The Lives of Death Workers
A long-form conversation podcast exploring the humanity behind death work
The Lives of Death Workers is a conversation project exploring the humanity of the people who live and work closest to death.
Death is part of every human life, yet so much of what surrounds death, dying, grief, and after-death care remains hidden from ordinary conversation.
This podcast lifts the veil.
We’ll begin with a 30-minute conversation to see if the project feels aligned for both of us.
Who these conversations include
This project includes conversations with people connected to death work in many forms, including:
death doulas
funeral directors
hospice workers
cemetery workers
grief professionals
chaplains
after-death care providers
green burial and human composting professionals
body transport workers
end-of-life caregivers
ritualists
and others whose work touches death, grief, remembrance, and transition
Why this matters
We are naturally curious about how other people live, love, grieve, survive, and make meaning.
Stories help us recognize ourselves in one another.
When the public can see the faces, hear the voices, and learn the stories of death workers, death becomes less hidden and less frightening.
These conversations create familiarity where fear once lived.
They offer the public a chance to become more familiar with the people who support us at some of life’s most tender thresholds.
They also offer death workers a space to share not only what they do, but who they are, how they arrived in this work, and what it is like to be a part of this sacred process.
What we’ll explore
Each conversation is relaxed, reflective, and grounded.
We may explore:
what brought you to death work
how this work has shaped your life
what you wish people understood about death
what has surprised you
how you care for yourself
how death has changed the way you live
what feels sacred, difficult, beautiful, or misunderstood in your work
This is not meant to be a formal interview or a polished performance.
It is a real conversation between two people willing to speak honestly about death, life, and the human experience.
Format
We’ll begin with a 30-minute introductory conversation to see if the project feels aligned for both of us.
If we decide to move forward, the podcast conversation will be recorded remotely on Zoom and will be approximately one hour.
The conversations are intended to feel spacious, conversational, and unhurried.
Interested in being part of the project?
If this project resonates with you, I’d love to connect.
Questions are always welcome