You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Pádraig Ó Tuama - How to Be Alone

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of You're Going to Die: The Podcast, host Ned Buskirk speaks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of 'Poetry Unbound' from ...

Megan Falley - Earthside Responsibility

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of Andrea Gibson's death on July 14th, 2025, Ned Buskirk speaks with their partner Megan Falley, about grieving their death, still findin...

Andrea Gibson on You're Going to Die: The Podcast [rerelease from January 2022]

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of Andrea Gibson, for their life and death on July 14th, 2025, we're resharing host Ned Buskirk's conversation them from January of 2022, in...

Honoring Joanna Macy w/Lydia Violet Harutoonian

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of Joanna Macy's death and with You're Going to Die's upcoming San Francisco event - A Wild Love for the World: An Evening Honoring Joann...

Because We Have Mortality w/Stephen G. Post

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In our newest episode, host Ned Buskirk speaks with Stephen G. Post, one of the world’s leading scholars on altruism, love, compassion, and the sci...

To See With the Eyes of the Dead w/Perdita Finn

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of this season of You're Going to Die: The Podcast, Francis Weller reminds us to invoke the medicine of our ancestral lineage; c...

Cultivating Wonder w/Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join You're Going to Die: The Podcast host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Merrill Garbus of tUnE‑yArDs. Consider this a raw & honest invitati...

The Long Dark w/Francis Weller

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Psychotherapist, writer, & soul activist Francis Weller is back on You're Going to Die: The Podcast, talking with host Ned Buskirk about the satu...

Pockets of Grief w/Yrsa Daley-Ward

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poet, performer, and the author of bone, The Terrible, and The Catch (available June 20...

The Pandemic of Later w/Thomas Hübl

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator Thomas Hübl, PhD, who works within the complexity...

Shape Shifting w/Johanna Hedva

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Korean American writer, artist, and musician Johanna Hedva, who was raised in Los Angeles by a family of w...

Adaptation w/Mary-Frances O'Connor

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the ...

Unmasking w/Shaun Bengson

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with a song writer, theater maker and multi instrumentalist Shaun Bengson, one half of The Bengsons. Alongside ...

Perish to This Moment w/Prentis Hemphill

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer and therapist, Prentis Hemphill. They are the Founder ...

Grief Rearranges Your Life w/Clover Stroud

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Clover Stroud, a Sunday Times bestselling writer, journalist and host of her own podcast, Tiny Acts of Bra...

Disco-Ordination w/Stephen Jenkinson

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with culture activist and author Stephen Jenkinson. Jenkinson teaches internationally, is the author of seven b...

Letters From a Friend w/Naomi Shihab Nye & Marion Winik

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with friends and writers Naomi Shihab Nye and Marion Winik as they talk about the promise they made, and kept, ...

Trying w/Scott Elliott Ferreter

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with beloved friend, singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Scott Elliott Ferreter as they talk...

The Race Track w/Aerin Dunford

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Aerin Dunford, Lead Weaver of The Emergence Network (ten), a planetary network of care and inquiry gesturi...

The Value of Death w/Aditi Sethi

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation originally aired August 31st, 2023. Join us ONLINE Monday, October 28th from 4-5:45pm Pacific, for a virtual screening of “The ...

Death Watch w/D.S. Moss

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Humanist Chaplain D.S. Moss, as they talk about the journey through life & loss that led to his morta...

The Monster of Me w/Heidi Kraay

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with playwright and writer-across-disciplines Heidi Kraay, as they talk about her book 12 Lifetimes: A Century...

Suppression w/Tim Kinsella

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in a creatively conscious mortality conversation with Chicagoan musician, author, and actor Tim Kinsella, whose previous bands ...

Old Soul w/Caitlin Jemma

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with indie musician and singer-songwriter Caitlin Jemma. Her newest album A Wider View is inspired by themes su...

Sonya Renee Taylor & The Bengsons - LIVE at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You're Going to Die Presents: Alive Concert & Conversation w/Sonya Renee Taylor & The Bengsons at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, recorded...

If I Had One Year Left w/Laurel Braitman

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with bestselling author, speaker, educator, and a trailblazer in the field of medical storytelling, Laurel Brait...

In the Truth w/Abigail Bengson

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Abigail Bengson, one half of the composing / performing / grief-working & dumb joke-writing, award-winn...

METAL w/Carla Harvey

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author, musician, artist, grief coach and thanatologist Carla Harvey, who has spent over 15 years navigatin...

Keep Going w/Amanda Nagai & Chelsea Coleman

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with friends Amanda Nagai and Chelsea Coleman, as they talk about suicide, the impact of a personal loss like th...

Grief Camp w/Jesse Moss

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jesse Moss, Director of Marketing at Experience Camps, in charge of developing strategies and content to cr...

Puzzles w/Amen Dunes

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Damon McMahon, an American indie rock musician and the primary member of the musical project Amen Dunes. am...

The Next Right Thing w/Oliver Burkeman

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help...

