America's Funeral Industry Sees New Life
With demand for cremation, secular services, and environmentally friendly burials rising, funeral directors are adapting what could be called new end-of-lifestyle choices. Max Rivlin-Nadler is editor...
View ArticleThousands Mourn Slain Police Chief
Thursday was the funeral of Greenland Chief of Police, Michael Maloney. Maloney was killed last week by alleged drug-dealer Cullen Mutrie while serving a search warrant. The story of Michael Maloneys...
View ArticleMourning a Loved One Via the Internet
The funeral industry is embracing the digital age. Funeral homes are beefing up their websites and social media to include tributes and photographs of the departed.
View ArticleEmbracing Do-It-Yourself Funerals
A small and growing group of Americans are returning to a more hands-on, no-frills experience of death. In the world of "do it yourself" funerals, freezer packs are used in lieu of embalming,...
View Article5. 27. 14: Saving Social Science, Funeral Food, And Food 2.0
You’ve seen the studies: wearing seatbelts makes you happier! Facebook users are depressed! The internet harms teenage brains! But how reliable are these studies? Today Word of Mouth puts social...
View ArticleFuneral Cookies: A Collection Of Recipes
We spoke with Meg Favreau about the tasty treats that are funeral cookies and the various forms in which they come. There are the spongy cookies found in Wales, the chocolate cake-like confections of...
View ArticleHow To Write Your Own Obituary
As part of our investigation into all things death , we spoke with Barbara Bates Sedoric, president and founder of Lasting Matters , about planning for death by saving your family from extra stress to...
View Article8.3.14: The Death Show
Ceased to be, eternal rest, journey’s end, six feet under. First, why do we have such a hard time facing the realities of death? We’ll begin with planning for it….and the importance of getting your...
View ArticleManchester Mausoleum Offers A Final Resting Place for Unclaimed Remains
By 9 a.m. Saturday, the chairs inside the chapel at Mount Calvary Mausoleum were nearly full as Bishop Peter Libasci of Manchester opened the morning’s mass. Just a few feet away from where Libasci...
View ArticleSex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, The Evolution Of Hell, & Burial Practices During...
Human beings spend a lot of time satisfying primal urges, but relatively little talking about or studying them. On today’s show, what we can learn by studying hedonism. Also, hell can mean a bad day,...
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