Podcast from the depths of the morgue from funeral professionals for funeral professionals. Covering all topics related to funeral service and embalming. Interviews with the A List for embalming, restorative art, the Federal Trade Commission, Mortuary Law and Funeral Directing.
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Mortuary Science Podcasts
Sing For Science is a science-and-music podcast where musicians sit down with scientists to explore the scientific ideas hidden in their most iconic songs. Listen to JD from Korn talk about “Dead Bodies Everywhere” with a mortuary-science expert, Sia explore one of her breakup ballads with an attachment-theory psychologist, and many, many more. Created and hosted by New York musician Matt Whyte, the show seeks to uncover connections wherever they may exist and build bridges between seemingly ...
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A podcast about the information and stories of the School of Health Sciences at Salt Lake Community College located on the Jordan Campus in West Jordan, Utah. For more information about the nine programs in the School of Health Sciences at SLCC please visit www.slcc.edu/hs or call 801-957-6253.
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Presented by two qualified and practising embalmers, Rachel Carline and Andy Floyd, The Eternal Debate Podcast covers embalming & mortuary sciences as well as other aspects of the funeral profession.
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Digging deep into funeral and death history in the U.S. Sharing the stories, accomplishments, and significance of Funeral Service past and present. Painting a better understanding of how we get from here to the hearse.
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Tracy's a mortician, Trish is not. Together we discuss what goes on behind the mortuary doors and go behind the scenes of the funeral industry to shed some light on the final frontier - death. Answering your questions, talking about taboos, sometimes things get graphic, but it's always done with love, care and respect. Are you dying to know?
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What the Living Can Learn from the Departed Hosted by two funeral directors who spend more time in chapels than most people spend in cafes, Celebrate Good Lives is a podcast about life, seen through the lens of death. After years of helping families say goodbye, we’ve realized something: the people who’ve passed on still have a lot to teach us. From meaningful last words to the hilarious (and sometimes awkward) moments at funerals, we’ve collected stories, lessons, and reminders about what r ...
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A curious mortician. Determined forensic scientists. And one suspicious death. Welcome to Carla Valentine’s mortuary. A chilled, white, windowless room, where you cross the threshold into the world of the dead. From the first cut, to the final stitch, Carla examines how each body got to her slab. But it’s forensic science that joins the dots, as we venture to the scene of the crime and join the scientists on the frontline. Each case, told over three episodes, tells the story of one body, thr ...
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often sprinkled with subtle cynical comments on human behaviour. Nothing is known of his death, as he went missing while an observer with Pancho Villa’s army in 1913/14. (Summaries by Peter Yearsley)The Ways of Ghosts: Stories of encounters with the ghosts of the dead and dying. The spirits of the dead reach out to the living, to pass on a message or to pursue ...
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Welcome to an audio documentary with a difference. In these recordings, The Man Who Was Scared to Death speaks to people who work with death to see if their view of mortality has changed, from GPs and funeral directors, to celebrants and cemetery workers.
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In here i talk in depth about my life and my thoughts that have meaning in some sort of way. I go over things of pop culture or things of importance like death and astrophysics but i keep it funny i promise.
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A podcast on everything: pop culture, what we’re reading, things that suck (and things that don’t), navigating sad stuff, true crime, random facts, and everything in between by two (sometimes) sad hags. Find us on the web: Instagram: @twosadhags Twitter: @twosadhags Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/two-sad-hags/support
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Laurie Anderson: O Superman (Nuclear Disarmament Science with Zia Mian)
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1:39:55Laurie Anderson joins us live from NYC’s Poster House Museum in conversation with Dr. Zia Mian (Princeton physicist & nuclear policy expert). We explore her iconic 1982 hit “O Superman” and its album Big Science—how it anticipated many of the tensions of the nuclear age and still resonates powerfully in today’s disarmament debates. Together, they c…
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Mental Health Matters: Overcoming Burnout
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30:26Josh Hansen sits down with Assistant Professor Jonathan Boatwright, a faculty member in the Nursing Program at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). Professor Boatwright is also a licensed family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. They talk about "burnout" – what it means, how to identify when you or others around yo…
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Noah Cyrus: I Want My Loved Ones To Go With Me (Afterlife Science with Kim Penberthy)
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1:20:23Singer-songwriter Noah Cyrus talks about her haunting new album inspired by a hymn written by her great-grandfather, and her deepest fear—not death itself, but being separated from her loved ones. She also opens up about her near-death experience and the profound losses that shaped her experience with love and grief. Joining her is Dr. Kim Penberth…
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In this podcast we discuss the fear of death and suggest some strategies to alleviate this fear that have worked for us and others in the past. Whether it's the fear of your own death, of someone you love, even a pet dying - or the fear of your body being vulnerable after death, these are all common fears that people have been writing in to us for …
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Join us as Lanae Strovers discusses the Final Salute. A non-profit she started in her home state of Iowa, that buries the cremated remains of veterans as well as civilians and children. This great initiative draws a crowd she never thought would be possible. Dignity and respect for the dead is at the core of being a funeral director. The Final Salu…
