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Don’t forget, you’re going to die…

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44| Jane Callahan

Season 7, Episode 5: Jane Callahan on a Meaningful End Jane Callahan is an end-of-life doula and the author of A Death Doula’s Guide to a Meaningful End. In this conversation, Jane shares how the painful, medicalized death of her estranged mother set her on the path to becoming a death doula, and why most Americans are completely unprepared for one of the most universal human experiences. We talk about what it means to design your own death, the economics of dying with dignity, advance directives, the difference between fearing death and fearing dying, and what a “vigil” actually looks like when done right. More on Jane Callahan: https://www.janekcallahan.com/ Coaching with Hansa WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

43| Elizabeth Bruenig

What does it feel like to be in the room when a death sentence is carried out? In this episode we talk to The Atlantic Reporter Elizabeth Bruenig about her reporting that took her deep into how death penalties are carried out in America and stories of the people on death row. WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

42| Colin Dickey

58 min

Happy October! We have journalist and author Colin Dickey on the WeCroak podcast to talk about America’s obsession with ghost stories, the paranormal and occult. Careful not to say whether he believes or not, Dickey is more interested in what these stories say about us. WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

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44| Jane Callahan

Season 7, Episode 5: Jane Callahan on a Meaningful End Jane Callahan is an end-of-life doula and the author of A Death Doula’s Guide to a Meaningful End. In this conversation, Jane shares how the painful, medicalized death of her estranged mother set her on the path to becoming a death doula, and why most Americans are completely unprepared for one of the most universal human experiences. We talk about what it means to design your own death, the economics of dying with dignity, advance directives, the difference between fearing death and fearing dying, and what a “vigil” actually looks like when done right. More on Jane Callahan: https://www.janekcallahan.com/ Coaching with Hansa WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

43| Elizabeth Bruenig

What does it feel like to be in the room when a death sentence is carried out? In this episode we talk to The Atlantic Reporter Elizabeth Bruenig about her reporting that took her deep into how death penalties are carried out in America and stories of the people on death row. WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

42| Colin Dickey

58 min

Happy October! We have journalist and author Colin Dickey on the WeCroak podcast to talk about America’s obsession with ghost stories, the paranormal and occult. Careful not to say whether he believes or not, Dickey is more interested in what these stories say about us. WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

41| Tim O'Keefe

1 hr 3 min

It was Epicurus that said, “Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death is not; and when death is, we are not.” Today we are joined by Tim O’Keefe, an expert on the philosophy of Epicurus and what this ancient practical philosophy brought to our understanding of the big questions of life and death. We talk about what this classical thinker can bring to a modern understanding of life. WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

40| Brittney Hartley

The WeCroak Podcast is back with an episode on Nihlism with our Guest Brittney Hartley. She is the nihilism expert and survivor behind the popular channel No Nonsense Spirituality. Find out how to make life meaningful when nothing you used to believe in matters anymore. Heads up, explicit language is used. WeCroak on YouTube Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

39| Alex Ebert

58 min

Season 6, Episode 3: Alex Ebert on writing songs after a crisis of faith This is our second conversation of Alex Ebert, famous for his hit songs from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. We talk about some new music that comes from his meditations on death, and what he’s spent the last few years wrestling with, namely, a kind of crisis of faith of in the purpose of music.  Heads up, copious explicit language is used. New song: To Feel Alive by Alex Ebert Forthcoming Documentary: The Last Ecstatic Days Trailer Alex Ebert on Substack Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

33| Lauren Kennedy

39 min

Season 5, Episode 8: Lauren Kennedy on Pets, Death, and Dignity I found Lauren Kennedy on TikTok doing breathtaking end-of-life photography sessions for beloved family pets, often taken just hours before a schedule vet appointment. It turns out she also founded The Tilly Project, a national resource for creating end-of-life memories for families and their pets. […]

Social Stomach

20 min

Season 5, Episode 7: WeCroak Has A Baby: The Social Stomach App Hansa and Ian, the guys who brought the world WeCroak, announce their second app called Social Stomach. It’s an app for waking up to the power of social eating, one of the simplest lifestyle changes you can make, besides contemplating death often, to feel more satisfied with life. We go into the research and how it works. If you like the WeCroak style of apps, you might want to give this podcast a listen. New App! Social Stomach Download the WeCroak app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at  Support WeCroak on Patreon Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