Happy With Nothing w/GaTa

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with GaTa, American rapper, actor, & hypeman, best known for his role as a fictionalized version of himself,...

Why Wait? w/Ira Byock

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Ira Byock, leading physician, author, and public advocate for improving care for people living with serious...

Báyò Akómoláfé - LIVE at The Lost Church in San Francisco

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You're Going to Die Presents: Alive Conversation w/Báyò Akómoláfé at The Lost Church in San Francisco, recorded for You're Going to Die: The Podc...

Sit w/Martín Prechtel

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Martín Prechtel, artist, writer, musician, storyteller, teacher, and healer, as Prechtel offers his introductio...

Little by Little w/Jeremiah Fraites

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder of The Lumineers, American-Italian musician, composer, songwriter, and multi-instru...

It All Matters w/Sonya Renee Taylor

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Sonya Renee Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of seven books, transformational thought leader, world-re...

To Coexist With Grief w/Hyunhye Seo

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hyunhye "Angela" Seo, artist, multi-instrumentalist & vocalist, best known for her role in American experime...

Bonus Episode w/Hyunhye Seo, Brenda Covarrubius, & Julie Lu

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A bonus episode this week as accompaniment to Hyunhye "Angela" Seo's episode, continuing the conversation with her friends, Brenda Covarrubius, an occ...

Conscious Grieving w/Claire Bidwell Smith

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with one of today’s foremost experts on grief, Claire Bidwell Smith, a licensed therapist, international speaker, &...

Singing to the Plants w/Justin Robinson

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician, ethnobotanist, & culinary historian Justin Robinson, while they talk about the genocides of plant ...

No Chance to Grieve w/Rachel Cargle

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, activist, entrepreneur, & philanthropic innovator, while they talk about the death ...

The How w/Krista St-Germain

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Krista St-Germain, Master Certified Life Coach, Post-Traumatic Growth and grief expert, widow, and host of The W...

We Blossom w/Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, bereaved mom, founder of the MISS Foundation, author of "Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Lo...

No Tragedy Please w/Dan Mangan

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician and songwriter Dan Mangan, while they talk about how death and endings foster gratitude and give meanin...

The Sum of a Life w/Dr. Lucy Kalanithi

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University & the widow of Dr. Paul ...

Is It Ever Enough? w/John Craigie

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Ned Buskirk in conversation with traveling songwriter & storyteller John Craigie, while they talk about the death of his father & how gri...

State of the Pod w/Ned Buskirk & Nick Jaina

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join You're Going to Die: The Podcast host Ned Buskirk & producer Nick Jaina as they ring in the [Happy?] New Year with some fresh commitments &am...

Grief Dust w/Madison Girifalco

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with immersive installation artist, puppet-fabricator, & children’s book author Madison Girifalco, while t...

Everything About You w/Erika Wright

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Erika Wright, while they talk about the story, the plant medicine, the spiritual path, that led to their se...

Brotherhood w/Adam Jackson

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Adam Jackson, Sacred Sons cofounder, Chief Visionary Officer, & the host of Sacred Sons Podcast, while ...

All Of It w/Andy the Doorbum

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with musician, visual/performance artist, & poet Andy the Doorbum, while they talk about his father's death ...

Our Tears Water a Heart That’s Been Too Dry w/Frank Ostaseski

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Frank Ostaseski - internationally respected Buddhist teacher, visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Projec...

What Have I Done? w/Michelle Tea

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author & editor Michelle Tea, while they talk about the story of her writing onto stage, her history ru...

Presence w/adrienne maree brown

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with writer, activist, & facilitator adrienne maree brown, while they talk about what's possible in our resp...

Alternative Burials w/Katrina Spade

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Katrina Spade, founder & CEO of Recompose, a Public Benefit Corporation based in Seattle & the worl...

Holding Humans w/Megan Devine

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with best-selling author, psychotherapist, & grief advocate Megan Devine, while they talk about how it’s o...

Comfortable With Death w/Joshua Rose O’Hara

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with lifelong activist, revolutionary, thought leader, & psychic survivor Joshua Rose O’Hara, while they ...

I Want You To Have a Body w/Megan Falley

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with femme writer, spoken word poet, author, & teaching artist Megan Falley, while they talk about how two ...

A Legacy of Care w/Jamie Thrower

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Death Doula, End of Life Educator & Grief Guide Jamie Thrower, while they talk about parent loss, medi...

A Vision for the End of Life w/Staci Haines

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Staci K. Haines, a national leader in Somatics & the author of The Politics of Trauma: Somatic, Healing...

Is This How I Want To Be? w/Prentis Hemphill

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Prentis Hemphill, writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, & therapist, talking about how a...

The Value of Death w/Aditi Sethi

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Aditi Sethi, hospice & palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, & musician, talking about ...

Wash It All Away w/Adrienne Shamszad

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer-songwriter Adrienne Shamszad, crying & laughing their way through a conversation about living a ...

I’ll Never Be Ready w/Wendy MacNaughton

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with New York Times best-selling illustrator & graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton, talking about her book ...

