an 18-month battle with lung cancer. She shares what the anticipatory grief was like for her and her children, shares the ways in which she honors Mike, and share her best advice for anyone who is newly embarked on a similar jou...

Lisa Pahl is a hospice and emergency medicine social worker. It is through her work that she also became the co-founder and CEO of The Death Deck, a lively game that sparks conversation around death and dying as well as our individual desires for what we want our own end of life experiences to look like. Here, she shares her unique insight into hospice as well as shares some of the interesting too...

Death doula and hospice nurse Suzanne Kilpatrick joins the Dying to Know More podcast to share more about what a death doula is and does, the importance of this role in end-of-life transitions, and what led her to do this important work. SHOW NOTES: Center for Conscious Living and Dying - https://www.ccld.community/ INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association) - https://inelda.org/ Conscio...

Kelly Roberts is disrupting the funeral industry with his fresh take on funerals. The SendOff founder shares with Dying to Know More listeners what compelled him to launch his company, what a truly customized sendoff can look like, and more. SHOW NOTES: SendOff : Funerals Reimagined: https://sendoff.co/ Instagram: @sendoffmn Facebook: @sendoffmn YouTube: @SendOffMN #funeralservices #funeraltraditi...