Death Is Not The End

Lo Carmen gets into facing your own mortality, seizing the day and changing perceptions with indie rock musician Queen Kwong, aka Carré Kwong Callaway, who also writes two Substacks - Historical Hysteria (music/memoir), and Diary of A Death Doula, where she explores death and dying as she studies to become a death doula. 

Music on this episode used with permission.

I Found A Reason - Queen Kwong from STRANGERS EP ℗ 2024 Eternal Music...

Lo Carmen converses with people who are doing death differently; country singer and force of nature Fanny Lumsden shares the inspiration behind her song When I Die and ruminates on how death is woven into her life and songwriting, curator/writer/presenter/podcaster/maker/creator-extraordinaire Marieke Hardy explains how getting clear with the people in our lives, living wakes, and exploring and thinking about death encourages us to...

Lo Carmen talks with Jackie Dent , journalist and author of “The Great Dead Body Teachers”, a book about whole body donation and the incredible world of human anatomy.

Follow Jackie here www.instagram.com/jackiedentwrites/

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Buy The Great Dead Body Teachers

Thank you to Sam Shinazzi for recording a porch version of ‘Your Body Is A Wonderland’, originally by John Mayer, for this episode. More Sam Shinazzi here.

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Lo Carmen & singer songwriter/musician Gareth Liddiard  (Tropical Fuck Storm, The Drones, Springtime, solo and other projects) get loose and go deep on making music out of sex and death, people who change your life with music, how songs know things, how existence is a wild thing, dreams, loss, species-centric love, horrible jobs, humanity, immortality and why we make art.

Warning: a lot of swearing in this one, and subjects that...

Lo Carmen hears the secrets of the Wind Telephone in Japan,  and challenges her thinking about death and afterlife  by learning about virtual interactive versions of ourselves that preserve our memories and live on after we go with James Vlahos from Hereafter.ai and the wild world of preservation of the human body after legal death through cryogenics from Southern Cryonics CEO Peter Tsolakides.

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Lo Carmen talks with photojournalist Klaus Bo, who has been exploring death rituals around the world with his camera for over ten years, immersing himself in the cultures for months at a time, and believes we can learn a lot about life and death from witnessing them. 

See Klaus’s incredible photographs at www.deadandaliveproject.com. You can also follow him on Instagram and Substack.

We also hear from Romani singer Sarah Bedak and Ja...

In this episode, Lo Carmen converses with songwriter and artist Will Oldham, aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, about how music can help us process and explore death and remember loved ones, dementia, funeral songs, tribute albums, recording with Johnny Cash, David Ferguson and Cowboy Jack Clement, strange dreams, parties in the graveyard and more.

The title of this episode is a lyric from Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...

In this episode, we hear wise words from deathwalker and educator Zenith Virago about the best ways to prepare for death, both our own and the people we love. Life insurance risk specialist Dianna Pechercyzk also shares her experience and advice. 

Zenith Virago's Official Website - listen to Zen’s TedX Talk here - and info on booking a Zoom or in person consultation, or to enrol in her Deathwalker courses.

Really Useful Death &a...

In this episode, Lo Carmen ponders connections between music and death and converses with  drummer Jim White (The Hard Quartet/Xylouris White/Dirty Three/Marisa Anderson/Bill Callahan and many more) about dead friends, seeing things, his new solo record, Dirty Three and his father's 'good death'.

We also hear from film director Ray Argall and about amazing musical exits from family friends Jane Skinner and A...

In this episode, your host Lo Carmen explores the ecological impacts of death care and eco friendly alternatives, conversing with Anna Swenson, representative of Recompose, a green funeral home specialising in human composting. 

Photographer Bleddyn Butcher shares his experience of his sister's natural burial.

We learn about water cremation and hear from John Humphreys who is the innovator behind Aquamation at Environmentally Fr...

Lo Carmen converses with Jason Leach from And Vinyly about living on beyond the groove and becoming a record after your death and Charles Chafer from Celestis Memorial Space Flights about making dreams come true and sending 'ashtronauts' on the ultimate trip to space... 

'Death Is Not The End' theme music was written, recorded and performed by Peter Head.

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Join host Lo Carmen as she travels through the valley of death and emerges on the other side, exploring how we remember, eulogise and celebrate our loved ones, end of life navigations, mind-blowing death rituals and customs from all around the world , incredible innovations and futuristic options for after life planning, fascinating insights from Death’s door and examinations into the intersections of Art, Music, Life, Death and be...