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Podcast Episodes

When Families Choose Assisted Dying with Cynthia Clark
After a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, Cynthia Clark’s husband chose to have a medically assisted death when his treatment stopped...
Jul 1, 2024

Assisted Dying in Canada with Stefanie Green, MD
Stefanie Green, MD, was one of the first providers of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, when it became legal in 2016. Her...
Jun 17, 2024

Conscious Grieving with Claire Bidwell Smith
Claire Bidwell Smith knows grief well. When she was 14, both of her parents were diagnosed with cancer at the same time. Her mom died...
Jun 3, 2024

Puberty and Death with Julie Metzger
Julie Metzger has been teaching families about puberty for over 30 years. Her book, “Will Puberty Last My Whole Life?” and her course,...
May 20, 2024

Navigating ALS with Rachael King
ALS is a heartbreaking disease. Just ask my guest Rachael King. Her husband, health care activist Ady Barkan, recently died from...
May 6, 2024

Talking to Kids About Death with Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman
This episode is all about how to talk to kids about death. Experts Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman both have decades of experience...
Apr 22, 2024

Grief Is Funny with Leslie Gray Streeter
Leslie Gray Streeter tells it like it is. Her husband, Scott, suddenly died one night when he was just 44 years old. Leslie chronicles...
Apr 8, 2024

Medicine in the Eleventh Hour with Sunita Puri
Sunita Puri is a palliative care doctor who chronicles her journey through medical school, fellowship and finding her specialty in her...
Mar 25, 2024

Grieving and Google Docs with Valarie Kaur (re-release)
This week, we’re re-releasing one of our earliest episodes, and still one of my favorite conversations. Author and activist Valarie Kaur...
Mar 11, 2024

Poetry Unplugged with Michael Wiegers
Michael Wiegers is the Editor-in-Chief at Copper Canyon Press, an independent nonprofit press that publishes award-winning poetry. Under...
Feb 26, 2024

Gut Wrenching Grief with Mira Ptacin
In her memoir, Poor Your Soul, Mira Ptacin explores the grief associated with losing a baby which is often hidden behind closed doors....
Feb 12, 2024

Navigating Grief as a Parent: Insights from the Experts
Losing a parent and life partner to cancer can shake the family foundation. Leaving the remaining widowed co-parent to navigate their own...
Feb 4, 2024

Widowed Fathers Reimagining Life
Don Rosenstein and Justin Yopp are both psychiatrists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They started a support group...
Jan 29, 2024

The Art of Dying Well with Katy Butler
Katy Butler is a journalist and author of two books, who spent years listening to hundreds of people’s stories of good and difficult...
Jan 15, 2024

Death and Money with Lynne Twist
Lynne Twist is a globally recognized philanthropist and author of two books, including “The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship...
Jan 1, 2024

Palliative Care with Dr. Edward Creagan
Dr. Edward Creagan spent four decades at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, working as a cancer specialist and then helping to develop the...
Dec 18, 2023

Choose Your Own Adventure Holiday Episode
In our holiday episode, we’re highlighting some of my favorite conversations from this year, in hopes that you hear what you need. The...
Dec 5, 2023

Life After Sudden Loss with Eirinie Carson
If you’ve ever felt like you needed permission to grieve, or your grief just wasn’t understood by others, this book and this episode is...
Nov 20, 2023

Collective Grief and Community with Justine Mastin and Larisa Garski
Larisa Garski and Justine Mastin are practicing therapists who have authored two books together. Their narrative approach to therapy...
Nov 7, 2023

The History of Hospice with Barbara Karnes
Barbara Karnes is a pioneer of the modern hospice movement in the United States. She got her start as a hospice nurse when medical...
Oct 23, 2023
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