36| Katie Engelhart

1 hr 3 min

Season 5, Episode 6: Katie Engelhart’s Dispatches on the Right to Die I’ve never been so uncomfortable reading a book about death or having a discussion. Katie Englehart’s book The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die is a master work of journalism about people who say they are not suicidal and believe they have a right to die because of age or sickness. The issues raised in this book get to the heart of big questions like what real empathy looks like and how we think about the sanctity of life, capitalism and a host of other foundational ideas. It opens a pandora’s box of indictments only the brave may want to look at. I can’t stop thinking about this book or this discussion.  Guest Website: KatieEngelhart.com Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

35| Massimo Pigliucci

1 hr 10 min

Season 5, Episode 5: Massimo Pigliucci on Choosing a Good Life Massimo Pigliucci was the first guest we ever had on the WeCroak Podcast. In that episode we talked about his adult decision to commit to Stoicism as a life philosophy. Today, we talk about his new book, “How to Live a Good Life,” about all the best practical philosophies for living that he could find and what a life living along those principles might be like with guest essays from thinkers who have lived it. It’s like a menu of life philosophies for people who want to choose their path more proactively. Guest Book: “How to Live a Good Life” Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

34| Clay Risen

1 hr 18 min

Season 5, Episode 4: Clay Risen from the NYT Obit Pages This is a conversation about death, who gets remembered and how we write stories about the departed. We are joined by Clay Risen who writes for The New York Times Obituaries page so expect a lot of your host nerding out about obits and the big issues they brings up during a pandemic and in everyday life. Who gets remembered by the first draft of history? Why? Find out from one of the writers making these choices. Guest Website: ClayRisen.com Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

33| Dr. Emily Nagoski

1 hr 9 min

Season 5, Episode 3: Emily Nagoski PHD on Burnout This is a conversation about how everything is connected. We speak with Emily Nagoski about burnout, that feeling of overwork and overwhelm and how it connects to things far outside of stressful jobs and schedules. It comes down to, she argues, how we buy into major wrong assumptions about our world. Nagoski wrote this book with women in mind but we think the book and this conversation is for everyone. Guest Website: EmilyNagoski.com Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

32| Dr. René Najera

1 hr 22 min

Season 5, Episode 2: Dr. René Najera on the History of Vaccines When we forget our history, we lose our context for the present and the future. The past year has been a return to humankind’s historic relationship with mass death caused by disease. Early vaccines were a breakthrough that picked winners in fights for global power and helped a lot of people reach adulthood and live healthier happier lives. I thought I knew a lot of history but this conversation blew my mind. Guest Website: History Of Vaccines Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

31| Dr. Nikki Mirghafori

1 hr 7 min

Season 5, Episode 1: Dr. Nikki Mirghafori on Death & Mindfulness Retreats Today we talk about Buddhism, Technology and why you might want to go to a seven day death and mindfulness retreat with meditation teacher Dr. Nikki Mirghafori.  Guest Website: NikkiMirghafori.com Guest Website: One Day Retreat: Jan 30, 2021 Guest Website: Five Day Retreat: Feb 11 – Feb 15, 2021 Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

30| Casper ter Kuile

1 hr 3 min

Season 4, Episode 5: Casper ter Kuile on The Power of Ritual Six years ago, Casper Ter Kuile started reading the Harry Potter series as a sacred text on his hit podcast downloaded over 22 million times. Now he has a whole lot more rituals inspired by practice that can be adapted to our more secular lives in his new book. We talk about the benefits and the downsides of DIY ritual and why the phenomenon is here to stay. Guest Website: Caspertk.com Guest Website, Pre-order: Ritual Life Planner Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

29| Heather Christle

1 hr 3 min

Season 4, Episode 4: Heather Christle on Crying In this conversation we look at crying and tears in countless ways good and bad with poet Heather Christle. It’s about why we do it, what it feels like, and how tears bring out both the best and the worst in us.  Further Reading: The Crying Book Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

28| Massimo Riva

59 min

Season 4, Episode 3: Massimo Riva on The Decameron In 1348 the Black Death Plague took as a third of the population. In Florence Italy, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote The Decameron in response to the plague, a classic that has lasted down the ages. We have on Professor Massimo Riva to talk about this book which has so much wisdom for the present day.  Further Reading: Decameron Web Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

