Best Tanya D Marsh Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 23: The Laws of the Dead (Legal Deac Podcast) 1:05:19

1M ago1:05:19

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I really enjoyed being a part of this episode of the Legal Deac podcast — hope you enjoy it too!Death in the US can be one of the most complex aspects of modern life, and caring for the dead takes many forms that are regulated by some of the most complicated laws on the books. In this episode, we explore the history, nuances, and quirks of funeral …

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Episode 22: NYC Cemeteries & Crematories in the COVID 19 Pandemic 47:47

5y ago47:47

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The death care system in the New York City metropolitan area is overwhelmed. In this episode, we speak with Phil Tassi, President of the New York State Association of Cemeteries (NYSAC), and David Fleming, legislative director of NYSAC, to better understand the challenges facing cemeteries and crematories in the state.…

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Episode 21: Death Care in the Time of COVID 19 with Amy Cunningham 46:27

5y ago46:27

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Recorded on April 18, 2020, Brooklyn funeral director Amy Cunningham explains how death care is being handled in New York City a month into the COVID-19 pandemic.By Tanya Marsh, Amy Cunningham

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Episode 20: Planning for Incapacity with Jonah Bamel and Greg Volk 52:05

6+ y ago52:05

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Estate planning should involve more than simply creating the appropriate documents to address who will receive your property after your death. Modern estate planning also includes some planning for a period of time prior to death, particularly if circumstances arise that a person cannot manage their own property or cannot make health care decisions…

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Episode 19: Discussing Cremation with Barbara Kemmis of CANA 1:07:19

6+ y ago1:07:19

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On this week’s episode, I am happy to share with you a conversation that I recently had with Barbara Kemmis, the Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America, or CANA. Cremation is on the rise in the United States. As Barbara will explain, after it was legalized in a handful of states in the 1870s, it took about a century for th…

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Episode 18: Music & Mortality: Murder Ballads and The Couldn't Be Happiers 49:13

6+ y ago49:13

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Jodi Hildebran Lee and Jordan Crosby Lee are the Couldn't Be Happiers. Check them out at www.couldbehappiers.com. On this episode, they play murder ballads The Long Black Veil and a feminist re-imagining of Pretty Polly, plus their original song Jackson Square (which may or may not be about reincarnation).…

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Episode 17: The Impact of the Protestant Reformation on Burial Practices (with Jordan Artrip) 46:47

6+ y ago46:47

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The Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century changed countless aspects of everyday life for every kind of person across Europe. One of the things most profoundly affected was the popular conception of death. On this episode, I will be speaking with third year Wake Forest University Law School student Jordan Artrip about how the theology of …

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Episode 16: Music, Mortality & The Avett Brothers with Tim Mossberger 1:20:41

6+ y ago1:20:41

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About a month ago, I sat down with my friend Tim Mossberger in Champaign, Illinois to talk about our mutual favorite band, The Avett Brothers, and a bunch of their songs that deal with topics related to mortality. Tim has a website called As My Life Turns to a Song – The Avett Brothers Archive. He has been methodically collecting and documenting th…

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Episode 15: Death Related Holidays with Tyler Cunningham 30:53

6+ y ago30:53

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Death is celebrated all over the world on annual basis. More than 175 million Americans will celebrate Halloween this year, with total spending in 2018 reaching $9 billion, with the average consumer planning to spend $86.79 on decorations, candy, costumes and more. While celebrated on a mass scale, most Americans likely do not know the history behi…

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Episode 14: Cemetery Tourism in Philadelphia and Music by Dan Zlotnick 44:48

6+ y ago44:48

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This hybrid episode combines Cemetery Tourism in Philadelphia and the music of recording artist Dan Zlotnick. In Part I, I discuss the history and some of the notable burials in Spruce Street Cemetery, the Old Pine Street Church churchyard, Christ Church churchyard and burial ground, the potter’s field in Washington Square, and Laurel Hill Cemetery…

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Episode 13: Sarah Crews on Conservation Burial, Home Funerals, Music & Mortality 49:04

6+ y ago49:04

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This is Tanya Marsh and you’re listening to Death, et seq. My guest this week is Sarah Crews, the director of Heart Land Prairie Cemetery in Salina, Kansas, the first all natural burial ground in Kansas, and the President of the National Home Funeral Alliance. Sarah also has a background in hospice and music. Links: National Home Funeral Alliance H…

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Episode 12: Josh Slocum of The Funeral Consumers Alliance 46:45

6+ y ago46:45

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My guest this week is my friend Josh Slocum, who is the Executive Director of Funeral Consumers Alliance and the co-author of Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death. Josh is a consumer advocate who is also willing to give consumers a little tough love in the face of what he refers to as learned helplessness. At the same time, he argues …

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Episode 11: Amy Cunningham and the Meaningful Funeral 54:17

6+ y ago54:17

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Amy Cunningham is a progressive funeral director and the owner of Fitting Tribute Funeral Services in New York City. A former journalist, Amy co-authors a blog, The Inspired Funeral, with Kateyanne Unullisi. Full Transcript: Intro: This is Tanya Marsh and you’re listening to Death, et seq. The Fall semester just started at Wake Forest, so we’ve gon…

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Episode 10: Cemetery Tourism in NYC and Boston 35:42

7y ago35:42

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Episode Transcript: My name is Tanya Marsh and you’re listening to Death, et seq. We’ve been talking about funerals a lot on this podcast so far, and I wanted to switch gears this week and talk about one of my favorite topics – cemeteries. I love cemeteries. As my friends and family will attest, I am a semi-professional cemetery tourist. When I vis…

