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 #110

A Guide to Writing on Death, Dying, and Grief – Talk Death

Blueprint drawn up to deliver ‘unprecedented transformation’ of end of life care - The Guardian

ELDAC (End of Life Directions for Aged Care) - Overview of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australian States and Territories.

‘Enduring grace and the truth of our belonging’ by Chloe Hope, Death & Birds - Substack 

ONLINE: Exploring the Masculine Response to Death and Grief - Wed 4 Dec, 7-8.30pm AEDT Register HERE

 IN PERSON: Expiry D8, at MPavilion, Melbourne - Thu 5 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm & Thu 12 Dec 2024, 6:30-9:30 pm

 ONLINE: Death care for the Australian LGBTQIA+ community - Sat 7 Dec, 9-11am AEDT Register HERE

TRACKS: Paranoia – C.C.T.V / Young & Successful – DIÄT / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant / The Lottery – Uranium Club

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