Close to Death
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Introducing Mission K-Pop
Introducing Mission K-Pop
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Close to Death is a podcast that profiles people who spend every day working with the dead and dying. Sound depressing? It isn’t. Sound creepy? It can be! From death doulas to crime scene cleaners, obituary writers to taxidermists, human composting farms to witches who talk to the dead, these death experts have seen it all. In each episode, with the help of comedians and reporters, we’ll hear their stories and find out what they have learned about life by working with death. Hosted by Utkarsh Ambudkar.
This is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.
Episode
- Introducing Mission K-Pop · 40 mntIntroducing Mission K-Pop Caty Szeto is a woman with a dream: to become a K-Pop superstar. The 23-year-old Asian American is traveling from her home in LA to South Korea’s…
- 6: Home Funerals · 35 mnt · Episode 6We've all been to a funeral where we've looked around and thought: "[The deceased] would have hated this." So what would it look like if we ditched the stuffy funeral homes…
- 5: Crime Scene · 28 mnt · Episode 5When someone dies, they always leave things behind, and their loved ones are left to clean up. But sometimes, cleaning up after death means cleaning up a literal biohazardous…
- 4: Earth & Stars · 34 mnt · Episode 4For years, we’ve been sold on just two ways to deal with a dead body — you either get cremated or you’re caked in makeup and placed in a casket six feet under. But there’s gotta…
- 3: Taxidermy · 28 mnt · Episode 3It feels normal to try to preserve someone we've lost. But what does that do for us — and our grief? Comedian Mary Beth Barone seeks the wisdom of someone who makes mementos out…
- 2: Witch · 30 mnt · Episode 2After someone we love dies, it’s hard to get them off our minds — especially if we didn’t get the chance to say everything we needed to. But for some people, the conversation…
- 1: Obits · 39 mnt · Episode 1Greg Heller sets out to discover what actually makes an obit feel like a satisfying account of a person's life. With the guidance of professional obituary writer John Pope, Greg…
- Close to Death Trailer · 1 mntClose to Death is a podcast that profiles people who spend every day working with the dead and dying. Sound depressing? It isn’t. Sound creepy? It can be! From death doulas to…
