Our Dads Died

S1 Ep5: The Mortician (part 1)

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Professional mortician Victor M. Sweeney (who you may have seen on various viral videos) comes on the show to tell Tom & Rich everything that happens when you die, for real. Contains certain content listeners may find disturbing, fairly obviously relating to corpses (he is a mortician!).

You can skip to 38:38 if you just want to hear the boys talking nonsense. Show notes:

0:00 - Introduction to this week's episode

3:10 - Victor’s background as a mortician
  • Being a first-generation funeral director
  • How he got started in the funeral industry
  • The first time he saw a dead body
  • His first experience working with a body
    • 9:48 - What’s the training process like for a funeral director?
    • The training process for becoming a full-blown mortician
    • How to become a funeral director in Minnesota
    • Funeral patter, and a light-hearted funeral
      • 15:18 - What’s an autopsy like?
      • The process of an autopsy
      • How the body comes back to him
      • Treating different parts of the body
      • Funeral directors sometimes dream about dead bodies
      • Working at night
        • 25:23 - If someone dies, you can’t just leave them at home.
        • Losing someone else's dad.
        • Having an 'adult job'.
        • The glamour of a UK funeral service.
        • Funeral weather in the UK.
          • 31:38 - Pallbearer vs. funeral director.
          • The undertaker's assistant and Pallbearer's assistant.
          • Upselling caskets.
          • Funeral directors get a nasty reputation.
          • The 'Argos catalogue of death'.
            • 38:38 - Outro & Reviews
            • Summarising our chat - the first guest with a corpse in the room.
            • Three ways to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
            • Two beautiful reviews from beautiful people
              • 45:00 - Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
              • If you've read these show notes, then I'm basically begging you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Five stars and some nice words *really* helps this podcast grow!
              • Thank you!!

                • Music by Plumtree.
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