Death Knell

Death Knell is a monthly podcast about understanding grief after death. Each month, we interview two people with changing themes—dead parents, long distance, guilt—and try to find the similarities between the two gulfs. Obituaries are told every day. We do the follow up.

The Worst of It 08/18/2017

The Worst of It It is Death Knell's one year anniversary, and for it, we have a special episode that includes multiple guests from our first season. For Episode 10, we ask just one question: What was the worst of it? No two stories are alike, no two deaths are the same. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/5654637

I Made This 07/13/2017

I Made This For this month's episode, we spoke to two artists—musician Scott Ferreter and cartoonist Anders Nilsen. In 2005, Anders suffered the death of his fiancé. In 2013, Scott lost his father. Both artists responded to their grief by creating something—Anders, two books, Scott, a record. We spoke to both of them about how they turned their grieving into something public and what it meant to release that something to the public. Scott's music can be found at com, and Anders' work can be found at /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/5533023

Spouses 04/13/2017

Spouses This month, for our eighth episode, Death Knell speaks with guests David Buskirk and Mitra Sapienza about the loss of their spouses, Kathy Buskirk and Jason Walker. David and Mitra both lost their partners to cancer, and both became de facto caretakers during the final stages of the illness. David and Mitra's stories sometimes overlap, but each had very different approaches to their grief. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/5262108

My Good Friend 03/14/2017

My Good Friend On this month's episode, Death Knell visits Oakland resident Gloria to talk about her friend and companion Russell, who died in 2012. Gloria and Russell grew together, Gloria said, and Russell was a constant source of support for her career, her studies, her life and her interests. Gloria discusses her plan for grieving, how she reached out to Russell's family and the importance of having something to remember a person by. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/5168189

Out There 01/12/2017

Out There On this month's episode, Death Knell takes a brief departure and revisits some older material from interview's past. The isn't a lazy clip show, though! This episode showcases three former guests all talking about having conversations with their loved ones after they died, and how those conversations affected their grief. The conversations happened in dreams, in rituals and through psychics. The conversations happened somewhere else... out there. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/4984327

Holidays 12/15/2016

Holidays This month's episode, Holidays, is all about handling the first holiday after the death of a loved one. Our guests are Bryanna Tapia, whose dad died in 2006, and A.R. Vallejos, whose dad died in 2016. Bryanna Tapia is the cousin of Death Knell host David Ruiz. When she talks about her father, it is David's uncle, his mother's brother. She and A.R. discuss Thanksgiving and Christmas, and what was expected of them after the death of their dads. How did they participate, did they have anything to be thankful for, and what do they remember most. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/4915077

Children 11/10/2016

Children Mothers Rosanna and Kathleen talk about grieving after the deaths of their young adult daughters and about the international support group Compassionate Friends. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/4819866

Suicide 10/07/2016

Suicide Guests Johnathan Doojphibupol and Lauren Lavin talk about losing a roommate and brother to suicide. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/4727117

You're Going to Die 10/04/2016

You're Going to Die Guest Ned Buskirk talks about his monthly San Francisco show You're Going to Die and what he's learned about grief after hosting it for years. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/4717298

Parents 09/27/2016

Parents In the very first episode of Death Knell, host David Ruiz and guest Courtney Brown discuss the grieving process of a dead father and mother. /episode/index/show/deathknellradio/id/4698262

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