Mortuary Mayhem

Join us as Lanae Strovers discusses the Final Salute.  A non-profit she started in her home state of Iowa, that buries the cremated remains of veterans as well as civilians and children.  This great …

If you missed Terracon 2025, here is the recap of the worlds Natural Organic Reduction conference.  With experts flying into Tacoma Washington from all over the United States and World, we learned sc…

We have very exciting news, renowned speaker and restorative art educator Dominic Astorino can now add author to his titles.  Dominic's first book, Postmortem Restorative Art, Principles, Methods and…

We sat down with Chase Downs of Gather, one of the industries premiere funeral home softwares that is on the cutting edge of what the industry needs.  Join us as we discuss how funeral home software …

Did you miss the NFDA convention this year, get a quick recap of some of the seminars and vendors.  

We sat down with Brie Smith of Return Home one of the first Terramation companies in the country as she covers the process, what we can expect and the beauty behind this new form of disposition.  Ter…

You read that right, the two funeral programs in Massachusetts situated at Community Colleges, Cape Cod Community Colleges funeral program in Bridgewater Mass on the Bridgewater State University Camp…

We sat down with Bill A Johnston author and owner of Post and Boost as he discusses his new book "The Consumer's Journey to Purchasing Funeral Services: A Marketing Roadmap for Growing Market Share a…

Join us with Kim Zavrotny from Funeral Professionals Peer Support.  FPPS is a non-profit that provides peer-based mental wellness support to bereavement professionals worldwide.  Visit funeralpeersup…

Join as as we continue the conversation with Faith Haug Department Chair of Mortuary Science at Arapahoe Community College in Colorado.  This is part two of transitioning funeral service as we move i…

Episode 17 : Funeral service is transitioning - Join us as Faith Haug discusses with Dan Shea and Jess Clasby how funeral service can grow and serve clients as more transgender funeral professionals …

This month we compare two popular mortuary simulation games with real life management. 

What does it mean to go the extra mile and how do we collectively improve.  As an industry we either grow together or we sink together.  We need to do the extra stuff and leave our comfort zone.  It …

Join us as Prof. Shea covers study techniques that will prepare you for your semester and academic career no matter what field you are studying for.  

Join us for a chat with Chelsea Cush, funeral director, embalmer and mortuary educator.  Chelsea is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in Michigan and Pennsylvania and teaches for the Pittsburg…

Join us as we cover how a funeral director and embalmer can approach suicide related deaths and tell the deceased story the way the family wants.

Following Governor Maura Healey's announcement of Mass Reconnect we sat down the the President of Cape Cod Community College, Dr. John Cox to discuss this monumental moment that will open doors and b…

Emma Waugh, Public Health Program Coordinator for the United South and Eastern Tribes - USET joins us this to discuss how funeral directors can better serve Native Americans, their tribes, death cert…

Joe Reardon joins Melissa in discussing cremation and how it affects the modern funeral director.  What can we do to serve families better and keep up with the times.