Still Standing is a documentary following the lives of George Saltz and Natalie K. Levant, two stand up comedians in their 80s, both starting stand up comedy after their 80th birthday. What begins as a story about comedy becomes a deeper conversation about aging, mortality, and creative persistence. Please enjoy my conversation with director Elizabeth Zephyrine McDonough. 

Watch Still Standing here or via The New Yorker

Rachelle Younie, the host of the Mortality & the Morgue podcast, joins the show to discuss collecting bones as a teen, working at a morgue, and writing death-related comedy.

We also spend some time on our minor obsession with Bill Hader. Enjoy.

Listen to Mortality & the Morgue here.

A unique combination of science and style, Divya Anantharaman is New York City's premiere taxidermist. An award winning licensed professional preserving animals with honor and compassion for clients ranging from museums, high end designers, gallerists, and collectors. Her specialties are birds, small mammals, and anatomic anomalies, with a select number of commissions open for pets.

www.gothamtaxidermy.com

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events.

Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more!

Marcus McKenzie and Daniel Principe are an award-winning Australian filmmaking team working under the moniker Cinemâché. Shifting between the worlds of narrative and documentary storytelling, their work spans both film and television. This documentary hybrid interrogates capital punishment through death row inmates’ final meal requests. Through mesmerizing cinematography, food becomes a larger than life symbol to explore the life and crimes of incarcerated individuals sentenced to death. Watch Last Meal Film now. 

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events. 

Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more!

We are starting a death book club! Kinda, sorta. 

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events. 

Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more!