Deathwalker's Guide to Life

Deathwalker's Guide to Life

Deathwalker’s Guide to Life is a podcast that explores how we can live life more fully by normalising our demise. In each episode, host and producer Kerry Sunderland takes you on a deep dive during this euphemism-free show that deals with everything about death and dying you wished you knew but were afraid to ask.

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June 16, 2026 40 mins

Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks to Chris Dunn about her work as a clinicial nurse educator at Nelson Hospice and how it's possible to live well with a life-limiting illness.

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In this episode, Kerry Sunderland speaks with ceramic artist Suvira McDonald about his life, his experiences with death, and the beautiful urns he makes.

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The annual Community Day of the Dead Ceremony began in the Byron Bay region in 2007. This year’s ceremony, which will be held later this year, will be the 20th and the ceremony’s founder Zenith Virago recently travelled to Aotearoa to offer a training to local deathwalkers who may wish to run a Day of the Dead Ceremony in their own community. In this episode, Kerry Sunderland speaks with three participants at the traini...

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Meet Death Without Debt founder and spokesperson Fergus Wheeler

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Zenith Virago, founder of Australia's Natural Death Care Centre, returns to the show to discuss the evolution of the Deathwalker Training programme with Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland.

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Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with deep listener Anna Groves. Anna is a Centre for Nonviolent Communication certified trainer, co-creator (with Katie Lane) of Inner Nature Cards, and is currently undertaking a Masters in Counselling in narrative therapy. She is also a singer-songwriter who, with her husband Rob ten Broeke, wrote 'Stumble', the theme song for this show.

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In this episode, Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with Utah-based Catharine DeLong during her recent visit to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Catharine is a certified music thanatologist, hospice chaplain, end-of-life educator, and harp teacher, who tends to the emotional, physical and spiritual needs of palliative patients in Salt Lake City with harp and voice.

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Meet: Deathwalker's Guide to Life host and producer Kerry Sunderland reunites with artist and deathwalker Aralyn Doiron to discuss 'A Knock on the Door' , Death on Screen: How Grief and Loss Can Feel Like a Ball in a Box

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Death in PrintReckless, Why We Are Here, Nothing Bad Ever Happens HereMeet: Authors Marele Day, Briohny Doyle and Heather Rose (second half of panel discussion recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival), Death on Screen: Lambs of God

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Death in PrintReckless, Why We Are Here, Nothing Bad Ever Happens HereMeet: Authors Marele Day, Briohny Doyle and Heather Rose (first half hour of panel discussion recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival), Death on Screen: Lambs of God

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Death in PrintOne Curious Doctor by Hilton Koppe, Meet: Educator, author and doctor Hilton Koppe (second half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival), Death on Screen: Patch Adams

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Death in PrintOne Curious Doctor by Hilton Koppe, Meet: Educator, author and doctor Hilton Koppe (first half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival), Death on Screen: Patch Adams

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Death in PrintThe Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan, Meet: Author Anne Tiernan, Death on Screen: A Man Called Otto

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Death in Print: All The Living And The Dead by Hayley Campbell, Meet: Author and broadcaster Hayley Campbell (second half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival), Death on Screen: Q&A with Hayley Campbell

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Death in Print: All The Living And The Dead by Hayley Campbell, Meet: Author and broadcaster Hayley Campbell (first half hour of interview, recorded live at the 2023 Byron Writers Festival), Death on Screen: Q&A with Hayley Campbell

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Death in Print: Ripiro Beach: A memoir of life after near death, Meet: Author and literary citizen Caroline Barron, Death on Screen: Taboo Education YouTube channel

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Death in PrintLoss Adjustment by Linda Collins, Meet: Author and publisher Iona Winter, Death on Screen: On the Couch With My Depression by Paula Harris

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Death in PrintGoodbye: For Times of Sadness & Loss by Melanie G Mason, Meet: Funeral director, celebrant and death cafe co-host Laura Manson, Death on Screen: The Undertaker by Green Renaissance Films

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Death in PrintLevels of Life by Julian Barnes, Meet: celebrant and deathwalker Sacha Hoogerwerf, Death on Screen: The Flight Attendant

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Death in Print: Grey Urbanist columns, Meet: Writer and performer Ro Cambridge, Death on Screen: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

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