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(UNCUT) Jonathan Davis (Korn): Dead Bodies Everywhere (Mortuary Science with Mary Roach)
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1:01:02WARNING: This episode contains content related to mortuary science that some listeners may find disturbing. Korn frontman Jonathan Davis delves into his past as a mortician with popular science bestselling author, Mary Roach. Mary wrote the hit book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and the two have no shortage of gory details to discuss. …
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Spooky stories from the mortuary (& beyond)
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28:41In this episode we share a few spooky stories from the mortuary and beyond - just for a change of pace and something different. While recording this we were trying out a new location to improve sound quality - check our insta for more details - but let's just say it made for added 'freak factor' for us during recording. We hope you enjoy this pod a…
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LABS: Neko Case and Rebecca McMackin on Ecological Horticulture
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1:05:49Recorded live at Boston’s Museum of Science on July 31, 2025. Visionary singer-songwriter Neko Case joins ecological horticulturist and Brooklyn Bridge Park garden designer Rebecca McMackin for a wide-ranging conversation about land stewardship, biodiversity, and the joys of gardening. From Neko’s epic Vermont garden to Rebecca’s work creating poll…
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Cemetery talk - death, the past & relocating bodies
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15:06In this episode we take a walk down memory lane to a chat we had in the historic Nundah Cemetery in Brisbane, Queensland. People often ask how we met and how and why we started our pod and YouTube channel and we answer these questions and more in today's podcast. We hope you enjoy. If you enjoyed our podcast please like and share with your friends,…
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Microscopes: Madison McFerrin on Baking Science
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28:27Join acclaimed singer-songwriter and Tiny Desk phenom Madison McFerrin as she bakes chocolate chip cookies live and chats with host Matt Whyte in the first Microscopes episode of Sing For Science. Madison shares how baking and music serve as parallel creative outlets—both shaped by improvisation, intuition, and love. They dig into the science of ba…
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In this pod, we revisit a conversation about some of the more unusual places/circumstances people have died in, under mortician/embalmer Tracy's watch. As heart retching and devastating death can be, it forms a part of all of our lives and so occasionally, we like to venture to the lighter side of things and this, friends, is one of those times. If…
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Send us a text Today the boys discuss a very topic in the funeral service sector... Where has embalming gone? Dean has been away, AGAIN! Direct Cremations are a thing of the past? maybe... join the guys to get the scoop!By Bradley Shaw
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Josh Ritter: Truth is a Dimension (Astrophysics with Avi Loeb)
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53:24Taped Live in Boston as part of the 2025 WBUR Festival at City Space. Join celebrated American songwriter, Josh Ritter for a chat about the night sky, the dimensionality of truth, UAP, creativity and more with Harvard Astrophysicist, Dr. Avi Loeb. This episode also includes a live performance of Josh’s song "Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and…
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Preparing a baby in the mortuary - July 9
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15:49Any death is tragic, sad and often distressing for the family, but the death of a baby either in utero or in the first hours, days and months of life can take the feelings of grief and loss to a whole different level. Having time with the baby, either at home or as a family viewing in the funeral home, can bring some comfort and this time together,…
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Unusual mortuary requests - June 29, 2025
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14:21In this pod embalmer/mortician Tracy talks about the lighter side of the funeral industry where lives are celebrated with colourful costumes, quirky themes and heart-warming gestures that are unforgettable to those working with the families. From Star Trek and Frozen to the sudden appearance of killer clown Pennywise from the movie IT, there have b…
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(UNCUT) YUNGBLUD and Brad Schoenfeld on Fitness Science | LABS
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48:00Join UK superstar and boxing enthusiast, YUNGBLUD for his chat with renowned fitness performance scientist, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. We chat about the mechanics of boxing, how YUNGBLUD’s boxing practice has improved not just his strength and stamina as a performer but aided in treating his ADHD, how to sculpt your body systematically with resistance tr…
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LABS: YUNGBLUD and Brad Schoenfeld on Fitness Science
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46:06Join UK superstar and boxing enthusiast, YUNGBLUD for his chat with renowned fitness performance scientist, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. We chat about the mechanics of boxing, how YUNGBLUD’s boxing practice has improved not just his strength and stamina as a performer but aided in treating his ADHD, how to sculpt your body systematically with resistance tr…
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What 5 years talking deathcare has taught us - June 13, 2025
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29:25In this episode we look back at what 5 years of talking about deathcare and the funeral industry on our YouTube channel has taught us. We've learned so much from the viewers through their comments and questions and we never anticipated the direction the channel would take when we started - ironically, because of a technical glitch, this pod was rec…
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Admissions with Cher: Preparing for the Situational Judgement Test
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10:12Josh Hansen sits down with Cher Knupp, Director, Health Sciences Admissions, Marketing & Outreach, to discuss the Situational Judgement Test (SJT) as part of the admissions process in the Health Sciences at Salt Lake Community College. They discuss what the acronym means, what applicants can expect during the test and how one can best prepare thems…
