# Caitlin Doughty

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S3 E10- "Nobody Teaches Us This Stuff": Surviving Cumulative Grief and the Business of Death

Season 3 Finale!  The logistics of death are rarely talked about, but after a loss, the administrative weight can feel just as heavy as the emotional toll. In this Season 3 finale, I sit down with Ashley, founder of Kin Closure, for an honest conversation about what actually happens after someone d…

Out Antiquing

Content Warning: This episode is all about death investigation, and contains discussions of violence, decomposition, and death planning. Cindy brings some books (two fiction and one nonfiction) paying homage to forensic science pioneer Frances Glessner Lee. Harrison tells a suprising story about a…

Episode 54: Caitlin Doughty on the Oversight of Funeral Homes

On this week's episode, Caitlin Doughty discusses the most recent scandal in the funeral industry and what regulatory structures could be used to prevent this from happening again. On August 7th, Chicago police, acting on a tip, entered a funeral home on the Far South Side called South Chicago Chap…

{from the archives} books about grief

This episode, from February 2023, was a special request from a listener. Sarah and Jenny discuss their experiences with grief and recommend some reads, we promise it's not completely depressing! That being said we do discuss cancer, miscarriage, suicide, sudden death and more, so if you find these …

We're All Terrible at Death | Book Huddle with Nikki Smith

Turns out coffins have fashions. I was told dark wood wasn't in this year. Nikki Smith is a death doula + grief coach. Not a job most of us have heard of, so I ask her what it involves. Then we turn to Caitlin Doughty's From Here to Eternity, on how the rest of the world handles death rather bett…

Nikki Smith, a Death Doula, Grief Coach, + Podcaster

Have you ever wondered how different cultures handle death and grieving? In this episode of the BizBook Broadcast, we explore this intriguing topic with our guest, Nikki Smith, a death doula, grief coach, + podcaster. Nikki brings her unique perspective to our discussion of Caitlin Doughty's book, …

The Places We Go When We Press Play: Why Music Breaks Through | What A Mortician Can Teach Us About Death

The Places We Go When We Press Play: Why Music Breaks Through Why does a song from decades ago bring back details you thought you’d forgotten? Princeton researcher Elizabeth Margulis looks at what happens when music sends our minds wandering, why certain songs become tied to specific chapters of o…

What A Mortician Can Teach Us About Death

What A Mortician Can Teach Us About Death Americans are notoriously uncomfortable when it comes to talking about death and being around the dead, but not every culture treats it as something to avoid. Mortician Caitlin Doughty takes us from India to Thailand to explore how other societies confront…

450. How to Be Better at Death

Caitlin Doughty is a mortician who would like to put herself out of business. Our corporate funeral industry, she argues, has made us forget how to offer our loved ones an authentic sendoff. Doughty is the author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory. In this installment …

To The Moon with Cristina and Ilana

This week Ilana and Cristina go through their bucket lists, talk about death, and the age old debate; Titanic or Moon, where would you go?! From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty (the death book Ilana couldn't remember) Endorsements: Stamptown (now on Netflix) and the Panama Canal. Click to Fol…