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Episode 9: Lee Webster on Home Funerals, Green Burials & Social Justice 41:18

7y ago41:18

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Lee Webster discusses her educational and advocacy efforts in the "neo-traditional" home funeral and green burial movements. Links to organizations and resources mentioned in this episode: Green Burial Council National Home Funeral Alliance New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education & Advocacy Changing Landscapes: Exploring the growth of ethical, c…

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Episode 8: Bob Fells of ICCFA on The Value of the Traditional Funeral 56:39

7y ago56:39

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One of my major goals with this podcast is to introduce listeners to a variety of perspectives on the funeral industry and changing death practices. In Episode 3, I talked to Dan Isard, who is a management and financial consultant to funeral homes. In Episode 4, I talked to Caitlin Doughty, who is a non-traditional funeral director in Los Angeles w…

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Episode 7: A Preview of Dark Archives with Megan Rosenbloom 55:53

7y ago55:53

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Megan Rosenbloom is Associate Director for Instruction Services at the Norris Medical Library of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and the co-founder and director of Death Salon, the event arm of The Order of the Good Death. Rosenbloom is writing a book called Dark Archives, anticipated to be published in 2019, which describes t…

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Episode 6: History, Music, and Mortality with David Childers and Phil Chaney 54:37

7y ago54:37

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In this week’s episode of Death, et seq., I am talking to two of my favorite people about two very different topics. First, I’ll be talking to my uncle, Philip Chaney, about his experience growing up in a funeral family in a small town in Nebraska in the mid-20th century. There were two funeral homes in the county — one Catholic and one Protestant.…

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Episode 5: Introduction to Funeral & Disposition Planning (with Prof. Rebecca Morrow) 52:42

7y ago52:42

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This episode discusses funeral and disposition planning in the context of estate planning, explains why pre-planning is a good idea, and discusses the major options available to American funeral consumers including the "traditional" American funeral of embalming, open casket viewing, and in-ground burial or cremation, and alternatives such as home …

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Episode 4: Caitlin Doughty and the Death Positive Movement 38:32

7y ago38:32

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I am so happy to have Caitlin Doughty as my guest on Episode 4. Caitlin is a licensed funeral director and the owner of Undertaking LA, a funeral home in Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of Death Salon and the founder of The Order of the Good Death. She is the host of Ask a Mortician, which is a highly entertaining series of videos on YouTube (my…

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Episode 3: Dan Isard and the State of the Modern Funeral Industry 36:36

7y ago36:36

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In the United States today, most funerals are arranged by licensed funeral directors, most bodies are prepared for disposition by licensed embalmers, and many funerals take place in licensed funeral homes. The funeral industry has been handling the dead in America for only a century. This is largely an industry made up of “mom and pop” family owned…

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Episode 2: "What Happens to Human Remains in the U.S.?" 37:01

7y ago37:01

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Whenever people ask me what I do, and I tell them that I research, teach, and write about the law of human remains, their first response is to say “uuuh.” And their second is to say “I’ve always wondered…” America is a uniquely death denying culture, which is perhaps why we know so little about what follows death. Not in the spiritual sense…but in …

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Death, et seq. is Coming Soon! 3:37

7y ago3:37

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Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. Thanks! My name is Tanya Marsh and I teach Funeral and Cemetery law at Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I've found that people have a TON of questions about human remains and what happens to them. That's why I'm launching a new podcast called Death, et. seq (litera…

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Episode 23: The Laws of the Dead (Legal Deac Podcast) 1:05:19

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Episode 22: NYC Cemeteries & Crematories in the COVID 19 Pandemic 47:47

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Episode 21: Death Care in the Time of COVID 19 with Amy Cunningham 46:27

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Episode 20: Planning for Incapacity with Jonah Bamel and Greg Volk 52:05

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Episode 19: Discussing Cremation with Barbara Kemmis of CANA 1:07:19

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Episode 18: Music & Mortality: Murder Ballads and The Couldn't Be Happiers 49:13

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Episode 17: The Impact of the Protestant Reformation on Burial Practices (with Jordan Artrip) 46:47

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Episode 16: Music, Mortality & The Avett Brothers with Tim Mossberger 1:20:41

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Episode 15: Death Related Holidays with Tyler Cunningham 30:53

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Episode 14: Cemetery Tourism in Philadelphia and Music by Dan Zlotnick 44:48

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Episode 13: Sarah Crews on Conservation Burial, Home Funerals, Music & Mortality 49:04

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Episode 12: Josh Slocum of The Funeral Consumers Alliance 46:45

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Episode 11: Amy Cunningham and the Meaningful Funeral 54:17

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Episode 10: Cemetery Tourism in NYC and Boston 35:42

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Episode 9: Lee Webster on Home Funerals, Green Burials & Social Justice 41:18

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Episode 8: Bob Fells of ICCFA on The Value of the Traditional Funeral 56:39

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Episode 7: A Preview of Dark Archives with Megan Rosenbloom 55:53

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Episode 6: History, Music, and Mortality with David Childers and Phil Chaney 54:37

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Episode 5: Introduction to Funeral & Disposition Planning (with Prof. Rebecca Morrow) 52:42

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Episode 4: Caitlin Doughty and the Death Positive Movement 38:32

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Episode 3: Dan Isard and the State of the Modern Funeral Industry 36:36

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Episode 2: "What Happens to Human Remains in the U.S.?" 37:01

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Death, et seq. is Coming Soon! 3:37

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