The Work w/BJ Miller & Ladybird Morgan

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with return guests & friends BJ Miller & Ladybird Morgan, talking about their work in the world, togethe...

Going With Grace w/Alua Arthur

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk, in conversation with Alua Arthur - Death Doula, Ordained Minister, Recovering Lawyer, Perpetual Seeker of Nothing to be Found &...

Time in a Bottle w/Laura Sullivan Cassidy

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Laura Sullivan Cassidy, writer/editor, creative consultant/coach, artist/experience maker, & grief/deat...

Slower w/Mara June

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mara June of MOTHERWORT + ROSE, educator, facilitator, community weaver, writer, caregiver, death doula, &a...

How to Trust Grief w/Francis Weller

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with psychotherapist, writer, & soul activist Francis Weller, talking about the saturation of sorrow we’re...

Buddhism in Prison w/Ven. Robina Courtin

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with the Venerable Robina Courtin, a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelugpa tradition & lineage of Lam...

This Body of Mine Is Here w/Andrea Gibson

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with poet & activist Andrea Gibson, in laughter & tears on the chemo-brain railroad, talking about the r...

Fear of Death Is Our God w/Richie Reseda

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with music, film, & content producer Richie Reseda, freed from prison in 2018, talking about how our culture...

How We Grieve Is Up To Us w/Claire Bidwell Smith

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with therapist, grief expert, & author Claire Bidwell Smith, talking about those of us who walk with a diffe...

In the Truth w/Abigail Bengson

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Abigail Bengson, one half of the composing / performing / grief-working & dumb joke-writing, award-winn...

Centering Our Selves w/Alica Forneret

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alica Forneret, educator, speaker, & consultant dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore ...

Art Is a Little Death w/Ani DiFranco

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, talking about her father’s death, how we can tend to relationships with o...

The Forgotten Teachers w/Claudia Biçen & Brian Isett

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with neuroscientist poet Brian Isett & storytelling artist Claudia Biçen, as they talk about their new book...

I’m With You w/caroline lee.

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with death doula & therapist caroline lee., as they talk about the potentially complicated emotional experie...

Slow Down the Moments w/Robinson & Rohe

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with American songwriters Liam Robinson & Jean Rohe, as they talk about the medicine of music, & the sto...

Why Be Kind? w/Dessa

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with singer, rapper, & writer Dessa, as they talk about what it means to lead a moral life as an atheist, th...

Broth From the Bones w/Jenna Bowers

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with creative energy healer Jenna Bowers, aka The Way Witch, as they talk about the life-changing deaths of her ...

Tragedy Abounds w/Shanthi Sekaran

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with novelist & television writer Shanthi Sekaran, as they talk about her new book Boomi's Boombox, how she ...

Ecstatic w/Karima Walker

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with artist & musician Karima Walker, as they talk about the hypnotizing death of her mother, the difficulti...

The Cosmic Shhh w/Báyò Akómoláfé

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé, father to Alethea & Kyah, grateful life-partner to Ije, son & brother, widely ...

Shadow Work w/Jess Reis Mendivil

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with The Death Empath - Jess Reis Mendivil, an Ancestral Death Doula, Shadow Empath, Grief Guide, & Life Coa...

Death Is the Biggest Deal w/Amanda Yates Garcia

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amanda Yates Garcia, writer, witch, & the Oracle of Los Angeles, talking about the “underworlds” we...

A Train Going By w/Alexis Pauline Gumbs

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, cherished oracle & community accountable Black feminist author & scholar, ta...

Lead With Love w/Barbara Becker

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Barbara Becker, ordained interfaith minister & author of "Heartwood: The Art of Living With the End in ...

Keep It Kind w/Sheng Wang

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with stand-up comedian Sheng Wang, talking about how growing up Taiwanese American may or may not result in a ca...

It’s Hard No Matter What w/Hospice Nurse Penny

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hospice Nurse Penny Smith, a nationally certified hospice & palliative care registered nurse, talking a...

Grieving a Friendship w/MariNaomi

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU L...

Born for This w/Mangda Sengvanhpheng

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mangda Sengvanhpheng, artist & the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on loss & grief ...

Breathe w/Stelth Ulvang & Dorota Szuta

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dorota Szuta & Stelth Ulvang, the songsmiths of desert grunge trio Heavy Gus, as they talk about the st...

A Form of Healing w/Lisa Wells

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author Lisa Wells, as they talk about the kind of love that sits at a deathbed [for a fellow human or a dyi...

Death Is the Problem Solver w/Sophie Strand

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Sophie Strand, writer & “neo-troubadour animist w/a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn int...

We Act Like Nobody Dies w/Thao Nguyen

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with veteran artist, songwriter, touring musician, & producer Thao Nguyen, as they talk about the death of h...

I’d Rather Not w/Avi Vinocur

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Avi Vinocur, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, & producer, as they talk about the death of his ...

Our Dead Still Speak w/Caleb Wilde

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Caleb Wilde, author & sixth generation funeral director of 20 years who left his family's business this...