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Encore: LABS: David Byrne and Patrik Svensson on the Eel Question
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51:55Recorded Live at the Museum of Science in Boston on May 8, 2024, musician polymath and Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne talks with The Book of Eels author, Patrik Svensson. Even in today’s age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don’t understand what drives them — after living for decades in fresh…
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Many don't know that some of our staple household items, technologies, and even medical advancements are the result of funeral service professionals brilliant ideas. Innovations to funeral service as we know today are owed to the trial and error of the funeral directors before us and among us. So pull up a folding chair, and grab your popcorn (Unle…
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Tommy Chong: Up In Smoke (Cannabis Science with Staci Gruber)
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1:05:40Taped Live in Los Angeles at Dynasty Typewriter with cultural icon and comedy legend, Tommy Chong alongside world-renowned cannabis researcher, Dr. Staci Gruber (McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School).Together, they do a deep dive on what science can tell us about cannabis use both recreational and clinical. Discover how cannabis is revolutionizin…
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Josh Hansen sits down with Ellie West, an alum of the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program at Salt Lake Community College. They explore her journey into the field, the experiences that shaped her time as a student, and the lessons she’s carried into her career. Ellie also offers valuable advice to current and future PTA students on how to mak…
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Since the dawn of time, civilizations have always tasked a select group or person to take care of the dead. Over time the titles for these individuals have changed along with their responsibilities. We dig deep into the historical significances and differences between the titles of an Undertaker, Embalmer, Mortician and Funeral Director. Support th…
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Jessie Reyez: Palo Santo (Smell Science with Pamela Dalton)
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53:04Join Grammy-nominated Colombian-Canadian singer, Jessie Reyez for a chat about her hypnotic ode to “Palo Santo”. We talk about smudging, incense rituals in Colombia vs North America, crowd surfing accidents, how we smell, why smells produce such strong emotional responses, the DOD’s “Stink Bomb” and more!…
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Josh Hansen sits down with Morgan Rohde, an Instructor in the Surgical Technology program at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). They discuss the road that lead Morgan to the program as both a student and instructor, what prospective students can expect from the program and the many roads a Surgical Technologist can take moving forward! Get to bett…
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RÜFÜS DU SOL: INHALE/EXHALE (Breathwork Science with Jack Feldman)
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53:20Join RÜFÜS DU SOL lead singer Tyrone Lindqvist for a deep dive on the breathing tools he and his band use to sustain their demanding live performances and on the experience that inspired their latest album. Also joining us is perhaps the best known expert on the subject from the science world, UCLA neurologist Dr. Jack Feldman. We cover the psyched…
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Josh Hansen sits down with Andrew Anderson, President of the Utah Funeral Directors Association. They will discuss how Andrew chose a career path in the funeral industry and how the Mortuary Science program here at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) can help prepare students for a future in funeral directing, embalming and funeral home management. …
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It's "Clot" Rocket Science | Episode #18
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1:03:16Join Rach and Andy in this myth-busting episode as they untangle the sticky topic of coagulation. Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
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LABS: BLOND:ISH and Kara Wiggin on Plastic and Circularity
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47:46Join massive Canadian DJ BLOND:ISH for a conversation about seeking a life of balance, her philosophy on the exchange of energy and her non-profit “Bye Bye Plastic” which she started to help eradicate single use plastics from all aspects of the music industry. Also joining us is Dr. Kara Wiggin, a plastics researcher at Scripps Institution of Ocean…
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Josh Hansen sits down with Kristen Hall, the Assistant Professor and 2nd Year Coordinator of the Dental Hygiene program at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). They discuss the Dental Hygiene program, what prospective students can expect from the program and the impact the program makes within the community! Get to better know Kristen Hall and the D…
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Encore: Duran Duran: Save a Prayer (Particle Physics with Brian Cox)
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1:04:28Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and Particle Physicist Brian Cox discuss time travel, the intersection of politics and science and more!By Talkhouse
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Terracon 2025 the worlds NOR conference
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1:17:43If you missed Terracon 2025, here is the recap of the worlds Natural Organic Reduction conference. With experts flying into Tacoma Washington from all over the United States and World, we learned science, legal regulation, legislation and immersed ourselves in an experience. After three days of surrounding ourselves with some of the most dynamic fr…
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Admissions with Cher: Preparing for the SVI & MMI interviews
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14:17Josh Hansen sits down with Cher Knupp, Program Manager of Health Sciences Admissions & Recruiting, to discuss the SVI (Standardized Video Interview) and MMI (Multiple Mini-Interview) process for admissions in the Health Sciences at Salt Lake Community College. They discuss what the acronyms mean, what applicants can expect during these interviews a…
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Ep 35: 30 Years of Funeral Service - What's Changed?
