DEAD AIR #151

The uneasy history of horror films and disability – The Conversation

Discovery in desk's nook paints picture of Australia's oldest continuously operating crematorium – ABC NEWS

Join The Empty Chair Campaign – add your deceased person to the online memorial, every empty chair tells a story, say their name, tell their story.

Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos? - YouTube

Bringing Death Back Into Life workshop led by myself, Jenny Blake & Nici Wright. Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, VENUE TBC. EOIs are open now, please follow this link to register your interest:  EOI Form This workshop facilitated by Australian Home Funeral Alliance, in conjunction with Social Health Australia and the Death Literacy Institute, is funded by the Wicking Trust as part of their Bringing Death Back into Life: Community-led Programs grants - Showing Up for Older Australians: a community approach to building death literacy in rural/regional Australia. 

End of Year Anti-Party Grief Shuffle Death Café, hosted by the Queer as Death Collective. NECCHi East Coburg Neighbourhood House Coburg. Sun, 7 Dec, 1-4pm AEDT. Book HERE

LAST WEEKEND: ‘Piece of Mind’ Finishes Sunday 30 November 2025, Fri/Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm. Castlemaine Theatre Company, Etty St. Tickets HERE.

TRACKS: Chicken Song & Suburb - Xylouris White

DEAD AIR #107

‘I’m a death expert. I designed eight questions to help you think about dying’ The Guardian

Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye - SBS On Demand

The Death Letter Project – Tina FiveAsh LETTER: Lance Proctor | Embalmer / Death Mask Creator

Festival of Death and Dying, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 November

BOOK: Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life by Joanna Ebenstein Purchase HERE

BOOK: Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth Purchase HERE

TALK: ‘Stories of connection and community in planning for end of life’ with Frances Logan and Harpreet Kalsi-Smith, Saturday 9 November, 9-11am AEDT BOOK HERE

Queer as Death Collective – Death Café. Naarm/Melbourne, Sunday 10 November, 3-6pm BOOK HERE

TRACKS: BYE BYE - Kim Gordon / Breathe - Kai Cult

DEAD AIR radiothon special 2024

SPECIAL GUESTS! Jenny Valentish & Frank Magree from the Spirit Levels Podcast

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FIRST Alkaline Hydrolysis business in Australia, and it is in Tassy - Alluvium Water Cremations

FIRST 100% Natural Conservation burial site in Australia, and it’s in NSW - Walawaani Way Conservation Burial

Dying to Know Day August 8 (and the whole of August) - Dying To Know Day 2024

WAYS OF BEING WITH A FAMILY WHEN A PERSON IS DYING with Annie Whitlocke. Thursday 25 July 2024, 7-8.30pm AEST. Presented by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, book HERE

WATER CREMATION IN AUSTRALIA with Brendan Cooper and Luke Cripps. Saturday 10 August 2024, 9-11am AEST. Presented by the Natural Death Advocacy Network, book HERE

SHOUT OUT TO: Queer as Death Collective, check out their Facebook page for upcoming events HERE

DEAD AIR has generously been sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk trashcult.com.au