Episode 39 - Lashanna Williams from A Sacred Passing

Kerry and Jeff explore getting dead people off of boats, planes and seeing the dead in the wild. 

Jeff welcomes Nathan R to the Cot Cottage for reminiscing.  Stories and reflections from a retired removal tech.

Jeff brings in the outsider - Testing out a new format, Jeff brings in his friend Jamie who knows next to nothing about funeral service.  Let's all hope that everyone can bring the same energy and curiosity to the podcast as he does!!

Jeff and Kerry tackle reviving the show, and dangerous removals.  And, a lot of back and forth about setting expectations.

Nicole and Jeff wrap up Cot Culture in a goodbye to our listeners. Nicole is off to tackle new horizons with exciting news about chaplaincy and her path for Forget Me Not! Jeff will continue with his funeral homes with an eye to helping solve some of the region's challenges.Jeff will still monitor [email protected] for email, and welcomes suggestions if the listeners would like to hear a Cot Culture 2.0!

Well... we missed a week due to tech difficulties and it appears that today wasn't much better, but I turned the beautiful soufflé into a beat up diner scramble. Ok, that analogy doesn't work very well,  but what could have been amazing audio is the best I could save.  Thank you to Katey at Return Home for taking the time to talk with us about Natural Organic Reduction and Return Home's Terramation!!!

Nicole and Jeff tackle feedback from show friend Ashley - Have you done removals outdoors or in the woods.And other rambling. I'm not sure what we talked about, but I'm pretty sure it was fun and death related.

Nicole and Jeff have the opportunity to talk with Lashanna of A Sacred Passing to hear about her work in community to make life, and death, more loving and inclusive through her education and doula work.https://asacredpassing.org/More information about Asphodel - "A place for people to die; to gather, live, and grieve. A house for people to learn & rest, to watch the birds and squirrels. A place for you to be of. "

Nicole and Kerry talk about what it's like being a woman in the funeral industry and some of the challenges and navigation that they need to do as a result.

Nicole and Jeff are on a real tear today on the industry - all that's wrong and the fixes for deathcare. Or at least the soapbox had someone on it for an hour...