DEAD AIR #158

Unlicensed, unregulated: Grave concerns over boom in funeral directors - SMH

Showing Up For Each Other: Community Death Care Workshop - funded by the Wicking Trust. Supported by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, in conjunction with Social Health Australia and the Death Literacy Institute. Led by myself, Jenny Blake & Nici Wright. Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, Castlemaine. EOIs open now, submit HERE

From Death Anxiety to Death Doula, an interview with Danni Petkovic - No Ordinary Monday Podcast, Ep024

Stillborn Reflections by Ashley Hudson – Last Hurrah Funerals blog

Threshold Choir is starting in Castlemaine! First meeting at Tea Rooms, Castlemaine Botanical Gardens, 2pm Sat 7 Feb. Call Jenny Peake 0400 570 989 if you need further details.

Oral History Service with Parandeh Pictures, local film makers based at The Mill, Castlemaine. hello@parandehpictures.com or call 0434 240 853.

TRACKS: Bucket List - Wicked City / Hands On Dad - Het Slayer

DEAD AIR #150

‘It was the last time Mum smiled at me’: the choirs singing to the dying in three-part harmony – The Guardian

Threshold Choir – Their Vision is a world where all at life’s thresholds may be honoured with compassion shared through song. A Castlemaine Threshold Choir is in the process of setting up, so WTS!

Edge of Life review – can understanding death help us understand how to live? – The Guardian

Australian artist Lynette Wallworth travels to the Amazon to explore psychedelics and death – ABC NEWS

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death & Dying recap.

Ask Robin – an AI grief support companion, founded by Dr. Rhea Perkins

‘What do you want to be buried with?’ Dr. Jennifer Riley, TEDxAberdeen

‘Piece of Mind’ by Emma Wood, directed by Stephen Mitchell, 14-30 November 2025, Fri/Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm. Castlemaine Theatre Company, Tickets HERE.

Death Café Maldon End of Year Gathering at Oshi’s Tree - Join us at the sacred sanctuary of Oshi’s Tree in Newstead, created in memory of Rueben’s son, Oshi - a place of love, remembrance, and gentle healing. Bring a chair, picnic rug, food & drinks. Plate of food to share. Sunday 23 Nov, 11am, Newstead. Event details HERE

Sydney Festival of Death and Dying – details HERE 22-23 November, Rushcutters Bay. 

DEAD AIR #67

Keening, Irish lamentations, 1st song & 2nd song

Threshold Choir Melbourne

Wendy Lovell MP presentation of a petition in parliament re Remembrance Cemetery Parks Central Victoria furore, 17 May 2023.

Remembrance Cemetery Parks Central Victoria.

Zenith Virago, Deathwalker Training. Camp Street, Fryerstown, 3-5 May 2024, $950.00. Book here

TRACKS: Tropical (Drop Out) – CV Vision / Conversation with Business People – Bong Wish / The Oud & The Fuzz (4/4) – John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble / Sastanàqqàm – Tinariwen / Yègellé Tezeta – Mulatu Astatke