DEAD AIR #104

I'll be back Monday 3rd June 2024, stay well!

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk 

‘An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates’ – ABC News

‘When natural burial doesn’t meet the needs of mourners’ – The Bottom Drawer Book

SPECIAL GUEST Samantha Rennie. Art of Grieving Workshop, Community House Castlemaine BOOK HERE Three sessions: Sat 11 May, 9.30am-4pm + Wed 15 May, 7-9.30pm + Wed 22 May, 7-9.30pm

Online talk: Traditions in Death and Burial, Dr Helen Frisby – Presented by NDAN BOOK HERE. Thurs 6 June, 9am AEST.

Online talk: Grieving Lahaina: Past and Present. Presented by The Collective for Radical Death Studies BOOK HERE. Sat 11 May, 7am AEST.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Bakirköy Havsi – Zen / Are You Dead – Rainbows are Free / Obur Dünya – Cem Karaca, Mogollar

DEAD AIR #103

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.  

Miscarriage Information Support Service MISS

I had a miscarriage. Why can't we talk about losing a baby? – The Guardian (video)

Time Immemorial at Bunurong Memorial Park. Part of the Six Feet Under – Design & Death weekend. [11am Memorialisation and Miscarriage panel conversation - with me:)]

BOOK: Briefly, Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur

Going with Grace - website + PBS interview

When children are disappeared from Death by Bec Lyons

PODCAST: SBS Grave Matters. Good Grief: The Importance of Rituals for Healing After Loss 

The Nature Connection Project - contribute stories (even death-related ones!)

The 7th International Symposium of the Death Online Research Network. University of Helsinki, Finland 3-5 October 2024. Abstracts due 26 April.

Death as Protest – A Short History Talk Death Daily Insta

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Si ma chanson pouvait – Valerie Lagrange / R Die Glatze – Klaus Beyer

DEAD AIR #71

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death and Dying 17-19 Nov. 2023. Deadline for submissions: 31 Aug

Detroit International Festival of Darkness 7 Oct. 2023 Deadline for submissions: 1 Aug,

IANDS International Association for Near-Death Studies Conference 30 Aug.-3 Sept. 2023, Washington, DC. Videos

‘Day Schildkret: The Transformative Power of Ritual’ Podcast with Johanna Lunn

RSPCA Victoria’s Home Ever After program, email: homeeverafter@rspcavic.org.au, call: 9224 2238

‘In the End: A parting gift for your loved ones’ by Lisa Doust and Melanie Vugich. Book review by Ellen Hill. Purchase here

‘Ecuador: ‘dead’ woman who was found alive in her coffin dies in intensive care’ The Guardian.

Safety Coffins - Smithsonian Magazine article

TRACKS: Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson / Hunger for a Way Out – Sweeping Promises / Opus – Uranium Club

DEAD AIR #66

Volunteer Week Australia 15-21 May 2023 - Why I am a volunteer presenter at MainFM and a bit about my work :)

‘Burst of brain activity during dying could explain life passing before your eyes. New study hints at how consciousness can continue after the heart stops.’ By Sara Reardon.

‘Washing and dressing our dead: The movement challenging how we grieve.’ By Sophie Aubrey.

Diego Ramirez ‘Vampires of The Earth’ exhibition - MARS Gallery, 7 James Street, Windsor, 27 April – 20 May.

Maldon Goldfields Gothic Ghost Tours – Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas, 4-5 Aug 2023, 6.30pm & 8pm, 1.5 hour long tours.

SOLD! - A historic country chapel and cemetery, Lawitta TAS

TRACKS: The Whispering Cup - Linda Smith, Nancy Andrews / Si ma chanson pouvait – Valerie Lagrange / R die glatze – Klaus Beyer / Jumping on the Death Bed – Uma Seedlings