What About Death!?
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Celtic Paganism and how it sees life, death and rebirth with Pagan Elder Linda Ward
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tsultrim speaks with Linda Ward, a Pagan Elder and member of Pagan Hearth Incorporated in Queensland, Australia. Linda explains what ...
Carked It! – Can a card game about death actually be fun?
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Tsultrim speaks with Simon Lowe, the creator of a fabulous card game called “Carked It!”. Simon developed this, at times, ...
Pema Düddul: The Tibetan Book of the Dead in the 21st Century - Part 2
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a continuation of Tsultrim's conversation with Dr. Pema on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, how we can apply some of its techniques to...
Pema Düddul: The Tibetan Book of the Dead in the 21st Century - Part 1
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode Tsultrim is pleased to welcome Dr. Pema Düddul back to the podcast to talk about his recently released book “Luminous Awarenes...
Dr Libby Sallnow on The Value of Death: Bringing Death Back into Life
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of What About Death!?, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Libby Sallnow, a palliative care consultant and researcher from London in the UK. Dr...
Pema Düddul: Memory and Memoir and their value to understanding dying, death and grief
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of What About Death!?, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Pema Düddul, a Director at Pristine Awareness: Foundation for Buddhist Practice a...
Dr Mary-Frances O'Connor: The Grieving Brain
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor, author of the fascinating book “The Grieving Brain – The Surprising Science...
Hayley Campbell: The vital role of death industry professionals
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Tsultrim speaks with UK-based writer, journalist and broadcaster Hayley Campbell about her new book “All the Living and the De...
Dr Rachel Menzies: Death Anxiety and its role in mental illness
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of What about Death!?, Tsultrim speaks with Australian Clinical Psychologist Rachel Menzies. Rachel has extensively researched ho...
Markus Zusak: Australian author of international best-selling novels “The Book Thief” and “Bridge of Clay”
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of What About Death!?, Tsultrim speaks with internationally acclaimed and best selling author, Markus Zusak about his hugely successfu...
Coming soon: Australian author Markus Zusak
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Season 2, Tsultrim speaks with Markus Zusak, the award-winning Australian author of the internationally best-selling novel "Th...
What About Death!? returns for Season 2
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What About Death!? returns for a new season of discussing the many and varied experiences and perceptions of dying and death. Join us fortnightly from...
Bindi Irwin on life, death and grief
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bindi Irwin, world renowned conservationist, television personality, Wildlife Warrior, and daughter of Steve and Terri Irwin of the wo...
Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell: Death, end of life care and the importance of family in the indigenous community in New Zealand
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Dr Kriss Kevorkian: Why do humans have difficulty living in harmony with nature? (part 2)
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 bein...
Dr Kriss Kevorkian: What is environmental and ecological grief? (part 1)
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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, o...
Roly Sussex: Why is death such a negative concept?
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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." ...
Dr Joanne Cacciatore: Traumatic death and how the pain, grief and heartbreak that follows can be transformed (part 2)
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Dr Joanne Cacciatore: Traumatic death and how the pain, grief and heartbreak that follows can be transformed (part 1)
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
What is a Death Doula?: Their role at the end of life.
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 privile...
Dr Michael Barbato: The art of palliative care
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 fo...
Dr Sarah Winch: Let's prepare for death - the value of death literacy
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Dr Hannah Gould: Natural burials, contemporary technology and connection
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Dr Daniel Wescott: Forensic anthropology, what it is and how it helps the living
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Dr John Troyer: Death, taboo, politics and their impact on society
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Jackie Campbell: Why palliative care for our pets
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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. Campb...
Patrick Stokes: Personal identity, online memorials and death
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Australian philosopher and author, Dr Patrick Stokes from Deakin University in Melbourne, offers his thoughts about how personal identity impacts how ...
Donate Life: Can there be value and purpose in death?
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Samuel Johnson: How death enriches life
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 imp...
Introducing "What About Death!?"
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"What About Death!?" is a podcast exploring the many and varied experiences and perceptions of dying and death. Every two weeks, Tsultrim, an Australi...