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Regular Hosts:
Amber, Ashlee, Barbara, Dave
Guest Hosts:
Lora, a Pagan studying to become a Mortician.
1:20
Main Topic: Death
2:00
Saying Goodbyes
3:30
Don’t hold back on saying something until someone (or you) is dead
4:17
Mundane planning for death
4:42
Policy numbers, access to safe deposit boxes etc. so you can access items of a dead loved one.
5:18
Make a formal will! Perhaps use Suze Orman’s kit.
5:56
Relatives frauding, fighting and stealing when there is no will.
7:13
Creamation vs. Pagan Burial (with inappropriate happy music)
14:28
Organ Donation
17:00
Living Wills
17:43
Pre-paid funerals not recommended
18:05
Choose your funeral home ahead of time
18:25
Hospitals and Living Wills (or the lack thereof)
19:30
Wills can’t just be made up suddenly and still have legal weight, must be done ahead of time
20:43
If you care for your family, plan for your death – don’t cower in fear of death
21:45
Funeral homes handling the paperwork of one’s death
22:11
How funeral homes can screw you over
29:00
Things not to buy at Wal-Mart
30:00
State-sanctioned funeral celebrants
35:15
The Gift of Grief
35:55
Organizing a Pagan death ritual and when hospitals aren’t sensitive to your religious needs
41:20
Our perspectives on the afterlife
54:22
Do we feel there is a “punishment” for those who commit suicide?
1:00:14
What if a loved one is dieing of a terminal illness?
1:02:05
Do you have any right to interfere with your loved one’s wishes because of your own views?
1:09:14
Keeping the memory alive
1:13:36
Eco-friendly funerals

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