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Close to Death

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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.

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Close to Death Trailer

2021-10-0901:01

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
1: Obits

1: Obits

2021-10-2740:132

Greg 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 practices the craft by writing his own. Credits:Josh Bloch- For USG AudioJessica Grimshaw- For USG AudioJennifer Sears- For USG AudioTara Frelund- For USG AudioUtkarsh Ambudkar- HostGretta Cohn - Executive ProducerKesila Childers - Executive ProducerGreg Lubin - Executive ProducerJordan Bailey – Lead ProducerGreg Heller - ProducerSara Nics - Executive EditorJasmine Flott- Music SupervisorAJ Hanneld- Graphic ArtistNocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound DesignThis is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2: Witch

2: Witch

2021-10-2730:571

After 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 doesn’t die when their loved one does. Comedian and TV writer Jourdain Fisher confronts his fear of witches and visits Lynn Swain of Magik Craft — a woman in his hometown who speaks to the dead… and owns a handful of cauldrons and wands, too.Credits:Josh Bloch- For USG AudioJessica Grimshaw- For USG AudioJennifer Sears- For USG AudioTara Frelund- For USG AudioUtkarsh Ambudkar- HostGretta Cohn - Executive ProducerKesila Childers - Executive ProducerGreg Lubin - Executive ProducerJordan Bailey – Lead ProducerJourdain Fisher - ProducerAllie Graham - ProducerSara Nics - Executive EditorJasmine Flott- Music SupervisorAJ Hanneld- Graphic ArtistNocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound DesignThis is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
3: Taxidermy

3: Taxidermy

2021-11-0329:03

It 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 of the once living: a very chic, very glamorous taxidermist. For a lot of us, losing a pet is our first introduction to death, and taxidermist Divya Anantharaman helps clients process that grief by turning their well-loved pet into a beautiful and lovingly stuffed memento. Credits:Josh Bloch- For USG AudioJessica Grimshaw- For USG AudioJennifer Sears- For USG AudioTara Frelund- For USG AudioUtkarsh Ambudkar- HostGretta Cohn - Executive ProducerKesila Childers - Executive ProducerGreg Lubin - Executive ProducerJordan Bailey – Lead ProducerCamille Peterson - ProducerMary Beth Barone - ProducerSara Nics - Executive EditorJasmine Flott- Music SupervisorAJ Hanneld- Graphic ArtistNocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound DesignThis is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
4: Earth & Stars

4: Earth & Stars

2021-11-1035:071

For 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 be more options, right? Uninspired with what's on offer, comedian and journalist Francesca Fiorentini went on a tour of how to dispose of a dead body to get some ideas of what she'll do with her eventual corpse. First, she visits Walt Patrick at Herland Forest, a green burial site in Washington that's composting human bodies. Then, she gets a peek into Celestis, the space burial company that'll shoot your remains into space.  Credits:Josh Bloch- For USG AudioJessica Grimshaw- For USG AudioJennifer Sears- For USG AudioTara Frelund- For USG AudioUtkarsh Ambudkar- HostGretta Cohn - Executive ProducerKesila Childers - Executive ProducerGreg Lubin - Executive ProducerJordan Bailey – Lead ProducerAllie Graham - ProducerFrancesca Fiorentini - ProducerSara Nics - Executive EditorJasmine Flott- Music SupervisorAJ Hanneld- Graphic ArtistNocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound DesignThis is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
5: Crime Scene

5: Crime Scene

2021-11-1728:20

When 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 crime scene. Comedian Mary Beth Barone spends time with people who do that kind of extreme cleanup for a living: crime scene cleaners from Spaulding Decon. They share what they've learned from looking at the messiest parts of death head on. Credits:Josh Bloch- For USG AudioJessica Grimshaw- For USG AudioJennifer Sears- For USG AudioTara Frelund- For USG AudioUtkarsh Ambudkar- HostGretta Cohn - Executive ProducerKesila Childers - Executive ProducerGreg Lubin - Executive ProducerJordan Bailey – Lead ProducerCamille Peterson - ProducerMary Beth Barone - ProducerSara Nics - Executive EditorJasmine Flott- Music SupervisorAJ Hanneld- Graphic ArtistNocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound DesignThis is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
6: Home Funerals

6: Home Funerals

2021-11-2435:095

We'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, skipped the expensive caskets, and designed our funerals before we died? Death doula Jill Schock helps her clients have end of life celebrations that feel unique to the life they lived. In this episode, she guides writer and producer Greg Heller through a practice run of his own funeral. Credits:Josh Bloch- For USG AudioJessica Grimshaw- For USG AudioJennifer Sears- For USG AudioTara Frelund- For USG AudioUtkarsh Ambudkar- HostGretta Cohn - Executive ProducerKesila Childers - Executive ProducerGreg Lubin - Executive ProducerJordan Bailey – Lead ProducerGreg Heller - ProducerSara Nics - Executive EditorJasmine Flott- Music SupervisorAJ Hanneld- Graphic ArtistNocturnal Sound - Mixing and Sound DesignThis is a USG Audio podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media and Powderkeg.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Homegrown: OKC dives into a case of domestic terrorism from the past that’s really a warning about the future. Back in 1995, there was a disaster that should have prepared us for January 6th and the political violence that we’re seeing today: the Oklahoma City Bombing.Journalist Jeffrey Toobin reveals the story behind Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and right-wing extremism in America - how a decorated army veteran became consumed with rage, how he somehow went underground and built a bomb that damaged fifty blocks in a modern city, and how everything that led to the horror of April 19th, 1995 is still very present in America. Homegrown: OKC is a USG Audio podcast produced by Western Sound and Esmail Corp. Based on the book “Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Rightwing Extremism” by Jeffrey Toobin. For more episodes of Homegrown: OKC, please visit here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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