The Funeral Science Podcast

The Funeral Science Podcast

By Ben SchmidtScienceNatural Sciences
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The Funeral Science Podcast episodes

  • October Case Reports- Zombies and E.T.

    In this episode, a funeral scientist looks at embalming zombies and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.

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    10 min
  • "Slow and Low"

    In this episode, a funeral scientist discusses the physics of embalming and a doctor who is rehydrating dead bodies in Mexico.

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    BBC article about Dr. Cardenas

    New York Times Article about Dr. Cardenas

    13 min
  • Incorruptible?

    A funeral scientists discusses Sister Wilhelmina, bodies in resin, and the Indiana Funeral Education Foundation.

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    Who was Sister Wilhelmina?

    A miracle in Missouri?

    What is incorruptibility?

    Gower climate and weather

    Water absorption and wood

    Fungal succession during mammalian cadaver decomposition and potential forensic implications

    Snopes article about the resin photos

    Indiana Funeral Education Foundation

    14 min
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob's Disease

    In this episode a funeral scientist discusses Creutzfeld-Jacob's Disease, clots embalmers claim are from the Covid-19 vaccine, and Funeral Face-Off Trivia 

    Funeral Face-Off Trivia Sign-Up 

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe26zIXF6H4OuvYzwdH1ybQQqNmaq_JeWGkLn0rxryckux30A/viewform?usp=sf_link


    Interview with Meghan Lewis: Autopsy Coordinator, Natl Prion Disease & Pathology Surveillance Center

    Dodge SDS for BRIOHOCL

    https://shop.dodgeco.com/content/files/SDS/BrioHOCLPrPMSDSV2.pdf

    Press release for BRIOHOCL

    https://azfcca.org/biotech-inc-announces-distribution-agreement-dodge-tackle-deadly-prions/

    Johns Hopkins on prion diseases

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prion-diseases

    Harvard on protein folding

    https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2010/issue65/

    WHO guidelines for funeral professionals

    https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/66707/WHO_CDS_CSR_APH_2000.3.pdf

    CDC Guidelines for funeral professionals

    https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cjd/funeral-directors.html#:~:text=CJD%20patients%20who%20have

    Fact check on clots found by embalmers 

    https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/theres-no-scientific-evidence-that-vaccines-are-responsible-for-strange-blood-clots-observed-by-embalmers/

    https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/mike-adams-flawed-analysis-clot-embalmer-richard-hirschman-doesnt-demonstrate-link-between-blood-clots-and-covid-19-vaccines-epoch-times/

    Mayo Clinic and clots 

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/blood-clots/basics/causes/sym-20050850




    18 min
  • Fossils

    In this episode, a funeral scientist discusses fossils and interviews his local paleontologist. 


    Dinosaur Mummy 

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mummified-armored-dinosaur-makes-its-debut-1-180963311/

    Goatelope

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/goatelope-mummy

    9 min
  • DABDA
    In this episode, a funeral scientist examines the validity of the five stages of grief, answer a lister question about the Dyson Purifier Hot and Cold Formaldehyde Purifying Fan, and the Mike James Endowment 
    Criticism of DABDA 
    The Dyson Hot and Cold Air Purifier 
    Engadget article about formaldehyde filters 
    ATSDR Formaldehyde in your home 
    Mike James Endowment (when donating, be sure to note this specifically when prompted)
    14 min
  • Maggots

    A funeral scientist discusses maggots, how to become an OSHA inspector, the Indiana Educational Foundation's scholarship opportunities. 

    Links: 

    Maggot Debridement Therapy

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771513/ 

    Forensic Entomology 

    https://www.sfu.ca/~ganderso/forensicentomology.htm#:~:text=Maggots%20are%20larvae%20or%20immature,corpse%20very%20soon%20after%20death.&text=The%20larva%20then%20loosens%20itself,outer%20skin%2C%20but%20remains%20inside.

    Indiana Funeral Education Foundation

    https://www.indiana-fda.org/education-foundation-scholarships


    OSHA search tool
    https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/industry.html

    SIC-7261
    NAIC- 812210



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    11 min
  • Ötzi

    A funeral scientist talks about the Copper Age Iceman, distinguishes between ligature, thread, and suture. There is also suggestions for holiday donations. Here are the links to those charities;  

    • Indiana Funeral Education Foundation 
    •  https://www.indiana-fda.org/the-indiana-funeral-education-foundation 

      • Worsham Organization for Research, Learning, and Development  
      • https://www.funeralworld.org/donate/ 

        • Funeral Boss Non-Profit  
        • https://funeralbossinc.com/pages/funeral-boss-non-profit-foundation 

          • Hi Precious Scholarship  https://www.nxtgenmortuarysupport.com/scholarship/
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            12 min

          About The Funeral Science Podcast

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          The Funeral Science Podcast is a podcast about funeral science.