You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Shadow Work w/Jess Reis Mendivil Mar 23, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with The Death Empath - Jess Reis Mendivil, an Ancestral Death Doula, Shadow Empath, Grief Guide, & Life Coach, talking about being “in the sad,” the dark, the shadows, efficiently moving through it all by creatively alchemizing Grief, Death, & Loss of Self, & how integrating death & shadow helps garner kinder, softer, humans that are in awe of their own lives.

***EPISODE TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide Ideation***

Jess Reis Mendivil’s
website: https://thedeathempath.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/deathempath/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.death.empath

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Death Is the Biggest Deal w/Amanda Yates Garcia Mar 16, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Amanda Yates Garcia, writer, witch, & the Oracle of Los Angeles, talking about the “underworlds” we must endure, what it means to come back from that dark with a burning torch to share with others who need that light, & the story of her becoming a witch [available in her book INITIATED: MEMOIR OF A WITCH].

Amanda Yates Garcia’
website: https://www.oracleoflosangeles.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/oracleofla/
book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-yates-garcia/initiated/9781538763070/
Between the Worlds podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/between-the-worlds-podcast/id1437333094
substack: https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.com
venmo @Amanda-YatesGarcia

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

A Train Going By w/Alexis Pauline Gumbs Mar 09, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, cherished oracle & community accountable Black feminist author & scholar, talking about the life, love, & death of her father, how she stays in relationship with him “by every means” possible, & how important it is to give one another permission to be in conversation with our ancestors.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs’
website: https://www.alexispauline.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/
UNDROWNED, DUB, & all her books: https://www.alexispauline.com/books

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Lead With Love w/Barbara Becker Mar 02, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Barbara Becker, ordained interfaith minister & author of "Heartwood: The Art of Living With the End in Mind," talking about how sometimes the dying just need you to watch Jeopardy, applying the fruits of our spiritual endeavors to real life, & the powerful presence of skeletons, not in our closets, but our homes.

Barbara Becker’s
website: https://barbarabecker.com/
book: https://barbarabecker.com/heartwood/

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Keep It Kind w/Sheng Wang Feb 23, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with stand-up comedian Sheng Wang, talking about how growing up Taiwanese American may or may not result in a career in stand-up comedy, the grounding value of visiting cemeteries, & why purchasing clothes at the grocery store is a sign of maturing enlightenment.

Sheng Wang’s
website: https://www.shengwangtime.com/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shengwangtime/
twitter: https://twitter.com/shengwangtime

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

It’s Hard No Matter What w/Hospice Nurse Penny Feb 16, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Hospice Nurse Penny Smith, a nationally certified hospice & palliative care registered nurse, talking about her recent experience as a bystander to a fatal car accident & what she learns in life&death moments like these to offer others, like the wisdom she offers host Ned about the death of his own mother.

Hospice Nurse Penny’s
tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicenursepenny
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursepenny/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hospicenursepenny

Resources
American Hospice: https://americanhospice.org/learning-about-hospice/
Five Wishes [the nation’s only national advance care planning program]: https://www.fivewishes.org/
Dementia Directive: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0128cf8fd4d22ca11a405d/t/60c51d29f5c2833ef87698d1/1623530793274/dementia-directive.pdf

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Grieving a Friendship w/MariNaomi Feb 09, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, a collage-comics graphic memoir about a friendship-gone-wrong & the unreliable nature of memory.
MariNaomi’s
website: https://marinaomi.com/
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marinaomi
Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”The Flowers Above You Are Blooming This Time of Year” by Lake Mary
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die
THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Born for This w/Mangda Sengvanhpheng Feb 02, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Mangda Sengvanhpheng, artist & the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on loss & grief while providing services & offerings that renew our engagement to life, meeting one another from the stories of their mothers’ deaths & where those losses place them, with mutual understanding, working in the context of death & dying.

ALL THINGS MANGDA SENGVANHPHENG
Bacii: https://bacii.co/
Bacii on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_bacii/
Consider enrolling in YU:EXIST at https://bacii.co/yuexist
SUPPORT Mangda’s work & being in the world via
Venmo: https://bacii.co/donate

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Breathe w/Stelth Ulvang & Dorota Szuta Jan 26, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dorota Szuta & Stelth Ulvang, the songsmiths of desert grunge trio Heavy Gus, as they talk about the story of the early years of their coming together, peppered with much grief & loss, but also with the life, love, & music that emerged from their deepening relationship.

ALL THINGS DOROTA & STELTH & HEAVY GUS
Heavy Gus: https://www.heavygus.com/
Heavy Gus IG: https://www.instagram.com/heavygus/
Heavy Gus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heavygus4432
Stelth on IG: https://www.instagram.com/stelthulvang/
Dorota on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mydorota/

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina
”Breathe” from the album Notions by Heavy Gus

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

A Form of Healing w/Lisa Wells Jan 19, 2023

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Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with author Lisa Wells, as they talk about the kind of love that sits at a deathbed [for a fellow human or a dying planet], our culture's relationship to life/death/the planet, & her book Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World.

ALL THINGS LISA WELLS
Get Lisa’s book Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World: https://www.lisawellswriter.com/believers
Get her book of poetry The Fix: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609385477
Read “To Be a Field of Poppies: The Elegant Science of Turning Cadavers Into Compost” in Harper’s Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2021/10/to-be-a-field-of-poppies-natural-organic-reduction-composting-corpse/
On IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_wells_writer/

Nick Jaina’s book SPEKTRUM: https://nickjaina.com/spektrum

Produced by Nick Jaina
Associate Produced by Jasmine Pritchard
Soundscaping by Nick Jaina
”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina

FOLLOW YOU’RE GOING TO DIE
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yergoing2die/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YerGoing2Die

THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LISTENERS LIKE YOU.
Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.