Close to Death is a podcast that profiles people who spend every day working with the dead and dying. Sound depressing? It isn’t. Sound creepy? It can be! From death doulas to crime scene cleaners, obituary writers to taxidermists, human composting farms to witches who talk to the dead, these death experts have seen it all. In each episode, with the help of comedians and reporters, we’ll hear their stories and find out what they have learned about life by working with death. Hosted by Utkarsh Ambudkar.
This is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.
For years, we’ve been sold on just two ways to deal with a dead body — you either get cremated or you’re caked in makeup and placed in a casket six feet under. But there’s gotta be more options, right? Uninspired with what's on offer, comedian and journalist Francesca Fiorentini went on a tour of how to dispose of a dead body to get some ideas of what she'll do with her eventual corpse. First, she visits Walt Patrick at Herland Forest, a green burial site in Washington that's composting human bodies. Then, she gets a peek into Celestis, the space burial company that'll shoot your remains into space.
Credits:
Josh Bloch- For USG Audio
Jessica Grimshaw- For USG Audio
Jennifer Sears- For USG Audio
Tara Frelund- For USG Audio
Utkarsh Ambudkar- Host
Gretta Cohn - Executive Producer
Kesila Childers - Executive Producer
Greg Lubin - Executive Producer
Jordan Bailey – Lead Producer
Allie Graham - Producer
Francesca Fiorentini - Producer
Sara Nics - Executive Editor
Jasmine Flott- Music Supervisor
AJ Hanneld- Graphic Artist
Nocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound Design
This is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.
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