DEAD AIR #130 by The Departure

‘My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph’ – The Guardian

BOOK: Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death - Booktopia

Article: What Do Animals Know About Death? - NYTimes

Pope Francis’ Funeral, a Visual Guide – BBC News & on ABC IView

TED MED Talk: A burial practice that nourishes the planet, Caitlin Doughty

Pre-VAD & Post-VAD Support Groups – Dying with Dignity

Design + Death Beyond the Grave, Open House Melbourne and Design Week Melbourne. Four events over 15-25 May.

Call for Abstracts: Young children’s perspectives on (multispecies) death and dying. Due 15 May, e: deathandchildren@gmail.com Submission info HERE

Call for papers: The Journal of Disappearance Studies, first issue. Info e: jds-editorial@bristol.ac.uk Info HERE

Research Degree Opportunity: Do-It-Yourself Commemoration of the Dead with DeathTech team at Uni of Melb. Full-funded PhD scholarship, e: nansenb@unimelb.edu.au EOIs due 31 May. Info HERE

Subscribe to CDAS newsletter - e: cdas@bath.ac.uk

REMINDERS: TONIGHT – NDAN Panel discussion on Limited Tenure Burial, Mon 28 April, 6pm AEST, online. Book HERE TOMORROW – Info session on hosting a Dying To Know Day event, Tues 29 April, 1-1:45pm AEST, online. Register HERE SATURDAY - Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine, Sat 3 May, 11am-1pm. Details HERE

 TRACKS: Dying – XTC / Choc-A-Bloc – Anika / Can’t Say No – Beasts of Bourbon

DEAD AIR #129 by The Departure

Happy Śmigus-Dyngus Day! Or Easter Monday for others…

‘Daring to Drop the ‘D’ Word’ – Sincere Ceremonies Karen Brady

‘Why do embalmed bodies feel hard to touch?’ – Are You Dying To Know? YouTube

PODCAST: ‘Let's talk about death, baby’ – Life’s Blooming with James Valentine with Andrew Denton & Kerrie Noonan

Dying to Know Day (August 8) free online webinar about planning your own event. Register HERE Tues 29 April, 2025, 1-1:45pm AEST.

Alluvium Water Cremations Transparency Tour: Mornington, Tasmania, Sat 17 May, 2-3.30pm Details: Facebook event

AHFA presents: Grief and Creative Practice with Chloe Coelho. Wed 28 May, 7-8.30pm AEST. Register HERE

NDAN Panel Discussion on Limited Tenure Burial. Guest panelists: Denise Ora, Ben Kelly, Dr Pia Interlandi, Joe Sehee and Dr Samuel Holleran. Online, Mon 28 April 2025, 6pm. Register HERE

Life Options Death Doula course, online 10 module with Denise Love, Ruth Boydell & Barb Ferguson. Next intake: April 30 2025, all courses can be found HERE

Speakers to be announced soon for the first of the Good Grief Lounge series at the Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine, Sat 3 May, 11am-1pm. Details HERE

REMINDER: this weekend --- Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Saturday & Death Café Maldon on Sunday.

TRACKS: from the new Divide & Dissolve album Insatiable

DEAD AIR #128 by The Departure

How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii? – The Conversation

'When my baby passed away, my work cancelled my maternity leave’ - mamamia

Harkness Memorial Park first stage designs revealed.

Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Sat 26 April, 9am-12.30pm. To book call Wolf: 0439 353 931 or email: lucidlifeaus@gmail.com

Death Café Maldon, Sun 27 April,10am. Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing, 1 Spring St, Maldon. Held every last Sunday of the month at 10am.

The Last Word Podcast with Nastassia Jones, Co-Founder of the Last Hurrah Funerals and Comedian Jonathan Schuster - podbean

Submit stories for Deep Listening – The Mourning After

The Palliative Care Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Coalition’s The End Wise Project aims to amend the regulations in Australia, allowing access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for those in palliative care.

‘Island of the Dead’ Doco with Heidi Grieg from KI Doula Services - Compass ABC TV

Launch of Critical Info in Frankston can be watched online Tues 15 April, 6.30-7pm - YouTube

REMINDER d’Vine Creation Coffin Weaving Workshop in Melbourne, 10 & 11 May 2025. Facilitated by: Zimmi Forest - Fibre Artist & Maria Lazovic - Death Doula & Psychotherapist. Book HERE

TRACKS: Young & Successful - DIÄT / Anxiety - C.C.T.V / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant