The Funeralcast

By Ben Schmidt

Join some of funeral service's favorite characters as they offer advice to the public, analyze funeral service in the news, and help other professionals navigate current issues.... more

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How many episodes does The Funeralcast have?

The podcast currently has 104 episodes available.

The Funeralcast episodes:

July 21, 2026 96. Death’s Apprentice with Christa Ovenell
Christa Ovenell left a high-profile position as the Principal at Canada’s largest international college to become a funeral director at the age of 50. She is now a funeral director/embalmer, end of life doula, and a deathcare educator. Learn what inspired her life change and how she has combined her love of education and her deathcare calling to help meet the needs of her community. Be sure to rate and review the show, even if you don't like it!
Follow Christa on instagram @deathsapprentice.ca
Visit her website
Read her article- Embalming Isn't the Enemy: How a Green Mortician Found the Good in a Polarizing Practice.
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44min
July 16, 2026 Funeralcast Fastcast 16JUL2026
On this episode:
Ethical AI Memorialization with Liminal Touch
Death's Apprentice
"What's your bold predicition for funeral service?"
Fluid Forum on August 18th
Embalming Chemicals in the Wild on YouTube Live
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12min
July 07, 2026 95. Ethical Digital Memorialization with Liminal Touch
More people are blistering at the idea of AI usage, especially when it comes to memorializing someone they lost. The co-founders of Liminal Touch, offer what they believe is an ethical usage of AI for digital memorialization.

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Email Ben [email protected]
Check out Liminal Touch here.
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Follow Frigid Fluid @frigidfluid
Visit our newly revamped website

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47min
June 23, 2026 94. What is Promession? with Peter Mäsak
Promession is a little known method of disposition developed in Sweden. Ben is joined by Peter Masak, husband of the founder of Promessa to explain the method.
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Promessa video links mentioned in the show
Promessa- How it works
https://www.facebook.com/teletrece/videos/1050440205037543/
https://www.facebook.com/DavidAvocadoWolfe/videos/10153717247856512/
https://work-60633547.facebook.com/kingdemic/videos/1067877743294822/?
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48min
June 17, 2026 Funeralcast Fastcast 17JUN2026
On this episode, I am joined by Frigid President and CEO to discuss current and upcoming episodes, say goodbye to two funeral service giants, and ask Brian an "Is it Real?" question.
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10min
June 09, 2026 93. Scattering the Friendly Skies with Cremation Air
Scattering cremated remains from an airplane is not new, but Patrick Kane and Andrew Czachor have created a new level of diginity and accountability for the process backed by the tech team at Answering Service for Directors,
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Follow Ben @thefuneralcast
Follow @cremationairofficial
Learn more about the process of how Cremation Air works here.
Email them at [email protected]

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43min
May 26, 2026 92. Cremation turns 150! with Barbara Kemmis
This year marks 150 years since Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne cremated Baron De Palm in Washington, PA. It has come a long way since then to become the number one form of disposition. Barbara Kemmis, the executive director of The Cremation Association of North America joins Ben to talk about the four eras of cremation history and where it may be going.
Be sure to rate and review the show. Watch for new episodes of the Funeralcast Fastcast!
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Follow @frigidfluid
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59min
May 23, 2026 Funeralcast Fastcast 23MAY2026
Think I missed something? Email me at [email protected].
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7min
May 12, 2026 91. Graceful Arrangements with Effie Anolik
When Effie's dad died in 2018, she had no idea what to do other than Google "how to plan a funeral." Her journey led her to start Afterword a company that has now expanded into AI assisted funeral arrangements that earned them the 2025 National Funeral Directors Association Innovation Award.
Schedule a demo of Grace AI
Email me [email protected]
Follow @thefuneralcast
Follow @frigidfluid
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37min
April 28, 2026 90. Tending to Your Headstone with Artem Manilov
Did you know there is an Uber-style app for headstone restornation and repair? Us either! Ben interviews Artem Manilov founder of the the Tending app that families can use to fix up their distant headstones, and others can pick up some gig work!
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Email me with your comments! [email protected] Register for The Fluid Forum
Find the Tending app
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31min

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The podcast currently has 104 episodes available.

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