In 1963, Jessica Mitford wrote the book "The American Way of Death", later she would debate funeral service with Todd Van Beck. Today, Todd joins the show to talk about the history of funeral service and Jessica Mitford.

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http://www.toddvanbeck.com/

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Michelle Carter, The Death Expert, joins the show to talk about how she uses social media to further her mission to promote conversation and planning for death.

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https://thedeath.expert/

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Funeral directors are often faced with ethical dilemmas and most often with very little time to make a proper decision. Ryan and Brian examine a situation with a grave and how funeral directors approach this situation.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Make someone's day and tell them you love them.

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Often Military Funeral Honors are unable to be provided. We talk with Sgt. Andreas Allcock Ret., to give us some perspective on why some honors don't happen.

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The boys return to Detroit, Michigan to find Dominick Astorino. They discuss his passion for embalming and education.

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http://www.dominickastorino.com/

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Cincinnati Bengals Chaplain, LaMorris Crawford, joins the show to talk about life, love and how we celebrate funerals.

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http://www.lamorriscrawford.com/

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In part two of our discussion with Barbara Kemmis, Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America, we discuss a study of the opinions of cremation consumers. Tune in to see what they said.

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https://www.cremationassociation.org/

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Barbara Kemmis, Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America returns to the show to talk about cremation, direction cremation and COVID.

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https://www.cremationassociation.org/

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Tony Karsnia, President of the Professional Car Society died this week. Tony was an excellent funeral director and an even better person. He will be missed.

Tony talked with the Ryan and Brian back in January 2020. Today we are replaying his episode as we say farewell friend.