27| Long Litt Woon

43 min

Season 4, Episode 2: Long Litt Woon on Mushrooming and Mourning This is a conversation about grief and how Long Litt Woon found her way back to feeling alive by following forest paths looking for mushrooms. It’s about how only knowledge can protect you from a poisonous mushroom and how one needs all the senses to find the delicacies they seek on this path. Really, it is a personal discussion about finding our way again once everything is upended.  Further Reading: The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning By Long Litt Woon Guest Website: Long Litt Woon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

26| Donald Robertson

1 hr 29 min

Season 4, Episode 1: Donald Robertson on How to Think Like a Roman Emperor You know who else thought about death often? Ancient Roman Stoics including the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In this episode we chat about what practical philosophy meant to these powerful practitioners and why it feels so modern. A not to be missed discussion. Coming up October 17, 2020: StoicCon Further Reading: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius By Donald Robertson Guest Website: Donald Robertson Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon New: Ask Death Advice Column Sounds by James Mercer

25| Dr. Sunita Puri

1 hr 3 min

Season 3, Episode 8: Dr. Sunita Puri Talks That Good Night Dr. Sunita Puri is the Medical Director of the Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Service at the Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center of the University of Southern California. We talk on this episode about her new book, “That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.” The conversation is about how medicine is changing to meet new challenges like Covid19 and how it must change to serve the living and dying better.  Further Reading: “That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.” By Dr. Sunita Puri Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

24| Alex Ebert

54 min

Season 3, Episode 7: Alex Ebert Contemplating Zero Alex Ebert is the lead singer of the band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and an American singer songwriter and composer. The first rock star on the WeCroak Podcast, Alex Ebert talks about how important contemplating death has been to his creative process.  Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

23| Shoshana Ungerleider

45 min

Season 3, Episode 6: Shoshana Ungerleider – The People Trying to Change How We Die Doctor Shoshana Ungerleider is the founder of the End Well Project, working to change how the medical profession treats the dying. We talk about her involvement in award winning Netflix documentaries and the End Well conference working to change the way we do death in America.  Author Website:  EndWellProject.org Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

22| Rebecca Goldstein

51 min

Season 3, Episode 5: Rebecca Goldstein – Why Mattering Matters Rebecca Goldstein is an award-wining philosopher and novelist, an unexpected combination from an original thinker. We talk about her latest work on why mattering matters to us and how the search for a more meaningful life is essential to our mental health and well-being. We recorded this episode before the global pandemic struck the US but I think the themes are even more pressing in times of great change and fear. Author Website: RebeccaGoldstein.com Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

21| Jay Michaelson

1 hr 5 min

Season 3, Episode 4: Jay Michaelson – Enlightenment by Trial and Error Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, and author of several books about the contemplative life. In this episode we talk about his latest book, “Enlightenment by Trial and Error” about the search for a meaningful life in a world that doesn’t always make it easy. We recorded this episode before it was clear we were headed for a global pandemic and I think the questions raised are even more relevant today. Author Website: Jay Michaelson.net Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

20| Agnes Callard

52 min

Season 3, Episode 3: Agnes Callard- On Anger Anger is one of the most common and difficult human emotions and here, we talk about its hidden risks and benefits. After all, we are all going to have anger in our lives and what we do with it will determine much of who we are. This episode was recorded well before we knew about the global pandemic and now it’s more relevant than ever as millions shelter in close quarters.  Further Reading: The Philosophy of Anger Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

19| Joseph Margulies

53 min

Season 3, Episode 2: Joseph Margulies – On The People We Torture The WeCroak Podcast is the place we talk about all the things we don’t talk about enough and this week that means discussing torture. Our guest Joseph Margulies is an attorney with the MacArthur Justice Center and has represented prisoners who have been held and tortured at Guantanamo Bay Detention center for many years without trial. We talk about what the breaking of long-held norms in civil rights means for politics today. Further Reading: Judges Admit Enhanced Interrogation Is Torture Author Website: cornell.edu/bio Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

