Stay ConnectedWith TEN MILLION LISTENS under it’s belt, Loose Units is back! John is an ex-cop, and his son, Paul, is a broadcaster trying to figure out exactly what his Dad got up to on the force back in the 1980s. Based on the bestselling books Loose Units and Electric Blue.
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What does embalming involve? Making the dead look alive, and keeping them preserved, seems like a subtle art. But as John learned one very odd day at the funeral home, it was a lot stranger, more complex and more visceral than he'd ever have suspected. It's time for an in-depth look at embalming, people. Strap in.
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This week on Loose Ends, John ends up in court embroiled in an art forgery case. No, seriously. He and Paul also discuss whether you'll be ending up with other people mixed in with your ashes after cremations, and there's some pretty odd talk about elves.
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Sure, John is an emergency services jack-of-all-trades. But what happened the first time he was trusted to conduct a funeral? The wheels fell off, that's what. Paul pries from his Dad an embarrasing tale of funerary woe, and then he and John discuss National Missing Persons Week.
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What happens when you scatter the wrong ashes? Do teddy bears get cremated with their owners? And what's it like to carry your Dad's ashes around with you? It's time for another episode of Loose Ends!
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The death of a familiar character from Loose Units (the book) sees John fast-tracked from cleaning hearses to actively helping. But what was it like to be an ex-cop working at a cop's funeral?
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This week on Loose Ends, John and Paul discuss live-streaming funerals, how double plots work, and how sports fans might want their ashes used after they pass away. John also tells Paul what is apparently one of his finest jokes. Does it land? You be the judge.
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This week, John and Paul discuss the funeral of John's Dad, Henk Verhoeven. What is it actually like to deal with a death in the family when you're the one helping organise it? They also discuss how to talk (or not talk) to people who've just lost someone.
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On this week's Loose Ends, John and Paul discuss the passing of Henk, John's father. They then burrow into a treasure trove of brilliant and hilarious funeral stories from their wonderful listeners, before weighing up whether or not Costco coffins and caskets are a bargain or a bust.
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This week, there's an actual death in the family, which John and Paul discuss on the show. Then, John tells Paul about hearses, Paul makes some truly dumb jokes about his or hearse, and we begin our journey into John's time running a funeral home in the nineties. It's a fascinating, weird and heartbreaking episode of Loose Units: Dead Serious.
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This episode of Loose Ends, John and Paul tease the coming season, hear a chilling tale from a listener’s first encounter with a dead body, and discuss the perils of minimalism. Then, John tells the legitimately horrifying story of his worst injury ever, and Paul and John announce a donation to a truly wonderful charity.
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