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18:42Send us a text Today is special, i interviewed Dean Weber on 30 years of funeral service. We covered all aspects of his time, his study, the changes and what he is grateful for.By Bradley Shaw
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Encore: Blondie: Rapture (Climate Science with Michael Mann)
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45:26This episode originally aired on Feb 2, 2022. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, co-founders of Blondie speak with climatologist Dr. Michael Mann about ancient climate history, the relationship between agriculture and climate, preventing climate catastrophe and much more.By Talkhouse
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Send us a text Welcome to 2025, today we discuss the curly one, are funerals expensive? We share our experiences and some justification on the matter. Thanks for joining us!By Bradley Shaw
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Josh Hansen sits down with Jonathan Boatwright and Raymond Searles, assistant professors in the Nursing program at Salt Lake Community College, to discuss the concept of mindfulness and how it can benefit our mental health, make us a more balanced individual and help those enrolled in Health Science classes at SLCC. Get to know Jonathan Boatwright …
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Ambrose Bierce
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LABS: Christine and the Queens and Matteo Cantiello on Plasma Physics
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59:00Star stuff! And lots of it. In this episode we chat with Rahim Redcar from Christine and the Queens and physicist, Matteo Cantiello about plasma - the most abundant form of matter in our universe: what is it, what’s it do and where is it found. We also cover extraterrestrial intelligence, the origins of life on earth, panspermia, Spirituality with …
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Ambrose Bierce
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Ambrose Bierce
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Ambrose Bierce
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Ambrose Bierce
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Postmortem Restorative Art book release with Dominic Astorino
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47:49We have very exciting news, renowned speaker and restorative art educator Dominic Astorino can now add author to his titles. Dominic's first book, Postmortem Restorative Art, Principles, Methods and Applications will be released on January 16th in time for the spring 2025 semester. If you have not adopted his Restorative Art book yet, now is your c…
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Hank Azaria/Moe The Bartender: Flaming Moe's (Simpsons Neuroscience with Dr. Kevin Ochsner)
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1:00:57Join Simpsons favorite, Moe The Bartender and his human counterpart Hank Azaria for a lively conversation with Social Neuroscientist, Dr. Kevin Ochsner. We talk about the legendary “Flaming Moe’s” Simpsons episode from both Moe’s and Hank’s perspectives, how and why our brains are wired to thrive in social contexts like Moe’s Tavern, Hank’s experie…
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After a bit of a sabbatical, we are happy to bring you a super interesting chat we had with Nate, owner of the award-winning Eerie tours that has been scaring the beejeebus out of paying customers since 2008 with its perfectly terrifying blend of history and horror at some of Victoria's most troubled locations. In addition to the old Ballarat cemet…
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Respiratory Therapy at SLCC Health Sciences
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31:31Josh Hansen sits down with Brandon Andersen and Sharesa Bedingfield, the program and clinical coordinators of the Respiratory Therapy program at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). They discuss the Respiratory Therapy program, what prospective students can expect from the program and how you can explore now through an all-new online intro course be…
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Gather, The Future of Funeral Home Software
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1:00:22We sat down with Chase Downs of Gather, one of the industries premiere funeral home softwares that is on the cutting edge of what the industry needs. Join us as we discuss how funeral home software provides value and how the industry has changed and what features you should be using to keep up and be efficient.…
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LABS: Patricia Cornwell and Dr. Avi Loeb on Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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53:48Recorded Live at the Museum of Science in Boston on October 8, 2024 as part of the Reno Family Foundation Symposium Series. #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Patricia Cornwell and Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb discuss the uncanny resemblance between Dr. Loeb and the primary murder victim in Patricia’s latest book “Identity Unknown”, the likeliho…
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