Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Today’s guest is Dr. Ashwini Bapat. She is a palliative care doctor and entrepreneur. She trained at Tufts University and Yale. While she was on a traditional academic medicine trajectory, she started asking herself “What does a good day look like?” which propelled her to move abroad and become an entrepreneur and start web-based businesses. Ashwini tells us how she incorporates the question “What does a good day look like?” into her patient care, and how she relates to mortality.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Rick Doblin is the Founder and Director of MAPS. Rick did his PhD at Harvard where he studied public policy and did his dissertation on the use of psychedelics and regulation. The work of MAPS has been focused on working with regulators in the hopes of bringing psychedelic therapies back to the public as legal therapies. Today Rick talks about his work and how he relates to mortality. Welcome, Rick to the podcast!

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Hein Pijnnaken is the founder of the Microdosing Institute. He was inspired by the loss of a dear friend who suffered from cluster headaches to build a community that supports others from various brain health disorders. He’s from Holland where he talks about some of the loopholes that make certain psychedelics legal and obtainable. Hein also lets us know about the direction of psychedelics on a grander scale, and some of his interesting relationships within that space. And of course, Hein lets us know how he relates to his own mortality.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Victoria Bouloubasis is a journalist and filmmaker. She studied at the University of North Carolina and is fluent in Greek and Spanish. Much of Vicky’s work has taken place in Latin America, and she tells us about a particularly difficult story in Guatemala. She also opens up about some of her personal direct and indirect experiences with mortality. And without furth ado, welcome Vicky!

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Rachel Bowman is currently a child psychologist working within her own private practice. Her specialty is children with autism. She has previously been an assistant professor of psychology at Duke. She trained at West Virginia University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Arkansas. Rachel had a significant loss early in her life that she feels like shaped her in many ways. Today, Dr. Bowman will let us know how her early life experiences and ongoing work with children with autism shapes her perspective on mortality.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Laurence Shames is an American author. He studied at NYU. He worked in magazines early on, including the Ethics column for Esquire. Larry has written an established series of novels set in Key West, and wrote the memoir of a media executive in 2004, titled Not Fade Away. Today, Larry will talk to us about his life’s experiences and dive into what it was like to write a memoir for someone with a terminal diagnosis.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Kimberly Paul: She is currently in graduate school for social work at the University of Kentucky. She worked with Lower Cap Fear Hospice in Wilmington, North Carolina for over 17 years. This led her to loading up an RV and traveling the country to talk with people and communities about the dying stage of life. Kimberly’s experience with hospice and watching the system take away resources for those in need fed a frustration that she has found herself in graduate school with the hopes of ultimately writing and changing healthcare policy in America. Welcome, Kimberly. Thanks for being here.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Christian Barnes: is currently, and has been over for 25 years, a senior lecturer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He studied at the University of Wollongong before realizing the limitations of our scientific tools left him feeling empty. He then traveled across the world for a year learning meditation and Buddhist practices. Christian has also dedicated himself to his community as a yoga and meditation teacher. Today, Christian will let us know how an early life experience began his relationship with mortality.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Rachelle Younie: Is currently a writer, film maker, and podcast host. Her podcast is called Mortality and the Morgue where she interviews people discussing death, dying, and grief. She also spent 2 years working with a body donation program as a mortician. Rachelle attended Douglas College where she studied criminology. Today, Rachelle will let us know she got into the mortician space and how this all relates to film making and mortality.

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Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality.

Trey La Charite: Is currently a hospitalist and medical director for clinical documentation integrity at the Unviversity of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville. He trained at the University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, and Saint Louis University. He has dedicated time to the fields of medical coding and billing, medical education, and mentorship. Today, Dr. La Charite will let us know how his medical career and personal life has influenced his perception of mortality and vis versa.

The contents of this podcast are for informational purposes only. A patient-physician relationship is never established through this medium and nothing on this podcast should be considered medical advice. If you are having medical or emotional issues, please seek evaluation and treatment from a trained and trusted professional.

The views reflected in this podcast do not reflect the views of any entity outside of the conversation.