DEAD AIR #129

Happy Śmigus-Dyngus Day! Or Easter Monday for others…

‘Daring to Drop the ‘D’ Word’ – Sincere Ceremonies Karen Brady

‘Why do embalmed bodies feel hard to touch?’ – Are You Dying To Know? YouTube

PODCAST: ‘Let's talk about death, baby’ – Life’s Blooming with James Valentine with Andrew Denton & Kerrie Noonan

Dying to Know Day (August 8) free online webinar about planning your own event. Register HERE Tues 29 April, 2025, 1-1:45pm AEST.

Alluvium Water Cremations Transparency Tour: Mornington, Tasmania, Sat 17 May, 2-3.30pm Details: Facebook event

AHFA presents: Grief and Creative Practice with Chloe Coelho. Wed 28 May, 7-8.30pm AEST. Register HERE

NDAN Panel Discussion on Limited Tenure Burial. Guest panelists: Denise Ora, Ben Kelly, Dr Pia Interlandi, Joe Sehee and Dr Samuel Holleran. Online, Mon 28 April 2025, 6pm. Register HERE

Life Options Death Doula course, online 10 module with Denise Love, Ruth Boydell & Barb Ferguson. Next intake: April 30 2025, all courses can be found HERE

Speakers to be announced soon for the first of the Good Grief Lounge series at the Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine, Sat 3 May, 11am-1pm. Details HERE

REMINDER: this weekend --- Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Saturday & Death Café Maldon on Sunday.

TRACKS: from the new Divide & Dissolve album Insatiable

DEAD AIR radiothon special 2024

SPECIAL GUESTS! Jenny Valentish & Frank Magree from the Spirit Levels Podcast

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FIRST Alkaline Hydrolysis business in Australia, and it is in Tassy - Alluvium Water Cremations

FIRST 100% Natural Conservation burial site in Australia, and it’s in NSW - Walawaani Way Conservation Burial

Dying to Know Day August 8 (and the whole of August) - Dying To Know Day 2024

WAYS OF BEING WITH A FAMILY WHEN A PERSON IS DYING with Annie Whitlocke. Thursday 25 July 2024, 7-8.30pm AEST. Presented by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, book HERE

WATER CREMATION IN AUSTRALIA with Brendan Cooper and Luke Cripps. Saturday 10 August 2024, 9-11am AEST. Presented by the Natural Death Advocacy Network, book HERE

SHOUT OUT TO: Queer as Death Collective, check out their Facebook page for upcoming events HERE

DEAD AIR has generously been sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk trashcult.com.au

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TOMORROW 8 August is Dying To Know Day!

ABC News: ‘From human compost to diamonds from cremains, people are looking to bury tradition and find new ways to be dead’ [with yours truly in the article :)] - LINK HERE

ABC News: ‘Scattering ashes - the dos and don'ts of releasing cremated human remains’ - LINK HERE

Creative Deathcare - launch of the collective and exhibition at Imaginer Gallery, 105 Sydney Rd, Manly NSW

‘Women Who Travel’ Podcast: From Mexico to Denmark, Witches and Their Rituals

GMCT Reimagined cemetery: August community workshops Religious/faith groups: Wed 16 Aug, 1:00-2:45pm / Community groups: Fri 18 Aug, 1:30-3:30pm. Dunvegan Cottage (in Willows Historical Park), 3A Reserve Rd, Melton Vic

TRACKS: Rapture – The Ruins of Beverast / A Pale Green Light in the Night - Erang