It is our 3rd anniversary episode, as calculated by Nigel Dobson-Keeffe.

When Steve had a major birthday milestone this year, he asked a handful of close friends to come for dinner and to bring a eulogy for him. They were recorded in secret and have been edited by Michael to share in tonight's program. He had not heard them yet. You and he will hear them together, for the first time.

He believes we should all write and record eulogies for our friends and present them at birthdays, and then update them as each year passes. It would spark deeper levels of conversation between us (for most of us) and give us time to steer our ships back from danger or to forge on towards worthy treasures.

To discuss this tonight, we have Brett Williams, Steve's longest serving friend, who is a former Anglican priest and is now a systems/family therapist at Adelaide Night And Day Therapy, and Andrew Reimer, one of his radio buddies who is now also a sought-after celebrant.

We hear eulogies by:

Brett Williams
Michael Shanahan
Simon Butters
Adam Claridge
Nigel Dobson-Keeffe


We discuss

The importance of ritual
The three things to say to our loved ones ritually each day
What to include and exclude from eulogies
How to deal with tears

Also appearing:

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track written by our musical curator and sung by Alan O'Toole from the Shambolics

The SA Drinks Of The Week are supplied by Andrew Reimer

In IS IT NEWS, Michael tests us on death

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