You’re Going to Die: The Podcast

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with award-winning author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and interspiritual teacher Mirabai Starr. Drawing from 20 years of teaching Philosophy and World Religions and a lifetime of practice, Mirabai shares her wisdom worldwide on contemplative living, writing as a spiritual practice, and the transformational power of grief and loss. She has authored over a dozen books including Ordinary Mysticism, Wild Mercy, Caravan of No Despair, and renowned translations of sacred literature. Mirabai Starr's substack: https://mirabaistarr.substack.com/ website: https://mirabaistarr.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with Irish writer, poet, and multidisciplinary artist Daragh Fleming. Based in Cork, his work spans literature, music, and performance, often exploring mental health, intimacy, and contemporary masculinity with honesty and emotional clarity. He is the author of A Brief Inhalation & Lonely Boy, with his newest book Maybe Things Do Work Out in the End: Poems on the Weight and Wonder of Being Aliveout April 2027. Daragh Fleming's ig: https://www.instagram.com/daraghfleming/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaraghFlem/ MTDWOITE: POTWAWOBA pre-order: https://ebury.lnk.to/Maybethingsdoworkoutintheend linker.ee: https://linktr.ee/daraghfleming   Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with multidisciplinary artist Fariha Róisín. Born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Sydney, Australia, their work has pioneered a refreshing and renewed conversation about wellness, contemporary Islam and queer identities. Featured in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and Vogue, they are the author of poetry collections How To Cure A Ghost (2019) and Survival Takes a Wild Imagination (2023), as well as the novel Like A Bird (2020), and Who Is Wellness For? (2022). Fariha Róisín's website: https://www.fariharoisin.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/fariha_roisin/ substack: https://fariharoisin.substack.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with DJ John Richards, the Morning Show Host at KEXP who has been instrumental in building community and providing a global soundtrack to listeners worldwide for over two decades. He’s renowned for curating the station’s hit “Runcast” and co-hosting “The Dr and the Dj” podcast alongside his spouse, Dr. Amy Lindsey. Beyond radio, John is a co-owner of the popular bar, Life on Mars, and a frequent public speaker, hosting benefits, and parties as well as addressing themes of grief and mental well-being. When not on the air or at the bar, he is a father to his sons, long-distance running, meditating, or taking a nap. DJ John Richard's website: https://djjohnrichards.com/ seattle bar: https://lifeonmarsseattle.com/ music heals on KEXP: https://www.kexp.org/musicheals/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, the author of seven books of poetry, including Startlement: New & Selected Poems; The Hurting Kind, which was a finalist for the Griffin Prize; The Carrying, which won the National Books Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; and Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Limón is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was named a 2024 Time Magazine Woman of the Year. Ada Limón's website: https://adalimon.com/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Poetry by Ada Limón Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, a formerly incarcerated activist, owner of Re:Frame LLC, and the award-winning author of Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future. California’s Governor Brown commuted his life sentence after twenty-one years for his community work. He lives in Oakland, California where he coaches writers engaged with the challenge of translating complex ideas into accessible narratives. Emile Suotonye DeWeaver's website: https://www.reframeconsults.com/ substack: https://emiledeweaver.substack.com/ Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: https://thenewpress.org/books/ghost-in-the-criminal-justice-machine/ resource guide for Men's Work, available on Payhip: https://payhip.com/reframeshop "Grief and the 2024 Presidential Election": https://emiledeweaver.substack.com/p/grief-and-the-2024-presidential-election Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with Kazu Haga, trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm and Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through Collapse. His work weaves together spiritual practice, trauma healing and nonviolent action to advance social change and move towards collective liberation. kazu gaga's website: https://www.kazuhaga.com/ substack: https://kazuhaga.substack.com/ support: https://www.kazuhaga.com/support Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with ahlay blakely, a Seattle-based singer-songwriter and community grief practitioner whose work explores more-than-human kinship, ancestral memory, and collective lament through participatory song and ritual. Rooted in Ashkenazi, Scandinavian, and British folk lineages, her practice brings together decolonial inquiry, depth psychology, and ecological devotion to address the entanglements of trauma, extraction, and ecological rupture, expressed through community singing projects including WAILS: Songs for Grief and Anthems for an Apocalypse. ahlay blakely's anthems for an apocalypse: https://www.healingattheroots.com/anthemsforanapocalypse wails album: http://www.healingattheroots.com/wailshome Monthly Newsletter: https://www.healingattheroots.com/ Reciprocity: https://www.healingattheroots.com/reciprocity Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexandrablakely Bandcamp: https://ahlayblakely.bandcamp.com/album/spells-from-the-unknown Website: https://www.healingattheroots.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandra_blakely/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alexandrablakely3152/videos Learn more about Singing Resistance - a movement of singers across the US singing in grief, power, and solidarity that Jordan and Ned reference at the end of the episode - here: https://www.instagram.com/singingresistance/ Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina "Initiations" song & lyrics by ahlay blakely Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

Host Ned Buskirk speaks with poet and philosopher Mark Nepo, a teacher in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 50 years. With over a million copies sold, Mark has moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. A beloved poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark has been called “one of the finest spiritual guides of our time,” “a consummate storyteller,” and “an eloquent spiritual teacher.” A cancer survivor, Mark writes and teaches from the heart, exploring what it means to have the life we want by being present to the life we have. His new book, coming out May 26th, 2026, is The Language of the Soul: How the Words You Choose Shape the Life You Live. mark nepo's websites: https://marknepo.com/ & https://live.marknepo.com/ substack: https://marknepo.substack.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/mark_nepo/ fb: https://www.facebook.com/MarkNepo newsletter: https://marknepo.com/cc_email_signup_master.php Live event Saturday, September 12th at the Sebastopol Senior Center: https://www.sebastopolseniorcenter.org/the-fifth-season-mark-nepo Produced by Nick Jaina Soundscaping by Nick Jaina Associate Produced by Jordan Edelheit ”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.

"It was so monumentous. How do you live? I didn't know who I was. And this clear thought came to me: You have two choices here. You can curl up and become a bitter old woman, because it's not fair what happened to you. OR you can surrender - it's happened. And go forward, however you do, and walk that open-hearted path towards healing." - Dr. Kaye Cleave       in the wake of her daughter's death In this episode of You're Going to Die: The Podcast host Ned Buskirk speaks with Dr. Kaye Cleave. Her children's picture book—A Kangaroo Tale—helped raise funds to build a school in a remote Nepalese village in memory of her daughter. Her award-winning documentary, Catherine’s Kindergarten, about the death of her daughter and the life Kaye has lived to grieve, honor and celebrate her, has screened at film festivals world-wide. Kaye is currently on the Advisory Board for Impact Schools in Nepal and co-leads Grief & Healing Retreats at Laguna Writers in San Francisco. kaye cleave's website: https://www.kaye-cleave.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/ageingdisgracefully_/ watch Catherine’s Kindergarten documentary: https://catherines-kindergarten.com/ Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.