Concetta Abbate is a composer, violinist, and death doula out of New York. She lost one of her closest friends, Rebecca, in her late twenties. While there are often unanswered questions surrounding death, the uncertainty surrounding Rebecca’s death has been a pervasive part of Concetta’s grief. In this episode, we get to ask if the circumstances of one's death affect how we grieve and how we understand violence in the face of severe mental illness. We also get the unique opportunity to contrast a composition Concetta created for Rebecca shortly after her death with Concetta’s voicemail, recorded nearly a decade later.

Content Warning: The episode contains conversation about death, mental illness, and suicide.

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Living your Dying by Stanley Keleman

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Jacki Green unexpectedly lost her father to suicide when she was 18 years old, just a few weeks before starting college in a new state. Her father's death came as a surprise to not only Jacki's family but to the whole community. As a public figure, Jacki's father's death was highly publicized and Jacki found herself with information she never wanted to know. Now, four years later, Jacki is graduating college and looking back at what this grief taught her during these formative years.

Content Warning: this episode discusses death by suicide.

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Nathan Fry lost his father two years ago when he was 28 from complications following a heart attack. This was not Nathan's first or only sudden death, but his grief unlocked his understanding of his past and allowed him to create a more accurate narrative of his childhood and the neglect he endured.

Referenced Text:
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Witman
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks

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In this special bonus episode, Voicemails for the Dead creator Hailey Taymore Brown and Death Educator Lauren Carroll from DeathWives discuss home funerals, eco-friendly death practices, and end-of-life resources to help people prepare for the inevitable reality of death.

For more information on the Death Wives visit: deathwives.org

Additional Resources
National Home Funeral Alliance: homefuneralalliance.org
Global Green Burial Alliance: globalgreenburialalliance.net
Half Moon Farm in Lakewood Colorado: halfmoonfarm.co

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Lauren Carroll is one-half of the death wives. As a green funeral director and death educator, Lauren is often steeped in death culture. Lauren was 14 when she lost her 27-year-old uncle in a drunk-driving accident. In this episode, we dive into the initial loss that catalyzed and shaped her career and the lessons she learned along the way. Check out our bonus episode where Lauren discusses human composting, water cremation, home funerals, and various other topics.

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At 27 years old, Shani's father died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Her father was her best friend, but after his death, she uncovered a man she didn't know. These realizations radically changed her relationship with her mother and forced her to see her father as the human he was rather than the friend she had believed him to be.

Voicemails for the Dead is a podcast centering stories of complex and disenfranchised grief.

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At 20 years old, Hailey lost her father. Her grief was put on hold as she dealt with an unstable mother and her father's insolvent estate. It took her seven years to speak about her final conversation with her father and his rejection of her last attempt at connection. Listen as Hailey introduces her inspiration for the Voicemails for the Dead podcast and shares her story.

Guest Host: Lorne Fultonberg

Voicemails for the Dead is a podcast centering stories of complex and disenfranchised grief.

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