18| Jennie Dear

49 min

Season 3, Episode 1: Jennie Dear – What Does It Feel Like To Die? Journalist and Writer Jennie Dear is the author of the new book, “What Does it Feel Like to Die?” We talk in this episode about that essential question we’ve all wondered about but most of us have always been too afraid to ask. And Jennie Dear’s book asks and answers questions you may have never thought to ask.  Author Book:  What Does It Feel Like To Die? Author Website:  jenniedear.com Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Sounds by James Mercer

17| Rachel Menzies

46 min

Season 2, Episode 8: Rachel Menzies – Death Anxiety and Mental Health What does death anxiety have to do with mental health? According to some new studies by Rachel Menzies of The University of Sydney, death anxiety may be the “worm at the core” of several mental health conditions. We talk about the science as it stands today and more questions Menzies is looking forward to asking and studying in further research. Guest Website: Sydney.edu.au/Rachel.Menzies Further Reading: Death anxiety. The worm at the core of mental health. Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

16| The WeCroak Guys

25 min

Season 2, Episode 7: The WeCroak Guys  WeCroak Co-Founder Ian Thomas joins your host Hansa Bergwall to discuss all the death news that’s fit to croak about. We talk Kara Swisher, problems in tech, changes coming to the app, Hansa’s overwhelm finishing a book, and some interesting obits.  Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

15| Jules Evans

1 hr 13 min

Season 2, Episode 6: Jules Evans – The Art of Losing Control After a spontaneous Near Death Experience, Jules Evans finds philosophy and puts his life back together in his hit book “Philosophy for Life.” But the ecstasy he experienced in his NDE always haunted him and in his second book “The Art of Losing Control” he sets out in search of it in all the ways people seek ecstatic experiences. We discuss this new book and all the blessings and dark sides of seeking and sometimes finding ecstasy. Buy: The Art of Losing Control Author Website: philosophyforlife.org Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James MercerDownload

14| Elizabeth Minnich

1 hr 1 min

Season 2, Episode 5: Elizabeth Minnich – The Evil Of Banality Elizabeth Minnich has spent the last few decades studying how genocides happen and her findings may surprise you. It turns out to pull off the biggest evils, you need a very particular kind of person, a thoughtless kind that is dependable and does his or her job. Genocides take logistics. This conversation is a ringing clarion call to bring thoughtfulness into all aspects of life.  Buy: The Evil of Banality Author Website: https://www.aacu.org/contributor/elizabeth-minnich Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

13| Katy Butler

54 min

Season 2, Episode 4: Katy Butler – The Art of Dying Well Our society doesn’t talk enough about death enough and as a result, few are prepared for a thing we should all know to expect for ourselves and everyone we care about. Katy Butler is a refreshingly honest voice with practical information on navigating every stage of letting go. Buy: The Art of Dying Well Author Website: KatyButler.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

12| Todd May

53 min

Season 2, Episode 3: Todd May – A Fragile Life Todd May is a philosopher at Clemson University who consulted on the hit show The Good Place. We talk about death in philosophy and in living today. We also talk about all the practical philosophies like Stoicism, Buddhism and Taoism that promise to make us impervious to suffering and why Todd, at least, doesn’t want to escape his vulnerability. And also why despite not believing in their ultimate aim, he borrows heavily from them anyway.  Buy: A Fragile Life Author Website: A Fragile Life Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

11| Ann Neumann

43 min

Season 2, Episode 2: Ann Neumann – The Good Death Ann Neumann takes us on an exploration of dying in America in this episode of The WeCroak Podcast. We talk about how death in America today is a system fraught with contradictions and failures that don’t serve the dying. We also talk about some of the movements trying to change the system for the benefit of all of us. Buy: The Good Death – An Exploration of Dying in America Author Website: AnnNeumann.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

10| Hugh Ryan

58 min

Season 2, Episode 1: Hugh Ryan – When Brooklyn Was Queer Hugh Ryan is a writer and historian who works on issues of queers politics and culture. In his book we talk about a queer subculture that thrived along the waterfront in Brooklyn for over a hundred years, had its own lingo and values and inspired some of America’s greatest literature along the way. Then it disappeared and was almost entirely forgotten until Hugh pieced together what was left. We chat about life, death, and how even a whole culture can disappear in a blink of an eye. Buy: When Brooklyn Was Queer Author Website: HughRyan.org Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

