Deathwalker's Guide To Life

Join Kerry Sunderland for Deathwalkers Guide to Life. A show that explores how thinking and talking about death can help you live a life without regrets.

Valerie Wycoff, who teaches compassionate communication and is co-director of Reflections, a group of threshold singers based in Christchurch, joins Kerry Sunderland to discuss how she and a group of fellow singers bring comfort to the dying.

Living Legacies founder Lynda Hannah talks about our mortality and the health of our planet. Featured artists include Catherine Ingram, Jem Bendell, Dahr Jamail

Claire Turnham from Only With Love (OWL) and Maanaki Mats talks about Home-based death care

Join Kerry Sunderland for Deathwalkers Guide to Life. A show that explores how thinking and talking about death can help you live a life without regrets. In this episode Kerry talks to creative artist Aralyn_Doiron

Join Kerry Sunderland for Deathwalkers Guide to Life. A show that explores how thinking and talking about death can help you live a life without regrets.

Krisca Gould and Mary Garner join Kerry Sunderland to discuss Nelson Tasman Hospice's Life Story Writing initiative, which supports those who are dying to look back and try to make sense of what their life journey has been about.

Author, independent funeral director, civil celebrant and ordained interfaith minister Dr Jackie Bailey. Kerry Sunderland chats with Jackie about her debut autobiographical novel, The Eulogy, as well as her work as a funeral director and interfaith minister.

Kerry Sunderland speaks with Melanie Mayell, who completed the Deathwalker Training Programme in 2016, about founding the Christchurch Death Cafe and Death Matters NZ, a one day conference that will be held at Turanga in Christchurch on Friday 23 September 2022.

In this episode, we explore the intrinsic link between death and grief and poetry and songwriting. Singer/songwriter Nick Feint joins Kerry Sunderland in the studio, and plays three songs from his new album, Next Exit to Babylon.

Join Kerry Sunderland is joined by Author and brain tumour survivor Bonnie Etherington to talk about our extraordinary, beautiful brains.

Around the 8th anniversary of Emery Jones’ death and burial at the Motueka Natural Burial Park, his widow Dawn Jones (92) and youngest daughter Sylvia Bauer (47) join Kerry Sunderland to discuss the concept of a ’natural death’ and how family can be involved in natural burial.

How death awareness affects how we live.

In this episode, which explores the cycle of life and learning to let go, Kerry Sunderland speaks with self-described ‘earthy, grounded, nature boy’, 77-year-old Bill McEwan. Death in print: What Day’s Are For by Robert Dessaix Death on screen: Nelson Poetry Map featuring ‘Kevin’ by Bill Manhire.

Host Kerry Sunderland is joined by fellow deathwalker, fellow podcaster and fellow author Becky Aud-Jennison, to talk about her new book, Death and Its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons. She also introduces Kiwi comedy series, Good Grief. Join Kerry Sunderland for Deathwalkers Guide to Life. A show that explores how thinking and talking about death can help you live a life without regrets.

Join Kerry Sunderland is joined by Author and brain tumour survivor Bonnie Etherington to talk about our extraordinary, beautiful brains.

Psychologist and author Rachel E. Menzies, author of Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society.

With Donna McLeod we discuss Maori tikanga around death and dying and explore how death finds its expression in art, including H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald and a new documentary titled Living with Ghosts: Science Weighs in on the Healing Power of After-Death Communication

Today on the show, leaving a legacy with guest Legal Executive Marie Austin

Dr Kathryn Mannix on tricky topics and finding the words for tender conversations - Itarua Sasaki and Tessa Fontaine