Episode 158 - Caitlin Doughty

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Jessecase, Comedy, News, Mattkirshen, Standup, Andywood, Science & Medicine, Science, Brookswheelan

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2015

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Mortician, author, blogger, YouTube personality and death advocate Caitlin Doughty (@TheGoodDeath) invites Matt, Jesse and Andy into her home to talk about all things death, including her book Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Order of the Good Death, death rituals around the world, the history of embalming in the US, what goes down in a crematory, why dead bodies aren't dangerous to be around, our society's disconnect with its dead, the Disneyland of Death and how to prepare yourself and your loved ones for that eternal dirt nap that's headed our way.

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0:00.0	Probably science.
0:02.5	Hello, and welcome to probably science.
0:16.2	I'm one of your hosts.
0:17.4	One of three, actually.
0:18.3	I'm Jesse Case.
0:19.4	Sitting across from me as Andy Wood.
0:20.7	Hello. Hey, buddy. How you doing? Hey, hey, who's in between us? That looks like Matt Kirshin to me.
0:25.7	It does look like me. And, and who, who played that music? What was that? I know. That was new, right?
0:31.4	I mean, it was our theme song, but it wasn't our theme song. It was like a twist on it. Yeah, it was as if someone else did it.
0:38.2	It's almost as if that happened.
0:40.1	That was from Allison Dennis.
0:41.5	Allison,
0:41.7	thank you so much for sending that in.
0:43.3	Thanks.
0:43.9	Taking the time to do that.
0:45.1	We really appreciate it.
0:46.7	That was awesome.
0:47.9	And obviously anyone else,
0:49.3	keep them coming in.
0:50.3	And this is a special episode.
0:52.0	This is the probably science spooktacular.
0:54.1	Oh, it's a bit...
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