Near Death

When Nikki Boyer’s best friend, Molly Kochan, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Nikki’s life changed forever. She began to document Molly’s final years in earnest, culminating in an award-winning podcast Dying For Sex. Today, Nikki discusses what that journey was like for her, her love of pasta and carbs, how conversations surrounding death sometimes make for the best discussions, and her new podcast Near Death.  You can follow Kelly Rizzo on all platforms @eattravelrock for clips or BTS footage from the podcast. Nikki’s podcast Near Death is streaming now on all podcast platforms and you can follow her on socials @nikkiboyer. Penne a la Vodka Recipe Add some oil into a hot pan with some finely diced onion.  Once the onion cooks down a bit and becomes translucent, add some garlic and chili flakes and let that cook for a couple minutes - we don’t want the garlic to burn so keep an eye on it.  Add some tomato paste and stir that in. Let it cook down for a couple more minutes so we get that nice earthy flavor.  In the meantime, boil some water with a lot of salt and cook your penne - when that’s done be sure to save some of your pasta water.  Once everything in the pan is nice and combined, we’re gonna add some vodka.  Let that vodka cook down, we want to cook out all the alcohol so it doesn’t taste like a cocktail!  Then, stir in some heavy cream, add your pasta, pasta water, and a whole bunch of parmesan cheese and you’re ready to eat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the season one finale, our hosts are visited by a spirit while recording an episode of Near Death. Plus, Nikki shares never-before-heard clips from a visitation she had while cleaning out her recently-departed best friend's apartment.    Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listeners share their own Near Death stories! A death doula gets a musical message from a former client. Nikki's cousin is visited by both of her recently departed parents - at the same time! And Jonathan explains why he'll never be a pallbearer at another funeral ever again. Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peggy's childhood home was haunted by an active poltergeist that did much more than just go bump in the night! For decades they lived with her paranormal shenanigans - from opening cabinets to knocking over groceries to unlocking doors - one time she even made the beds! Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peggy is caught in the middle of a "Real Housewives" moment when she tends to a wealthy hospice patient and the four women who all claim to be his wife! A chain-smoking Buddhist monk commits to lighting up until the day he dies. A former Hollywood starlet proves that vanity is more than skin deep.  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being identified as a chaplain in public isn't easy. A widow tells Peggy about having frequent conjugal visits with her long deceased partner, while the mother of a teen boy demands he is baptized at a grocery store... with bottled water! And a guy in the wine and cheese shop asks if Peggy will "convert" him! Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you often wake up at the same time the middle of the night? Maybe 3am... when the veil between life and death is thinnest! Peggy shares her experiences with this supernatural phenomenon and the belief that 3am is when evil spirits are most active. Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peggy volunteers to take on some of the hardest cases in the hospital, including a patient who undergoes multiple difficult surgeries in an effort to live her authentic self, and a teenage boy who is convinced that his "naughty thoughts" are responsible for causing his rare cancer.  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peggy tries to track down a mysterious late night visitor after patients and families report encounters with an extraordinary nurse... but nobody on staff can identify her!  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. FreeSound.org  HOSPITAL ICU HALLWAY - ATMO AMBIENT (02/02) by tferrino | License: Creative Commons 0 S: Sirens_in_The_Distance.wav by ivolipa | License: Creative Commons 0 S: Heart Rate - Normal, Increased Rate, Cardiac Arrest, Flatline.mp3 by thegreatperson | License: Creative Commons 0 S: synth_eclipse_Cm_150.wav by harrisonlace | License: Creative Commons 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A terminal patient makes plans for a final, big blowout! Nikki shares why she wasn't a very good volunteer phone operator at the Suicide Prevention Center. Faced with the option, would Nikki or Peggy choose the Death with Dignity Act? Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peggy’s old dog performs an incredible last trick. When one half of a bonded pair passes away, the other pooch follows his best friend’s spirit out of the room. A hospital therapy dog instinctually provides the comfort a dying young boy needs.   Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After meeting a patient who has no friends or family, Peggy becomes his advocate when multiple medical issues prevent him from returning to his preferred life of living unhoused on the streets of Los Angeles. Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. FreeSound.org Public Domain:words written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton. amazing grace - beatitudes chapel.wav by thatjeffcarter | License: Attribution 3.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peggy performs an actual exorcism in a hospital room. A dying patient with a checkered past goes to Hell… and comes back! An 8-year-old Reverend Peggy watches the scariest movie of all time.  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production.     Sound Effects by Freesound.com Car Door Close.wav by NicholasJudy567 | License: Creative Commons 0 kids_playing_20201025_03.wav by wjoojoo | License: Creative Commons 0 CarEngine.wav by prometheus888 | License: Creative Commons 0 People Exiting and Dispersing from Movie Theatre by bahaish | License: Creative Commons 0 Spooky Halloween Free Music by MusicByMisterbates| License: Creative Commons 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nikki has a near-death experience. The most beautiful death Reverend Peggy has ever seen. Nikki makes the most of her opportunity to walk her dying father home.  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Special thanks to SuperFunk Fantasy for the use of their Original song, “Funkin.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this second episode, Reverend Peggy’s spooky encounter with the undead, and a visit from her grandfather on the night he died. Nikki wants to know if there’s a special bathroom for chaplains. Reverend Peggy recalls the emotional first death she attended as a professional.  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production.          Sound Effects by Freesound.com CycleofThoughts.wav by LiloSound nixeno - hospital room ambience with clock, heart beeb and paging.mp3 by nixeno GLASImpt_cheers_clink_glass_of_wine_ZOOM_H6_XYH6.wav by DBS_Sounds  Pouring Drink by f4ngy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two wild, supernatural moments leading up to Nikki’s best friend Molly’s death. The odd thing Molly asked Nikki to do for her after she died. The origin of Reverend Peggy and Nikki’s unlikely friendship.  Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. https://www.fivewishes.org             Sound Effects by Freesound.com: GLASImpt_cheers_clink_glass_of_wine_ZOOM_H6_XYH6.wav by DBS_Sounds Pouring Drink by f4ngy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“That was one of the most beautiful deaths I have ever experienced!” Award-winning creator Nikki Boyer (Dying For Sex) and her good friend Reverend Peggy celebrate life by sharing the most fascinating stories from Peggy’s 20-year career as a chaplain for the dying. Each week, tune in to hear them cry, laugh -- and even drink some gin martinis. Follow @nikkiboyer on Instagram and Twitter. Follow @chaplainpeggy on Instagram.  Have something to share, email us at nikki@dyingformedia.com  Near Death is a Dying For Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices