What About Death!?

In this episode Bindi Irwin, world renowned conservationist, television personality, Wildlife Warrior, and daughter of Steve and Terri Irwin of the world famous, Australian Zoo shares her experience following the death of her father when she was just 8 years old. Bindi tells us how her life experience growing up so closely to wildlife both at the zoo and in the wild has given her a remarkable unde...

In today's episode, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and a founding member of the Te Arai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group. Through her personal and professional experience as a Maori woman, Tess explains her perspective on end of life care, the importance of spirit, culture and family in the death process and h...

The death of the natural environment and its inhabitants are unprecedented and in the main caused by humans. Dr. Kevorkian shares how we as human beings can value our natural world rather than see it as another commodity to be exploited. She explains how we can develop a recognition and understanding of the importance of our interdependence of nature and how this education will further harmony and...

In this episode of What About Death, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Kriss Kevorkian, a Climate Thanatologist from Washington State in the USA. In part one, of this two part series, Dr. Kevorkian explains environmental and ecological grief and why we humans often experience grief reactions to the death of ecosystems and the extinction of animal and plant species. She also explains her research of the Sout...

In this episode, I speak with Emeritus Professor, Roly Sussex who has been the presenter of ABC Brisbane's long running program "A Word in Your Ear." He has studied and researched language for many decades and today he shares his significant insights into our use of language and how it relates to our perception of death. Roly explains how language and the visual representations we create of death...

In this episode of What About Death, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Joanne Cacciatore, a tenured Professor at Arizona State University in the USA and author of the best selling book, "Bearing the Unbearable - Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief." Dr Cacciatore is also the founder of the MISS Foundation and the Selah Carefarm, and she recently appeared on the Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry docu...

In this episode of What About Death, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Joanne Cacciatore, a tenured Professor at Arizona State University in the USA and author of the best selling book, "Bearing the Unbearable - Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief." Dr Cacciatore is also the founder of the MISS Foundation and the Selah Carefarm, and she recently appeared on the Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry docu...

In today's episode, I speak with Annie Whitlocke a Death Doula from Melbourne, Australia. Annie explains her role as a death doula and how the privilege of caring for those coming to the end of their life has reinforced the importance and value of talking openly about death, during life. This episode of What About Death is hosted by Tsultrim and this episode was edited by Kiara Fauzi. Special than...

In this episode of What About Death I speak with Dr Michael Barbato who has been a medical doctor for over 55 years and a palliative care physician for over 30 years. Michael has written three books entitled, "Caring for the Living and Dying", "Reflections of a Setting Sun, and "Midwifing Death". Michael's extensive experience, knowledge, understanding and insight into this important field of care...

In this episode I speak with Dr Sarah Winch an Australian Healthcare Ethicist and author who talks to us about the importance of developing our death literacy. Dr Winch shares her thoughts about why talking about death during our life can help to reduce our fear and discomfort by preparing us for the inevitability of death whether it comes to us today or anytime in the future. What About Death is...

In this episode of What About Death, our guest is Dr Hannah Gould a cultural anthropologist from the University of Melbourne. Dr Gould tells us about the movement towards natural burials and why it is so important. She also explains how technology is being used in a variety of ways to encourage creativity and connection after death. This episode was hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Kiara Fauzi, wi...

In today's episode of "What about Death" I speak with Dr Daniel Wescott who is the Director of the Forensic Anthropology Centre Texas State (FACTS) in the USA. Dr Wescott explains the field of forensic anthropology and the importance of understanding what happens to the human body after death whether in relation to archaeological finds or contemporary research. Dr Wescott tells us how human bodies...

In today's episode of What about Death!?, Dr John Troyer from the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom shares his view of the taboo that seems to surround the topic of death. He also shares with us his insights on the necessary societal and political implications that arise as result of our perception of and our response to dying and death. This episode was...

In today's episode I talk with Dr. Jackie Campbell from Sunset Vets, one of Australia's first ever dedicated Palliative Care teams for pets. Dr. Campbell shares her experience and her insights into why good quality, accessible palliative care is so important when our much loved pets have a life limiting illness or are coming to the end of their life. She explains how a palliative approach can enha...

Australian philosopher and author, Dr Patrick Stokes from Deakin University in Melbourne, offers his thoughts about how personal identity impacts how we contemplate our own death and the challenges and fears that may naturally arise as a result. He also tells us about his research into the modern phenomenon of online memorialisation as a way for us to remember the dead both in the present and into...

Alana Cresswell from Donate Life Qld and Phillipa Lazenby from the Qld Tissue Bank tell us about the importance and value of organ and tissue donation. They share their insights on how this practice of generosity and kindness can change the lives of the loved one's left behind after death, alongside the strangers who receive the gift of life and healing. This episode was hosted by Tsultrim and edi...

Australian actor Samuel Johnson shares his experience of dying and death and the profound influence that it has had on his own life. He shares the importance of bringing the subject into the open, how it has enriched his experience, despite the grief and sadness he has felt. He offers his insights into how it has offered hope, purpose and grace to his own life and to his own view of death. loveyou...

"What About Death!?" is a podcast exploring the many and varied experiences and perceptions of dying and death. Every two weeks, Tsultrim, an Australian Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, talks to people from around Australia and the world, listening to their insights and views and bringing this important subject out of the dark and into a place where we consider... everything you wanted to kn...