DEAD AIR #135

What voluntary assisted dying options are available for those with dementia? – ABC News

Resting Reef artificially designed reefs to assist marine growth, made from a combination of cremains, oyster shells and concrete. Costs vary from AUD $730 to $8150. Reefs made from human ashes could revive British seabeds – The Guardian

PODCAST: Bodies bodies bodies: burial, belief and death across faith, God Forbid Series – ABC Listen

The Dying to Know Community Grants Program for Dying To Know events in 2025 & 2026. Apps close 1 Dec 2025, apply HERE Email: grants@dyingtoknowday.com

The 2025 Sydney edition of the Festival of Death and Dying 22-23 Nov, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. Early-bird tickets are available now.

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death and Dying, 14-16 Nov 2025, apply via the Presenters Application Form HERE by 30 July.

Liz Gridley exhibition ‘Still Bodies: Dialogues of Death Care’, Be In Art Gallery Brunswick (until 13 July). Opening Night: Sat 21 June, 5pm-8pm / Opening Day: Sun 22 June, 11am-3pm / Death Cafe: Sat 28 June, 1-3pm. 

TRACK: Sound & Vision - David Bowie

DEAD AIR #125

‘Creativity and Funeral Rites; The use of creative arts during wakes, funerals & memorials’ with Joh Fairley - AHFA Wed 26 March 2025, 7-8.30pm AEDT.

Lifting The Lid Death Festival, 14-16 Nov 2025, apply via the Presenters Application Form HERE

The 2025 Festival of Death and Dying 22-23 Nov, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. Super early-bird tickets available now.

Castlemaine Fringe Festival - Remembrance Rave with DJ Alkaline Hydrolysis (that’s me!) is on at the Flamin’ Galah Fringe Hub, Mechanics Lane. Wed 2 April 6-8pm. Please add your songs to the playlist, it can be accessed through the Castlemaine Fringe Festival webpage HERE it’s FREE and an all ages event so children are welcome! I can't guarantee all the songs will be played as we only have two hours, but please add your choices to the mix.

Amy Firth – Funeral Music Guide: a playlist for every mood and occasion - The Classics, Uplifting, Emotive Songs, Unique & Unusual

How To Kill A Witch: A Guide For The Patriarchy, by Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi - Booktopia

Sign up for the University of Bath - Centre for Death & Society newsletter HERE

Interview with actor Letty and producer Theresa from ‘Constellations’ for the Castlemaine Fringe Festival. Book tickets for a show HERE – Wesley Hill Hall - 28, 29, 30 March & 4, 5, 6 April. $30/$25. Sunday sessions have Q&A directly following the event.

TRACKS: You – Marcia Hines / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder / Everybody Dies – Billie Eilish

DEAD AIR #115

‘Writing my will sent me into an existential spiral’ – The Guardian

Postal Service for the Dead

Madagascar's Unique Funeral Culture: From Taboo to Turning the Bones - Taboo Education, YouTube

ONLINE TALK: ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death’ with Chetan Shastri. Presented by AHFA, Wed 22 Jan, 7-8.30pm AEDT Book HERE 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Symbols of Mortality Exhibition (UK) and Conference (online), 22 Feb, 8pm - 23 Feb, 3:30am AEDT. Conference paper abstract due 10 Jan - email: symbolsofmortality@gmail.com

EOI Blog posts: The Collective for Radical Death Studies EOI (ongoing): Field Notes blog.

Festival of Death and Dying Berlin 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2025

TRACKS: Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter - Nina Simone (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix) / Hot On The Heels Of Love - Throbbing Gristle