Mortality and the Morgue Podcast
1) Dead Name Rituals and Shedding the Israeli Identity (with meital yaniv!)
Happy Pride Month! Rachelle sits down with death doula, reiki practitioner and writer, meital yaniv (they/them) to discuss what goes into a dead name ritual, especially for trans folks who have given ...Show More
2) Grieving Divorce and Relationship Loss (with Resham Mantri!)
Rachelle sits down with Death Doula, Divorce Doula and Writer, Resham Mantri (she/they) to discuss their background as a nonprofit lawyer and working in a flawed system, how the death of her father an...Show More
3) Emmy Sees Ghosts (with Emmy C-G!)
Rachelle sits down with podcast host, multi-passionate, multidisciplinary storyteller, death doula and witch Emmy C-G (she/they) to discuss the intersections and nuances of identity in the death care ...Show More
4) Modern Mortality (with Dr. Matt Boulos!)
Rachelle sits down with Internal Medicine Physician Dr. Matthew Boulos (he/him) to discuss his path in medical training that led to him beginning a critical care and pulmonary fellowship in the first ...Show More
5) Socially Designing for Death (with Clara Roth!)
Rachelle sits down with Social Designer Clara Roth (she/her) to discuss her Master's Thesis on how death is socially designed in her home country of Germany, how the German death industry compares to ...Show More
6) Defleshing Your Spouse (with Xander Low!)
Rachelle sits down with her Partner, Web Developer, Musician and Generative Artist, Xander Low (he/him) to discuss who will die first, the logistics of having your spouse's skeleton hanging in your li...Show More
7) Live After Death (with Ben Wasserman!)
Rachelle sits down with Stand-Up Comedian Ben Wasserman (he/him) to discuss his comedy show, Live After Death, losing seven loved ones over the course of three years, having his audience engage with t...Show More
8) Grave Cleaning (with Alicia Williams!)
Rachelle sits down with Genealogist and Grave Cleaner Alicia Williams (aka Lady Taphos) (she/her) to discuss the dark period of her life that inspired her to clean graves, the supplies needed to safel...Show More
9) Taxidermy (with Divya Anantharaman!)
Rachelle sits down with New York City's premiere award-winning Taxidermist Divya Anantharaman (she/they) to discuss what taxidermy is and the process of making a taxidermied animal, common misconcepti...Show More
10) Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind (with Barbara Becker!)
Rachelle sits down with award-winning Author and Interfaith Minister Barbara Becker (she/her) to discuss her book, Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind, how loss can strengthen us, volunt...Show More