At the IFDA 140th convention, Jay Oglesby of Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions stops by the podcast booth to discuss how they were able to supply their customers during the supply chain issues of the pandemic. 

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Dominick Astorino spoke at the Indiana Funeral Directors Association's 140th convention about the importance of viewing and restorative art. We catch up with him on the trade show floor.

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http://www.dominickastorino.com/

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Indiana Funeral Directors Association hosted their 140th convention this week and the lads take their new mobile equipment for a walk as they visit the vendors and suppliers. 

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https://www.indiana-fda.org/

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Steve Webster of First Call Plus, discusses alkaline hydrolysis and how he's introducing this process to business. 

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https://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysis

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Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, joins the show to discuss the journey into natural organic reduction and how Recompose works.

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https://recompose.life/

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Washington State Senator, Jamie Pedersen joins the show to talk about passing the Natural Organic Reduction bill.

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https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/pedersen/

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We continue our discussion about the job market in funeral service with Steve Johnson, CFSP.

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Steven Johnson, CFSP, embalmer, funeral director, educator and innovator from the state of New York joins the show to discuss, D.E.A.D! Death Education Assessment Drills.

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https://www.deatheducationassessmentdrills.com/

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Tracy Harding, award winning author of the children's book, Anna's Big Wish, joins the show to tell the story behind the book.

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https://annasbigwish.com/

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Peter Cheney bought his funeral home at 27 years old. He also has a unique hobby, distilling. Recently, Peter won a competition on Moonshiners: Master Distiller. Check out Peter's story here. 

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