Living Life with Death: Lessons Learned from the Death Industry

The author examines male suicide and discussing parenting when you know too much. Trigger Warnings: Suicide and potential harm to children

The author describes a morning at your friendly neighborhood morgue, shares on injuries and exposures, and a strange way to win a fight. 

The author is asked, "What do you do?", at a party and comtemplates during the autopsy of an infant. 

The author talks all the ins and outs of autopsies. Trigger warning, if one of your loved ones has been autopsied please stop and consider if you want the details. 

The first date was too scared, another date was too creepy and this date is juuuust right and the author asks herself hard questions after realizing a deep change.

The author reads sections about on-call work causing her to envy the dead and a co-worker who is not helping the situation.

The author (Sarah Jones) goes on a date with a guy who is a little too interested in her career and describes a day at the lake when you know too much. 

Sarah Jones reads about and discusses a gut wrenching recovery, a presentation that ends in flying body parts, and fluids.  Content warning: This episode talks about chronic illness and the death of a child.

The author talks all about tissue donation for recovery and reads an essay that shows dating is hard when you hang out with death.  

This episodes readings are about a very fancy fart joke and overthinking simple situations.

The author talks about loved ones who need more time, picking up a body from a homeless camp, and a scaredy cop. 

The author reads and exbounds on how mostly dead is totally a thing, the joy of scaring medical students, and the unexpected experience of a mob.

The author enters a house of horrors, gets questioned for her life choices, participates in some light hazing, and learns money won't stop a shot gun.

The author gets hungry on the job, encounters a hepatitis risk, and receives a creative greeting.  

The author discusses a case where she meets a new friend, a body pick up that hits a little too close to home, and inventory duty.     

The author reads about her first experiences with death on the job. She dives into the topics of funeral school, embalming, and body removals.  Please be aware this episode does feature details about the embalming process that may not be suitable for all listeners.