Life's Milestones

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Coop (Mark Cooper): a rock events manager, rock musician and host of the Spoken Metal Podcast.

In the longest and most chaotic episode of the podcast yet, Coop shares stories about his life's milestones including the epic inter-school fights of his childhood, the reasons behind choosing The Final Countdown by Europe for his wife to walk down the aisle, and how he learned a lot from being a resident of the cardiology unit of his local hospital due to his tilted heart in his early 30s and how it changed his attitude towards death. Mark and Coop also go into deep detail about the joy of being an uncle, the taboo about talking about death, and the malicious lie regularly told by priests that there are no atheists in foxholes.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Mark Cooper

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
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Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Manoj Kumar Singh: bi-lingual podcast host and writer from India.

Manoj shares stories about his life's milestones including his how he has lived with hemophilia, his farming background, how Hindu babies are given their names, what is more important to him than an elaborate wedding ceremony and how and how he dealt with the death of his younger brother during his childhood. they also discuss the differences between Humanist and Hindu ceremonies.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Manoj Kumar Singh

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
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Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Wendy Andrew: a Pet Bereavement Councillor who runs the Scottish Pet Bereavement Counselling Service and the author of How To Recover From Pet Loss: Supporting You On Your Journey To Acceptance.

Wendy shares stories about her life's milestones including her life with animals, her dad's tell when she was a girl that meant she could always tell how angry he was, how she'd like to incorporate her love of Strictly Come Dancing into her wedding and the alternative eco-friendly way she'd like to be used to dispose of her body. They also discuss the loss of a pet and the bereavement process that people go through.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Wendy Andrew

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guests on this episode are Emily Van Fleet and Nathan Jones: the first married couple on the podcast. Emily and Nathan are American podcasters who host the show Twice As Less Not Perfect: A Messy Marriage Podcast and it seemed like a perfect fit for married podcasters to come onto Life's Milestones!

Emily and Nathan share stories about their life's milestones including how they were both 'accidents' but loved as children, how they made a trash can into a wedding alter and made mix CDs for favours at their microwedding, and their experiences of seeing dead bodies. They also share some insight about the dwindling popularity of open caskets in America and how to become a Wedding Officiant.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guests: Emily Van Fleet and Nathan Jones

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Rob Maltman: sports interviewer working for Superstar Speakers who's interviewed an incredible array of sports stars including Ric Flair, Ryan Giggs and Alan Shearer.

Rob shares stories about his life's milestones including how he acquired professional levels of baking skill, the reason why Elvis Prestley means a great deal to his family, how he had his first pint with his dad and why football and memorabilia is so important to him.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Rob Maltman

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Hollywood Fletch who is one of the hosts of the the Super Tat Film Club Podcast alongside Mark and Malachi J Matthews (the guest on the last episode of Life's Milestones).

Fletch shares stories about his life's milestones including how he ended up being covered in pigeons in his childhood, wants a Bjork track for the first dance at his wedding and wants a Jedi ghost at his funeral.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Hollywood Fletch

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Mat Davies who plays the Malachi J Matthews character on the British wrestling scene and alongside Mark and Hollywood Fletch on the Super Tat Film Club Podcast.

Mat shares stories about his life's milestones including how knowing a wrestler got him front seats at a wrestling show as a kid, how coronavirus has postponed his wedding and how he wants to leave his mark on the world by doing dangerous and quirky things!

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Mat Davies

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Andrew Copson. Andrew is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and the President of Humanists International. He is also a best selling author alongside Alice Roberts with the recently released Little Book of Humanism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Copson

Andrew shares stories about his life's milestones including the time he attempted to resuscitate a slug as a child, the reason why he is still in a civil partnership with his partner rather than married, and how losing family has strengthened his Humanist worldview.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Andrew Copson

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Tony Black. Tony is the Network Chief of the We Made This Podcast Network and has hosted a large number of 'casts on the network including The X Cast, Make It So, Between The Notes and the new Blair Witch Minute. Tony shares stories about his life's milestones including the first time he swore in front of his mother, how converted a barn for a one off venue for his wedding and how he doesn't think he'll need to be buried as he wants to be cryogenically frozen!

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Tony Black

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com

Welcome to Life's Milestones - the fortnightly podcast about birth and naming ceremonies, relationship and marriage, and death and funerals, hosted by Mark Adams, a Humanist Celebrant.

Mark's guest on this episode is Daniel Lang. Dan is the host of Pretty Fly on the We Made This Podcast Network and lives in Sydney, Australia. Dan shares some fascinating stories about his life's milestones including being chased by 13 angry funnel we spiders when he was a boy, 'rickrolling' the guests at his wedding and the idea of making his own death into a murder mystery event. Mark and Dan also spend some time comparing and contrasting the differences in the cultures of the UK and Australia when it comes to birth, marriage and death.

Host / Editor: Mark Adams
Guest: Daniel Lang

Twitter: @LifesMilestones
We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod
www.wemadethispod.com