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How Other Cultures Care For Their Dead—And What We Can Learn From Them

How Other Cultures Care For Their Dead—And What We Can Learn From Them

How Other Cultures Care For Their Dead—And What We Can Learn From Them

Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler

January 12, 202334m 15s

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Show Notes

The start of a new year is often a time of reflection and after the last few challenging pandemic ones, that might also mean dwelling on feelings of loss or grief. This week, Lale chats with the creator of a podcast called The Order of the Good Death. She’s Caitlin Doughty, a mortician, the owner of a funeral home in Los Angeles, and an advocate of funeral reform. She’s toured the world exploring death rituals—from Barcelona to Mexico to Indonesia to Bolivia to Japan—on a quest to discover where death has the most dignity, and what we can learn from it. Plus, we hear from a listener who traveled to Ireland and may, or may not, have encountered the spirit of a legendary Irish poet.

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