In 2023, 74% mortuary school graduates were women, and that number holds steady today.  Dr. Lucia Dickinson did her dissertation on the experiences of ten women who are mortuary school graduates in order to learn more about their experiences as they integrated into funeral service.  Be sure to rate and review this show wherever you get your podcasts!  Email Lucia [email protected]

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Lanae Strovers is a funeral director and the trainer for the National Funeral Director’s Association. One of her most important professional missions is to locate families for people who have been cremated and remain unclaimed, which is a common funeral home problem. In this episode she offers her advice on how funeral homes can place their unclaimed cremated remains. She has been so recognized for her efforts in this capacity that they even made a movie about her, which you can check out here.  

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Danielle Wilk is the Port Mortuary Branch Chief at Dover AFB base, place where fallen US service members go to be cared for.  Be sure to rate and review this show wherever you get your podcasts!  Email me with your comments! [email protected]  

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in funeral service!!!

On Episodes 28 and 29 of The Funeralcast, Amanda King and Eileen Hollis share the challenges and joys of being pregnant in funeral service. Well guess what? The babies are here and are about 1 year old! Now they tell us the stories of how they have navigated their first year trying to balance life with a new child and funeral service.  Be sure to rate and review this show wherever you get your podcasts!  Email me with your comments! [email protected]  Find upcoming continuing education and take the test for Funeralcast Episode 58. Jewish Ceremonies for CFSP credit!  

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Seth Holmes is new to funeral service! In December he took the role as the Midwest Territory and Sales Manager. He is no stranger to good customer service and will no doubt do well supporting funeral service professionals. He has lots of questions though, and Ben is here to help him learn more! In this episode, Ben is on the other side of the interview as he tries to help Seth get more information about his customers.  

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Donating your body to science these days is a simple and legal process, and we applaud those who do it to advance science. But it wasn’t always that way... Last Rites author Todd Hara is back with Ben to share the shocking stories that led to invention of the burial vault.  

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One doesn’t typically connect funeral service and human trafficking awareness, but there’s more of an overlap than you might think. Ben is joined by Katie Boller Gosewisch, the Executive Director of The Alliance to End Human Trafficking who will also be a guest speaker at the Unity Through Learning event taking place at Malcolm X College April 23rd- 25th. 

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Helping grieving children is a tough subject. Ben is joined by two funeral directors who are educating the funeral service community and grieving families to find materials to help the people. Amanda King writes a monthly column in American Funeral Director magazine and Michaelene Dowers is the founder of Pollen, a company that curates resources for grieving families.  

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Todd Harra is an accomplished author, funeral director and calendar model. He joins Ben to discuss his pathway as a writer in both fiction and non-fiction genres.  

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The National Board Exam (NBE) is a test that funeral service professionals have to take in order to be licensed, but it's not easy for everyone to do, even after they have completed school. Fortunately, there are two people here to help! Anita Grant from NBE Review Coach and Jesse Pettaway from NBE Exam Prep offer help for those students who need a little extra support to cross the finish line.  

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