Kicking the Bucket

NOTE: **Both endings begin the same and diverge about halfway through.**  And now, dear listener, we come to a crossroads. For our final episode, we invite you to choose your own ending. If you are rooting for Dolores and Howard to go out on their terms - needing no permission, making no apologies - go to Tape 8, Side A, or Episode 8A, “Rounded with a Sleep.” But if you’re hoping Dolores and Howar...

NOTE: **Both endings begin the same and diverge about halfway through.**  And now, dear listener, we come to a crossroads. For our final episode, we invite you to choose your own ending. If you are rooting for Dolores and Howard to go out on their terms - needing no permission, making no apologies - stay here on Tape 8, Side A, or Episode 8A, “Rounded with a Sleep.” But if you’re hoping Dolores an...

✨ Finally. It’s time. And not a minute too late. Or maybe it is? Will Dolores and Howard be foiled again? Still, the kids need an answer about a nursing home, so our persistent protagonists make a break for it. In a minivan. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast —------- 🎙️ CAST Mimi Strum & Ri...

✨ Dolores and Howard put their next plan into motion. But first, they need to get organized. Clear out the clutter and get the dog into a good, loving home. A feat that seems easy enough… ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast —------- 🎙️ CAST Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard...

✨ This is it. The hour is nigh. Dolores and Howard make their move, but an unexpected visitor threatens to derail their carefully crafted goodbye. As Tamika reveals her secret, the question remains: will anyone hear Dolores and Howard before the curtain falls? ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast...

✨ Dolores and Howard realize that brainstorming ways to go out on your own terms is hard work. It also requires some imagination…and perchance, a little luck from Mother Nature. An annual family trip to a water park proves to be chaotic and isolating. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast —-------...

✨ Another tour of a retirement home facility pushes Dolores to face the future. Howard hopes the stars will align, but after a terrifying memory lapse episode with Dolores, he admits the fault may lie closer to home. They may have also accidentally adopted a dog. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodca...

✨ More talk of retirement communities and forced downsizing sets a strangely troublesome scene for Dolores and Howard. Can there be dignity in death? Tamika has a secret of her own. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast —------- 🎙️ CAST Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard Also...

✨ Dolores and Howard set the stage for their last act after another unsatisfying tour of a “nursing home” (or retirement community, depending on who you ask) and a confirmation that Howard’s health is nearing its final curtain. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast —------- 🎙️ CAST Mimi Strum &...

✨ Creator Andee Kinzy introduces KICKING THE BUCKET, a new fiction podcast about aging, caregiving, and end-of-life autonomy. With 8 richly sound-designed episodes and a stellar cast aged 34 to 92, this audio dramedy is a TV series for your ears. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. And you get to choose how the story ends. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.  🌐 MORE I...