You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

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You’re Probably Playing It Too Safe if You’re Never Flailing w/Johanna Warren Dec 09, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Johanna Warren - singer/songwriter, actor, & Level III Reiki Master-Teacher - as they talk about the fatal accident that returned her to her magical child self, drawing pentagrams in the sandbox to invoke our unicorn lover, & how to remember that life loves & needs us.

All things Johanna Warren: https://www.johannawarren.com/
Support Johanna…
On Bandcamp: https://johannawarren.bandcamp.com/
On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johannawarren
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Broken Machine” with Words by JP/Read by Johanna Warren/Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk

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And find out more at www.yg2d.com

These Things Change You w/Angela Hennessy Nov 12, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Angela Hennessy - Oakland-based artist, teacher, & griever - while they talk about finding the ways we need to grieve on the spectrum, feeding our ancestors, & surviving a gunshot wound she incurred while interrupting a violent assault on the street in front of her house.

Connect to Angela Hennessy: http://www.angelahennessy.com/
Support Angela Hennessy…
via Venmo/cashapp: @thehouseofhennessy
via PayPal: chocolatecosmo@yahoo.com
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“We Keep Breathing” by Angela Hennessy/Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk

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Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

The Fact That We Die Makes Life Really Nice w/Amelia Meath Oct 28, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amelia Meath - Sylvan Esso’s musician, songwriter, producer, & dancer - while they talk about how rude death is, dancing with our own ghosts, & the strange experience of waiting to become a member of the shittiest club ever.

Check out Sylvan Esso: https://www.sylvanesso.com/
Check out Mountain Man: https://www.wearemountainman.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Ashes” Recordings by Ned Buskirk/Baby Noises by Shay/Music by Mountain Man/Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk

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Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Change or Die w/Jonah Welch Oct 14, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Jonah Welch - transgender mystic & devotional artist who studies the ways that gender non-conformity intersects with the occult - while they talk about transness’ inherent proximity to death, gender dysphoria as a "change or die” messenger, & how trans beings bear death on their bodies, the inherent risk involved in pursuing their freedom.

More from Jonah Welch: https://www.jonahwelch.com/
Support Jonah’s work via Venmo @jonahwelch
Find Jonah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonahwelch/
Jonah suggests supporting GWORLS - a Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, & travel assistance: https://www.forthegworls.party/home
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Jonah Landscape” Recordings by Jonah Welch/Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk

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Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Write What Hurts w/Allison Davis Sep 30, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Allison Davis - television writer for American Horror Story [F/X, Netflix], The Underground Railroad [Amazon Prime] & David Makes Man [The Oprah Winfrey Network, HBO Max] - while they talk about writing the TRUTH from our living experience, what it’s like to write television during a pandemic, & how fun it is to finally write for a horror show.

More from Allison Davis: http://www.itsallisondavis.com/
Equal Justice Initiative’s Lynching in America - Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror: https://eji.org/reports/lynching-in-america/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“The Dark” by Karis Taylor
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Intimacy with the Universe w/Lata Mani Sep 16, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Lata Mani - cultural critic, contemplative writer & filmmaker - while they talk about her life-changing car accident with a Pepsi-Cola truck, the gifts of life’s ruptures, & The Poetics of Fragility, a “videocontemplation” she conceived & scripted, interweaving stories of bodily frailty with optical vignettes of nature’s delicacy to reclaim fragility as intrinsic to existence, not something to be bemoaned or overcome.

More from Dr. Lata Mani: https://www.latamani.com/
The Poetics of Fragility: https://www.thepoeticsoffragility.com/
Support The Poetics of Fragility exhibition w/a tax deductible contribution to Two Raven's Trust at The Intersections for the Arts: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MjU3NTQ=
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Birdsong Temple Trees” recordings by Lata Mani & soundscape by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Is Everything Going to Be Okay? w/Rachael Cusick Sep 02, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Rachael Cusick - producer at the public radio program & podcast Radiolab - while they talk about grief & cookies, the Burrito of Okayness, & her recent Rabiolab episode The Queen of Dying, an audio biography on the surprising life of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the woman who gave us The Five Stages of Grieving.

Listen to Radiolab’s The Queen of Dying: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/queen-dying
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“If I Were an Urn Garden, Where Would I Be?” recordings by Rachael Cusick & soundscape by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

Friendship in the Age of Loneliness w/Smiley Poswolsky Aug 19, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Smiley Poswolsky - millennial workplace expert, motivational speaker, & author - while they talk about our disconnected lives, what to do about it & his book Friendship in the Age of Loneliness… & how a dear friend’s death connects it all.

Get Smiley’s book “Friendship in the Age of Loneliness”: https://bit.ly/2Uvxj4e
Get more of Smiley: https://smileyposwolsky.com/
Check out more music from Joey Pecoraro: https://www.joeypecoraro.com/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Crosswalks” w/Levi Felix by Smiley & Nick Jaina
"An Exchange of Gifts” by Alden Nowlan
Music from Joey Pecoraro
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

The Whirling Blackness of Eternal Oblivion w/Chelsea Coleman & Nick Jaina Aug 05, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk as he passes the baton to Nick Jaina for a special "Producer's Episode" where Nick talks with his wife Chelsea about how they met at a YG2D open mic & how the openness & honesty of that space provided the perfect beginning to their relationship.
Find Chelsea Coleman's music at https://www.chelseacolemanmusic.com/
Find Nick Jaina's novel "Hitomi" at www.nickjaina.com or on audiobook
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
"You Can Never Hold Back Spring" Written by Tom Waits/Performed by Chelsea Coleman
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

I Don’t Want to Die a w/Staci K. Haines Jul 22, 2021

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Staci K. Haines - a national leader in Somatics & the author of The Politics of Trauma: Somatic, Healing and Social Change - while they talk about the shock & ceremony of her mom's diagnosis & dying, their co-creating a Declaration for the end of life, & how these personal experiences of loss connect to social justice.

Get Staci Haines’ book “The Politics of Trauma: Somatic, Healing & Social Change”: https://thepoliticsoftrauma.com/
Check out Generative Somatics: https://generativesomatics.org/

Staci recommends offering money, time or other resources to…
BOLD - Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity: https://boldorganizing.org/
Black Futures Lab: https://blackfutureslab.org/ Indigenous Environmental Network: https://www.ienearth.org/
SURJ - Showing Up for Racial Justice: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
Produced by Nick Jaina
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
“Rain, Rain, After Many Days without Rain” by Staci Haines & Nick Jaina
"Lingering in Happiness" by Mary Oliver
”Wow” by The Feelings Parade
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned Buskirk
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEATH DECK [https://thedeathdeck.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.
And find out more at www.yg2d.com

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