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  • Zombies and Vampires: Lessons on Death from the Undead

    Zombies and Vampires: Lessons on Death from the Undead
    2025/10/29
    You may see zombies and vampires as little more than cultural fodder for your horror-filled delight. But for centuries, undead creatures have been used to represent social anxieties, reflect political upheaval and reinforce burial rites. Anthony and Nadine meet a scholar who says the undead aren’t really monsters at all - they’re us. What can the walking corpse or the bloodsucking temptress tell us about ourselves and our relationship with death and the afterlife? And can zombies ever be hot?
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    54 分
  • The Right to Die: Dr Philip Nitschke on Voluntary Assisted Dying

    The Right to Die: Dr Philip Nitschke on Voluntary Assisted Dying
    2025/10/22
    Do we have a fundamental right to die? Should everyone have access to Voluntary Assisted Dying? Dr Philip Nitschke has been at the forefront of VAD advocacy and innovation for 30 years. He joins Anthony and Nadine to discuss the legal and ethical questions surrounding dying with dignity.
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    54 分
  • Gay Abandon: Ageing and Dying in the LGBTQI Community

    Gay Abandon: Ageing and Dying in the LGBTQI Community
    2025/10/16
    Members of the LGBTQI community face unique, often invisible challenges when it comes to ageing and dying. They are also creating new and joyful ways to celebrate and honour each other’s lives. One man is holding their hands through it all.
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    50 分
  • Bodies R Us: What Really Happens to Bodies Donated to Science?

    Bodies R Us: What Really Happens to Bodies Donated to Science?
    2025/10/08
    Have you ever wondered what type of people donate their bodies to science? Or if body supply equals demand? Organ donation may be increasing but the numbers surrounding whole body donation remain vague. What happens to the bodies that do end up in labs? And what if there’s a shortage? One woman decided to find out.
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    49 分
  • Grave Matters is back for Season 2!

    Grave Matters is back for Season 2!
    2025/10/02
    Death — we all have to face it, but nobody wants to talk about it. Anthony Levin and Nadine J. Cohen are back to explore the unexpected, the eerie, and the deeply human sides of life’s final chapter. Grave Matters is the SBS podcast about death, dying, and the people helping us better understand what happens at the end of the road.
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    2 分
  • Ray of light: Ray Martin ponders death & the afterlife

    Ray of light: Ray Martin ponders death & the afterlife
    2024/08/07
    American broadcaster Diane Sawyer once said that a good journalist follows their curiosity like a cat. If the adage is true, then Ray Martin has nine lives. At age 79, and with five Gold Logies on the mantle, Ray has finally turned his attention to what he says is the best question there is: death. He joins us on this special bonus episode of Grave Matters to discuss his new series for SBS, Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye.
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    43 分
  • Saying Fur-well: Pets, Vets & the Afterlife

    Saying Fur-well: Pets, Vets & the Afterlife
    2024/05/14
    We're back with a special bonus episode to cap off the series. We’ve spent the season exploring the myriad ways we respond to people dying and what it means to have a good death. But what does this mean for our pets? It turns out losing a furry friend can be just as challenging as losing a human one.
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    45 分
  • Everybody Dies: Ben Lee on Life, Death, and Ayahuasca, Baby

    Everybody Dies: Ben Lee on Life, Death, and Ayahuasca, Baby
    2024/05/07
    You may know him as the singer songwriter behind worldwide hits including Catch My Disease and We’re All In This Together. But there’s more to Ben Lee than clever lyrics and catchy hooks. Why is he on a podcast about death and dying? Good question.
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    44 分