Unveiling Death: Eternity in About 24 Minutes

The Palliative Care Physician: A Conversation with Dr. Tara Coles

Dr. Tara Coles is a double-board certified physician in emergency medicine and palliative care medicine. She currently exclusively practices in-patient palliative care for hospitalized patients and families. She is passionate about medical education and promoting well-being in medicine. She is also a spouse and a mother to four children, plus two dogs.

That Cosmic Feeling: A Conversation with Lee Feinberg

Lee Feinberg has been the Telescope Manager and lead optical engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope for more than two decades. He previously worked on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Feinberg plays far-out keyboards with the bands Honeyfunk and The Allman Others.

Far-Out Outtakes with Feinberg: A Midrash, the Unknowable Universe, and the Hubble Correction

The Funeral Director Profession: A Conversation with David Jacobson

David Jacobson founded Chicago Jewish Funerals in 1997 to provide a service to the community that was as attentive to the needs of the bereaved as it was to the traditions of the Jewish people.
David is a leading expert on Kavod Hamet, the Jewish commandment to honor the dead. He speaks frequently to community groups, schools, and synagogues. David lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Also check out the podcast Groundbreaking on which David was recently a guest.

October 7 – Death and Tragedy in the Jewish Mind: A Conversation with Rabbi Matt Reimer and Rabbi Josh Rose

Rabbi Matt Reimer is associate director of Congregational Consulting and Transition Services for the Union of Reform Judaism. He has served congregations of all sizes. His goal is to help synagogues find relevance and meaning in Jewish tradition. He lives in New York City.
Rabbi Josh Rose is the founding director of Co/Lab: Reimagine Jewish, which opens doors to Jewish connection through arts, ideas, and culture. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Rabbis Matt, Josh, and I put out another podcast, Weird Being Jewish. Check it out.

Hinduism and Death: A Conversation with Dr. Vijay Satnarine

Vijay Satnarine is the director of education for the Hindu American Foundation, at which he prepares educational materials for Hindu Americans and for the broader American public. Dr. Satnarine strives to bring compassionate ancestral techniques to difficult conversations and to transmit the teachings of his ancestors with integrity and relevance for our times. He is also an acharya, a priest and senior scholar highly versed in Hindu scripture. Dr. Satnarine lives in Orlando, Florida.

Obituary Writing as Ministry: A Conversation with Chicago Tribune Reporter Bob Goldsborough

Bob Goldsborough is a freelance journalist for the Chicago Tribune. He writes obituaries of local luminaries and reports on celebrity real estate transactions. Bob is also a local historian, particularly of Wheaton, Illinois, where he was raised and lives.  He offers presentations on Wheaton's notable citizens and architecture.

The Death of a Friend: My Daughter Betsy Weill Interviews Me

In this episode, my daughter Betsy interviews me about the loss of my dear friend, Michael Petriano, who died 22 years ago. Betsy was a toddler when Mike died, but she and her sister and brother, Ruthie and Sammy, grew up understanding what a mammoth loss this was. We discuss Mike’s and my premonitions, if that’s what they were, that he would die, and we talk about my dreams, if that’s what they were, about Mike for the year after his death. And a lot more. 
 

The Door That’s Open: From AIDS Clinic to Skydiving with Michelle Fiordaliso

The Door That’s Open: From AIDS Clinic to Skydiving with Michelle Fiordaliso
Michelle Fiordaliso is an award-winning writer and filmmaker with a degree in clinical social work and psychotherapy. She is also a birth and death doula, ushering people through the major transitions of life, while also coaching executives through the smaller transitions of life, like starting companies, mergers and acquisitions, and successful exits. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Ms., and elsewhere. 
Michelle is the co-author of “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ex,” a self-help book on how to deal with past relationships. She’s also the author of the forthcoming book “Rejected: Essays on Belonging,” featuring photographs by Lindsay Morris. It’s available wherever you get your books. 

Loved Ones in Hospice: Time in Slow Motion with Anne McKernan

Loved Ones in Hospice: Time in Slow Motion with Anne McKernan
 
In this episode, I speak with Anne McKernan, an assistant superintendent of schools in West Hartford, Connecticut. We discuss her sensation of how time slowed down as her loved ones neared death. Anne also talks about her mom’s “dreams” shortly before she died of her own grandmother, wearing black and standing by a window.
 
Anne enjoys studying mythology, cultural narratives, and religions, which enrich her understanding of humanity's diversity and inform her perspective on education and personal growth.
 
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