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25. Funerals: Commercialising Death? (w/ The One Joe)
In the last century, the funeral industry in the West has diversified. Traditional Christian funerals are out and football anthems and Twix coffins are in! But are all these trends and pluralities truly revelatory of an emergent revolution in open and thoughtful conversation on death? Or is this just the ultimate way of extravagantly and competitively keeping up with the Jones'? Connor and Joe ponder some of the bizarre quirks of the funeral industry, as well as "funeral poverty", as they answer this question.
An undergraduate essay from Connor, where most of the real thinking was done in greater detail: https://twobeersuntilphronesis.weebly.com/is-death-a-taboo-in-western-society-an-analysis-through-the-funeral-industry.html
Twix coffins: https://images.app.goo.gl/gewmoADZJDGdq6Mk9
Sitting at your own wake: https://images.app.goo.gl/3aaDxL2BXG1GQ4429
Death Salon: https://deathsalon.org
Dying Matters: https://www.dyingmatters.org
People don’t know will plans (study): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10825710/The-real-reasons-why-death-is-still-so-taboo-hard-to-talk-about-with-your-loved-ones.html
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Edited by Connor.
Audio & music mastering / production by Nye James.
Jingles recorded by Nye (guitars) & Connor (harmonica, mandolin)
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By Two Beers Until PhronesisIn the last century, the funeral industry in the West has diversified. Traditional Christian funerals are out and football anthems and Twix coffins are in! But are all these trends and pluralities truly revelatory of an emergent revolution in open and thoughtful conversation on death? Or is this just the ultimate way of extravagantly and competitively keeping up with the Jones'? Connor and Joe ponder some of the bizarre quirks of the funeral industry, as well as "funeral poverty", as they answer this question.
An undergraduate essay from Connor, where most of the real thinking was done in greater detail: https://twobeersuntilphronesis.weebly.com/is-death-a-taboo-in-western-society-an-analysis-through-the-funeral-industry.html
Twix coffins: https://images.app.goo.gl/gewmoADZJDGdq6Mk9
Sitting at your own wake: https://images.app.goo.gl/3aaDxL2BXG1GQ4429
Death Salon: https://deathsalon.org
Dying Matters: https://www.dyingmatters.org
People don’t know will plans (study): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10825710/The-real-reasons-why-death-is-still-so-taboo-hard-to-talk-about-with-your-loved-ones.html
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Edited by Connor.
Audio & music mastering / production by Nye James.
Jingles recorded by Nye (guitars) & Connor (harmonica, mandolin)