9| Heather Havrilesky

Heather Havrilesky writes the advice column Ask Polly for New York magazine’s The Cut. Her writing is about looking closely at the culture we are living in and taking apart the delusions we are so close to we don’t see them. It’s why she makes a great advice columnist and why her new book of essays “What if This Were Enough?”, is so fun to talk about. Buy: What If This Were Enough? Author Website: HavrileskyWebsite.wixsite.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

8| Hansa & Ian Regroup on Death, Technology and Podcasting

22 min

We’ve spoken with meditation teachers, palliative care nurses who work with the dying, physicists and technologists. But have we learned anything about death? In this episode we discuss the WeCroak Podcast thus far and talk about the questions we want to explore next. We think we are on to something here. Tune in for a regroup of where we’ve been so far and a teaser of episodes to come. Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

7| Sharon Salzberg

57 min

Sharon Salzberg is as influential a meditation teacher as you are likely to find. She is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and has written nine books on mindfulness and meditation including The New York Times best-seller Real Happiness. In this book, we discuss her newest book, Real Love and how death fits in to loving and being loved fully. Buy: Real Love: The Art Mindful Connection Author Website: SharonSalzberg.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

6| Jaron Lanier

53 min

Jaron Lanier’s new book Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now is opening the world’s eyes to the real world consequences of social media’s business model based on maximum addiction and distraction. And it goes way beyond wasting the precious hours of your life. Lanier makes an almost unassailable case that these social media platforms degrade us. But can we give them up? Jaron Lanier is the author of several best selling titles on technology and how they shape our world and worth listening to when he raises the alarm. Buy: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Author Website: JaronLanier.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

5| Frank Ostaseski

52 min

Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. In this episode we talk about his new book The Five Invitations: Discovering what Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully based on his years of caring for dying people and the unexpected joys that come when the knowledge of death is near. Buy: The Five Invitations: Discovering what Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully Author Website: FiveInvitations.com Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

4| Adam Cayton-Holland

43 min

Adam Cayton-Holland was named a top 25 comic to watch by Esquire and creates, writes and stars in the hit show “Those Who Can’t.” He also just came out with his first book, “Tragedy + Time: A Tragic Comic Memoir” about his sister’s life and suicide. Our conversation is about his family and how he found laughter even when the worst things were happening. Buy: Tragedy + Time Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

3| Alan Lightman

53 min

Alan Lightman is a theoretical physicist, author of six novels, meditator and professor who has served at both Harvard and MIT. His latest memoir Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine is as much about finding beauty in the natural world as understanding the science behind how it changes all the time. On the WeCroak podcast we get deep into the science of how everything is going to disappear given enough time. Buy: Searching for Stars on an Island In Maine Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

2| Sallie Tisdale

53 min

Sallie Tisdale is the author of nine books and today we are talking about her most recent Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them). Tisdales writing has also appeared in Harper’s, Antioch Review, Conjunctions, Threepenny Review, The New Yorker, and Tricycle, among other journals. As a palliative care nurse, meditator and writer, this WeCroak podcast episode is about what we do and don’t do when death is near. Buy: Advice for Future Corpses Author’s Website Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

1| Massimo Pigliucci

48 min

Massimo Pigliucci is the professor of philosophy at City University of New York who wrote the book How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life. It’s about the author’s own journey finding the right practical philosophy for living in today’s modern chaos by listening to voices from early Rome and Greece. In this episode we discuss why ancients reminded themselves every time they kissed their spouse that they loved a mortal and much much more. Stoic week 2018 begins Monday 1st October. Learn More Buy: How To Be A Stoic Author’s Website Support WeCroak on Patreon Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com Sounds by James Mercer

Teaser – Season One

1 min

First episodes available on Sept 19, 2018. On the WeCroak Podcast we talk about the things we don’t talked about enough. Starting with death. But not ending there. On our first season we talk to a palliative care nurse, a stoic philosopher, a theoretical physicist, a comedian and a tech visionary. Support us on Patreon. Download our app, as featured in 10% Happier, Atlantic Magazine and The New York Times, at WeCroak.com. Find happiness by contemplating your mortality with the WeCroak app. Each day, we’ll send you five invitations at randomized times to stop and think about death. It’s based on a Bhutanese folk saying that to be a happy person one must contemplate death five times daily. Sounds by James Mercer  

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